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Good Oral Health Equals Good Health for Your Heart

...e, and the extraction of teeth that were no longer safely rooted in the gum. At first, the function of blood vessels of intensively treated patients appeared to worsen. But after 60 days they had improved, compared with those of patients given the standard treatment. After 180 days a difference of two per...

DVT Treatment Vacuums Away Blood Clots – Prevents Disabilit

... presented today demonstrates that a new technique safely and effectively removes blood clots in the body fa...cult clots, allowing resolution of DVT quickly and safely while restoring blood flow in the vein. The treatment can reduce the length of a hospital stay, thus...

New Protocol Targets Aggressive Brain Cancer

...s of the tumor where higher radiation doses can be safely delivered, in combination with effective chemotherapies. Imaging will also allow us to assess response to treatment so that we can adjust therapies early,” says Christina Tsien, M.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology at the U-M Medical Schoo...

Bacterium Could Treat PCBs Without the Need for Dredging

...es to create new technologies that efficiently and safely remove commercial PCBs from our environment," she said. Source-Eurekalert<BRSRM...

Caution Urged on Biologic Drugs

...generic versions, but others are too complex to be safely duplicated. Generic versions of certain biologics have been allowed in Europe for the last four years, but approval came only after manufacturers conducted rigorous human clinical trials. European regulators recommended today that the United States...

Managing Emotions to Prevent HIV

... discussing and using condoms in order to use them safely and effectively," explains Lescano. Prior studies show that adolescents suffering from psychological distress may become overwhelmed in sexual situations because of relationship concerns (the fear of rejection), previous traumatic sexual experience...

FDA Cites Challenges of Generic Biotech

...be a decade or more before science is available to safely approve generic versions of biotech drugs // in th...ll be more difficult for generic drug companies to safely reproduce them. Woodcock said that while FDA can currently establish the safety between versions o...

Breakthrough in Converting Blood Groups

...ood cells have neither A nor B antigens, so may be safely transfused into anyone. But types A, B and AB blood do, and cause life-threatening immune reactions if they are given to patients with a different blood group. The bacterial glycosidase enzymes strip these antigens away from A, B and AB blood, lea...

Safer Sex for Teens Promoted by Helping Them Manage Stress

... discussing and using condoms in order to use them safely and effectively," Lescano added. ANN...

MRI Robotic Biopsies Simplified by PneuStep

...n of a motor without metal or electricity that can safely power remote-controlled // robotic medical devices used for cancer biopsies and therapies guided by magnetic resonance imaging. The motor that drives the devices can be so precisely controlled by computer that movements are steadier and more precise ...

Doctors Encouraged to Say, “I’m Sorry,” to Patients inUS

...cut, Idaho, Maine and 11 other states, doctors can safely apologize to or commiserate with patients or their...n ones. Illinois gives doctors a 72-hour window to safely apologize after they learn about the cause of a medical mishap. Boston-based ProMutual Group, whic...

Travelers’ Hazard- Antihistamines Make Drowsy Driver

...supplements can affect a person's ability to drive safely and if they are combining several over-the-counter drugs, they could be very dangerous on the road. "It's important that drivers always read the label of any medication they plan to take - either prescribed by a doctor or purchased at their local che...

FDA Announces Audio Broadcasts on Emerging Drug Safety Information

...ks should help ensure that these products are used safely and effectively." Since the service was launched in February 2007, it has alerted listeners to the potential hazards of skin-numbing products used in hair removal; the voluntary market withdrawals of drugs to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disea...

MMR Immunization Drive Begins in Iraq

...ryone in Iraq to ensure vaccinators reach children safely over the next two weeks." SAV/...

Potential Lifesaver Drug Announced

...rtant to see if this exciting new drug can be used safely and effectively in the clinic," he was quoted."But PTC124 or similar products could only ever be a small part of the solution as the vast majority of CF patients have a different type of mutation from the rare nonsense mutation which is specifically ...

Radical Idea of Implanting Tiny Electrodes to the Deaf

...es need to be studied over time to see if they are safely tolerated by the auditory nerve. If our work continues to go very well, we might begin human trials in no less than five years, Middlebrooks says.Such a device might be used first in people whose cochleas are filled with bone and therefore arent el...

Low Levels of Testosterone may Increase the Risk of Death in Older Men

...can determine whether testosterone supplements can safely promote longer life. Such a trial is in the planning stages at UCSD. Barrett-Connor cautioned, "We are very excited about these findings, which have important implications, but we are not ready to say that men should go out and get testosterone to ...

HHS Buys Next Generation Smallpox Vaccine

...se of smallpox virus, we need vaccines that can be safely given to all Americans, including individuals with weakened immune systems," Secretary Leavitt said. "Acquiring a stockpile of this new smallpox vaccine is a key step toward protecting even more members of the American public against a smallpox relea...

Storage of Firearms Unsafe in Most Families

...ilies surveyed reported not storing their firearms safely in their residence,' DuRant said. 'This concerns u...t parents understand the necessity of storing guns safely in the home.' Storage patterns are most influenced by firearm type, family socialization with guns...

New Strains of TB Can Be Used as a Powerful Bioterror Weapon

...nth ounce) U.S. Gold Eagle $10 coins in your home, safely hidden for emergency barter and bribes. Put gold in your IRA, and now! You can use current IRA money to fund this investment. 'Any major terrorist attack that disrupts the financial markets will result in the Federal Reserve pumping liquidity int...

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