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Healthy Humans Not Harmed By Taser

...eers will be exercising to raise their heart rates prior to being exposed to the Taser. Most suspects are being pursued: running, driving fast, excited in some way. This study will monitor participant vital signs while looking at that piece of the puzzle, said Vilke. The Society for Academic Emergency Me...

Research Suggests Breast Cancer Fatigue Begins Before Chemo

...ed sleep and activity patterns during the 48 hours prior to the first chemotherapy treatment using wristwatch-sized activity monitors called actigraphs. Fatigue, the most prevalent and distressing symptom for breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, has long been accepted by health professionals an...

Minorities Prefer Counseling and Prayer to Drugs for Treating Depression

...9 and April 2002. To our knowledge, there are no prior studies examining ethnic variations in treatment preferences for depression or other illnesses among Internet users, said the studys senior author, Lisa Cooper, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 65 percent of those surveyed said they would ...

Yoga Helps to Combat Depression, Anxiety

...searchers compared the GABA levels of 8 volunteers prior to and after one hour of yoga, with 11 volunteers who did no yoga but instead read for one hour. The researchers found a 27 percent increase in GABA levels in the yoga practitioner group after their session, but no change in the comparison subject ...

Exercise can Slow Down the Aging Process in Elderly People

... similar of younger adults. Results also show that prior to exercise training, the older adults were 59 percent weaker than the younger ones. But with strength training, the older adults became only 38 percent weaker than the young adults. "We were very surprised by the results of the study. We expected ...

Moderate Drinking Lowers Women's Risk of Heart Attack

... controlswithout heart problems. Women who had a prior heart attack, coronary bypass surgery,angioplasty,... andnumber of drinks consumed during the two years prior to the heartattack, or for controls, two years prior to the interview. The researchers computed se...

FDA Refuses to Lift Ban on Blood Donation by Gays

...exception is men newly infected within three weeks prior to donating. Admittedly this "window period" durin...ny risky sexual or drug behavior for, say, a month prior to donating blood not those who had sex with a man 30 years ago!Currently the odds of getting HIV f...

A Tipple a Day may Be heart Friendly for Women

...ontrols without heart problems. Women who had a prior heart attack, coronary bypass surgery, angioplasty...and number of drinks consumed during the two years prior to the heart attack, or for controls, two years prior to the interview. The researchers computed ...

Pediatric Seizure Study Underway in US to Decide Between Diazepam and Lorazepam

...ill be automatically enrolled in the study without prior parental consent. Dr. Baren stressed that this sequence of events is little different than what would take place in an emergency department not involved in the study. Under typical circumstances, the admitting physician would decide on whether the pa...

Link Between Gastric Bypass Surgery and Neurological Conditions

..., among other conditions. None of the patients had prior neurological symptoms. Many of the patients also experienced multiple nutritional abnormalities, especially low serum copper, vitamin B12, vitamin D, iron and calcium. Attention should be given to long-term intake of vitamin and mineral supplem...

Stress of Deployment Increases Risk of Child Abuse, Neglect in Military Families, UNC Study Shows

...he availability of data. Researchers found that prior to October 2002, rate of abuse and neglect called...period after October 2002 compared with the period prior to that date. During the same period, the rate of substantiated child abuse and neglect was relative...

Scientists Identify the Most Significant Single Predictor of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

... The study suggests if the rate of PSA increase prior to treatment (PSA Velocity) is more than 2 ng/ml/year, it is an indication of a high risk of death from prostate cancer. According to the researchers, the new findings attain significance with recent studies suggesting that factors like microscopic...

Personality Changes may Help to Identify a Form of Dementia

...ntia with Lewy bodies. The study found that even prior to diagnosis, people with dementia with Lewy bodies showed passive personality changes, such as diminished emotional reaction, indifference to hobbies, repetitive behaviours, and growing apathy, or lack of interest, more often than those with Alzheim...

Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Technology Significantly Reduce the Risk of ROP

...otion and low perfusion, were used in both Centers prior to the clinical practice changes, while after these changes Center #1 switched to Masimo SET pulse oximetry and Center #2 kept the Nellcor technology. In Center #1, pre-change rates from 2000-2002 for ROP (III and IV) and laser treatments were 11.1...

Dentists Need More Training in Oral Cancer Detection

...owever, 40 percent had trained more than two years prior to the survey. And training in risk counseling was rare, LeHew said. "There is a clear need for additional training and for greater vigilance." Approximately 31,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer this year; it will cause...

Investigational Drug Being Pursued for the Treatment of Ischaemic Stroke

...oday the presentation of new analysis of data from prior clinical trials of ancrod and updates on the clinical development of their investigational drug, Viprinex(TM) (ancrod), for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke at the 16th annual European Stroke Congress in Glasgow, Scotland in the United Kingdo...

Nexavar Significantly Extends Survival of Liver Cancer Patients

...and evaluated 602 liver cancer patients who had no prior systemic therapy at sites in the Americas, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand. The primary objective of the study was to compare overall survival in patients administered Nexavar versus those administered placebo. Median overall survival was 10.7 mo...

Astrazeneca's Investigational Cancer Therapies Revealed at ASCO

...e optimal methodology for measuring Src activation prior measuring its inhibition by AZD0530. By collecting as much information early on in our clinical trials we give ourselves the best chance of identifying those patients who could benefit most from treatment with AZD0530 in the future."About AstraZene...

Researchers Identify Genetic Mutations for Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer

...lies with 2 diffuse gastric cancer cases diagnosed prior to age 50 years will carry germline mutations in the CDH1 gene," the researchers write. "This extended family with the 2398delC founder mutation is a useful resource for determining risk-modifying factors in the development of diffuse gastric cance...

Recurrent Gliomas: Vorinostat Shows Anti-cancer Activity

... months -- similar patient populations enrolled in prior NCCTG trials had a median overall survival of betw...patients in this study was treated with vorinostat prior to surgery, and a gene and protein analysis of their resected tumors was performed. This analysis co...

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