Electronic job aid to benefit healthcare workers and patients
...ch Institute (GTRI) have adapted an electronic job aid and reference tool they designed for aircraft maintenance workers. The tool is intended to improve the performance of nurses and other hospital personnel. Called the medical electronic performance support system (MedEPSS), the technology is based on ...Irrigation may produce arsenic-tainted rice in Bangladesh
...ne diseases. Beginning in the 1970s, international aid organizations dug millions of tubewells, and the program was basically successful in providing bacteria-free water. But officials soon found that the tubewells were reaching groundwater containing high levels of arsenic. The World Health Organizatio...Grape seed extract help speed up wound recovery, study suggests
...gests. The extract seemed to aid wound healing in two ways: It helped the body make more of a compound used to regenerate damaged blood vessels, and it also ...Heart gone haywire blamed in some sudden infant deaths
...ical pattern is restored spontaneously or with the aid of a defibrillator, he says. Current estimates suggest long Q-T syndrome may affect as many as one in 5,000, says Ackerman. According to U.S. Vital Statistics, about 3,000 infants die each year of SIDS, defined as the sudden and unexplained death o...Inaccurate arsenic test kits jeopardize water safety in Bangladesh and India
...ike cholera. Beginning in the 1970s, international aid organizations dug millions of tubewells, and the program was basically successful in providing bacteria-free water. But officials soon found that the tubewells were reaching groundwater containing high levels of arsenic. Arsenic is a slow poison; stu...Making therapeutic kitchens more like home aids Alzheimer's patients
...ementia, often provide kitchen-based activities to aid social interaction and keep residents involved in ... by assisted-living and nursing-home facilities to aid in activities programming and facilitate resident interaction, Marsden said. Lynda Everitt, directo...Expecting a laugh boosts stress-busting hormones
...e blood and increases levels of chemicals known to aid relaxation. This has profound implications for complementary treatment of disease and for maintaining a person's wellness." Berk and his colleagues tested 16 men at Loma Linda University. Half of them were informed three days in advance they would wa...JCI table of contents, November 4, 2002
...sist in FDC networks duringtreatment, and may also aid the progression of autoimmune diseases. JeffreyBrowning and colleagues (pages 1359-1369) examined the effects of perturbingFDC networks in nonhuman primates. In cynomolgus monkeys treated with thedecoy receptor LTbR-Ig, splenic FDC networks collapsed...New technology separates cancer from benign tumors
...ompositions in the tumor, also can be an important aid in surveying the treatment of breast cancer patients. The method is also applicable in seeing which effect the treatment has at a biochemical level. We hope that this means that the effect of the treatment can be measured before one can see the effec...Genetic variant may impact smoking cessation
...fluence response to bupropion, researchers hope to aid in the development of more effective treatment strategies that are tailored to individual smokers. Lead author Caryn Lerman, Ph.D., Associate Director for Cancer Control and Population Science at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Penns...Seeing into the Alzheimers brain
...PET could be. "PET imaging has great potential to aid diagnosis of patients with memory problems," Foster explains. "We've been able to identify changes that occur before patients themselves may recognize those problems. And we understand from PET scans what parts of the brain are most damaged in differ...Other highlights in the October 16 issue of JNCI
...omic pattern analysis may be used in the future to aid clinicians so that fewer men are subjected to unnecessary biopsies ." Contact: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 301-827-6242 Mutational Hotspot Poorly Repaired in K-ras-Associated Human Cancers Mutations in codons 12, 13, and 61 of H-, N- and K-...Protein patterns may aid prostate cancer detection
...omic pattern analysis may be used in the future to aid clinicians so that fewer men are subjected to unnecessary biopsies." In collaboration with Correlogic Systems Inc. and the FDA-NCI Clinical Proteomics Program, the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is conducting a clinical trial to study if ...Landmark study shows coenzyme Q10 slows progressive decline in Parkinsons disease
...hat levels of coenzyme Q10, which the body uses to aid in energy production, are reduced in the mitochondria of PD patients. In animal models of PD, scientists have determined that coenzyme Q10 supplements can protect the part of the brain affected by the disorder. "Because of these findings, we've lear...OHSU ethicist offers guidance for physicians with patients using alternative medicine
...tial for serious patient-physician conflict." To aid physicians in consulting patients undergoing or considering CAM therapies, authors provided a list of factors that must be considered as part of a risk-benefit analysis. These factors include severity and acuteness of the illness, curability with con...NHLBI funds new heart-health education projects in high-risk communities
...primary objective of the project is to educate and aid health care providers and systems in the dissemination of information about cardiovascular disease. The Division of Health Systems Management at Wright State has developed extensive partnerships with local health care providers, primary care organiz...Disabled seniors formerly on SSDI hit hardest by drug costs
...pluses gone, it will be difficult to find a way to aid the disabled aged and add prescription drug coverage to Medicare. Still, legislators in Washington appear to have found money for givebacks to health care providers, including hospitals, doctors, and HMOs. These disabled aged individuals are unlike...Tiny nerves from the ribs may restore leg movement in spinal cord injury
...esearchers also plan to study the use of robots to aid in the placement and maintenance of nerve cells that are grafted into an injured area, to help improve movement. They recently received a $600,000 research grant from the Veterans Administration to continue their work in designing and testing robots ...'Virtual stomach' reveals pill's path
...new information provided by the virtual stomach to aid in the design and delivery of new extended-release tablet formulations, to shed light on diseases involving stomach motility and to help explain basic gastric function. Dr. Anupam Pal will present the team's results at the meeting of the European So...Researchers develop calculator to better determine prognosis for patients with melanoma
...have developed another user-friendly calculator to aid physicians in better understanding complex cancer data and helping their patients make more informed decisions about treatment. An article about the newest calculator -- to determine the baseline prognosis for patients newly-diagnosed with melanoma, ...