Hopkins convenes 'consensus' conference to develop blueprint for nationwide matching program
...aired kidney exchange will save thousands of lives each year and drastically reduce the medical costs associated with kidney disease." The goal of the conference is to develop consensus among experts about criteria, operational standards, ethical issues and coordination of a national program. Several tran...Telemedicine revolution is 'disappearing' from the NHS
...t rather a federation of more than 700 NHS trusts, each with its own procurement and management structure. Professor May said: "We were struck by the strong claims made about the promise of telemedicine. But we found that despite significant support in policy documents and very active champions of the cau...Three out of the four million newborn babies who die each year could be saved
... the four million newborn babies who die worldwide each year could be saved by low-tech and low-cost inter...untries for a century, kills half a million babies each year. Around 60-80% of neonatal deaths arise in low-birthweight babies, although many could be saved...MRI better than current standard in assessing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
...ug that's being used--in fact tailor treatment for each patient," she said....Immersion in virtual world alleviates pain from injury
... more subjects, possibly with games appropriate to each age group, in the hope that it could one day greatly reduce, if not completely replace, the use of painkillers....$4 million grant boosts University of Michigan campaign for a new children's hospital
...as increased an average of 5 percent to 10 percent each year.The proposed new facility will house Mott's current services, as well as the Michigan Congenital Heart Center, the Birth Center and Holden Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and one of only 13 Level 1 pediatric trauma centers in the United States, War...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (first issue)
...endency toward allergic reaction) were obtained on each of these occasions. At each age checked, investigators calculated the young person's age, height, and weight in light clothing w...Other highlights in the March 2 JNCI
...the highest baseline circulating concentrations of each vitamin E fraction had a lower risk of prostate cancer than men with the lowest circulating levels. Contact: National Cancer Institute Press Office, 301-496-6641, NCIPressOfficers@mail.nih.gov Also in the March 2 JNCI: Contribution of hMTH1 to ...Exercise tolerance is good screening test for chest pain patients
... that evaluates symptoms and estimates the risk of each patient is useful in determining treatment protocols and the need for additional tests. "Our strategy with exercise treadmill testing in selected patients helped us choose patients for hospital admission in a cost-effective and safe way," said Raymon...Training could remove racial bias from police reactions
..., e.g. wallet or cell phone, was superimposed onto each of their faces. The computer randomly selected a picture to display on the screen until the participants chose to shoot, chose not to shoot, or time ran out. An error message appeared on the screen for a full second if the suspect was unarmed and t...New patient magazine from American Academy of Neurology to launch in April
...r, and Neurology Now will address these effects in each issue," said Dr. Brey....Natural mentors help mold lives of teens, study says
...natural mentoring should be woven together to make each more effective....Patient knows best when it comes to ulcerative colitis, U-M study finds
...contribute to the measurement of disease activity, each endoscopic index was analyzed to determine how wel...tis, rather than assessing patients with endoscopy each time symptoms flare," says Higgins. " Adds co-author Ellen Zimmermann, M.D., associate professor of ...Genetic amplification (NAAT) test detects HIV more effectively than standard tests in urban study
...V-1 infections and 56 hepatitis C virus infections each year since it was initiated for screening donor blood. "Adding NAAT-based screening to standard HIV testing for can identify people with acute HIV infection earlier when they may be most infectious and at risk for spreading the virus. Then they can ...Study documents initial differences in sexual transmission of HIV between males and females
...rm study of HIV infection. The researchers tested each couple's viral RNA to determine which variants, or kinds of HIV-1 strain, were present in each man and woman. Variants of HIV-1 can be distinguished by differences in the gene (gp160) for their ...Penn study will compare heart failure management technologies
...ilure, with an estimated 400,000 new cases arising each year," explains Dr. Goldberg. "The costs of treat...imary care physician or internist must be managing each volunteer's heart failure. Participants must also have the physical and cognitive ability to use th...NASA awards $9.8 million NSCOR grant to UT Southwestern to study effects of space radiation exposure
...er Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School were each selected by peer review for the grant, joining existing centers at Colorado State University, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Loma Linda University. For the $9.8 million "Lung Cancer Pathogenesis and HZE Particle Exposure" study, data will be obtai...Infectious microorganism linked to kidney stones and other diseases
...illion Americans who are treated for kidney stones each year....Adverse drug events in nursing homes are far more common than previously identified
...medication, prescribing drugs that interacted with each other, and failing to watch closely for drug side ...,000 life-threatening or fatal adverse drug events each year in the United States, of which nearly 70% may be preventable. "This seems to be a major safety ...CK2 protein sustains colon cancer cells by sabotaging ability to commit suicide
...C is a large jumble of proteins that interact with each other after TRAIL binds to the outer cell membrane. After DISC forms, an enzyme called caspase-8 triggers the cascade of biochemical events outside DISC that eventually leads to cell death. By desensitizing the cell to TRAIL, CK2 disrupts the DISC re...