Archive: 09/19/2011
2009 H1N1 pandemic flu more damaging to lungs, opens opportunities for bacterial infection
Many of the people who died from the new strain of H1N1 influenza that broke out in 2009 were suffering from another infection as well: pneumonia. A new study to be published Tuesday, September 20 in the online journal mBio reveal ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Think locally when treating individually
By taking local biosurveillance data into account when assessing patients for communicable diseases, doctors may be able to make better diagnostic decisions, according to researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. For instance, ...
Health
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Techniques to treat varicose veins appear comparable in effectiveness
Endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) and high ligation and stripping (HLS) are both associated with effectiveness and safety in treatment of insufficiency of the great saphenous vein (GSV), but EVLT is more frequently associated ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Researchers find enriched infant formulas benefit brain and heart
University of Kansas scientists have found new evidence that infant formulas fortified with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) are good for developing brains and hearts.
Health
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Death rate higher in minorities with acute leukemia
Blacks and Hispanics have fewer cases of acute leukemia compared to whites but they die at a substantially higher rate, according to study results presented at the Fourth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, ...
Cancer
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Scientists disarm HIV in step towards vaccine
Researchers have found a way to prevent HIV from damaging the immune system, in a new lab-based study published in the journal Blood. The research, led by scientists at Imperial College London and Johns Hopkins University, ...
HIV & AIDS
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Evaluation of pediatric psoriasis outpatient health care delivery finds some treatment variability
Most outpatient visits for pediatric psoriasis in the United States are made by white children ages 8 years and older and are made to dermatologists and pediatricians, but the treatment approach may differ by physician specialty ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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MRI technique appears feasible to help identify involvement of jawbone by oral cancer
A preliminary study suggests that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique called SWIFT (sweep imaging with Fourier transform) appears feasible to help provide a three-dimensional assessment that may aid in detecting ...
Cancer
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Study finds that ultrasonic instrument may be helpful for rhinoplasty
The ultrasonic bone aspirator, which uses sound waves to remove bone without damage to surrounding soft tissue or mucous membranes, may be a useful tool for surgeons performing cosmetic rhinoplasty (cosmetic surgery of the ...
Other
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Link found between percentage of minority trauma patients in a hospital and increased odds of dying
The odds of dying appear to increase for patients treated at hospitals with higher proportions of minority trauma patients, although racial disparities may partly explain differences in outcomes between trauma hospitals, ...
Other
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Food and drugs: Administer together
A regulatory bias against taking oral anti-cancer medications with food places many patients at increased risk for an overdose and forces them to "flush costly medicines down the toilet," argues Mark Ratain, MD, an authority ...
Cancer
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Key regulatory genes often amplified in aggressive childhood tumor of the brainstem
The largest study ever of a rare childhood brain tumor found more than half the tumors carried extra copies of specific genes linked to cancer growth, according to research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators.
Cancer
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Improving cancer communication to patients
Oncologists and their patients are increasingly challenged with making difficult decisions about screening, prevention and treatment. Unfortunately, most patients are neither armed with adequate knowledge nor the means of ...
Cancer
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Emergency treatment for heart attack improving but delays still occur
Despite improvements in treating heart attack patients needing emergency artery-opening procedures, delays still occur, particularly in transferring patients to hospitals that can perform the procedure, according to a study ...
Cardiology
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More than a sign of sleepiness, yawning may cool the brain
Though considered a mark of boredom or fatigue, yawning might also be a trait of the hot-headed. Literally.
Neuroscience
Sep 19, 2011 |
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