New recommendations against a major opportunistic infection -- cryptococcosis
CRNS and the Institut Pasteur conducted research in France on patients diagnosed with cryptococcosis which ranks second among fatal opportunistic infections in patients infected by HIV and who are profoundly immunosuppressed. A multicentric prospective study, published on February 5 2007 in PLoS Medicine, uncovers parameters associated with more severe infections, such as the patient’s sex and t...Recommendations for Successful siRNA Library Screens
By performing several RNAi screens with siRNA libraries, Ambion scientists identified five procedures that significantly improved siRNA library screen results. Use indiv...State technology chief endorses IT audit recommendations
Oskar Anderson, administrator of the DET since late February, said he concurs with all the recommendations conta...Recommendations for Treatment of Blood Pressue
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP),USA, have come out with recommendations to treat Hypertension.Control of systolic blood pressure is as important as control of Diastolic blood pressure. This is a crucial message for health care providers, patients, and their families. For many years, the importance of lowerin...New Therapy Recommendations For Spinal Complications Of Cancer
A new study indicates that a combination of surgery and radiation yields better mobility, lower death rates in patients suffering from spinal cord compression. // Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC) is a debilitating and common complication of cancer, occurring in 5 to 14 percent of cancer patients. Standard treatment for MESCC consists of corticosteroids and radiothera...Research on the Flu in Children Resulted in New Vaccination Recommendations
The study that led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its recommendations for giving flu shots to children is published in the July 6 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine//. The recommendations went into effect in February. Lead author, Katherine Poehling, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vande...Adherence to Dietary Recommendations Measured
A new way of measuring how closely people follow dietary recommendations contained in tools like the Food Guide Pyramid and the new MyPyramid have been deveoped by researchers at the University of Alabama.// According to them young children's adherence to the recommendations decreases as the children get older. The dual purposes of the study were to develop and test the potential us...Cystic Fibrosis, Test Description and Order Recommendations
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