Duke sports medicine helps keep Cincinnati Reds healthy
DURHAM, N.C. As the Cincinnati Reds march toward a possible World Series berth, work by the Duke Sports Performance Program during the past year could help players suffer fewer injuries during their grueling 162-game schedule. Duke exercise physiologist Mike Huff led a group of researchers ...Mastiffs could aid treatment of retinitis pigmentosa
...wanted a souvenir from their PRA Vision Quest 2001 march against blindness in Atlanta, their T-shirt design could have been prophetic. The shirt portrays an apparently blind mastiff, walking on its hind legs and wearing dark glasses. One massive paw holds the harness of a much smaller seeing-eye dog. T...UT Southwestern, Children's Medical Center to test new rapid diagnostic equipment
...nt and collaborating with Cepheid will allow us to march rapidly forward with the development of these tests," said Rogers. Funding for the project began in August and the new equipment will be delivered in November. Last year at Children's Medical Center, about 350 patients were tested for whooping cou...Is there a way to derail the children's 'Allergy March'?
...essment of how proper intervention can derail this march from causing a wide range of uncomfortable illnesses for the pediatric population. He notes that early detection of allergies is key to management of the disease progression. This can entail linking allergic syndromes to a specific age, identifying t...Are NICE guidelines too passive?
...and technologies to the National Health Service In march 2000. James Ryan and colleagues assessed the effect of NICE guidance on NHS practice for two surgical procedures: extraction of impacted wisdom teeth and the selection of prostheses for total hip replacement. The guidance on these two procedures rec...Global warming: a formidable challenge to health
...os in the film may be far from reality, the slower march of climate change still presents a formidable challenge for the health sector and society as a whole, writes the author. The many health effects posed by climate change will arrive through numerous convoluted pathways and will require interdisciplina...Use of cameras to monitor nursing-home care is subject of controversy
... The controversy has its roots not only in the march of technology, but also in the surge of Americans who are entering nursing homes. About half of Americans currently 65 or older will be admitted to a nursing home at least once, writes Selket Nicole Cottle in an article in the Elder Law Jo...