Infant vernier acuity is comparable to that of adults
...rk" to which vernier acuity could be compared. The benchmark they chose was the ability to see small differences in contrast. Adults (ages 20 to 48) were tested 6.096 meters (20 feet) from the contrast stimuli, and healthy three-month-old infants were tested 45.72 centimeters (1.5 feet) from the contrast stimu...Hospitals may now be more willing to partner up with former adversaries
...ns, most commonly providing educational materials, benchmark data, and hospital performance data. The majority of respondents, sixty percent, rated QIO interventions as "helpful" or "very helpful." The generally positive view of QIOs suggests that they are poised to take a leading role in promoting quality o...Countywide forecasts of water use available for Illinois, Midwest
...," Winstanley said. The forecasts should provide a benchmark for use in regional water-supply studies, Dziegielewski said. "Regional or local planners could allocate county-level projections into smaller areas (townships and cities) by pro-rating county totals based on population, employment, or other demand d...Study determines commonly used contrast agent safe for 'universal use' in CT
...ns about intravenous contrast agents and to have a benchmark study regarding the safety of the agent in a large group of patients," said Koenraad J. Mortel, MD, lead author of the paper. "We believe this study provides insight into the safety of this specific contrast agent in a large group of patients and att...NIH action plan charts future challenges for liver disease research
...also includes an implementation plan and a list of benchmark goals that will be used to gauge its effectiveness and success....Safer drug prescribing for seniors in nursing homes: Canada leads the way
...ces Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) to benchmark how effective CPOE/CDS is in reducing adverse drug events in the long-term care setting and how cost-effective it is for a long-term care facility to install and operate the system. The dearth of evidence about the value of health information technol...Lower drug prices could eliminate coverage gap in Medicare prescription drug plan
...d Kingdom and France is a reasonable international benchmark for pharmaceutical prices in the United States and...om. The researchers said these countries provide a benchmark for the drug prices Medicare could achieve. If Medicare could meet this same benchmark, then the cov...Patient safety gets boost with $10 million grant
... Medical Simulation in Tel Aviv, the international benchmark for centers engaged in simulation-based medical education. Dr. Amitai Ziv, director of the Israeli center will serve as an adjunct faculty member at the Case medical school and consultant on the development of the center and its programs. ...Cedars-Sinai receives full AAHRPP accreditation for all research involving human subjects
...our human research protection program, raising the benchmark for the ethics and scientific merit of research at Cedars-Sinai," commented Thomas M. Priselac, President and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. To maintain AAHRP accreditation, Cedars-Sinai must consistently meet the same high standards it had t...Electromagnetic breast imaging tested as alternative to mammography
...normalities, including cancer. The findings of the benchmark study will be published in the May issue of the journal Radiology. For the study, which is part of the five-year Alternative Breast Imaging Project funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, researchers at Dartmouth Medical School in Leban...Concussion causes emotional disturbances, say researchers
...hab, the data they have generated could serve as a benchmark of emotional recovery from brain injury. "Because athletes are typically highly motivated to return to play, there's little risk that they will exaggerate their emotional symptoms." A comparison of pre- and post-concussion emotional profiles of athle...Study finds little effects in patients who take prescription drugs and dietary supplements
... Health (NIH). Funding from the NIH is viewed as a benchmark for a school's research programs because of the competitive and rigorous peer review process required to receive NIH funds. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is consistently ranked among the nation's leading medical schools. It is one o...Multiple sclerosis not as progressive or disabling as once thought
...tory studies like this one can provide a long-term benchmark against which outcomes of treatment and placebo groups can be compared, and in addition can help in counseling patients because it can help them envision a likely future." Significance of the Mayo Clinic Research The Mayo Clinic research is the ...Immune memory from smallpox vaccination lasts more 50 years, according to Emory research
...une memory to smallpox vaccination is an excellent benchmark to help us understand the mechanisms of good vaccines and also to understand the longevity and stability of immune memory in the absence of revaccination or disease," said Dr. Ahmed. "Our findings may be useful as decisions are made about re-institu...NCCAM funds Developmental Centers for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
... of competitive R01 grant applications to NIH, the benchmark for a mature research program. The DCRC is one of three new NCCAM research center programs. They were implemented following the review of the NCCAM centers program by an expert panel in 2002. The panel reviewed the original CAM centers that were es...Research breakthrough in understanding treatment resistant depression
...s a new era in drug development. There are already benchmark drugs for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but there is no equivalent treatment for treatment-resistant depression at the moment. This development in the understanding of the biological basis of treatment-resistant depression gives hope to scientis...Benchmark study of brain tumors points to resection over biopsy as one key to survival
...e of this study is that it provides a contemporary benchmark analysis of patterns of care and outcomes for patients with malignant gliomas," said Dr. Edward R. Laws, Jr., professor of neurological surgery at U.Va. and the primary investigator for the project. "Survival data from this study can be helpful when ...EUROCARE 3 - new European cancer survival figures
...ich are amenable to intervention. They represent a benchmark for reduction in inequalities in cancer survival across Europe in the future. While we do not yet have a fully satisfactory interpretation of these differences, we have few alternatives to this type of study and we believe this is a vital contributio...A picture perfect test of well-being: Graphic assessment tool tunes into life satisfaction
...who have a low sense of well-being and providing a benchmark for progress as a result of simple interventions, she hopes that perfect health will no longer be the perceived requisite for living a good life. "They say by the time we're 50 everybody has some type of chronic illness," Gueldner noted. "But it usua...Sandia nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing possible neuroprotectant drugs
... here is to use the Sandia biolaser to establish a benchmark for performance against which to measure other, potentially even more effective drugs. "Cyclosporin protects mitochondria better than anything else known, but it is not a perfect drug," says Keep. "It has side effects, like immunosuppression. Unrelat...