Down Syndrome :: UAB Opens Adult Down Syndrome Clinic
UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) has opened one of the few clinics in the nation dedicated to providing services to adult patients with Down Syndrome.
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Asthma :: Data showed improved quality of life and patient satisfaction with SYMBICORT
New data demonstrated that the combination asthma therapy, SYMBICORT? (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate), led to significant improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQL) and greater patient-reported satisfaction with asthma treatment, versus its monocomponents (budesonide or formoterol) or placebo.
Viral Disease :: Hand-foot-mouth outbreak in Linyi update – 2nd child died
A viral hand-foot-and-mouth disease killed a 14-month-old boy in eastern China’s Shandong province, state media reported.
IBS :: Hypnotherapy for Children with Functional Abdominal Pain or Irritable Bowel Syndrome
As hypnotherapy has demonstrated effectiveness in adults with IBS, researchers sought to compare its effects in children to standard medical therapy commonly used for the condition as an alternative to drug therapy.
Urology :: NYP/Weill Cornell Urologists present at 2007 AUA Conference
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center urologists are presenting exciting new research at the 2007 American Urological Association (AUA) Conference in Anaheim, May 19?May 24. Among the most significant presentations are the following:
Cystoplasty :: Tissue-engineered autologous bladders for patients needing cystoplasty
Cystoplasty using gastrointestinal segments is a common treatment for patients with end-stage bladder disease.
IBS :: Novel treatments may help alleviate constipation, IBS in women
Three new therapy options, including two novel medications, showed promise in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2007 (DDW).
Stress :: Improving communication with families of dying patients reduces stress, anxiety and depression
Hospitals that use a simple strategy of enhancing communication with family members of patients dying in the intensive care unit can greatly reduce post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression after their loved one dies, according to a study to be presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Francisco on Monday, May 21.
Brain :: UCLA imaging study reveals how pure oxygen harms the brain
A new UCLA imaging study reveals how inhaling 100 percent oxygen can harm the brain. The findings fly in the face of national guidelines for resuscitation and urge a new approach adding carbon dioxide to the gas mix to preserve brain function in patients.
HIV :: HIV in breast milk killed by flash-heating
A simple method of flash-heating breast milk infected with HIV successfully inactivated the free-floating virus, according to a new study led by researchers at the Berkeley and Davis campuses of the University of California.