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Fat Cell Hormone Could Trigger Diabetes, Heart Disease

...test (OGTT) was performed in each subject. Fasting serum glucose, insulin, c-peptide, and lipids and lipoproteins were also obtained. Insulin resistance was measured using homeostasis model assessment. Levels of ADIPO in the blood decreased as glucose tolerance deteriorated in this group of high-risk Afri...

Increased Nighttime BP, a Significant Predictor of Congestive Heart Failure

...rt attack, diabetes, smoking, body mass index, and serum cholesterol level), a 9–mm Hg increase in nighttime ambulatory diastolic blood pressure and the presence of ‘nondipping’ blood pressure (BP that is at least as high at night as during the day) were associated with an increased risk of CHF. Nighttime ...

WB Asks Centre To Continue Supply Of Anti-Rabies Vaccine

...res and hospitals for local purchase of anti-venom serum injections, which were also in short supply, he added. Mishra brushed aside speculations that dengue had assumed alarming proportions in the metropolis saying every month about two to four cases were reported, but there was no fatality. "Earlier, w...

Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy Proved Effective in CAP Cure

Lower serum procalcitonin levels were found to be associated w... It took less than 20 minutes to detect levels of serum procalcitonin in the laboratory and results were routinely available within an hour. Each test cost ...

Biomarker Reduces Length of Antibiotic Treatment

... It took less than 20 minutes to detect levels of serum procalcitonin in the laboratory and results were routinely available within an hour. Each test cost between $15 and $30. “Procalcitonin appears to be a more reliable measure for individual tailoring and early discontinuance of antibiotic therapy as...

India Approves Baraclude? (entecavir) For Treatment Of Chronic HEPATITIS B

...on and either evidence of persistent elevations in serum aminotransferases (ALT or AST) or histologically active disease. BARACLUDE? is an oral antiviral therapy specifically designed to block the replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the liver. Chronic hepatitis B infection is a potentially life-t...

Protein Behind Food Allergies Identified

...food and other allergies, including skin tests and serum IgE tests; however, they may not accurately diagnose the allergies. The researchers said that CD23 can be detectable in stool samples from food allergic patients. They are now intending to conduct larger scale trials to determine how CD23 in the s...

Genetic Variation Linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

...ne and AMD and investigated the effect of smoking, serum inflammatory markers, and genetic variation of C-r...ne mutation CFH Y402H. Information on smoking, CRP serum levels, and other measures were assessed at baseline. The frequency of CFH Y402H was 36.2 percent....

12 Positive Cases of Japanese Encephalitis Found

...phalitis have been found after 36 samples of blood serum of the suspected patients admitted in BRD Medical College Hospital here were tested, officials said today. // Of the 36 samples tested, 12 were tested positive for the Japanese Encephalitis while the rest were of viral Encephalitis, said A K Rathi,...

Centre Taking all Steps to Check Chikunguniya

...Andhra Pradesh, she said adding that of the 10,611 serum samples sent from affected states to the labs in Pune and Delhi, 992 were confirmed cases of chikungunya. In Andhra Pradesh the number of suspected cases crossed 66,000 and 150 confirmed cases were reported from five most affected districts, she sai...

Horse Sense: The Dublin Horse Show Shall Go On

...ought to have spread by the use of infected equine serum to treat another horse infection. The virus is not much of a danger to humans. Horses suffering this type of infection portray symptoms such as fever, minor hemorrhages in the mucous membranes, anemia, dependent swelling and death. Insects that suck ...

NOMID Symptoms Helped By Arthritis Drug

...hrocyte sedimentation rate, c-reactive protein and serum amyloid A protein (SAA), had improved, and by six months, 33 percent of the patients showed improved hearing and another half of the patients had no further hearing loss from baseline. Other confirmed benefits of treatment included disappearance or l...

African-Americans Have A Reduced Response To Hepatitis C Treatment

...edictors such as patient age, gender, pretreatment serum HCV concentrations, amount of fibrosis in the live...as stopped in patients who had a positive test for serum HCV RNA. Responders continued treatment for another 24 weeks and were assessed for sustained virolog...

Pakistan Assures of Providing Best Medical Care to Abdul Qader Khan

...members. Tests revealed slightly raised level of serum prostrate specific atigen (PSA), an official spokesman said. Immediately, a detailed examination was conducted at KRL Hospital to ensure an accurate diagnosis, including ultrasound and guided biopsy. The test results were also analysed by at least ...

Lunging to Death: Lung Anomalies in Infants Enhance Cot Death Risk

..., commercially available and licensed human immune serum could be given to those children most at risk." Other risk factors of SIDS include premature birth, low birth weight, exposure to cigarette smoke before and after birth. ...

People Under 60 At Risk Of Premature Peripheral Vascular Disease

...he disease. Coronary artery disease and elevated serum fibrinogen levels were found to be strong risk factors for PVD in people under age 60, while chronic renal failure was strongly associated with PVD among those over age 60. Doctors need to be aware of these two important risk factors for PVD in peop...

Salad Contains Nutrients In Optimum Level

...nship between reported salad consumption and blood serum nutrient levels, as well as dietary adequacy in pr... serum. Associations between salad consumption and serum nutrient levels were determined using statistical regression models. Measurements were adjusted to a...

Patients Can Report Statins' Adverse Effects on New Web Site

...any of a class of lipid-lowering drugs that reduce serum cholesterol levels by inhibiting a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of cholesterol. Statin cholesterol-lowering drugs are among the most prescribed drugs in the United States. According to Consumer Reports, two such drugs – atorvastatin (Lipit...

Fatty Fish consumption may reduce Kidney Cancer risk

...carcinoma has been associated with lower levels of serum vitamin D. However, the findings of this study contradicts a major review published earlier this year according to which omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish or fish-oil supplements did not prevent cancer. This review of over 38 studies found no p...

Apollo Announces Research on Indian Cardiac Epidemic

...isk factors like hypertension, smoking, high total serum cholesterol and high fat diet, did not seem to fully account for the high incidence of disease in Indians. "There is possibly a genetic predisposition to heart disease among Indians but the precise cause is till elusive," said eminent cardiologist Vi...

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