Many children improperly measured in doctors offices
...e and equipment holds the potential for more rapid detection and accurate diagnosis of growth disorders in children," Hench said. Healthy children grow about 2.5 inches each year. To ensure children are measured properly, there should be a stable, wall-mounted device with a headplate with a fixed right angle. ...Expert advises annual lung test for smokers during physical exam
...nt of the ATS, said: "We need to improve the early detection of COPD by increasing the availability of a simple spirometry machine in the offices of primary care physicians. These physicians and their nurses take care of the vast majority of people at risk for COPD. Once properly diagnosed through spirometry...Providing a bigger view: New imaging device offers better conditions for cancer treatment planning
...l ring or "bore" around which the x-ray camera and detection equipment rotate. However, conventional bores have a diameter of only 70 cm (about 28 inches). This size makes it difficult for some patients to be placed in treatment position. For example, a breast cancer patient must lift an arm at almost right ...Uncovering tumors, hidden subs, and cracks in airplanes using math
...r-field electromagnetic imaging systems to improve detection of small objects, especially in the human body. This work has medical imaging and nondestructive testing applications such as finding cracks and corrosion in airplanes. Developing airborne and satellite-borne radar for locating partially hidden objec...... screen for prostate cancer in the hope that early detection might save lives. Hunt-Wesson, Inc., a food manufacturer whose products include tomato-based goods, provided funding for this study....PET scan results change patient management for sixty percent of breast cancer patients
...ing death rates are probably the result of earlier detection and improved treatment. The survey was conducted at the Ahmanson Biological Imaging Clinic of UCLA and the Northern California PET Imaging Center (NCPIC), the facilities to which the patients were referred for their scans. Impact of Whole-Body FDG P......patented NeuroGraph device could be used for early detection of physiological changes in the brain that can impair the performance of pilots and divers. In addition, pharmaceutical trials could potentially use NeuroGraph to test the efficacy of new drugs on brain activity against drugs already on the market....Submicrometer-scale metallic barcodes described by Penn State and Surromed
...potential for this technology in, for example, the detection of medically important errors in DNA sequences. T...e submicron scale, which gives us more options for detection than previous techniques for particle encoding. The particles are easy to synthesize in what promis...Artwork can sharpen medical diagnostic skills, Yale researchers report
...udents who received visual training improved their detection of details by 10 percent, while there was no improvement in thecontrol group. "The 10 percent improvement is statistically significant," said Braverman. "It makes the point that you can visually train someoneto be a better observer, and it has added...Contrast agents enhance optical coherence tomography
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A new approach to improving the detection and removal of tumors has been developed by scient...spheres would permit OCT to be used both for early detection and for advanced tumor diagnostics. The higher contrast might allow researchers to noninvasively im...New sensor upgrades artificial bomb sniffers
...a high-tech sniffing device they hope will improve detection of bombs and landmines. Although experts predict that a practical device is at least five years away from actual use at airports, on battlefields and elsewhere, the researchers say their new sensor will improve the sensitivity and reliability of curr...Anxiety over breast self-examination may lead to low compliance, UCLA researchers find
... breast self-examination is a less accurate cancer detection method, but it can be useful in detecting lumps between mammograms. Women at high risk of breast cancer also have an increased risk of cervical cancer. Participants in the UCLA study included 430 women recruited at a clinic for women with a family h...People in low social classes delay seeking treatment for schizophrenia
...he duration of untreated psychosis through earlier detection should be particularly focused on people in lower social classes, they conclude....Rollins family gives $4.2 million to establish new Office of Public Health Preparedness at Emory
...ol of Public Health to enhance training in disease detection andemerging infectious diseases at both the Master of Public Health (MPH) and doctoral level. In addition, the Office will offer training opportunities to local and state public health workers through the existing Career MPHprogram as well as short-t...Early promise of non-invasive test for colorectal cancer
...n this weeks issue of THE LANCET describes how the detection of a specific mutation in faecal DNA could be a re...o the options available for reliable, non-invasive detection of curable colorectal cancers.......less. PSA is a biological marker used in the early detection of prostate cancer. Patients who have failed previous external radiation for prostate cancer are also potential candidates. The HIFU outpatient procedure can usually be completed within three hours, and the patient can go home after the anesthetic we...Computer-assisted detection of proteomic pattern could help screening for ovarian cancer
...ancet website this week.* New technologies for the detection of early-stage ovarian cancer are urgently needed, as the disease is often detected at a late stage when 5-year survival is only around 35%. Pathological changes within the ovaries might be reflected in proteomic patterns in the blood; Emanuel F Petr...Persistent mild depression in older adults may lower immunity and ability to fight off disease
...d in older adults. And these findings suggest that detection and treatment of even mild depression may be crucial for better health in older adults since the prevalence of mild depression is high in this age group....ORNL helping make tomorrows soldiers all they can be
... advanced situational awareness software, chem-bio detection and protection, advanced weapons, and protective equipment. Fatigues and the flak jacket of the past, for example, would be replaced by a system designed to protect a soldier and provide hemorrhage control in case a bullet penetrates. The helmet of ...Vitamin C reduces the odds of developing early-onset cataract
...cipants received detailed eye examinations for the detection of several different forms of cataracts, and information on their long-term vitamin intake and supplement use was collected from food frequency questionnaires from 1980 through 1993 to 1995. Of all eyes examined, 34% had cortical opacities, a common ...