Electrical stimulation in patients with paralysis and spinal cord injury
...ght bearing can aid the design and construction of comfortable and functional foot support. Neuroprosthesis proven safe and reliable for restoring function in patients with SCI, pg# 457 Study evaluated the durability and reliability of implanted leads and electrodes that are part of an implanted upper-limb neu...New dynamic PET technique offers greater comfort for cancer patients
...nse to chemotherapy, but also providing for a more comfortable diagnostic experience. In many PET diagnoses, nuc...tated. "Less time spent in the PET scanner is more comfortable for patients, and, from the perspective of the nuclear medicine practitioner, this procedure could a...Bullying in schools pervasive, UCLA study finds
...dents with educational settings in which they feel comfortable talking about their plight. But we also need to give kids tools to effectively deal with bullying. One method of doing so involves engaging students to talk about strategies that might help them stop bullying and tactics that make them feel better af...Higher dose of Gleevec leads to increased remission in CML patients
...y chair in the Department of Leukemia. "We feel so comfortable with what we are finding that patients being treated at M. D. Anderson already are being given the higher dose therapy." The study is the first to look at use of high-dose Gleevec in patients with newly diagnosed, early stage CML. Initial dose-escal...New breast scanner can detect early signs of cancer
...ke 10 to 20 minutes per breast, and should be more comfortable for the patient than mammography, because the breast is not compressed during the procedure. Patients may not even need to remove their bra, since the device never touches the breast, noted Tornai. As a screening device, functional mammotomography wi...Inconsistent guidelines lead to wide variation in chaperone use during Pap smears, U-M study finds
...rse is there to make the procedure faster and more comfortable for the patient. No formal legal mandates or guidelines exist regarding chaperones during pelvic exams. The U-M Health System does recommend its doctors perform Pap smears with a nurse or assistant in the room, but it is not required....Suicidal minority teens lack adult support
...ed with an adult in the past "were not necessarily comfortable doing so again in the future," she adds, suggesting that further research is necessary to understand the teens' change of heart. While suicide rates remained stable for most Americans between 1980 and 1995, the rate more than doubled among black yout...A heart-strengthening pace: brisk but comfortable
...t probably is. When it comes to fitness, a brisk, comfortable walking pace strengthens the heart, researchers re...t when participants self-selected a speed that was comfortable but brisk, their heart rate and level of exertion was in a safe range but high enough to improve the...Drug proven to benefit heart attack victims vastly underused
...emergency room and primary care physicians to feel comfortable using these drugs."...Summa Health System improves stroke care using ace model of care
...f the renovation included a home-like lounge, with comfortable furniture and a kitchen like setting that encourages early rehabilitative care and social interaction; a private consultation room, where patients, their families and their physicians can meet to discuss confidential issues; and carpeted hallways tha...Teens struggle to find accurate, useful health information online
...he study who were strong academically and who were comfortable using computers and searching for information on the Internet. Study authors say this suggests students less familiar with Internet searching would have even more trouble. Each student was tested individually for a maximum of one hour. The researcher...Fox Chase Cancer Center oncologist studies treatment decision making & doctor-patient communication
...ich cancer patients can make the most informed and comfortable decisions. "Our hope for the study is to develop a communication aid for patients to better facilitate treatment decision-making," said Meropol. "First we're going to assess what's most important to each individual patient, for example, 'How importa...Seizure prone? Tell your dentist
.... And most important, you should make sure you are comfortable that your dentist knows how to handle a seizure sh... take all the necessary steps to ensure a safe and comfortable visit," according to Mark Ritz, DDS, MAGD, an AGD spokesperson. Drs. Ritz and Stoopler also urge ep...Eating peanuts helps keep heart healthy without weight gain
...not pose a threat of weight gain. People can feel comfortable including them in their diet to take advantage of peanuts' reducing the risk of heart disease, without adding to body weight." Mattes and Alper conducted three trials in the study. The first trial entailed having participants reduce dietary fat int...Halas wins innovator award in fight against breast cancer
...sion or ionizing radiation, so it will be safe and comfortable for patients. * integrated detection and treatment -- in a single visit, nanoshell technology could be used to locate a tumor, provide real-time information about the type of cells in the tumor, and non-surgically destroy the tumor without harming ...Stanford research pinpoints online consumer health use
...edgeable about health-care issues and perhaps more comfortable with conditions or treatments about which they have questions, without putting a burden on health-care providers," said Baker, adding that the researchers' intent is not to "throw a cold bucket of water" on the Internet. "Forty percent is a significa...Berkeley chemist wins national award for research on contact lenses, other products
..."Contact lenses have to be designed to be safe and comfortable to wear and to mold to the eye, transport water, sweep away bacteria and correct vision -- all this in a product about thin as a human hair. It's one big interface between air, lens, tears and the eye itself," he said. "We use various optical devices...Breastfeeding rates unaffected by changes in hospital length of stay
...t servicesand because the home visit may be a more comfortable context for patient education, and also comes a little later in time, when breastfeeding difficulties may be just starting to appearthe likelihood of breastfeeding success might actually increase as a result of this HMO program. In the study, the re...Outpatient setting very safe for skin cancer surgery
...note that outpatient settings may be not only more comfortable and accessible to patients than hospitals, but that they also may be a more cost-effective location for providing quality care for Mohs patients. "In the overwhelming majority of patients, there really is no need for this type of surgery to be perfor......eaching, but they must be made to feel as welcome, comfortable and secure as their able-bodied colleagues. They are neither super-heroes nor more vulnerable than their peers, but only require legally-mandated accommodations to succeed, " Steinberg added. "Through the daily example of their lives, they may remin...