Hospital Noise Disrupts Sleep For Patients, In The Critical Care Setting
...idual rooms. Other ways to reduce noise areto move equipment alarms away from patients, relocate nurse's statio...rmine if the use ofear plugs or noise cancellation equipment leads to better sleep quality inpatients, he said. The peak sound level recommended for hospitals ...Survey Finds Acute Stroke Teams Gaining Prevalence
...olution to fighting strokethat doesn't involve new equipment or new therapies. Researchers say theformation of an acute stroke team (AST), comprised of stroke-savvy healthprofessionals, can streamline stroke care in major medical centers. The National Acute Stroke Team Group, based in Belle Mead, N.J...Enhancing Night Visibility Using UV Technology To Be Tested On Virginia Tech's Smart Road
...lp develop policies and procedures to deploy safer equipment androad markings, according to Aaron Schroeder, senior research associate with thecenter who will facilitate the deployment phase. "We will work with automakers,public safety interest groups, state departments of transportation, and federalagencies ...Need For HIV Guidelines For Health Workers In Developing Countries
... prevent transmission as well has having a lack of equipment and facilities. They also observe that health professionals working in these areas are often relatively inexperienced (for example medical students undertaking their elective) and therefore they are more likely to inadvertently expose themselves to...Unsticking The "Glue" In Blood Cells Could Save Lives
...tant professor of chemicalengineering, has set up equipment that simulates the flow of human blood beneath a microscope. A videocameraattached to the microscope lets him record and study cells that are moving asthey would throughblood vessels. With this equipment, he has begun testing medications that couldke......e group of residents is requiredto practice on the equipment after the pre-test, conducted in the first weekof the rotation, the remainder are not. During the pre-test, a stopwatch times them on five skill drills, includingdropping a bean in a dish and moving a small wood block by hooking a metalloop on top of...Penn State Chemist Identifies New Lime Aroma Component
...apply their analytical skills as well as tooperate equipment they may encounter in the work world after graduation. Thestudents also learn to be better "sniffers." Although the stereotype holds thatfemales have the better sense of smell, Chisholm has found that males are oftenher best "noses." In ad...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
... tumors embedded about 1.5 inches deep.With modest equipment improvements, even smaller tumors at least two inches deepcould be detected. These results were consistent with those developed by thesupercomputer simulations. The results also suggest that microwaves can detectsome early-stage tumors that are invis...Setbacks To Health Progress In Central America
...er to arm these teams with theminimum primary care equipment to take care of the three types of populationmentioned." "We are engaged in the repair of the most critical hospital services of certaincomplexity, such as radiology, laboratory, and surgery. In Honduras and ElSalvador we also have a very good exper...New drugs, diagnostic tests, software needed to prepare US cities for chemical, biological attacks
...nsive decontamination of largegroups of people and equipment Development of educational materials on chemical and biological agents forboth the general public and mental health professionals. Improvement and field testing of computer models to predict the spread ofhazardous agents in an attack and to provi...... way. "Even with the most advanced imaging equipment available at present, weweren't seeing features we knew existed," Rudin said. "We expect this detectorprototype to help us locate thestent optimally in the vessel, visualize its integrity in place and repositionit if necessary. If you can't see exa...Nurse Practitioners Reducing Costs, Expanding Care
...ays. "Doctors have much higher overheadin terms of equipment and facilities, liability insurance, and the cost of theireducation." Nurse practitioners are qualified to handle a wide range of health-relatedissues, including the diagnosis and treatment of common minor illnesses andinjuries. They can prescrib...An Ergonomically Redesigned Analgesia Delivery Device Proves Safer And More Efficient
...ings demonstrate that quantifiable improvements in equipment safety and efficiency can be achieved by adopting a human factors approach to interface design. INTRODUCTION As many as 100,000 deaths or serious injuries occur each year in the U.S. as a result of medical accidents (Van Cott, 1993). It is believed t...Promising Bone Cancer Therapy Advances To Next Level
... it allowed physicians to usesophisticated imaging equipment to pinpoint where in the body it had traveled. Srivastava's co-inventors are George Meinken, Harold Atkins and LeonardMausner. The U.S. patent on this invention was issued in December 1998 toBrookhaven Science Associates, which manages and o...In Battle For Attention, Left Side Of Brain Wins Over The Right, UF Researchers Find
...nt is notablefor the simplicity of its design. The equipment included a laser pointerand four lines of different lengths, which were shown repeatedly to nineresearch participants. Each participant viewed the lines at distances of 1foot and 5.5 feet. Only right-handed people participated, because the brainsof l...Standardization Of Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Offers Hope To Patients Nationwide
...ocontrol Technology of Pittsburgh, Pa New equipment called ThermoChem-HT? and associated disposables h...o aresearch agreement to utilize the ThermoChem-HT equipment and associateddisposables in a series of studies designed to evaluate and further improve themethod ......quires alevel of cooperation from the patient. The equipment makes loud noises and thepatient must look at a flashing light for up to two minutes. Before schedulingthe surgery, Dr. Wright used a small flashing light to represent the laser andtest Kiley's steadiness. "I don't think all 12-year-old kids could ha...CT Scans Could Become Screening Tool For Heart Disease
...o detect calcium in the heart's arteries. But the equipment is expensive and is available at fewer than 50 hospitals nationwide. There are more than 10,000 general-purpose CT scanners, the kind used in the new test. In a study of 36 people, Carr and his colleagues found that electron beam and general-purpose...New Cancer Procedure At Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Offers Hope
... a special needle into the tumor, using ultrasound equipment as aguide, to destroy the tissue and obliterate the tumor. "The tip of the needle emits radiofrequency energy, akin to microwave energy,and the tissue around the needle tip is destroyed," said Ronald Zagoria, M.D.,professor of radiologic sciences. "......h are precise down to micron levels. The new Dutch equipment produces an extremely precise map of distortions i...s or laser treatment. A prototype of the measuring equipment has already been constructed. The Amsterdam researchers plan to carry out further tests with the sys...