New imaging technologies can enhance orthopaedic outcomes
WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 24, 2005 -- New imaging technologies are enabling doctors to not only diagnose a variety of orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions with more accuracy, but also to determine with unprecedented precision whether clinical recovery from bone, joint or tendon damage is actually complete and not simply a "placebo effect." ...... Radiologists examining patients with damaged ti...Armed with AEDs, police save lives by cutting response time
DALLAS, Aug. 13 In communities where police are equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs), people who have a sudden cardiac arrest have a better chance at survival, according to new research reported in Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association....... Police in Miami-Dade County, Fla., equipped with AEDs cut response time to sudden cardiac arrest victims by almost three...Indiana University orthopaedic surgeon to share cartilage growth research results
INDIANAPOLIS Degenerative joint disease is on the rise as the population ages costing untold dollars in lost productivity and medical expenses. Few remedies exist, other than joint replacement surgery, but a growing field of tissue engineering research is seeking less invasive and less painful ways to address the problem.... ...One of those researchers is Stephen B. Trippel, M.D., professor and...Swift switch from CPR to AED may save lives
DALLAS, April 23 A speedier hands-off transition from chest compressions to shocking with an automated external defibrillator (AED) may mean more people survive cardiac arrest, according to a report in todays rapid access Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. ...The time it takes for an AED to analyze a cardiac arrest victims electrocardiogram, charge and deliver a shock is cal.... ... .You will require Acrobat Reader to view file. . .Click here for PDF document ... The needs of an ageing population may drain resources from paediatric care, writes Professor David Hall in this week's BMJ. With an increase in the number of profoundly disabled children surviving infancy into childhood, Hall argues that the demand for paediatric services will continue to increase.. In his....DALLAS, Oct. 19 -- Sixth-grade school children with moderate training can learn.to use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to save the lives of cardiac.arrest victims almost as quickly and efficiently as professional emergency.medical personnel, researchers report today in Circulation: Journal of the.American Heart Association.. ."Now we know that AEDs are literally easy enough for a child...