Asymptomatic HIV babies could use earlier treatment
Identifying and treating HIV-infected newborns is a race against the clock, according to a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Researchers found that HIV-infected infants treated with one or two antiretroviral drugs within two months of birth were less likely to develop AIDS by their third birthday than were infants who were 3 or 4 months...With cochlear implants, earlier use leads to better speech
"Bye-bye, bye-bye," said one 3 and a half-year old child, born deaf but with a cochlear implant that partially restored hearing nine months earlier. That's the most complex speech the child uttered during a testing session that involved play with a toy train set. In contrast, a child of the same age who had a cochlear implant 31 months earlier made more sophisticated statements: "OK, now...Making a face: A new and earlier marker of neural crest development
The fate of cells that go on to form the face, skull and nerve centers of the head and neck in vertebrates is determined much earlier in development than previously thought, and is independent of interaction with other forming tissues, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature. The collaborators at Yale and Caltech demonstrate with three different technologies -- immunos...GE Healthcare technology helping to detect Alzheimers earlier
WAUKESHA, Wis. 9th Annual International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and...The earlier the treatment, the more the benefit
Speeding up delivery of anti-clotting drugs to stroke victims could greatly improve their chances of recovery. Medicines that break up clots are the only effective treatment in the hours after a stroke. To do any good,// however, they must be administered before brain cells die. The current standard requires that treatment begin within three hours of the onset of the stroke, and most patients who...Depressed women show signs of earlier onset of Perimenopause
Perimenopause, defined as the time period immediately prior to menopause beginning with normal, biological, and clinical changes and ending a year after the last menstrual periods, is a time of increased vulnerability to depression, especially for women with a history of mood// disorders. Earlier studies have shown that women who experienced menopause before 47 years of age (considered early) wer...New Test Can Detect Breast Cancer 8 Years Earlier
There is a new test some doctors say could change the way we treat breast cancer. The new Halo Pap Test for the breast is now available to help doctors identify breast disease // up to eight years earlier than a lesion might be found on a mammogram. Breast pap patient Amy Rhoades is taking a screening test that could potentially predict her risk for breast cancer up to eight years in ad...Earlier the better to start healthy diets
A study done in Finland says that young boys fed on a helathy diet had better cardiovascular performance.The results were not positive for girls, but the researchers are optimistic that// this will vary with time.Dr. Olli T. Raitakari, an associate professor of clinical physiology at Turku University is the lead researcher. "We plan to continue the study at least until the age of...