Study Says Machine Sensors Applicable To Human Ills
...n 10 to 15 years, heart patients should be able to put on the equivalentof a 'wrist watch' that is a wireless link to a hospital," Hall says.The constant surveillance will alert physicians as soon as a patient becomesat risk so that they will be able to intervene in "the golden 20 minutes"when drug thera...Study Shows Gum Disease Increases Risk Of Future Heart Disease
...lets to aggregate," Genco said. "We just recently put these findings together as a possible explanation of how bacteria that cause periodontal disease can also increase the risk for heart disease." Genco has been following this population of American Indians since 1982, first as a consultant to the...Intralase Will Develop Laser Systems For Eye Surgery
...orter. "Combining U-M and Escalon technology will put the company in a position to develop the next generation of ophthalmic lasers and capitalize on the rapidly growing laser eye surgery market." Animal testing to determine the safety and effectiveness of IntraLase lasers will be conducted at the ...Chemist Turns To Self-Assembly To Create New Drugs
...bly, a relatively new technique thatlets molecules put themselves together piece by piece. The metal matchmakers are versatile, allowing molecules tocome apart as readily as they form. Just as might happen if thetwo guests brought together at the cocktail party don't hit itoff, the two monomers can ...Effects Of 15% Oxygen On Breathing Patterns And Oxygenation In Infants
...altitude may pose to infants, it is important to put these considerations into context. He draws upon a personal communication with British Airways who report that in 34 million passengers a year they have no reported cases of sudden infant deaths occurring during flight. Assuming that infants accoun...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
...at doesn't work -- as it usuallydoesn't -- they'll put the patch on in the second trimester, exactly the wrongtime to begin nicotine replacement therapy." Slotkin also emphasizes to obstetricans the inadequacy of the SurgeonGeneral's warning that links evidence of smoking-related fetal damage pri...Educational Intervention Can Reduce Sexual Behaviors Known To Transmit HIV
... for STDs, and all were engaging in behaviors that put them athigh risk for HIV. Most participants reported primarily heterosexual behavior,although 7 percent of male participants reported having sex with men during thethree months prior to the baseline interview. Nationwide, rates of HIV infec......healthcare providers identifypatterns of care that put patients at risk for injury, and also pinpoint areasfor improvement." Identifying missed opportunities for providing better care is an important focusof MMI's data analysis. One compelling example involves tracking unplannedpatient returns to the ho...HIV Patients' Mental Health Affects How Seriously They Take Treatment
...dvice. Too often, he said, particular patients are put intocategories when they shouldn't be. "This shows that while people may make assumptions about who is going to adhereto their treatment, their guess may not be very good," Holzemer said....Epilepsy Drugs Useful To Treat Alzheimer's, Studies Find
...n nursing homes because they areforgetful; they're put in a nursing home because they are adanger to themselves or others, or because they're unbearablyhostile or aggressive. This type of medicine alleviates thosesymptoms for many patients in a population that is a bear totreat." About three-quarter...Mini-Pill Increases Risk Of Chronic Diabetes In Women With History Of Diabetes During Pregnancy
...-pill -- progestin-only birth control pills -- may put thesewomen at an even higher risk of developing the chronic form of the disease. "It appears that progestin-only oral contraceptives increase risk by nearlythree-fold and should not be widely prescribed in this group of women," saysSiri Kjos, M.D., ...International Study Finds Statins Raise Good Cholesterol, Wake Forest Physician Reports
...cular risk," Crousesaid. All patients were put on a low-fat diet four weeks before the drug trialbegan. "It has not yet been established that increasing HDL cholesterol byitself reduces the risk of coronary events," Crouse said, but statistics showthat as HDL goes up, the incidence of cor...Tiny Pellets Could Deliver Alzheimer's Drugs
...e holes are filled with solid particles. "When you put this pellet into tissue, the molecules are slowly ...one, he explains, both by changing how much NGF is put into the pellet and by manipulating the structure of the polymer. "It's similar to the traffic patt...University Of Kentucky One Of First To Use New Technique To Treat Atrial Flutter
... A few days later I went to the hospital, and they put me right in intensive care. It was pretty scary." Atrial flutter is one of several different heart arrhythmias. By some estimates, it accounts for 5 percent of all emergency room visits. While not usually life-threatening in itself, flutter can lim......umed that the procedure would improve my visionand put an end to wearing glasses, but I never would've imagined what it feelslike to look up at a clock on the wall or the bottom line of an eye chart and,for the first time, see it with my own eyes." During the procedure -- which is currently being...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
...ancer Awareness Month. It is vital that women not put off starting or continuing their regularscreening mammograms while new technologies are in long-term development.Taflove, Bridges and Hagness all stressed this point. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, of the 80 million women inthe ...Future Workers Will Receive MSAs
...es would simplifyfringe-benefit administration and put a cap on health-care contributions,employers not currently offering health insurance would be encouraged to do so,and those already providing it would be less inclined to discontinue thebenefit. Today, about one-third of the work force is uninsured ...PAHO To Provide $1 Million For Cholera Programs In Central America
...entral American Ministers of Health have agreed to put into place emergency plans to prevent and combat cholera following Hurricane Mitch and accepted a $1 million offer from the Pan American Health Organization to support the program. "We have passed the emergency phase, and we are in the reconstruction......pirosis, dengue, malaria, canreturn, but I want to put special emphasis on cholera because of the damage itcan cause." During the two-day IDB meeting, delegates from donor nations and internationalagencies will work out ways to help rebuild the battered Central Americannations. "Health in the decade of t......e needle was used but before the safety shield was put inplace. The authors also noted that in subsequent surveys many students reported thatthey failed to report possible exposures because they believed them to be tootrivial, because they occurred before the hotline was implemented, or becausethey repor...