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The total cost of asthma due to pollution is much higher than past traditional risk assessments have indicated and there is growing evidence that exposure to traffic-related air pollution is a cause of asthma and a trigger for attacks, so it should be included, say the researchers. They . . . → Read More: Traffic-Related Air Pollution
The total cost of asthma due to pollution is much higher than past traditional risk assessments have indicated and there is growing evidence that exposure to traffic-related air pollution is a cause of asthma and a trigger for attacks, so it should be included, say the researchers. They . . . → Read More: Traffic-Related Air Pollution
Many experts believe that high-quality contemporary brachy-therapy may be an effectivetool against high-risk prostatecancer; © panthermedia.net/Luis Louro
A population-based analysis looking at almost 13,000 cases revealed that men who received brachytherapy alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) had significantly reduced mortality . . . → Read More: Brachytherapy Reduced Death Rates in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
Many experts believe that high-quality contemporary brachy-therapy may be an effectivetool against high-risk prostatecancer; © panthermedia.net/Luis Louro
A population-based analysis looking at almost 13,000 cases revealed that men who received brachytherapy alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) had significantly reduced mortality . . . → Read More: Brachytherapy Reduced Death Rates in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
Industry Leading High Voltage Manufacturer Expands Presence in the Medical Diagnostic X-ray Marketplace Wednesday, January 18, 2012 – Hauppauge New York – Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, the world’s leading manufacturer of high voltage power conversion products, announced today that it has acquired K&S Röntgenwerk Bochum, a premier provider of x-ray . . . → Read More: Spellman Announces Acquisition of K&S Röntgenwerk Bochum
Campath was previously believed to kill all lymphocytes (T-cells and B-cells) in the body and render patients susceptible to infections. However, Doctor Rachael A. Clark and Doctor Thomas Kupper found that Campath only kills T-cells that enter the bloodstream, but it spares a newly discovered population of T-cells . . . → Read More: Drug Kills Cancerous T-Cells While Sparing Normal Immunity
Heavy consumers of the mega-sweetener also tend to havelower levels of cardiovascularprotectors such as such as HDLcholesterol and adiponectin;© panthermedia.net/Craig Robinson
An analysis of 559 adolescents age 14-18 correlated high-fructose diets with higher blood pressure, fasting glucose, insulin resistance and inflammatory factors that contribute to . . . → Read More: High Fructose Consumption May Put at Cardiovascular Risk
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC) announced final financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2011 and reiterated its outlook for 2012. Earnings per diluted share decreased 4 percent during the period to $0.53 from $0.55. Prior period earnings included a non-recurring benefit of $0.03 per share due to . . . → Read More: Hill-Rom Reports Fiscal First Quarter Results
The biochip uses plasmonic interferometers and could be used to measure a range of biological and environmental substances. For the 26 million Americans with diabetes, drawing blood is the most prevalent way to check glucose levels. It is invasive and at least minimally painful. Researchers at Brown University . . . → Read More: Biochip Measures Glucose in Saliva, Not Blood
Most people have no symptomsinitially and may not know theyhave the infection until liverdamage shows up decades laterduring routine medical tests;© panthermedia.net/krishnacreations
The cholesterol receptor offers a promising new target for anti-viral therapy, for which an approved drug may already exist, say the researchers. An . . . → Read More: Entry Point for Hepatitis C Infection Identified
Just like in the past few years, the German Healthcare Export Group (GHE) e.V. is also once again represented this year at the leading international Healthcare trade show in the Middle East. The participating GHE member companies and their guests however will encounter an entirely new booth concept. True to the . . . → Read More: Welcome to the Arab Health 2012!GHE Impresses with a New Booth Concept
The findings by an international research team headed by Yale scientists may help explain what goes wrong in the one billion people who suffer from high blood pressure. The study also demonstrates the power of new DNA sequencing methods to find previously unknown disease-causing genes. The team . . . → Read More: Rare Disease and Mechanism of Hypertension
Excluding skin cancer, prostatecancer is the most commoncancer diagnosed in Americanmen; © panthermedia.net/FranckCamhi
Excluding skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in American men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Open radical prostatectomy, or removal of the prostate, is . . . → Read More: Lower Risk of Nerve Damage in Prostate Cancer Surgeries
“As waiting times for donor organs continue to increase, so does the need for bridging strategies for patients with end-stage lung disease awaiting transplantation,” said Doctor Marius M. Hoeper. “Our study shows that ECMO support in awake and non-intubated patients may be an alternative to intubation and mechanical . . . → Read More: ECMO as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation
Study findings suggest new targetfor drug development for chronicpain; © panthermedia.net/Wavebreakmedia Ltd
In their new study, the scientists found that DMS, a small-molecule by-product of cellular membranes in the nervous system, is produced at abnormally high levels in the spinal cords of rats with neuropathic . . . → Read More: New Understanding of Chronic Pain |
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