Many children are undervaccinated or have delayed vaccinations in their first 2 years of life
...or more than six months and one-fourth experienced delays in receiving many of the recommended vaccinations ...b vaccine. An estimated 25 percent of children had delays in receipt of 4 or more of the 6 vaccines. Approximately 21 percent of children were severely delaye...Branding practices in rural India should be banned
...ious practice, which causes serious ill health and delays in seeking proper medical care. Researchers investigated this practice after noting that many young children attending a rural health centre had scars from branding over their chest. Off 144 children under 5 years, 20 had been branded for either pne...Gender bias in child growth evaluations may miss disease in girls
...sease may be overlooked, or experience unnecessary delays in receiving a proper diagnosis. The results may also suggest that short but healthy boys are more likely to be subjected to unnecessary medical evaluations. "Growth failure is a very sensitive indicator of a child's overall health, and should be ev...AHA urges earlier diagnoses, referrals for PCI in women
...nd early referral for treatment. Women face great delays for stenting or angioplasty. By contrast, men are usually promptly referred for these procedures for suspected cardiovascular disease. The goal should be the same for women. Further research to optimize therapy for patients with diabetes and small...Mobile surgical units prevent delays in treating wounded combat patients in Iraq
...ground information in the article. To avoid severe delays in critically injured Marines reaching surgical aid, the U.S.M.C. and U.S. Navy developed the Forward Resuscitative Surgery System (FRSS), small, mobile trauma surgical teams. Lowell W. Chambers, M.D., of the First Medical Battalion/Naval Hospital Ca...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...through Los Angeles County/USC Hospital could trim delays dramatically and relieve overcrowded conditions, a...be able to triage and schedule patients with fewer delays and provide new patients with more accurate estimates of wait times. In parallel with new and ...FDA approves Enablex for treatment of overactive bladder
...relating to clinical trials, regulatory actions or delays or government regulation generally, the ability to obtain or maintain patent or other proprietary intellectual property protection, competition in general, government, industry, and general public pricing pressures, as well as factors discussed in th...Novartis announces collaboration with Bayer for EMSELEX
...relating to clinical trials, regulatory actions or delays or government regulation generally, the ability to obtain or maintain patent or other proprietary intellectual property protection, competition in general, government, industry, and general public pricing pressures, as well as factors discussed in th...Delayed hospice care can increase depression among survivors after death of a loved one
...he inadequate preparation for the death, including delays in seeking and receiving appropriate hospice care can measurably compromise post-loss adjustment, according to the study. The study was sponsored by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, The John D. Thompson Hospice Institute for Education, Training and R...Innovative take-off system could lead to safer, cleaner air travel
...duling decisions, generating a 10-25% reduction in delays affecting aircraft waiting for clearance to take-off. The work is being carried out by computer scientists at the University of Nottingham with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and National Air Traffic Serv...Pitt research shows NASA sleep-wake scheduling guide may need to be changed
...rickling in" changes rather gradually, using phase delays to later bedtimes (by up to 2 hours) wherever poss...dulers could trickle in a series of two-hour phase delays without incurring any negative consequences as far as sleep quality and alertness," said Dr. Monk. "...FDA grants accelerated approval of TYSABRI, formerly antegren, for the treatment of MS
...ace of market acceptance, and any material issues, delays or failures related to its manufacturing and supply. For more detailed information on the risks and uncertainties associated with TYSABRI and the companies' drug development and other activities, see the periodic and other reports of Biogen Idec Inc...Research explores why some internationally adopted children excel while others struggle
...ior to adoption) can increase the risk of language delays or disorders," said Krakow. The level of risk depends on such factors as age at adoption, which usually correlates with time spent in an orphanage, quality of pre-adoption care, and health status. Krakow's most recent study compared children adopted...Ovarian cancer does have early warning signs, Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center find
...ger time to diagnosis of patients' ovarian cancer: delays in women seeking medical care, health care system issues, competing medical conditions, physicians' failure to follow up, and women not returning for follow-up. Brigitte Barrette, M.D., a Mayo Clinic gynecologist and study investigator, found the...Pediatricians wary about recommending complementary therapies
...bout CAM therapies, concerns about side effects or delays in seeking necessary medical care as the primary reasons they were resistant to recommending these therapies as treatment options, according to Kemper and her colleagues. "Fewer than 5 percent said they were knowledgeable about CAM therapies and the...Rare heart problem decreases in clot-busting era
...tients, since their analysis showed that treatment delays increased the likelihood of cardiac tamponade occurring. "Even though less than 1 percent of patients who undergo fibrinolytic therapy will suffer from cardiac tamponade, it is still a catastrophic event and potentially life-threatening," Patel said....African-American heart attack patients fare worse long term
...f risk factors, such as hypertension and diabetes, delays in seeking care, lower quality of care and access issues. However, most studies addressing these questions have involved small numbers of patients or included patients with a wide range of heart disease. The Duke team chose to focus on a specific gr...Women wait longer for emergency heart treatment
...te diagnosis and treatment," says Moscucci. "These delays result in worse outcomes, and there should be no g...plasty was widespread. They also wanted to see how delays affected in-hospital mortality. In all, they found that only 25 percent of the female pati...Delays in test result reviewing common
...he authors write. "The high frequency of reported delays is important since self-reporting typically signif...of errors. The relationship between self-reported delays and dissatisfaction suggests that physicians also recognized delays in test result review as a signi...Pitt researchers identify biomarkers of lupus which could lead to quicker and better diagnosis
...efore being accurately diagnosed, which results in delays in receiving proper therapy and an ultimately greater cost for treating the disease and its complications. Although there is no cure for lupus, there are many ways to treat symptoms, including chemotherapy. Currently, most physicians rely on bl...