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Jamie O'Brien, Ambry Genetics & Newport Surf Camp to get children ...  -  May 19, 2007
Surfline.com Surf News,Medical scientists and physicians have turned this observation into a new medical treatment for CF called hypertonic saline therapy.

Saving Trauma Patients  -  Apr 30, 2007
ABC30.com,Early results show the high doses of salt -- called hypertonic saline -- also improve blood flow to the brain, reduce brain swelling, and can decrease the

New Medical Device and Irrigation Solution Exhibits Promising ...  -  May 4, 2007
WebWire (press release),The bacterial strains were grown into robust bacterial colonies and treated with a variety of commonly used therapies including antibiotics and hypertonic

Characteristic Sonographic Findings of Hepatic Erosion by ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Because of the hypertonic and alkaline nature of TPN formulations, contact of the catheter tip with the hepatic parenchyma can result in tissue necrosis.

Avoid summer sun damage  -  May 8, 2007
Hattiesburg American,When one muscle is injured or becomes hypertonic, the effects aren't felt just in that one area. A tight point of stress in the upper shoulders or neck

Local Family Makes Great Strides Against CF  -  May 4, 2007
Garden City News,Last year's breakthrough was an inhalation treatment utilizing basic salt water called Hypertonic Saline. This concentrated saltwater solution improved

Guidelines Updated for Treatment of Spontaneous Intracerebral ...  -  May 3, 2007
Medscape (subscription)More aggressive therapies, such as osmotic diuretics (mannitol and hypertonic saline), drainage of cerebrospinal fluid with a ventricular catheter,

McLean Hospital Researcher Calls For New Preventative, Therapeutic ...  -  May 3, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,This connection pointed to using hypertonic solutions, such as three-percent saline, as a treatment for life threatening cases of EAH, as previously

Marathon Runners' Deaths Attributed to Antidiuretic Hormone  -  May 1, 2007
MedPage Today,The authors noted that in more recent Boston marathons runners who developed hypotonic encephalopathy were treated with intravenous hypertonic (3%) saline,

Great Strides Walk raises money for cystic fibrosis research  -  Apr 27, 2007
Valley News Network,Hypertonic saline, Pulmozyme, inhaled tobramycin and the airway-clearing vest, the most potent treatments for CF, are all the results of recent research

Help for trauma patients  -  Apr 22, 2007
KING5.com (subscription),Early results show the high doses of salt - called hypertonic saline - also improve blood flow to the brain, reduce brain swelling, and can decrease the

Characteristic Sonographic Findings of Hepatic Erosion by ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Because of the hypertonic and alkaline nature of TPN formulations, contact of the catheter tip with the hepatic parenchyma can result in tissue necrosis.

Saving Trauma Patients  -  Apr 11, 2007
WFtv.com,HYPERTONIC RESUSCITATION: An experimental hypertonic solution is more concentrated than the current treatment and may offer extra benefits to victims of

Symposium speaker former director of vatican observatory  -  Apr 25, 2007
SJU The Hawk (subscription),These included projects entitled, "Tissue Inhibitor Reverses UVB Skin Damage," and "Study of Acute Response to Hypertonic Stress in Kidney Cells",

New cystic fibrosis treatment target found  -  Apr 19, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Treatment Shows Long-term Benefits For Cystic Fibrosis Patients (January 23, 2006) -- New research suggests that inhaling hypertonic saline, a water-based

New treatment might decrease trauma-related deaths  -  Mar 13, 2007
News 8 Austin,An experimental hypertonic solution is more concentrated than the current treatment and may offer extra benefits to victims of blunt trauma.

Mannitol for brain injury studies bogus: UK expert  -  Mar 23, 2007
National Review of Medicine,Dr Roberts contends that there haven't been big enough randomized controlled trials comparing mannitol or other osmotic diuretics like hypertonic saline

TB diagnosis: Improving the yield with fluorescence microscopy  -  Mar 23, 2007
Aidsmap,Other researchers have stressed inducing a productive cough with a string in the throat in one study, or with hypertonic saline using an ultrasonic

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Announces Successful Completion of Multiple ...  -  Mar 22, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),The most likely explanation for these observations in the third cohort was the injection of relatively large volumes of hypertonic (ie 920 mosm) solution

The effect of mannitol on oxygenation and creatine kinase MB ...  -  Mar 9, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryToung TJK, Chang Y, Lin J, Bhardwaj A. Increase in lung and brain water following experimental stroke: effect of mannitol and hypertonic saline.

Medical study using severe cardiac, trauma patients is under way  -  Mar 8, 2007
North County Times,During the first part, which lasts until May, doctors will evaluate the effects of a hypertonic saline administered to severe trauma patients, according to

SUFU 2007 - Assessing the Effectiveness of Botox A Injections as a ...  -  Mar 7, 2007
UroToday,Conclusion: Botox A injected directly into hypertonic pelvic floor muscles for women with HTPFMD appears to be a viable treatment option for this condition.

Follow File Ithacan doing well after heart surgery  -  Feb 26, 2007
Ithaca Journal,In October, Dewey was diagnosed with hypertonic cardiomyopathy with significant aortic stenosis, a life-threatening heart condition in which a person's

Mobster Brother on Trial Hospitalized in Sofia Jail  -  Feb 16, 2007
Sofia News Agency,Marinov suffered a hypertonic crisis, Darik News reported. His older brother, Krassimir, has already been released on house arrest because his health

PORTLAND (Jan 29): Hello all,  -  Jan 29, 2007
knox.VillageSoup.com,He was found stranded suffering from hypertonic dehydration (dehydration where more water is lost than salt from the body, creating an abnormally high level

Hydraulic conductance of lung endothelial phenotypes and Starling ...  -  Feb 8, 2007
AJP-Lung Physiology (subscription)·cmH 2 O –1 after hypertonic challenge (18). Low microvascular L p values were also calculated using estimated surface areas of lung vascular segments.

Guest Column: Your mother's wisdom: wash your nose  -  Jan 10, 2007
Rock River Times,A hypertonic mixture (saltier than the body’s own membranes) has been shown to work best, acting as a natural decongestant and having antibacterial

Local paramedics set to begin national trauma study  -  Jan 3, 2007
The Columbian,This study will determine whether hypertonic saline -- about 7.5 percent salt -- improves survival or recovery of brain function. A hypertonic solution with

Events scheduled to fund Ithacan's heart surgery  -  Jan 9, 2007
Ithaca Journal,ITHACA — In October, Mark Dewey, 22, of Ithaca was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition: hypertonic cardiomyopathy with significant aortic

The right way to move  -  Jan 7, 2007
Ha'aretz,...but that comes at the expense of stiff joints or hypertonic muscles in certain areas, which throw body systems out of balance," Solberg says,

Trauma treatment to be tested in Portland  -  Jan 7, 2007
kgw.com (subscription),Last year, Portland was scheduled to join several other US and Canadian cities in testing hypertonic saline, a concentrated salt solution meant to replace

A heartfelt holiday wish: Ithaca family seeks help for son's heart ...  -  Dec 26, 2006
Ithaca Journal,In October, Dewey was diagnosed with hypertonic cardiomyopathy with significant aortic stenosis. It's when the heart's inner lining is infected,

A heartfelt holiday wish: Ithaca family seeks help for son's heart ...  -  26 Dec 2006
Ithaca Journal,In October, Dewey was diagnosed with hypertonic cardiomyopathy with significant aortic stenosis. It's when the heart's inner lining is infected,

Newly Discovered Immune Defense May Be Impaired In Cystic Fibrosis ...  -  Dec 6, 2006
Science Daily (press release)Treatment Shows Long-term Benefits For Cystic Fibrosis Patients (January 23, 2006) -- New research suggests that inhaling hypertonic saline, a water-based

Egor Gaidar's Political Diagnosis  -  Nov 29, 2006
Kommersant,...“Hypertonic crisis was suggested, although its cause was not specified… At the time he was released from the hospital, the patient's life was not in danger

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