Study succeeds in closing gaps in heart attack care
...giotensin converting enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors to aid the hearts recovery from damage; blood cholesterol tests and, in appropriate patients, treatment to lower cholesterol; measurement of the pumping capacity of the hearts left ventricle; cardiac catheterization or other heart imaging studies in cert...Study shows weight loss with an antidepressant medicine in combination with lifestyle intervention
...n (bupropion HCl) Sustained-Release Tablets, as an aid to smoking cessation treatment. Bupropion SR has not been approved by FDA for weight loss and has not been studied extensively in obese patients. Study Design This multi-center, double-blind, randomized study compared the changes in weight in patie...UM researchers use 'artificial intelligence' for first time to diagnose colon tumors
...gories. Ultimately, we hope that ANNs will greatly aid in the diagnosis and classification of human disease states. Dr. Meltzer says the study is one of the first to use this type of "artificial intelligence" to diagnose disease and is believed to be the first involving colon cancer or other g...Pregnancy and childbirth a major cause of death among Afghan refugee women
...are formidable. Despite the seemingly vast sums of aid funds pledged for Afghanistan, there is a real danger that, without effective health-sector coordination, assistance can be dissipated and only modest long-term impact realised. Although many relief organisations are preparing to meet the immediate n...New book aims to keep elderly drivers on the road
...k explains the various types of equipment that can aid drivers and which states accept their use. It details such aids as bioptic telescopes, mounted on glasses, to help read road signs and see faraway objects (particularly useful for patients with macular degeneration) and peripheral visual field devi...New software helps design multi-task, jaw-like, surgical mini-tools
...tive. Our software was specifically developed to aid in designing instruments that do more than one thing. Although some topology optimization software is used in industry, we're not aware of any, besides ours, for designing multi-task instruments." Working with Dr. Randy S. Haluck, director of surgic...Training can improve age-related memory decline in elderly
...taneously recruit specific areas of the brain that aid in memory processing. In non-selective recruitment...ive recruitment of cortical regions that would not aid memory processing, he said. Next, Buckner and his colleagues sought to determine whether this defic...Medical experts unite to raise awareness of risk, threat of blood clots
...reatments and preventive strategies. It will also aid non-vascular clinicians in the diagnosis and management of DVT and PE and offer medical counseling skills for treating at-risk patients. For more information, patients and physicians can call 1-800-CLOT-FREE. About Deep-Vein Thrombosis Deep-vein th...Mayo Clinic Proceedings looks at epidemic of obesity in February issue
...k. CardioVision 2020 has coordinated activities to aid people in their weight-loss efforts including a menu-labeling program, a campaign over the 2002 winter holiday season to help residents avoid weight gain at this time and a program to encourage daily physical activity. Authors of the study include: D...Tackling the threat of nuclear terrorism
...ess. In the wake of such an attack, the ability to aid survivors would be very limited. The international community urgently needs to expand its effort to secure existing stockpiles of nuclear weapons and materials, particularly in Russia, Pakistan, and India. The efforts of the al-Qaeda network to obtai...Consortium aims to improve protection of human research subjects
... to be able to support this Consortium, which will aid in the discussion and study of ways to ensure that clinical research subjects are protected," said Joan E. Spero, president of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. One major focus of the consortium will be to evaluate 20 to 25 representative...Widespread knowledge of CPR, defibrillation vital for saving lives
...reater for those who had bystander CPR without the aid of the dispatcher. Given the considerable health burden of cardiac arrest, these results have public health implications suggesting that dispatcher-assisted CPR could save hundreds or even thousands of lives each year in the United States, says R......e effects in adults that it is marketed as a sleep aid as well as an antihistamine. But new research indicates that it has quite different effects in children. Neither diphenhydramine, nor the non-sedating prescription antihistamine loratadine, sold as Claritin, had any effect on childrens alertness or a...License agreement signed to commercialize intelligent hearing aid
...ring aids, to commercialize an intelligent hearing aid system. The new hearing-aid technology will be ab...und noise. The concept for the intelligent hearing aid was developed by a team of 12 researchers at the universitys Beckman Institute for Advanced Science ...Two thirds of sports doctors have inadequate first aid skills
...re incapable of demonstrating proficiency in first aid skills under examination, shows research in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The research, from the University of Bath, focused on the performance of candidates seeking to obtain a diploma in sports and exercise medicine. The diploma includes...Animal studies indicate new approach for treating end-stage skin and kidney cancers
...a class of molecules, called catecholamines, which aid the bodys natural blood pressure regulatory system. By reducing superoxide, the synthetic SOD enzyme restores the levels of catecholamines necessary to constrict blood vessels and reverse hypotension. Moreover, superoxide also inhibits the activity...Polymer research could lead to better protective clothing
...ed with the active ingredient from Neosporin first aid cream to make polyester films and fibers that were exposed to the E.coli bacteria. Laboratory tests found the treated films and fibers prevented the growth of the bacteria. The researchers are also investigating ways of laminating fabrics with po...Aspirin and other non-specific COX inhibitors may slow atherosclerosis
...ceuticals known as non-specific COX inhibitors may aid substantially in preventing heart disease, slowing the build-up of plaque in blood vessels by more than 50 percent. "This study suggests that a product of the cyclooxegenase enzyme known as COX-1 -- which is the form targeted by aspirin in the preven...Unique collaborative service established for childhood allergy-related anaphylaxis
...evalence of anaphylaxis in school children". First aid treatment of anaphylaxis is very important and may...l staff, giving adrenaline by injection as a first aid measure and before hospital admission. This study also established that only one third of children......y of one enantiomer. Such synthesis techniques can aid efforts to design and use new compounds by making it easier for scientists to put the compounds to use without the confounding effects that two enantiomers might present. A key component to the new beta-lactam synthesis process is the catalyst, a sub...