News tagged with dose
The Phantom Torso Returns
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2009 |
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The Phantom Torso is back, and he has quite a story to tell. He's an armless, legless, human-shaped torso, a mannequin that looks like he's wrapped in a mummy's bandages. Scientists at the European Space Agency ...
FDA group recommends acetaminophen liver warnings
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Food and Drug Administration report released Wednesday recommends stronger warnings and dose limits on drugs containing the painkiller acetaminophen, citing an increased risk of liver injury.
CT scans increase cancer risk estimates in multiply-imaged emergency department patients
May 05, 2009 |
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Physicians should review a patient's CT imaging history and cumulative radiation dose when considering whether to perform another CT exam, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, and Washington ...
High-dose radiation improves lung cancer survival
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Higher doses of radiation combined with chemotherapy improve survival in patients with stage III lung cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Radiation dose can be reduced for 'triple rule-out' coronary CT angiography
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Physicians can dramatically reduce the radiation dose delivered to patients undergoing coronary CT angiography in a "triple rule-out" protocol by simply using tube current modulation, according to a study performed at Thomas ...
CT scans: Too much of a good thing can be risky
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Patients who undergo numerous CT scans over their lifetime may be at increased risk for cancer, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology.
People without heart disease symptoms should use caution in obtaining cardiac imaging exams
Feb 02, 2009 |
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At the radiation dose levels used in cardiac imaging exams, such as cardiac CT or nuclear medicine scans, the risk of potentially harmful effects from ionizing radiation are low. However, since the exact level of risk is ...
Acute gastric injury due to high-dose analgesics?
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Analgesics, NSAIDs and acetaminophen, are commonly used for the relief of fever, headaches, and other minor aches and pains. The gastrointestinal side effects of NSAIDs are well documented and acetaminophen is accepted to ...
Study shows optimal dose management of warfarin improves anticoagulation control
Dec 22, 2008 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have determined the optimal dose-management strategy to derive maximal benefit from warfarin therapy and improve patient outcomes. Results of the study appear online ...
Gene Mutations Linked to Statin Resistance
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified genetic mutations that may help explain why some people don't respond very well to statins, drugs taken by millions of Americans to fight high ...
Half-dose flu shot appears to produce immune response in young, healthy adults
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Individuals younger than 50 who have been previously vaccinated do not appear to have a substantially different immune response to a half-dose of influenza vaccine than to a full dose, according to a report in the December ...
Second-generation CML drugs show promise as frontline therapy
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Two drugs approved as fallback therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) appear to outperform historical benchmarks of the frontline medication when used as a first treatment in separate clinical trials, researchers ...
Fractional dose of scarce meningitis vaccine may be effective in outbreak control
Dec 05, 2008 |
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One fifth of the standard dose of a commonly used meningitis vaccine may be as effective as using the full dose. This new finding should allow scarce vaccine resources to be stretched further, especially during epidemics ...
Fractional dose of scarce meningitis vaccine may be effective in outbreak control
Dec 02, 2008 |
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A partial dose of a commonly used vaccine against meningitis may be as effective as a full dose, according to new research published December 2 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Fractional dosing ...
Alzheimer's disease patients show improvement in trial of new drug
Jul 29, 2008 |
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A new drug has been shown to improve the brain function of people with early stage Alzheimer's disease and reduce a key protein associated with the disease in the spinal fluid, in a small study published today in the journal ...
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