Aims of the study were to assess the length of morphologically normal kidneys ultrasonically and to build models to predict the renal lengths with the view of preparing prospective context-specific normograms. Accurate prediction of reference ranges of renal lengths facilitates clinical decision making. But currently a single renal-length-reference chart is use for both kidneys; which…
The researchers discovering that viruses can exploit the body’s DNA ;dampening its antiviral immune response and allowing infection to take hold more easily. But in some cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that stretches of human DNA act as a traitor to the body’s defenses by helping viruses infect people and trigger cancer-causing diseases; per…
The study find that the the administration’s efforts to use federal rules to dismantle civil rights protections in health care for vulnerable populations; particularly transgender and gender non-conforming patients. Therefore A propose rule; because issue today by the Department of Health and Human Services; would weaken existing regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act’s non-discrimination in…
The researchers examining post-mortem brain tissue from people ages 79 to 99 find that new neurons continue to form well into old age. Therefore The study provides evidence that this occurs even in people with cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease; although neurogenesis is significantly reduce in these people compare to older ; adults with normal…
Research from European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, Scotland (28 April-1 May) reveals that the risk of a child becoming overweight or obese is more than trebled by maternal obesity prior to getting pregnant. The study is by Dr. Nicola Heslehurst, Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, UK, and colleagues. Efforts to prevent childhood…
Deaths from stroke in England halved during the first decade of the 21st century, mainly as a result of improved survival due to better care, finds a study publish by The BMJ today. The number of strokes, and the number of people who died from stroke, decrease by 20% and 40%, respectively, over this period.…
The researches find that the the highest healthcare costs per person in the world. Therefore HTA is often seen as a method for drug cost control; however; but the US healthcare system lacks a national HTA body with a formal mandate and binding authority. Because A number of differences in the US healthcare system complicate…
The female heart changes after menopause, but a new University of Guelph study is the first to reveal changes; that are happening during perimenopause the stage before menopause sets in. These small, underappreciated changes have potential implications for protecting women’s hearts by introducing the use of hormone replacement therapy earlier. “We found the window of…
Physicians’ sexual abuse of patients is a substantial problem that the healthcare industry has neglect for too long, say authors of an article publish online May 1 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. They implore the medical community to begin a candid discussion of this problem and call for an explicit zero tolerance standard against sexual…
The researches find that the The infection in his foot had gotten so bad his doctor told him amputation may be necessary. But when the surgery was over; he could hardly believe his eyes. therefore “they figured when They woke up, they would have no foot;” says Palacios; who had suffered complications related to Type…
The study find that the An 84-year-old Texas man recently became the oldest living kidney donor in the country after donating one of his kidneys to his 72-year old neighbor at Houston Methodist Hospital. Frank Dewhurst; who lives six houses down from Linda Nall; had known for years that his neighbor’s kidneys were failing, but…
Poor sleep quality and peptic ulcer disease (PUD, a condition when sores known as ulcers develop on the lining of your stomach or in the first part of your small intestine) are both major public health problems that affect the physical and psychological wellbeing of older adults. Chronic health conditions Poor sleep quality can be…