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Help For Kids With Difficulty In Sleeping

...survey on sleep-related quality of life before the testing and then again about 120 days after the operation. Results showed significant improvements in quality of life for the children after the surgery. The greatest change was seen in the score for sleep disturbance, which dropped by about 11 points from p...

Viagra Also Found To Be Effective For Treatment of Lung Diseases

... had been urged to do so by doctors, who had begun testing the drug on their own. The first drug approved for pulmonary hypertension, in 1995, was Flolan, a version of a natural hormone called prostacyclin, which dilates constricted blood vessels. Flolan, disappears from the body so fast that it must be pu...

Investigations That Help Detect Lung Disease

...pulation, which reinforces the need for spirometry testing in general physician practice....

A Vaccine For Non – Hodgkin’s Lymphom

...ing cough and other illnesses. Now, scientists are testing vaccines to keep cancer from coming back. // Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of the lymph system that almost always comes back, even after chemotherapy and eventually most of these patients ultimately develop resistant disease and die of their l...

Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

...ecialists, says one of the problems with using PSA testing as an indictor of prostate cancer is that PSA leve...ing multiple needle biopsies. Researchers say by testing for EPCA in men with high levels of PSA, one may be able to detect the presence of prostate cancer e...

New Technique For Benign Breast Tumors

...rostate and kidney tumors, and researchers are now testing its feasibility on breast tumors that are cancerous....

Identifying Virus Found To Be Essential for HIV Patients

...ers also say that emphasizes must be given for the testing of HIV patients for CMV since drugs are currently available to treat the condition....

Sleep Disorders Could Indicate Other Medical Problems

...h degree of ADD in patients with insomnia. Further testing showed some of these patients also suffered severe memory impairment, depression, dyslexia and illiteracy. Researchers also say that patients with sleep disorders who are not assessed for additional conditions may continue to suffer from significant...

Screening Of Blood Samples For Viruses

...rs were involved to determine whether nucleic acid testing (NAT) could identify HIV or hepatitis C RNA in donors who tested negative for viral antibodies.mResults showed five positives for hepatitis C (HCV) RNA among the organ donors and one positive for hepatitis C RNA among tissue donors. There were no pos...

Eliminating Eye Infection With Antibiotics

...rchers measured results over the next two years by testing residents for evidence of the bacteria. Results showed the treatment was overwhelmingly effective. By the two year follow-up, prevalence of trachoma in the community decreased to less than 1 percent. Thus researchers say their results are extremely ...

Eliminating Eye Infection With Antibiotics

...rchers measured results over the next two years by testing residents for evidence of the bacteria. Results showed the treatment was overwhelmingly effective. By the two year follow-up, prevalence of trachoma in the community decreased to less than 1 percent. Thus researchers say their results are extremely ...

Effectiveness Of Infertility Treatments Questioned

...nce of any benefit in offering natural killer cell testing to women with recurrent miscarriage or infertility....

A New Way Of Detecting Osteoporosis

...st step in determining which women need additional testing ....

Magnetic Stimulation For Parkinson’s Diseas

...ntly joined a new study with a neurologist who was testing transcranial magnetic stimulation. “We think that TMS makes patients’ brains more sensitive to the medication he or she is already taking,” says specialists at the National Institute of Health. Researchers however say their results have been short-...

Understanding The Origin Of Tumors

...hth leading type of cancers. Researchers say a new testing method called Gene Expression Profiling // may now...ify where tumors first begin to grow. They say the testing method is about 86-percent accurate in determining a tumor’s origin. Specialists say most cancer tr...

Asbestos Exposure Associated With An Increased Risk For Autoimmune Disease

...th autoimmunity could impact necessary monitoring, testing and treatment regimens for exposed individuals or populations....

Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Could Be Effective In Treating Patients With Osteoporosis

...on their findings , physicians should consider BMD testing and drug therapy for patients who are at higher risk for osteoporosis and fractures, and not only for those who merely have Crohn's disease as a diagnosis....

Consumption Of Fish Could Reduce The Risk Of Dementia

...95 until 2000 the participants underwent cognitive testing and filled out food questionnaires. Researchers used the data to analyze whether there was an association between eating fatty fish with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the risk of cognitive problems. Researchers found that those who ate mo...

Diagnosing Sleep Apnea By Overnight Sleep Testing Method

...utine examination alone instead an overnight sleep testing needs to be done inorder to reach a diagnosis of t...he throat. Patients also underwent overnight sleep testing in a sleep lab over a two-night period. It was observed that results from the routine medical exams ...

Eye testing can reveal the condition of your heart

...rding to the latest issue of Harvard Heart Letter, testing of eyes may tell more about the condition of your heart.// Clinical testing of eye can predict the condition of the heart, kidneys or conditions like diabetes or stroke. In a...

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