Blood test developed for malignant hyperthermia
Experts have developed a blood test to determine the genetical predisposition for a rare condition// called malignant hyperthermia. Malignant hyperthermia is an inherited disorder that can affect the patient during or after general anesthesia. This condition may be triggered by volatile anesthetics or depolarizing muscle relaxants that have to work together with a genetical predisposit...Research Reveals Way to Speed Up Treatment of Deadly Malignant Hyperthermia
Park Ridge, Ill. "Every second counts for anesthesia patients afflicted by the often deadly condition known as malignant hyperthermia (MH)." According to research published in the April AANA Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the intravenous administration of life-saving dantrolene sodium (DS) can occur significantly faster thanks to a new method of warming the diluent t...Hyperthermia With Chemotherapy Improves Sarcoma Healing
Co-operation between GSF and clinic improves outlook for sarcoma patients: Effectiveness of local, deep hyperthermia proved in phase III study . Hyperthermia, combined with chemotherapy, improves the chances of healing and survival of patients with low-lying, soft tissue sarcomas. At the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chica...Norm-O-Temp® Hyperthermia Water System
Description:The microprocessor-controlled, Norm-O-Temp® total body hyperthermia water system provides effective heat therapy at less than half the cost of a hyper-hypothermia system....Studies Show Mild Hyperthermia Enhances Antitumor Effects of Alfacell's Onconase
BLOOMFIELD, N.J., March 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Alfacell Corporation today reported that in vitro studies show mildhyperthermia enhances the therapeutic effects of ONCONASE(ranpirnase), the company's lead investigational drugcandidate. In a paper entitled, "Mild hyperthermia predisposes tumor cellsto undergo apoptosis upon treatment with ONCONASE," published inthe Intern...