News tagged with rochester medical center
Drug improves mobility for some MS patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 27, 2009 |
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The experimental drug fampridine (4-aminopyridine) improves walking ability in some individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). That is the conclusion of a multi-center Phase 3 clinical trial, the results of which were published ...
A worm-and-mouse tale: B cells deserve more respect
Feb 26, 2009 |
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By studying how mice fight off infection by intestinal worms - a condition that affects more than 1 billion people worldwide - scientists have discovered that the immune system is more versatile than has long been thought. ...
Researchers block immune cell rush behind deadly sepsis
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Researchers have found a way to block the ability of white blood cells to sprint toward the sites of infection when such speed worsens the damage done by sepsis, the often fatal, whole-body bacterial infection, according ...
Updated formula measures kidney function more accurately
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Measuring kidney function in children can be expensive, time-consuming for clinicians, and tedious for children, who may be exposed to radioactivity and subjected to a large number of blood draws. A new calculation eliminates ...
New clinical equation accurately measures kidney function in children
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Measuring a child's kidney function has traditionally been time-consuming, costly, and difficult to perform, but a new equation that uses parameters collected at routine office visits can effectively accomplish this, according ...
Researchers detail how aging undermines bone healing
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Researchers have unraveled crucial details of how aging causes broken bones to heal slowly, or not at all, according to study results published today in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. The research team also succes ...
