New drugs, diagnostic tests, software needed to prepare US cities for chemical, biological attacks
...centers, and metropolitanpolice officials are best equipped to handle the challenges posed by terrorism. These entities must adapt new and emerging technologies for detecting chemicaland biological warfare agents. They especially need faster, simpler, cheaper,and more accurate tools for detecting and identif......e quarter of theinjuries were inflicted by needles equipped with safety devices. Half of theinjuries involving needle safety devices occurred before the procedure and halfoccurred after the needle was used but before the safety shield was put inplace. The authors also noted that in subsequent surveys many st...Tiny Tools Give New Meaning To 'Cutting Edge'
...in the same device. That means medical tools canbe equipped with built-in sensors and monitors that will instantly communicateback to doctors. Lal said this real-time feedback could greatly expand the use of ultrasonictools, to areas such as neurosurgery where precision is paramount. "A silicondevice could be...AHA Scientific Conference On Compliance In Healthcare And Research
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... the finish line close to first aid staff who were equipped with a modern automatic external defibrillator. Evidence presented at the inquiry suggested that although the staff reached her within less than a minute they did not diagnose cardiac arrest or follow the correct defibrillator procedures, claim Mr a......0;0.05). The eDEM Monitor, a medication package equipped with an electronic microchip,compiles the dosing histories of patients prescribed oral medications. TheMonitor, developed by AARDEX Ltd., registers dosing times and dates. The datain the microchip are periodically transferred to a computer for anal...New cancer treatment facility opens
...aff and visitors, or designing chemotherapy suites equipped with acomputer, phone, television, and VCR, no detail was overlooked when it came toaddressing the needs of patients. "This extraordinary new facility, with its patient-oriented physical design andits emphasis on an integrated approach to patient ca...New gene therapy may allow patients to 'grow' their own bypass around blocked leg arteries
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...s referring them toanother hospital that is better equipped to handle these procedures," said NHLBIDirector Dr. Claude Lenfant. Each year an estimated 71,000 hospitalized heart attack patientsdevelop cardiogenic shock. This complication is the leading cause of death inpatients hospitalized for heart...9th European Congress on Lung Disease
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...ited access to emergency medical personnel who are equipped with AEDs orother defibrillators. The American Heart Association states that expanded access to AEDs andincreasing the number of people who are trained to use them can dramaticallyincrease survival from cardiac arrest. Co-authors are John W. Gundry, ......red laser light powerful enough for surgery and is equipped for human operations. The ONR Medical Free Electron Laser Program supports five Free Electron Laser centers in the country, including the one at Vanderbilt....Study to assess heart effects of depression drugs during stress
...diac changes that could make the heart not as well equipped to respond to natural stress. Still, the researchers point out that the findings can only be suggestive of such implications and that a long-term study is needed. "That study will come later," Straneva noted. "Now we're looking at functional differe......or the crash scenarios simulated. When airbag equipped vehicles first appeared on the market, no recommendations existed regarding the placement of school aged children in these cars. It was not until the first deaths of children from airbags in 1993 that parents were encouraged to move their child to th...Northwestern chemist develops nanoplotter with parallel writing capabilities
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... approach typically involves threading a specially equipped catheter tube into a patient's body to perform an operation, more commonly termed an "intervention" among medical professionals, and monitoring the procedure's progress with x rays. However, at least 100 documented cases show that fluoroscopy-guided...High-tech scan for blocked arteries matches conventional tests in finding root of symptoms
...now be performed with state-of-the-art CT scanners equipped with special software. This approach, which analyzes calcium density in arteries but doesn't require the purchase of a special EBCT machine, is what UMHS is exploring for its Cardiovascular Center. Nallamothu and his colleagues can't say whether the......f hours. As such, each pathologist has a specially equipped home computer and monitor upgraded to display images at high resolution as well as high-end laptops. The system automatically pages the consulting pathologist in Pittsburgh when a new case is submitted. In Palermo, the pathologist's microscope contai...