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- What You Need to Know About Natural Gas Detectors
Natural gas detector units vary greatly in price, features, and ease of installation. Some of them must be professionally installed and may be connected to your home security system. Other brands resemble smoke detectors and are easy for you to install. Regardless of which detector you choose, certain facts are important: It is important that the natural gas detector will not be set off by other elements in your home, such as cigarette smoke or humidity level. Many detectors will respond to...
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Hydroxyurea Therapy Improves Survival in Most Severely Affected Sickle Cell Patients
Sickle cell anemia patients who took the drug hydroxyurea over a 9-year period experienced a 40 percent reduction in deaths, according to the first study to evaluate whether the treatment prolongs life, announced the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. The study of 299 adult sickle cell patients with moderate to severe forms of the disease, found that improved survival was related to the benefits associated with hydroxyurea treatment an...
National Institutes of Health
- Gene Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers
Key Points Gene therapy is an experimental treatment that involves introducing genetic material into a person’s cells to fight disease (see Question 2). Researchers are studying gene therapy for cancer through a number of different approaches (see Question 3). A gene can be delivered to a cell using a carrier known as a “vector.” The most common types of vectors used in gene therapy are viruses (see Question 4). The viruses used in gene therapy are altered to make them safe;...
- Small Trial Shows Daclizumab Add-On Therapy
Improves Multiple Sclerosis Outcome
A small clinical trial of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who did not respond to interferon alone found that adding the human antibody daclizumab improved patient outcome. Patients who received the combined therapy had a 78 percent reduction in new brain lesions and a 70 percent reduction in total lesions, along with other significant clinical improvements. The trial was led by investigators at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a component of the...
National Institutes of Health
- Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers
What is photodynamic therapy? Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment that uses a drug, called a photosensitizer or photosensitizing agent, and a particular type of light. When photosensitizers are exposed to a specific wavelength of light, they produce a form of oxygen that kills nearby cells (1, 2, 3). Each photosensitizer is activated by light of a specific wavelength (3, 4). This wavelength determines how far the light can travel into the body (3, 5). Thus, doctors use specific...
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- Neuro Developmental Therapy - http://www.irishhealth.net/ndt.html
- American Physical Therapy Association - http://www.apta.org/
- American Occupational Therapy Association - http://www.aota.org/
- American Art Therapy Association - http://www.arttherapy.org/
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- Natural HIV Barrier Snares AIDS Virus
MedicineNet - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- High-Dose Calcitriol Plus Docetaxel Compared With Placebo Plus Docetaxel In Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- First Clues Into The Genetic Source Of Natural Electrical Signals Governing Regeneration Of Nerve And Muscle
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
- Natural family planning 'effective'
BBC - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:48 EST
- Natural family planning method may also be effective
The Earth Times - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:45 EST
Clinical Trials
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- Radiation Therapy and the Natural History of Childhood Cancers
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00064883 - Recruiting
Neoplasms
- Natural History and Results of Dual Chamber (DDD) Pacemaker Therapy of Children with Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00001396 - Active, not recruiting
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hormone Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003026 - Active, not recruiting
adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- Oblimersen, Thalidomide, and Dexamethasone in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00049374 - Active, not recruiting
refractory plasma cell neoplasm
- Biological Therapy Following Surgery and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Primary or Recurrent Astrocytoma or Oligodendroglioma
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00004024 - Active, not recruiting
adult brain tumor

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