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Tag: "tracking" at medical news

New Way to "See" Genes, Evaluate Effectiveness of Gene Therapies Discovered

...Nature Medicine. UCLA researchers plan to test the tracking system in prostate cancer patients within a year, ...er gene therapy studies for cancer patients. The tracking system consists of "reporter" genes that can be attached to any gene therapy and used to monitor the...

Identifying bacteria made amiable

...he web. There is an enormous amount of interest in tracking this organism. When there is an outbreak of a disease like meningococcal disease, it is useful to know if people in different locations have been infected by the same strain or by two different strains coincidentally. Comparative techniques that a...

Tumour marker for melanoma found

...arker called HDM2 which appears to be important in tracking melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. They studied a group of 132 patients with various grades of melanoma for many years. Those with high levels of HDM2 had a good prognosis, while those with low levels had a poorer outcome. Levels were ...

Blood Marker Found To Predict Colon Cancer

...hen followed up with additional questionnaires and tracking data. Researchers compared the health records of volunteers who developed colon or rectal cancer from the time of the initial blood draw through December 2000 to volunteers who did not develop cancer. They found that CRP levels were higher among pe...

Continuation Of Medication After Heart Surgery Very Important

...r studying nearly 4,700 heart surgery patients and tracking their atrial fibrillation episodes, researchers found a strong correlation between the incidents and the discontinuation of heart medicine.Not only did beta blockers and ACE inhibitors deter these abnormal heart incidents from taking place, non-stero...

Lifestyle changes Can Delay the Onset Of Dementia

...year in the United States. Investigators have been tracking the health of men and women for // more than 50 years to see how various factors might impact their risk for heart disease and stroke. In this sub-study, researchers compared the rate of dementia in those with and without a history of stroke.About 20...

Lifestyle changes Can Delay the Onset Of Dementia

...year in the United States. Investigators have been tracking the health of men and women for // more than 50 years to see how various factors might impact their risk for heart disease and stroke. In this sub-study, researchers compared the rate of dementia in those with and without a history of stroke.About 20...

Lifestyle changes Can Delay the Onset Of Dementia

...year in the United States. Investigators have been tracking the health of men and women for // more than 50 years to see how various factors might impact their risk for heart disease and stroke. In this sub-study, researchers compared the rate of dementia in those with and without a history of stroke.About 20...

Depression Found To Increase Stroke Risk

...rchers then followed the men for another 19 years, tracking morbidity and mortality rates. In conclusion researchers say their findings suggest a need for doctors to discuss depression with patients at risk for cardiovascular disease and implement the corresponding psychosocial interventions as part of the m...

Brain mapping technique to explain sleep

...ponsible for keeping the living //beings awake. By tracking the nerve cells in rats, the researchers had found that the identified type of neuron receives inhibitory signals during night that makes them inactive, and hence animals sleep. These neurons produce a chemical called orexin that keeps the animal aw...

Heavy drinking may not be good for the mental health

...s been the largest longitudinal study in Australia tracking mothers and their children from the prenatal stage to early adulthood. The research findings state that light drinking of alcohol; up to five drinks a week may be associated with the lowest rates of anxiety and depression in women in their early thi...

The Use of Radio Frequency Identification ( RFID) to tackle the growing menace of counterfeit drugs

...genuine and counterfeit drugs. They feel that RFID tracking would help to improve the supply chain and that companies will be able to maintain tighter control over legitimate shipments thereby preventing products from falling into the hands of counterfeiters. Indian pharma companies should look at RFID soon...

Suicidal Tendencies May Be Treated With Cognitive Therapy

...therapy and 60 to receive enhanced usual care with tracking and referral services. The central feature of cognitive therapy was the identification of thoughts, images, and core beliefs that were activated prior to the suicide attempt. Strategies were applied to address the identified thoughts and beliefs and...

New form of ultrasonic vision

...ilar to Stetten’s but requiring the user to wear a tracking device to determine viewer location. Stetten has eliminated the need for tracking devices and transmitters by taking full advantage of the way in which a translucent mirror superimpo...

Folic Acid blows Gene-based Colon Cancer

... from the Nurses' Health Study, an ongoing project tracking health information on 110,000 female registered nurses in the United States for the past 26 years. They examined records of the 70,000 nurses whose family health histories and dietary habits appeared in the database, focusing on behaviors known to be...

Sudden Rise in PSA Dangerous for men

...gin to occur in men in their 40s, men should begin tracking their PSA levels at age 40 to recognize a sharp rise. They also recommend biopsies be conducted when PSA levels rise .75 nanograms per milliliter or more over a year. Other indications for a biopsy are a PSA level higher than 2.5 nanograms per millil...

Donated Mothers Milk To Hit The Market

...ators, temperature-controlled shipping cartons and tracking software - plus payments linked to the volume of milk they provide. Prolacta also plans to provide hospitals with a public relations programme to attract donors. Nursing mothers who agree to donate any amount of milk would receive a free motorized ...

Quitting Smoking Made Easy By Track Of New Chemical

...percent compared to non-smokers. The results of tracking [MAO] A showed that is fairly well intact in all of the organs but the lungs. The levels in smokers were 50 percent lower than in non-smokers, and also smokers held onto the tracer much longer than non-smokers. It means, for example... that your lu...

Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In US

...of more than 30 percent since the government began tracking premature births in 1981. The prematurity rate was 9.4 in 1981; it has increased every year since then except for slight dips in 1992 and 2000. Prematurity is the number one killer of newborns. Latest statistics reveal that the prematurity crisis i...

Fluorescent markers to distinguish Trypanosoma brucei strains causing Sleeping Sickness

...distinction of co-infecting site genotypes and the tracking of their dynamics have been // ficult with traditi...ins or subspecies it allows detailed and efficient tracking of multiple-genotype infections within a single host or vector individual, enabling more powerful st...

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