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Kidney Patients Risk Heart Attacks

...ssociation also recommends physicians periodically test the kidney function of people with certain conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes and existing heart disease. From there, treatment can be started early. Mark Sarnak, M.D., co-author of the study, is quoted as saying, "There are some very...

New Test for HIV Patients

A new and simple test could be a major improvement for HIV patients in less-developed countries. The test uses dried blood to assess a patient's response to HIV medication.// HIV patients are often put on ...

Some pets found to be SARS carriers

...and ferrets to SARS while searching for animals to test potential vaccines.Their study, also notes a separate report that cats were found infected with the virus in a Hong Kong apartment complex where residents contracted SARS last year. Cats and ferrets are the first pets included on an exotic list of ...

Link Between Obesity and Behavior in Kids

...m if their scores from the Behavior Problems Index test were in the 90th percentile. Results of the study show children who have significant behavior problems are nearly three-times as likely to be overweight as other children. Researchers also found that children with behavior problems are nearly five-t...

Exercise Affects Alertness

...ys who exercised learned how to take a performance test much quicker than those that did not exercise. Cameron concludes, "We believe the study results show exercise causes a person to be more engaged and provides another reason for Americans to make physical activity part of their daily regimen."...

Islets May Lead to Diabetes Cure

...nor cells.Researchers have developed a protocol to test this approach in humans, but additional grant money is needed before a clinical trial can begi....

House heads for Medicare drug vote

...s, have attacked provisions that would establish a test project requiring the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program to compete with private plans in six metropolitan areas and one region of the country beginning in 2010. That proposal has also drawn criticism from conservative House Republicans, wh...

Mattresses do Play a Role in Low Back Pain

...erefore, researchers in Spain conducted a study to test the effectiveness of a firm vs. a medium-firm mattress when it comes to lower back pain. The study included 313 people who had their own bed mattresses replaced with either a firm or a medium-firm mattress. The participants did not know what type of...

Predictors for Type 2 Diabetes

...f the disease. Currently an oral glucose tolerance test is used to identify high-risk individuals for diabetes, but the test is costly and inconvenient. A new study finds a cluster of risk //factors known as metabolic syndrom...

Easier Methods Required to Screen Insulin Resistance

...e people are afflicted. The insulin suppression test used to identify insulin resistance, however, it is too difficult to administer to large numbers of people. Researchers have come up with a simple way to identify overweight or obese people who are likely to be insulin resistant. Researchers looked...

Easier Methods Required to Screen Insulin Resistance

...bese people are afflicted. The insulin suppression test used to identify insulin resistance, however, it is too difficult to administer to large numbers of people. Researchers have come up with a simple way to identify overweight or obese people who are likely to be insulin resistant. Researchers look...

Accuracy of Some Natural Family Planning Methods Questioned .

...ated efficacy. Hence there is an “urgent need” to test the systems that met their basic quality index standards....

New Vaccine for SARS Coming Soon

...ection from viral infections, were detected in the test animals ... and they say they hope that this resea...ainst SARS." Researchers say further studies will test the vaccine in ferrets, which have been known to develop SARS symptoms after SARS-coronavirus infect...

Screening For Prostate Cancer in men over 75 Questioned

The prostate specific antigen test is a convenient and relatively inexpensive way for... doctors say there is a general consensus that the test //should not be given to men over 75. Despite this, a new study finds many physicians are suggesting...

Urine Test for Kidney Cancer

Scientists believe they’ve found a simple new test to detect kidney cancer in its earliest and most c... Center in Philadelphia used a molecular DNA-based test to look for genetic alterations in the urine known to play a role in the development of kidney cance...

Common Cold Found to Fight Cancer

... for the last 30 years and research is still on to test the virus in clinical trials.The potential is huge as some of the vectors are designed to destroy many different types of cancers and others are designed to be specific to colon or lung cancer. The adenovirus is the virus responsible for the common ...

Good News for New Borns With Hypoxic Respiratory Failure

...rm and near-term infants. There is no prenatal test or other way to predict which infants will develop HRF, so there is no known way to prevent the condition. The standard treatment is a surgical procedure that involves cutting the infant’s jugular vein and putting the baby on a heart-lung machine to ...

A Simple Blood Test Can Predict Gum Disease

...upporting the teeth. // New research shows a blood test can not only reveal the general health of patients...the study show a correlation between general blood test results and CPI scores. Patients who had normal blood scores for general health also had normal oral...

Cancer Risk From Exposure To Diagnostic X-Rays

...ese X-rays, it’s also believed exposure during the test is responsible for a small number of cancers. A new study attempts to calculate the risk of cancer from exposure to diagnostic X-rays. Researchers at the University of Oxford and Cancer Research in the United Kingdom conducted the study. The investi...

Predicting The Risk Of Preeclampsia During Pregnancy

... Findings from a new study suggest a simple blood test may help doctors identify women at risk of developing preeclampsia.Researchers built on previous work indicating large amounts of a blood molecule called sFlt-1 is present in women with preeclampsia, and sFlt-1 can induce preeclampsia in pregnant ra...

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