New NHS payment system 'is no panacea'
...usts (17%). However, average episode costs and HRG codes did not change significantly. Several countries have introduced case mix prospective payment systems, with varying results, say the authors. However, the payment by results system is no panacea. This analysis suggests a disproportionate increase of ...Mouse gene shows new mechanism behind cardiac infarction in man
...search institute, Karolinska Institutet. The gene codes for a protein called OX40L, which is involved in the activation of immunological T cells. These cells, in turn, play an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and of a number of chronic inflammatory diseases. The new finding will spur ...Both inherited traits and tumor mutations affect response to treatment of leukemia
...thus is at a lower risk of relapse. The GSTMI gene codes for an enzyme that breaks down certain drugs used to treat ALL, such as etoposide and cyclophosphamide, preventing them from killing cancer cells. "The presence of the GSTM1 non-null polymorphism in a child means that the child has inherited the mec...Mailman School of Public Health researchers develop infectious disease diagnostic tool
...ass codes. After amplification, incorporated mass codes were detected by mass spectroscopy allowing identification of the pathogen. According to Thomas Briese, PhD, associate director of the Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory at the Mailman School, "This new platform can easily detect multiple pathoge...Genes in the interferon system important in SLE
... associated with the disease SLE. One of the genes codes for a so-called thyrosinkinase enzyme, whose funct...ase enzyme," explains Lars Rnnblom. The other gene codes for a transcription factor, which also plays an important role in regulating the interferon effect. ...USC researchers find evidence that progesterone signaling influences ovarian cancer risk
... previously unexamined variations in the gene that codes for the progesterone receptor, according to a team of researchers led by scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. The study, which is being published in the January 5th issue of the Journal of the Nation...Homes need more protection against falls
...s. Runyan and colleagues suggest that new building codes that require railings for all stairs and window bars in high-rise apartments would help eliminate some home fall hazards. Runyan also says adding gates, handrails and grab bars to an existing home "can be relatively low-cost and readily implemented. ...Blood protein predicts risk of heart attack
...son to person. Several mutations in the gene that codes for MBL result in lower than average concentrations of circulating MBL. The authors suggest that MBL may protect against heart attack by binding to and helping clear the oxidized forms of cholesterol that build up in arteries. This type of cholester...International gathering at UH examines top computer code
...FLUKA, one of the top radiation transport computer codes in the world, is coming to the University of Houst...moon and on the surface of Mars. "These modified codes will be used to help design the shielding materials used to construct the spacecraft that will carry...Assessing the season: LSU hurricane experts learned lessons during Hurricane Season 2004
...ck in 1992, Florida adopted new, stricter building codes for structures designated as hurricane shelters. He explained that all of the new schools built to this code that he examined were fine following Charley and Ivan. Levitan, who chairs an International Code Council committee on storm shelters, also w...Risks from labor after prior cesarean delivery low, study reports
...his topic was from studies that reviewed discharge codes from hospital records, Dr. Spong said. Such analyses, undertaken after the fact, may fail to include important information about the birth. Moreover, the few studies that had been conducted generally didn't include a large enough number of women fo...Jefferson scientists find way to see breast cancer activity from outside the body
...ce. The probes, which work by attaching to genetic codes copied from an active cancer gene, may someday aid physicians and scientists in cancer detection and in determining the appropriate treatment for a cancer. "Patients might be able to avoid a great deal of worry and unneeded surgery if cancer gene ac...Diagnostic imaging surge by non-radiologists draws concern
...rch by analyzing procedure, specialty and location codes drawn from the Medicare Part B fee-for-services databases between 1997 and 2002. They found: Among radiologists, noninvasive diagnostic imaging utilization rates rose 11.6 percent; among all non-radiologists, utilization rate increases were twi...Mutations in a multifunctional protein cause parkinsonism
...lprit gene and the multifunctional protein that it codes for. Mayo Clinic neuropathologist Dr. Dennis Dickson performed brain tissue studies that revealed for the first time one gene was responsible for a range of pathology associated with a host of neurodegenerative disorders. Dickson's stud...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
... fast gas puffs, and modern computing and modeling codes were trained to reveal the detailed nature and conditions of these bursts. An advanced diagnostic using atomic lithium beams has been developed to provide information on our understanding of when these bursts arise. Maintaining the proper fusion pl...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
... fast gas puffs, and modern computing and modeling codes were trained to reveal the detailed nature and conditions of these bursts. An advanced diagnostic using atomic lithium beams has been developed to provide information on our understanding of when these bursts arise. Maintaining the proper fusion pl...Gene-silencing technique offers new way to fight drug-resistant leukemia
...interfering RNA (siRNA) to "silence" the gene that codes for the Lyn kinase protein. An siRNA is a short, double-stranded piece of RNA with a unique chemical sequence, or tag, that allows it to combine specifically with a particular messenger RNA (mRNA) that shares the same tag. After the siRNA is introdu...Gene from 1918 virus proves key to virulent influenza
...is colleagues describe how a Spanish flu gene that codes for a key protein changed a relatively benign strain of flu virus from a nuisance to a highly virulent form. In the late 1990s, scientists were able to extract a handful of genes from the 1918 virus by looking in the preserved lung tissue of some of ...Attention to detail can make kids' hospital stays shorter, less costly & less frequent
...member hospitals and adjusts the patients' medical codes by severity of illness and co-existing conditions...." at children's hospitals. The adjusted medical codes and database allow a children's hospital to make an "apples to apples" comparison of itself against ......ace new business models, and encourage creation of codes and incentives for healthy foreign investment. Coordinated and focused emphasis on chronic disease prevention with intensified attention to tobacco, unhealthy diets and physical activity, "is essential to address the enormity of the burden of those w...