Not exact matches
Now for some more caveats: The sample, while large, was overwhelmingly made up of white people, and the
measure of vitamin intake was based on surveys rather than
blood draws (which could potentially
lead to some misleading results).
Indeed, the
lead situation in Syracuse has similarities to the ongoing situation in Flint, Michigan, where a change in the source of drinking water and a lack of preventative
measures resulted in a dangerous increase in
blood lead levels for residents.
The UMD and UMB team,
led by research associate Eunkyoung Kim, used a discovery - driven approach based on the assumptions that chemical biomarkers relating to oxidative stress could be found in
blood, and that they could be
measured by common electrochemical instruments.
Despite
leading the world in pioneering anti-smoking laws, cancer screening and controlling high
blood pressure, the US trails its richer «peer» countries in almost all other
measures of health and longevity, says a US National Research Council report published last week.
Concussions that
lead to lasting brain dysfunction cause SNTF to accumulate in vulnerable long axon tracts of the brain, and its
blood elevation is a
measure of this diffuse axonal injury.
In most cases, the data collected in the surveys were based on parent report; exceptions are obesity and
lead blood levels, which were directly
measured.
«The fact that we
measured blood and CSF at the same time shows for the first time that there's a tight relationship between oxytocin levels in those two compartments [
blood and CSF] and anxiety,» said the study's
lead author, Dean Carson, PhD, postdoctoral scholar in psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
The five - year study,
led by UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center member Dr. Jianyu Rao,
measured the ability of TSY - 1 to affect telomerase activity in cancer cells lines, including one known as HL - 60, as well as normal peripheral
blood mononuclear and hematopoietic stem cells.
In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists,
led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, report finding a highly accurate
blood - based
measure that could
lead to development of a clinical test for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk in males as young as one to two years old.
Public officials are advancing
measures, such as more
blood -
lead screening and property inspections, to protect children from the toxic threat
The new study supports previously reported data showing that corrective
measures, including switching back the city's water source and instructing residents to use filtered water for drinking and cooking, made significant progress in children's
blood lead levels.
Blood from the umbilical cord «is one of the best
measures of contaminants being transferred from mother to fetus,» said Sharon Sagiv,
lead author of the study and an epidemiologist who now works at Boston University.
To investigate whether induction of IAPP aggregation
leads to some of the clinical alterations typically observed in patients with T2D, we
measured fasting
blood glucose at different times after inoculation in the same animals used for IAPP histological analysis shown above.
The team,
led by scientists at the UCL Huntington's Disease Centre working with colleagues in Sweden, the USA, Canada, France and the Netherlands,
measured neurofilament levels in
blood samples from the TRACK - HD study, an international project that followed 366 volunteers for three years.
, an associate investigator at BSRI and associate director of CFAR, will
lead a team focused on developing better ways to detect and
measure HIV that is capable of replicating in
blood and tissues.
Emergency room doctors
measured her
blood pressure at 226 over 154 — a «hypertensive crisis» that could
lead to a stroke or heart attack.
Almost all of them are off the charts with cadmium and arsenic and mercury and
lead unfortunately and probably other exposures that we can't
measure yet in the
bloods.
The glycemic index
measures how quickly certain foods spike your
blood sugar levels; eating foods with a lower glycemic index
leads to more stable
blood sugar levels and fewer energy crashes.
Whereas diets high in fat have been shown, again and again, in a large body of clinical trials, to
lead to improved
measures for heart disease,
blood pressure, and diabetes, and are better for weight loss.
ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or
blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (
blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white
blood cell Baso basophil — type of white
blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP -
blood pressure measurement BUN -
blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete
blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration,
blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (
blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red
blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (
blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white
blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein
measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu
blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white
blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red
blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (
blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white
blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white
blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red
blood cell — immature red
blood cell (bone marrow damage,
lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red
blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red
blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white
blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white
blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)
And while virtually every American will have some levels of
lead in their
blood, the phasing out of
lead in gasoline from 1976 to 1991 along with other
measures has caused the average level of
lead in the
blood of American adults to fall 30 % by 1980 and 80 % by 1990.
Ionic also uses a red LED, as opposed to a green LED, to
measure blood flow, which the company says also
leads to more accurate readings.