UGA researchers find that hunting can increase the severity of wildlife disease epidemics
A new study by University of Georgia researchers shows that the common practice of killing wild animals to control disease outbreaks can actually make matters worse in some cases. In a study published the August 7 edition of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, post-doctoral researcher Marc Choisy and Pejman Rohani, associate professor of ecology and UGA Bi...WinList for Mac or PC from Verity Software House
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Description:This application changes sensitive keywords in an FCS file to remove patient information. It was contributed by Dr. David Miller....Researchers Scale to assess the Severity of Epilepsy in Kids
Epilepsy in kids is almost a nightmare to their respective parents, that too when it is resistant to the treatment. Researchers identified three factors that may increase a child's risk of having intractable epilepsy - a form of the disease that does not respond to commonly used drugs. Children who have their first epileptic seizure before their first birthday which is also called sympto...Onset Linked To Severity of Asthma
The age a person develops asthma may help explain their disease more clearly. A new study finds people who are diagnosed with asthma as children // have a different disease than those who develop it as an adult. Researchers say the patients suffered different symptoms and disease progression based on the age of onset. Eighty patients with severe asthma that could not be controlled by st...Hormone therapy may affect heart attack severity in women
Recent studies undertaken at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researcher and colleagues, showed promising signs after research in monkeys suggested //that the type of progestin in hormonal therapy could in fact affect heart attack severity. At an annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society in Washington, D.C. today, Dr. J. Koudy Williams who is the lead invest...Predicting Severity Of Appendicitis With Computed Tomography
Appendectomies are the most common surgical procedures performed worldwide. A model based on the findings of a clinical tool called computed tomography can be used to predict the severity of acute appendicitis, // according to a new study. Researchers examined 105 patients, between ages 15 and 89 who underwent an appendectomy within three days of an abdominal CT. Results of the CT were...Breast Cancer Protein MSF Linked To Disease Severity
Dr. Anan Schor and colleagues from Dundee University has found a new protein which may be responsible for the disease progression in breast cancer patients//. The new protein which is known as MSF protein is produced in high quantity in patients with breast cancer and the amount of protein produced may be responsible for the severity of disease progression. They have identified two form...Data Suggest Cymbalta Reduced Severity of Night Pain in Patients with Diabetic Nerve Pain
New Analysis Examines Impact of Pain on Sleep Interference INDIANAPOLIS, May 03, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Data from apooled analysis of three studies suggest that in patients with paincaused by diabetic nerve damage, or diabetic peripheral neuropathy,who are treated with Cymbalta (duloxetine HCl), improvements inboth average daily pain and night pain severity were associatedwith les...