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| | Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis -- How Much Difference Does Surgery Make? - Journal Watch (General) |
 | | Five randomized trials involving 2,440 asymptomatic patients with carotid stenosis of 50 percent or more were analyzed. | | | However, surgical patients had a 2.4 percent risk for stroke or death in the 30 days after randomization, compared with 0.4 percent for the medically treated group. | | | An accompanying editorial points out that 50 people would have to be operated on to prevent one stroke and that we need better ways of identifying which asymptomatic patients are at higher or lower stroke risk before recommending surgery. |
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| | BioMed Central Full text Exacerbated inflammatory cellular immune response characteristics of HAM/TSP is observed in ... |
| | Additionally, lymphocyte responses were quite variable, and in some asymptomatic carriers the lymphocyte proliferation and IFN-γ production were similar to those found in patients with myelopathy. | | | Immunoproliferation assays, cytokine levels of unstimulated cultures, and flow cytometry analysis were used to evaluate the studied groups. | | | A great variability of immune response observed in about 40% of HTLV-I infected subjects was not reflecting a temporary situation, since the IFN-γ levels were relatively constant within an individual over time (eight months). |
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| | Exercise test predicts heart events in high risk asymptomatic men |
| | However, he said it is important to note that this study did not find that exercise testing provided additional prognostic information in those with 10-year-CHD risk less than 10 percent. | | | "Our results suggest that exercise testing may be of benefit in asymptomatic men with intermediate to high risk," said Gary J. Balady, M.D., a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and an investigator with the Framingham Heart Study. | | | This is the first study to evaluate exercise testing among asymptomatic people relative to their predicted coronary heart disease (CHD) risk using the Framingham risk score. |
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| | Asymptomatic Autoimmune Hepatitis May Go Untreated Safely - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today |
| | However, the researchers cautioned that the study is not a prospective, randomized trial -- something that may be difficult to perform in this relatively rare disease -- and argued that more cohort studies are needed before the wait-and-see approach is widely adopted. | | | Autoimmune hepatitis "is generally associated with a favorable outcome," Dr. Feld concluded, and "they appear to do well without immunosuppressive therapy at least for as long as they remain asymptomatic." | | | After 10 years, only 61.9% of those who presented with cirrhosis remained alive, compared with 94.0% of those without. |
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| | Asymptomatic HIV-infected Newborns May Benefit From Early Drug Treatment, Stanford Study Shows |
| | When the researchers compared the outcomes in the first two groups, they found that any type of antiretroviral therapy delayed disease progression and enhanced survival. | | | Asymptomatic HIV-infected Newborns May Benefit From Early Drug Treatment, Stanford Study Shows | | | "We've clearly shown that early treatment of asymptomatic infants-no matter what it is-makes a big difference in preventing or delaying the progression of the disease," said Maldonado. |
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| | SCREENING FOR ASYMPTOMATIC UTI: URINE DIPSTICK IS BEST - Journal Watch (General) |
| | Urinalysis assessment of leukocytes cost $15 per patient, with a sensitivity of only 25 percent and a specificity of 99 percent. | | | Asymptomatic UTI, defined as a urine culture yielding at least 100,000 uropathogens/ml, was identified in 2.3 percent. | | | Several tests are available for screening asymptomatic patients for urinary tract infection, including urine dipstick testing, urinalysis, gram staining, and urine culture. |
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| | News - Pegylated Interferon Induces Sustained Responses in Asymptomatic Patients With Hepatitis C Infection: Presented ... |
| | "Pegylated interferon leads to higher sustained viral response rates in symptomatic patients with acute HCV infections, but the treatment of asymptomatic HCV is not yet established," said Sanaa Kamal, MD, professor of medicine, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. | | | Most patients with acute HCV infection are asymptomatic, but these acute infections evolve into chronic infections in the majority of patients. | | | Initiation of therapy at 8 or 12 weeks leads to a higher sustained virologic response rate than at 20 weeks, particularly with treatment with interferon plus ribavirin, she added. |
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http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256F400051DB27
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| | ADA.org: Science in the News: Incidence of Periodontal Disease in Patients with Reported Asymptomatic Third Molars |
| | Collectively, the study results indicate that there may be a higher incidence of periodontal disease associated with asymptomatic third molars in this age group than had been expected. | | | ADA.org: Science in the News: Incidence of Periodontal Disease in Patients with Reported Asymptomatic Third Molars | | | The authors extrapolate that the oral inflammation associated with periodontal disease of third molars may make young adults at increased risk for inflammation throughout the body, placing these patients at risk for numerous systemic diseases. |
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| | Dr. Koop - Asymptomatic bacteriuria |
| | To find more information on specific conditions, please visit our partner sites: | | | The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. | | | Most patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria do not need treatment because the bacteria isn't causing any harm. |
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| | NEJM -- Risk of Advanced Proximal Neoplasms in Asymptomatic Adults According to the Distal Colorectal Findings |
| | Syrigos, K.N., Charalampopoulos, A., Ho, J.L., Zbar, A., Murday, V.A., Leicester, R.J. Colonoscopy in Asymptomatic Individuals With a Family History of Colorectal Cancer. | | | Conclusions Asymptomatic persons 50 years of age or older who | | | Incidence and recurrence rates of colorectal adenomas estimated by annually repeated colonoscopies on asymptomatic Japanese. |
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http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/343/3/169
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| | Introduction: Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis is the diagnosis when the patient does not complain of pain or discomfort but has infection-fighting cells in his semen. | | | Researching symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: Further information about the symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis is available including a list of symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis, or alternatively return to research other symptoms in the symptom center. | | | Statistics and Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: Various sources and calculations are available in statistics about Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis, and you can also research other medical statistics in our statistics center. |
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| | NEJM -- Effect of captopril on mortality and morbidity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial ... |
| | These benefits were observed in patients who received thrombolytic therapy, aspirin, or beta-blockers, as well as those who did not, suggesting that treatment with captopril leads to additional improvement in outcome among selected survivors of myocardial infarction. | | | In patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction, long-term administration of captopril was associated with an improvement in survival and reduced morbidity and mortality due to major cardiovascular events. | | | Primary Care Management of Chronic Stable Angina and Asymptomatic Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians. |
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| | Symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Furthermore, symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis may vary on an individual basis for each patient. | | | This symptom information has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis. | | | General information about symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible symptoms of Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis. |
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http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/a/asymptomatic_inflammatory_prostatitis/symptoms.htm
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| | Three Reported Asymptomatic Thai Binh Bird Flu Patients |
| | The two asymptomatic H5N1 positive patients in Thai Binh raise the number of reported clusters with a reported asymptomatic case to | | | Three Reported Asymptomatic Thai Binh Bird Flu Patients | | | The false negatives in atypical cases in the south coupled with asymptomatic family members of confirmed H5N1 fatal cases in the north, indicates that H5N1 can produce a wide range of symptoms in humans and has achieved efficient transmission. |
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