Tag: "tool" at medical news

Have You Ever Wondered Why Male And Female Voices Differ?

...an most people think and is an extremely important tool for determining someone's identity without having to see them," said a Scientist involved in the study. The female voice is actually more complex than the male voice due to differences in the size and shape of the vocal cords and larynx between wome...

Depression Can Worsen Heart Disease

...wered the 21-question Beck Depression Inventory, a tool that physicians and scientists use to measure symptoms of depression. The researchers drew blood samples from each patient. From these samples they evaluated levels of three cytokines: TNF-alpha, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta)....

Green Beans for Cancer Prevention and Treatment.

...sitol pentakisphosphate is a promising anti-cancer tool and we hope to bring it to clinical testing soon." Henry Scowcroft of Cancer Research UK said: "It is always encouraging when a newly discovered chemical is shown to have anti-cancer activity in the laboratory, especially when it occurs naturally i...

Children With ADHD May Just Be Sleepy

...leepy, and their excessive motor activity merely a tool to stay alert. Researchers say this could explain why stimulants – which induce alertness by increasing activity in the central nervous system – are effective for treating children with ADHD. The research team had studied 66 children with an average...

Glucommander: A safe and simple method of glycemic control

... advises insulin dosing in a graduated manner. The tool for blood glucose management In a study conducted by this group, the data from 5,080 intravenous insulin runs over 120,683 h show that blood glucose levels can be safely stabilized in a target range without significant hypoglycemia by non-specialized...

Evoprinter, a multigenomic comparative tool for rapid identification of functionally important DNA

...regulatory elements, the authors believe that this tool could be of great use to understanding gene regulation in all animals....

Lesions in the eyes may forecast a stroke

... describes a novel simple, non-invasive diagnostic tool using the eyes to determine whether people have a higher risk of suffering from a stroke. According to the study, people who have tiny lesions on the back of the eye are two to three times more likely to suffer a stroke or stroke-related death, indep...

Resilin Protein from Flea can be used for cardiovascular disease

... of cardiovascular diseases. It can be very useful tool in the replacement of damaged arteries; the resilin has characters of elasticity and can be used to replace the elastic material in the walls of damaged arteries. Aneurysmal disease is a cardiovascular disease which can lead to heart attacks occurs...

Ambiguous Efficacy Of Opioid Drugs In Chronic Inflammatory Joint Pain Relief

Endomorphins are highly powerful a tool for pain management, just as morphine, a problematic narcotic derived from the opium poppy. It has previously been found that endomorphins are able to sidestep concerns// of side effects by virtue of their hard-wired relationship to the body's own pa...

A Novel Method For Measuring Interstitial Fluid Pressure In Cancer Tissues

...pply IFP measurement easily and widely as a useful tool in their research. ...

Measuring disseminated cancer cells in bone marrow - valuable tool for detecting early breast cancer metastasis

... marrow is detected which can be a better clinical tool for early detection of disease metastasis. Breast tumor cells frequently bypass the lymph nodes and disseminate directly through the blood to distant organs. This Hematogenous dissemination of cancer cells has been shown to be an early event in tumo...

MRI as a diagnostic tool for breast cancer

...graphy has been proven to be a sensitive screening tool for the detection of early breast cancer; however, the increased tissue density// of young women can complicate mammographic interpretation. As the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the detection of breast cancer is high and virtu...

New technique to assess risk of fracture

...l the strength of bones could prove to be a useful tool in assessing// the likelihood of fracturing a particular bone, an article published online in the Journal of Bone Mineral Research, says. Scientists have developed a laser imaging technique that can be used to accurately map the bone density thereby...

Chromosome 6 has the Dyslexia Gene

...ing." The gene identification will provide a new tool for early diagnosis of dyslexia and more effective educational programs to address the unique needs and special talents of people with dyslexia. Other authors on the study were Shelley D. Smith, Karl Hager, Matthew Held, Jonathan Liu, Richard K. Ol...

Stomach Beats Can Tell the Truth About Lying

...m till others validate it. However this additional tool will be of great help to criminologists. According to Kevin Murphy, a psychologist at the Penn State University, Pennsylvania, the new test might give more and potentially very useful data but it won't provide definitive truth. The research team ...

Two screen test and treat screening for cervical cancer

... Cytological testing for cervical cancer is useful tool in diagnosing cervical cancer in women but due to the high cost of the test it has become less affordable by the economically weaker section. To overcome this and give a better identification and treatment process, Professor Lynette Denny, M.D., Ph.D...

Foetal alcohol syndrome: has an answer as a test now!

...Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The new diagnostic tool can help detect the disorder early so that the affected children may receive specialized therapy and care they need. "Having a set of tests that can be used as diagnostic tools for foetal alcohol syndrome and all of the other behavioural disorders ...

Vitamin Abuse Syndrome In the UK

...uble and water-soluble. Use medindia’s interactive tool to help understand more about vitamins and their requirements in an individual’s body. http://www.medindia.net/patients/calculators/vitamin_class.asp For More Info: Mineral Contents of the Body http://www.medindia.net/patients/calculator...

Smokers puff away despite cancer Diagnosis

...ociety, says smoking cessation is an underutilized tool in cancer management and that healthcare providers often fail to advise smokers to quit. Smoking has been linked to many primary diseases, such as cancer and respiratory diseases. In patients diagnosed with cancer, smoking is also associated with po...

‘Marriage Squabbles’ bad for both Emotional and Physical Wound

... Life stressor chart : Life stressors chart is a tool by which one can measure the level of stress they are in by recalling the activities or events in life over a specified ... <a href='../patients/calculators/life_stressor.asp '>www.medindia.net/patients/ calculators/life_stressor.asp Whil...

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