Study Says Machine Sensors Applicable To Human Ills
... hazardous acoustictechniques will be coupled with better identification of bone failure precursorsto enable...event broken bones . New technology coupled with better identification of precursors could alsohelp cardiac patients, Hansen says. He points out that resear...Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
... -- Premature infants with undevelopedlungs have a better chance of surviving today due to the advent ofsurfactant therapy, a liquid that allows babies' lungs to inflate. Afterthe Food and Drug Administration in 1990 approved the use of surfactant totreat potentially fatal breathing problems, the death rate...Testosterone May Affect Learning Skills; May Be Put In Tablet Form
... they had improved visual and spatial skills and a better "mental grasp of objects" -- fitting building bloc...normal sexual function and performed significantly better than those getting the placebo, the results showed. The tablets allowed the men to perform as well s...Stents Work Well, But Are Costly: Will Hospitals Continue To Use Them?
...s a "win/win" situation for patients and society-- better immediate outcomes and less need for repeat procedures -- hasbecome a losing proposition for hospitals, Peterson said. "A treatmentthat carries a large financial burden may not stay popular," he said. One obvious answer to the dilemma is to convinc...It Matters Where, In America, You Suffer A Heart Attack
...e Pacific states, at $21,635. "They were doing far better because they seemed to have a balanced approach to resource utilization," said Eisenstein. Hospitals and physicians in these states offered a moderate use of aggressive procedures, and the shortest length of stay in the hospital (7.6 days, compared t...Premature Birth Sometimes Can Adversely Affect Infant's Ties To Mother
...en prematureand which had not, her guesses were no better than chance." Unpublished data show that while the premature infants performed significantlylower on measures of cognitive development through age 3 than did full-termchildren, they still scored in the average range. In an earlier paper, theresearch...Johns Hopkins To Announce AIDS Capitated Care Program
...rienced careproviders have shorter hospital stays, better outcomes and lower cost. "The AIDS capitation program focuses on what has been a flagship effortat Hopkins for high quality, cost-effective care for AIDS patients," says JohnD. Stobo, M.D., chairman and CEO of Johns Hopkins HealthCare. "It epitomiz...Hospital Noise Disrupts Sleep For Patients, In The Critical Care Setting
...els. The sources of thisexcessive noise need to be better identified so that attempts can be made toreduce t...ear plugs or noise cancellation equipment leads to better sleep quality inpatients, he said. The peak sound level recommended for hospitals by the Environme...Early Menopause Stress Related In Developing Countries
...enopause. Holman notes that improved nutrition, better medical care and fewer pregnancies will all occur as these countries develop, and the age at menopause will increase approaching that of the United States. "One consideration of this phenomenon is that women will need to practice birth control ...Laser Shown Effective In Patients Who Are Not Candidates For Bypass Surgery Or Angioplasty
... channels. At Duke, we are using animal models to better understandexactly why this occurs. It appears tha...s of coronary bypass are so good, and patientsfeel better right away, that I can't see the laser procedure supplantingit," Lowe said. "But for those who have...Common Carbohydrates May Prove To Be Substitute For Dietary Fiber
...ey do the same things,"he said. "Actually, they do better things, because they select for-- they become food for -- the same bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, whichare good bacteria in the bowel. You get the same preventable substrate tothe large bowel. The foods with oligosaccharides also are more pleasing,...Duke Study Uses Tiny Temperature Changes To Probe Water-Exclusion At Protein Binding Sites
SAN FRANCISCO -- In research that could lead to better drug design,a Duke University bioorganic chemist is exploiting the differences betweentwo forms of water to probe how proteins' shapes control the way they bindwith other molecules. Such binding reactions, which occur constantly in watery solut...Laser Offers Hope For Heart Patients With No Alternatives
...s of coronary bypass are so good, and patientsfeel better right away, that I can't see the laser procedure supplantingit," Lowe said. "But for those who have failed all other therapies,TMR is quite promising." In terms of cost, a typical TMR procedure ranges somewhere between thoseof angioplasty a......ble," she argues. "The more condoms are used, the better it is for all of us." Why are condoms so important? "Because they are the most common method of birth control used by teens," says Morrison, "and virtually the only one they use when they have sex for the first time. Few teenage girls go on birth co...New Drug For Parkinson's Disease Proves Effective, Study Finds
...entistry. "It appears to bemore powerful and to be better tolerated by patients than othersuch drugs." About one million adults in North America are afflicted byParkinson's disease, in which several hundred thousand cells in a tiny region of the brain die for unknown reasons. Thispea-sized part of the ...TB Prophylaxis Unnecessary In HIV-Infected People With Anergy, Study Suggests
...ays Dr.Gordin, "indicate that TB may be under much better control than in 1991 when theCDC suggested that INH preventive therapy might be useful in anergic patients." Dr. Gordin adds that in addition to saving the considerable programmatic costsassociated with administering prophylactic INH to anergic HIV-i...New Approach To Multidrug Resistance
...rug resistance by tumors -- that is, tumors become better able towithstand the actions of a wide variety of unrelated chemicals. The anti-drugpump is a major tool in multidrug resistance. The researchers have found a novel way to suppress production of the pump longenough for cancer drugs to work. Therapi...... drivers inlearning, according to the review, were better at influencing somechanges in knowledge, attitudes and sometimes behavior than theinterventions that just provided information on safe driving. Forexample, "young drivers who participated in certain drivereducation courses learned more demonstrable d...Ultrasound Helps Pediatric Heart Surgeons After Open Heart Surgery
...use, butwith two or three other windows, you get a better picture." Rodriguez received the Popham Clinical Research Fellowship Award fromChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in 1996 to continue his clinicalinvestigations of brain function during cardiac surgery in children. His colleagues ......," Talalay notes. "For now, we may get faster and better impact bylooking at dietarymeans of supplying that protection. Eating more fruits and vegetables has longbeen associatedwith reduced cancer risk, so it made sense for us to look at vegetables. "Scientists currently need to continue to develop n...