New system for the analysis of facial movement in three dimensions
...ons as well as improving nasal respiration, ocular closing and buccal closing. Novel microsurgical programme Since Navarre University Hospital designed this novel therapeutic microsurgical programme for treating facial paralysis through dynamic techniques with cruciate facial inserts and muscle transplant...Inflammatory cells highly promising target in NF 1
...s at the Indiana University School of Medicine are closing in on potential treatments for neurofibromatosis, a genetic disease that afflicts 100,000 Americans with nerve tissue tumors, some of which become cancerous. Neurofibromatosis can leave its patients miserable and debilitated with chronic itching or p...New stroke prevention therapy as effective as invasive surgery
...e artery. To prevent the newly widened artery from closing up again, a wire mesh stent is put in place to hold the artery open. "Stenting is less invasive than surgery," said Gianluca Piccoli, M.D., an interventional radiologist at the Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital of Udine in Italy. "Our goal ...Sealing corneal incisions with a drop of chemistry, BU researchers develop gel for cataract surgery
...hing the incision shut using nylon sutures. Each closing method has its drawbacks. Self-sealing, in which the open wound closes gradually over time, carries the risk of infection as well as leakage of intraocular fluid. Suturing likewise can carry the risk of infection and inflammation, as well as the ab...Tobacco sponsorship of Formula One must stop, say health experts
...by transnational tobacco companies (TTCs), and the closing of the loopholes which enable the continuing use of Formula One as a means of peddling the tobacco pandemic. Writing in today's British Medical Journal 1 , Jeff Collin of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and colleagues from the Mayo C...UCI launches nation's first medical education program focused on Latino culture
...), each of these future physicians is committed to closing the health care gap for the nation's fastest-growing ethnic group. PRIME-LC, in turn, is helping the students achieve their goals by providing a unique medical training experience designed to meet the increasing demand for physicians and public healt...Lack of insurance coverage, cost cited as reasons for not seeking mental health services
...les for people in need of mental health care, thus closing loopholes in the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996," says Newman. The survey of 1,000 Americans was conducted by Penn Schoen & Berland on January 26-27. All respondents were between the ages of 18 and 64 years old. The margin of error for the study ...Hormone therapy may still offer important health benefits to postmenopausal women
...CRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Despite the highly publicized closing of the Women's Health Initiative study, the scientific community should not rule out that women may benefit from hormone therapy after menopause, say researchers at UC Davis, Duke and Harvard Universities. Their review of the scientific literature on...Emory conference to educate health professionals about 'metabolic syndrome'
...medications for diabetes and high cholesterol. The closing session will be an "ask-the-expert" panel of nationally recognized physicians. People interested in attending one or both days of the symposium should contact the Emory Continuing Medical Education (CME) office at 404-727-5695 (toll-free 888-727-569...Highlights summarized for movement disorders research at 56th annual meeting
...me degree of valve "regurgitation" due to improper closing in 90 percent of the patients, which they correlated with length of pergolide treatment. While these changes did not lead to cardiac symptoms in most patients, that was not the case in several others. Follow-up on one patient who stopped taking pergo...New initiative to focus on growing problem of cardiovascular disease in diabetics
...erted after angioplasty to prevent the vessel from closing again. Today, doctors not only routinely insert stents, they also coat these stents with drugs to reduce the build up of damaging plaque in the vessel. With the recent FDA approval of drug-eluting stents, it is more pressing than ever that clear gui...Aha! Cognitive neuroscientists reveal creative brain processes
...t into consciousness as an insight. "This is like closing your eyes so you can concentrate when you are trying to solve a difficult problem," said Kounios, professor of psychology at Drexel. "But in this case, your brain is blocking out just the visual inputs to your right hemisphere." Success in solving i...Guideline: Heart condition does not increase risk of second stroke
...re is no evidence to support or refute the role of closing a PFO. More research is needed to answer this question." The guideline also found that people younger than 55 with both a PFO and an atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) may have an increased risk of a second stroke. An ASA is a bulge in the wall between the...First national sleep conference March 29-30 explores sleep's role in public health
...or a national action plan will be presented in the closing session comoderated by Dr. Hunt and Dr. William Dement, director of the Sleep Disorders Research Center of Stanford University School of Medicine. The founder of the world's first sleep disorders clinic, Dr. Dement chaired the 1990 National Commissio...Study shows drug can heal, reduce recurrence of fistulas in Crohn's disease
...of infliximab in this patient population go beyond closing of fistulas," Sands explains. "These patients also have a reduction in other symptoms and demonstrable improvement in their quality of life. While infliximab is not effective for all patients, the impact can be remarkable for those who do respond."...Trouble sleeping in the hospital? Maybe it's that jackhammer
...rs with silent folded-towel dispensers - Routinely closing doors to patients' rooms - Modifying cardiac monitor settings to allow for lower volumes in the patient rooms, but with additional alarms sounding at the nurses' station - Changing nightly chest X-ray times to 10 p.m. instead of 3 a.m. - Using flashl...Pediatricians and parents key to improving quality of children's health care
...." Dr. Simpson said pediatricians are critical to closing the gap between what is known about children's health (evidence-based practice) and what is often practiced. They can commit to improvement in their own practices and join in national research collaboratives such as the Pediatric Research in Office ...Mayo Clinic researches ways to better treat patients with heart defects
...chers report on procedures that were successful in closing an opening in the heart that fails to completely c...sts were very effective (93 percent) in completely closing the PFO. There were very few complications and only three patients had difficulties later. The devic...Stevens' Cattabiani helps link doctors, hospitals worldwide
...ions began with a commitment made by Grasso in the closing years of the 20th century. Technology Integrations for Medical Applications (TIMA) is a privately held New Jersey corporation founded by Grasso in 1999, upon completion of his R&D efforts as a NASA Project Manager with the Yale University NASA Comm...In the closing song of the 1997 film Titanic, the heroine tells us that her heart "must go on and on" but a study in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ shows that Titanic survivors lived no longer than the general population. Using passenger biographies from th...