Hib infections on the rise in adults despite child vaccination programme
...mongst children, some adults found themselves less equipped than before to fight the infection. Monitoring the Hib immunisation strategy quickly exposed trends and problems with the programme, say the authors, prompting swift corrective action in this case resulting in the implementation of a national booste...Study links warm offices to fewer typing errors and higher productivity
...rs in Orlando, Fla., each of nine workstations was equipped with a miniature personal environment-sensor for sampling air temperature every 15 minutes. The researchers recorded the amount of time that employees keyboarded and the amount of time they spent making error corrections. Hedge used a new research ap...Pediatricians need more training on environmental health
...ns, pediatric health care providers will be better equipped to recognize, treat, and prevent diseases related to factors in the environment."...DepoDur found to be innovative option for postoperative pain relief
...ored for a least 48 hours and the facility must be equipped to resuscitate patients. No other medication should be administered in the epidural space for at least 48 hours. DepoDur TM is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to morphine or the product's components, and in those patients wit...Lower level of education can impede reovery in elderly after hospitalization
...levels of hostility and hopelessness and being ill equipped to maintain health. "The effect of educational level on recovery from illness has not previously been well-examined," said first author Sarwat I. Chaudhry, M.D., postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. "...Data suggest ADDERALL XR significantly improved simulated driving in young adults with ADHD
...ease, Alzheimer's Disease, and ADHD. WNI is fully equipped to support Phase III and Phase IV clinical trials. The institute specializes in computer-based neurocognitive testing and driving simulation. In addition, professional staff members are frequent lecturers at national and international medical and s...New Jersey Institute of Technology pioneers new way to teach engineers
...to draw upon many fields." The studios, also, are equipped with sophisticated equipment. The two studios are wired for the Internet and multimedia equipment. They are furnished with ten PC-based lab stations that serve groups of students. The studios have the equipment used by biomedical engineers, including...Study helps define headaches of whiplash
...er. Using 20 healthy volunteers and a special sled equipped with a rotating chair (complete with a seatbelt) and a pneumatic piston, the researchers measured the response of six different neck muscles to gradually increased low-velocity impacts from eight different directions. The muscle responses were measur...Two days of post-surgical pain relief now possible with just one shot
...red for a least 48 hours, and the facility must be equipped to resuscitate patients. No other medication should be administered in the epidural space for at least 48 hours after an administration of DepoDur. DepoDur is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to morphine or the product's compon...Child health must become UNICEF's priority over next decade
...ectors. It is hard to believe that the person best equipped to address the global plight of children can only be an American. Kofi Annan must cast his net for nominations far and wide, looking especially hard at non-US candidates". The appointment process of the next incumbent is also shrouded in secrecy and...Moving admitted ER patients into inpatient beds faster could significantly increase hospital revenue
...dmitted to telemetry beds, which are hospital beds equipped to monitor a cardiac patient's condition. Of the 904 visits made by chest pain patients to an urban emergency department between Oct. 1, 1999 and Sept. 30, 2000, 91 percent (825) waited greater than 3 hours for a telemetry bed to become available in ...Children's Hospital Oakland opens new $5.6 million infectious disease lab
...or of CHORI. "The end result is that we are better equipped to expand our research capabilities to design and improve vaccines in ways we never could before." CHORI was awarded a $2 million construction grant from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) at the NIH to build the CIVD. Dr. Lucas was t...Induction at 32 weeks possible action for expectant moms with premature membrane rupture
...ortant that such induction occur at medical center equipped to care for the premature infant. In order to confirm the study's findings and prompt a change in nationwide standard of care for mothers with premature membrane rupture, the Mayo researchers say their results would need to be replicated in a large s...Researchers offer emergency workers a lifeline
... the most part, emergency services people are well equipped through training and personality style to deal with trauma," says Regehr, "but in most careers, an event comes along which really touches the person's soul." Regehr and co-author and social worker Ted Bober explore the factors that contribute to this...UCLA Medical Center becomes first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in ICU
...e projected on a monitor. The ControlStation comes equipped with a joystick, which allows the physician to drive the robot to the patient's bedside, control movements of the robot's head and even zoom in to take a closer look at the patient or bedside monitors. "The RP-6 robot will increase doctor access for ...Helping answer needs by developing specialists in autism
...nce in a mock classroom setting and will be better equipped to effectively teach these children," says Naomi Swiezy, Ph.D., clinical director of the Sarkine Center and associate professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine. "The CDC grant enables us to get the right resources to those who work regul......large vitamin pill with video cameras on each end, equipped with a battery and internal light source. After the patient lies down, the PillCam ESO is swallowed and glides through the esophagus, taking about 2,600 color pictures (14 per second). The patient gradually sits up to aid its progression down the es...