International MRC trial finds a routine treatment for head injury may do more harm than good
...more, chief executive of the MRC, said,"This is an excellent example of how research evidence contributes to changing clinical practice with the potential to improve patient care. The trial involved the international collaboration of doctors from around 400 hospitals showing that it's possible to recruit larg...Primary instrument is delivered for ESA's CryoSat mission
...d with the spacecraft. Performance predictions are excellent and based on tests performed so far with the engineering model, we are quite confident of the successful outcome of the integration campaign starting now." CryoSat is due to be shipped to the launch site in Plesetsk, Russia in mid-February ready f...Study showed vitamin D inadequacy highly prevalent among women treated for osteoporosis
... primary care offices; 84 percent reported good to excellent health. About Vitamin D and Osteoporosis Vitamin D plays an important role in osteoporosis management by promoting calcium absorption. It enhances calcium absorption by the intestine, allowing calcium to enter the bloodstream. Vitamin D also wor...Lord Sainsbury praises the work of the UK's Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres
...acturing processes," said Lord Sainsbury. "Through excellent collaboration between industry and Higher Education Institutions, the regional network of Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres are at the forefront of driving forward innovations in manufacturing and improving competitiveness. There are two impo...Envisat Symposium report day 2: GMES turns science to services
... Radar Altimeter-2 (RA-2). Also discussed was the excellent orbital performance of the Envisat spacecraft to date - with a current pointing error reported by European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) of less than 0.010 degrees. At the same time came overviews of results from Envisat's trio of atmospheric instr...CRESTOR leads in 1st international prospective study of statins in the metabolic syndrome
...monstrate that CRESTOR TM (rosuvastatin) achieves excellent results in lowering LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) and raising HDL-C in this important and growing patient population.1 Today's results from the COMETS study, presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD),...VA beats managed care for diabetes, study finds
...A nationally funded health care system can provide excellent quality of care. The VA has instituted system-wide standards, integrated care, and a way to track and monitor how their patients are doing. Other organizations can learn from the VA and how they achieved their quality improvements over the last 10 ye...First proof that cutting Rx drugs due to cost harms health
...time in 1998. Taken together, the data provided an excellent chance to take a long-term (longitudinal), rather than cross-sectional, look at the relationship between cost-related prescription behavior and health. "Other studies have suggested that this effect might exist, but only by looking at a snapshot of a...Micro nano breakthrough conference planned for Portland, Oregon
...products Breakthrough Institute. "This will be an excellent opportunity to share ideas, build networks and set our agendas for the future." The event is designed for scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, business developers, government officials, students, investors, and a wide range of other professionals ...New way to tally death risk for heart patients could ease worry
...December 2003. They found that the tool offered an excellent gauge of which patients were most at risk. The nine variables stood out as consistently different between those who died soon after leaving the hospital and those who didn't. This allowed them to assign a "hazard ratio" or relative point value for ea...Triple-contrast CT depicts internal injury from gunshot and stab wounds
...s available in most trauma centers and provides an excellent imaging modality for assessing torso trauma." In addition to the Baltimore study site, CT also is being used to identify peritoneal injury in Miami and Philadelphia....A better death: Hospitals need systematic process to heed patient' concerns
...ers of the terminal patients reported very good or excellent treatment, instituting a better system to feed their concerns back to medical staff offers a virtually cost-free and perhaps obvious way to improve even further. "Past attempts to improve end of life care have focused on specific outcomes deemed i...Breakthrough therapies treat Crohn's disease
...med at a novel target, interferon gamma, has shown excellent tolerability and activity in this patient population. Researchers compared the results of one or two intravenous doses of fontolizumab in patients with moderate to severe CD. A total of 133 patients with CDAI scores between 250 and 450 were random...Regional review boards improve liver transplant allocation
...f referring physicians to predict outcome but the excellent predictive capacity of the MPS should reassure UNOS, referring physicians, patients, and the transplant community that patients are being treated fairly," the authors report. "Taken together, these observations show that regional review boards funct...Research aims to improve nation's health
...ne. The Institute's emphasis is on internationally excellent research which will tackle health inequalities and will have an impact on policy and practice. A range of projects is already under way, including research into combating smoking among schoolchildren, encouraging fruit tuck shops, and reducing alcoho...Dad's death helps national expert evaluate end-of-life care
...ing. Early on in his illness, his father received excellent symptom management at the same time he was given s...good end-of-life care really is. How do we support excellent palliative care while at the same time supporting aggressive medical care?" It was partly the uncer...Cord blood stem cells save children with Hurler's syndrome
...area following transplant. "Cord blood presents an excellent source of stem cells, and it is readily available to nearly every child who needs it," said Kurtzberg. "It provides an important therapeutic option for young patients with severe Hurler's syndrome who lack a perfectly matched and related adult bone m...Radiologists back judicious use of CT pulmonary angio in women because of radiation dose to breast
...dered in stable female patients, he said. CT is an excellent tool for diagnosing pulmonary embolism, a disease that if undetected, has a high morbidity and mortality rate, said Dr. Parker. "We just need to carefully weigh the benefits of the examination with the potential long-term risks before determining if...4-MDCT 'excellent technique' for evaluating kidney donors
...Sahani, "The practical answer is that 4-MDCT is an excellent technique for evaluating living kidney donors." Dr. Sahani will present the study on May 3 during the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, FL....MRI 'excellent choice' for evaluating causes of abdominal and pelvic pain in pregnant women
... with acute abdominal or pelvic disease make it an excellent choice for the evaluation of these patients, a new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, and the University of San Diego Hospitals in California says. In the study, MRI was used to image pregnant patients ...