Intralase Will Develop Laser Systems For Eye Surgery
...deliver extremely short pulses of light, which can cut within the delicate structures of the eye, such as the cornea, while avoiding damage to overlying or adjacent tissue---something not possible with current clinical laser technology," said Ron Kurtz , assistant professor of ophthalmology at the U-M ...Jefferson Researcher Finds New Digital X-Ray Technology May Cut Costs And Improve Patient Care
... radiology departments to see more patients and cut down on repeat examinations. In time, hospitals could have totally filmless radiology departments, Dr. Shaber noted. “This should improve output and increase productivity, and this is one of the issues that radiologists will have t...Researchers Study 'Natural' Screen For Cancer
...ab in a 10-by-10-foot darkroom oncampus. Costs are cut by using a little imagination -- a modified theatre stage light provides the filtered blue light, for example. A highly sensitive camera capable of reading only the light produced by the hypericin transmits an imageback to a computer screen for close...Diuretic Drugs May Have Clot-Busting Effects
...y form to prevent blood loss whenblood vessels are cut or damaged. But unwanted blood clots can clog the bloodvessels and thereby trigger a heart attack or stroke. In the study, researchers tested blood samples of people to identify the"co-factors" necessary for platelet clumping. They found th...Poor Heart Disease Patients Pay More For Medications, Get Less Preventative Care
... result, 20 percent of the low income patients had cut down or stoppedtaking medication, versus just 2 percent of the highest income group, those whomade more than $45,000 annually. "Most of these lower income patients were uninsured or on Medicaid,"Tung said. "They are living on fixed incomes of...Higher Prices Won't Stop Teenage Smokers
...price hikes by as much as $1.50 a pack in order to cut youth smoking by half over the next 10 years. Alt...ce adult smoking by encouraging current smokers to cut down or quit." However, he says, the latest study shows that "higher taxes will have a statisticall...Preventing Stroke: The Choice Between Aspirin And Warfarin
...ke. Previous studies have shown that warfarin can cut by two-thirds thestroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation who are at high risk forstroke. However, because treatment with aspirin carries a lower risk ofbleeding and requires less medical monitoring than warfarin, doctors have beeninterested...Cost-Effective Treatment Possible In Africa For HIV-Positive Pregnant Women If Drug Prices Lowered
... ashort-course of the antiviral drug AZT alone can cut vertical transmission byabout half," he added. Glaxo Wellcome also has announced its plan to reduce AZT prices for verticaltransmission prevention in low-income countries to about 25 percent ofindustrial world prices, according to Marseille. "Thes...UCSF Hospitalists May Be Key To Shorter, Less Costly Hospital Stays
...t a time when managed care is forcing hospitals to cut costs, a new UC SanFrancisco study has found that ...w forces health care providers to look for ways to cut costswithout harming quality or patient satisfaction, Wachter said. "Nearly two years after the stud...Dermatologists Recommend Raising Age for Insurance Coverage for Acne Drugs to Age 40 -- or Beyond
...ce companies do not payfor cosmetic services, they cut off coverage of tretinoin in the belief thatacne is mostly an affliction of teens and young adults. In some cases, Feldman said, insurance companies may cover tretinoinprescriptions for adults over the cut-off age, but only if their doctor ge...Drug's Effect On Chromosomes May Explain Second Cancers
...t. Normally, the enzyme then instantly re-joinsthe cut ends to repair the break. Etoposide prevents the enzyme from completing its repair step. “Thedrug actually subverts the enzyme into a DNA damaging agent,” saidMuller. The researchers studied etoposide and five other topo II inhibitors onf...Educational Intervention Can Reduce Sexual Behaviors Known To Transmit HIV
HIV behavioral interventions can cut high-risk sexual behaviors in halfand more than double the regular use of condoms, according to researchers at theJohns Hopkins School of Public Health. The School was one of seven sites acrossthe country participating in the National Institute of M...Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior
...considered hardest to reach,such interventions can cut high risk sexual behaviors in half and more thandouble regular use of condoms. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Multisite HIV Prevention Trialenrolled 3,706 men and women in 37 inner-city,community-based clinics. Those who attended HIV...One-Time Needles Don't Reduce HIV Among Addicts, Study Shows
...'t easily be infected or passedamong addicts would cut the spread of AIDS," says Dr. Edward H. Kaplan, amanagement scientist at the Yale School of Management and an author of thearticle. "But sometimes, what seems like a good idea just isn't." "In this case, introducing the new syringes into the current...UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
...at a time whenmanaged care is forcing hospitals to cut costs. "We believe that hospitalistsnot only need...w forces health care providers to look for ways to cut costswithout harming quality or patient satisfaction, Wachter said. Hospitalists arean increasingly ...Unsticking The "Glue" In Blood Cells Could Save Lives
...ncer Platelets, the blood cells that help a cut finger stop bleeding, can alsotake a deadly turn a...her wants toblock metastasis so that a surgeon can cut away the primary tumor withoutworrying that thedisease will spread elsewhere. "I want to identify th......e that naturally arises is what the best way is to cut down onthis problem which arises because your initial impulse is to help the baby,"Doron said. "You have to take a step back and say, 'Wait a minute. Is providingthis care really helping'" "One of the suggestions talked about a lot is simply ......re-test," Pollock said. "I'mcertainly faster, I've cut my time in half." In this new teaching lab, residents learn video eye-hand skills and acquirebasic skills such as suturing, knot tying and forcep handling in a virtual,"patientless" setting. "This teaching model allows the students and residents to g...Changes In Care Lower Costs Of Surgery To Prevent Stroke
...ada, reacting to pressure from hospital managersto cut costs, are screening more carefully to diagnose and monitor people withstrokes and have limited the time patients are in the hospital before and aftersurgery. Careful screening has led to an increase in the number of patientshaving the procedure bef......r physical activities for one hour perday, you can cut your risk for stroke by nearly 50 percent, according toresearchers in a report in this month's Stroke: Journal of the American HeartAssociation. In the study of 11,130 Harvard University alumni, researchers found that peoplewho expended 2,000 kiloca...