Article: The assault on allergies: From diagnostics to treatments

Article: A study of allergen-specific IgE antibodies in Indian patients of atopic dermatitis
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......elevated in over 80% of patients with AD. Specific IgE antibodies directed against environmental...detected in most AD patients. Up to 100% children...Methods Fifty consecutive patients of AD were included in the study. All the patients underwent clinical examination...from one to 24 ...

Article: Specific IgE Antibodies Against Different Milk Allergens for in vitro Diagnosis of Cow's Milk Allergy
Clinical Chemistry;  June 1, 2006 ;     477 words ......to measure specific IgE antibodies to allergens are useful...allergy, especially in patients less than 5 years of...screen for specific IgE antibodies to cow's milk using...We conclude that patients with allergy to cow...more likely to have IgE antibodies to ...

Article: Patients given hospitals choice
Yorkshire Post;  March 29, 2008 ;     533 words ...PATIENTS will be able to select appointments at any hospital in...under a flagship Government initiative. From April 1, patients referred to hospital by their GP will be able to choose...Ministers have pressed for the move as part of efforts to give patients more power. They also hope it will put pressure ...

Article: Results of conventionally fractionated radiotherapy in supratentorial malignant glioma patients
Turkish Journal of Cancer;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Sixty patients with the diagnosis of supratentorial...1997, were retrospectively analyzed. The patients had a median age of 47 years and a median...and glioblastoma multiforme in 39 (65%) patients. Median survival was 13 months for all...

Article: Patients dissatisfied at two-tier GP funding
The Independent - London;  June 1, 1995 ;     499 words ...Patients of fundholding GPs are still getting to hospital faster...treatment, a new survey says. But the report says fundholders' patients are less satisfied than non- fundholders' with some of...There are 2,600 fundholding GPs covering 40 per cent of patients in England and Wales. They have budgets and buy ...

Article: Abdominal surgery in chronic hemodialysis patients
The American Surgeon;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...The number of patients with end-stage renal disease who benefit from...abdominal surgery in chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients. A 7-year retrospective study was conducted including all the patients on CHD who underwent abdominal surgery in...

Article: Endurance training in patients with multiple sclerosis: five case studies.
Physical Therapy;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibit various symptoms...between the ages of 20 and 30 years.[3] Even though these patients are often young and initially exhibit barely perceptible...General fatigue is a dominating problem for the majority of patients with MS.[5,6] This fatigue is believed to have a ...

Article: IV versus PO Vitamin D: the road already traveled.(Controversies in Nephrology Nursing: who Should Be Paying for Vitamin D Analogues--Medicare or the Patients?)
Nephrology Nursing Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stages 3-5 experience...paricalcitol (Zemplar[TM]) does not carry an indication for patients with CKD Stage 5. Although the price for injectable vitamin...higher than that of oral products, clinicians prefer it for patients on hemodialysis for several reasons. 1. ...

Article: Malformations of cortical development: clinical spectrum in a series of 101 patients and review of the literature (Part I)
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Patients with malformations of cortical development (MCD) present...neurodevelopmental problems. Thorough clinical delineation of patients with MCD may provide clues for future phenotype-genotype correlation studies. We studied clinical features of patients with MCD, including developmental risk factors and ...

Article: Lack of Complications in Minor Skin Lesion Excisions in Patients Taking Aspirin or Warfarin Products
The American Surgeon;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Many patients undergoing surgical procedures take medications...study the incidence of complications in patients receiving aspirin or warfarin and undergoing...Two thousand three hundred twenty-six patients, operated on by a single surgeon, were...

Article: What we know about ourselves: changing attitudes about treating patients with substance use disorders.(Editorial)
Southern Medical Journal;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Patients with substance use disorders (SUD) are prevalent in most...the changing attitude of physicians toward caring for patients with substance abuse disorders from the beginning of their...students and physicians-in-training toward caring for patients with substance abuse disorders are analyzed. ...

Article: Patients urged to demand immediate artery-clearing
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 11, 2008 ;     538 words ...Patients with chest pain or mild heart attacks who are rushed to...American Heart Association's annual meeting found some patients are 35 percent less likely to have a heart attack, suffer...the weekend, the researchers said. Numerous studies show patients should get to the hospital as quickly as possible ...

Article: So what do the patients really think of Lothian hospitals?
Evening News - Scotland;  September 20, 1999 ;     692 words ...PATIENTS at ten Lothian hospitals are taking part in a pioneering...of the NHS. In the first scheme of its kind in Britain, patients have taken behind the scenes photographs and commented...undertake a fundamental review of their services. While some patients praised the care and attention they received, ...

Article: Fasting and post-methionine loading concentrations of homocysteine, vitamin B^sub 2^, and vitamin B^sub 6^ in patients on antiepileptic drugs
Clinical Chemistry;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Patients on antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) frequently have low serum...formations, dementia, and neuropsychiatric symptoms among patients on AEDs (5-7). Homocysteine metabolism is dependent on...status thus may have an impact on tHcy concentrations in patients taking AEDs, but few studies have reported on this ...