Stents Work Well, But Are Costly: Will Hospitals Continue To Use Them?
... To many cardiologists and patients, that extra expense is well worthit, because inserting a stent structure in an artery has been proven toreduce the rate of recurrent blockages in the artery, Peterson said. But, depending on who is paying the bill, he said these procedures maybe a bad financial deal f...Hollywood Increases Film Portrayals Of People With Disabilities
..., all theelements that titillate moviegoers at the expense of reality, Safran said. Onestudy found that 78 percent of prime time television characters with psychiatricdisorders were portrayed as violent, while in reality, the great majority ofindividuals with mental health problems are not violent. F...About The Care Of Patients Before They Are Admitted To Intensive Care
...ut this increase in quantity should not be at the expense of quality, say Dr Peter McQuillan et al from intensive care units in the UK in this week's BMJ. They present the result of their confidential inquiry into the quality of care received by 100 patients admitted to intensive care. They found that 54 ...One-Time Needles Don't Reduce HIV Among Addicts, Study Shows
... DTRs are more expensive than regular needles.That expense would be compounded if 40% more DTRs than regular needles are used.Ease of use is also an issue: Some focus groups of drug users have reported thatDTRs interfere with the injection process and are less desirable than regularneedles. As a result, the...The European Medicines Evaluation Agency: Open To Criticism
...ngthens manufacturers' commercial interests at the expense of public confidence. In the European Union, drugs may be licensed in three ways. The centralised procedure allows applications to be made direct to the EMEA so that drugs can be made available throughout the European Union. Alternatively companies......derlying objective." Mathematical Model Reducing expense in the vaccination process is tied to trimming sev...o demonstratethe model, the CDC estimated that the expense of each visit was $40, eachinjection was $15, and medical staff time for mixing vaccines was 50 cent......n. "By helping patients avoid the side effects and expense ofmore invasive procedures, we feel PENS can improve the quality of life ofpatients suffering from some cancer-related pain. Our research is still verypreliminary, but we're very excited about what it suggests and anticipatefurther success in future ...Rice, Medical Center Institutions Join Forces On Health Initiative
...eatment of thosewho are most seriously ill, at the expense of proactive measures. Medicalintervention far earlier in the process could significantly reduce the number ofpeople who become seriously ill." Dr. M. David Low, president of the University of Texas--Houston HealthScience Center, said, "Sever...Kidney Transplants From Living Donors Reduce Long-Term Costs Of Care
... expensive thing,they should know that its initial expense is offset by cost savings in the longrun," says Mark A. Schnitlzer, Ph.D., an economist and research instructor atWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis who led the study. The findings will be presented May 20 at the national m...A leading cause of blindness may be controlled by simple course of oral antibiotic
...hromycin costs more thantetracycline ointment, the expense may be offset by the higher costs ofdistributing and administering multiple doses of the ointment. Treatment with antibiotics is one of several steps in a comprehensive trachomacontrol strategy called SAFE: Surgery for advanced disease; Antibioti...A leading cause of preventable blindness may be controlled by simple course of oral antibiotic
...romycin costs more than tetracycline ointment, the expense may beoffset by the higher costs of distributing and administering multiple doses ofthe ointment," added Schachter, who also is director of the UCSF ChlamydiaResearch Laboratory at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center.Study findings are repo...New biomarker for cervical cancer
...ult in clinically significantlesions, most of this expense is unnecessary. In addition, depending on the site...r invasive cancer, would significantlydecrease the expense and increase the efficacy of cervical cancer screening." Some tantalizing earlier research ...Engineering pits beneath London Underground tracks are helping to save lives
...ody to escape the wheels. They also suggest that, expense aside, the most effective means of preventing deaths under trains would be to introduce sliding doors on the platform that open only when the train has come to a halt. They conclude that the mechanics of the interaction of the human body with a train...Global prevention, funding and accountability debated in fight against HIV/AIDS
...ue to the crisis inherent in the situation and the expense incurred in applyinghigh ethical standards," she says, and requires new guidance to achieve acompromise between universal and situational ethics. Is access to essential drugs a basic human right? The effects of international trade regulation, incl...New treadmill 'scores' may help physicians better diagnose heart disease
... coronary heart disease and avoid the need for and expense of an angiogram. "The scores are based on the same information that the physician has, but the information is put into a mathematical equation that provides a probability of disease. Our goal was to determine if these scores were as accurate as th...UI study: first-generation antihistamine has more impact than alcohol on driving performance
...drunk drivers may perform one task well but at the expense of other crucial driving tasks. When taking fexofenadine or the placebo, participants matched the speed of the lead car and followed it at a safer distance than when they received alcohol. Subjects had greater trouble steering and crossed the cen......ety of vehicles. These methods are costly, and the expense of testing has limited federally required test procedures to adult dummies and a limited number of crash scenarios. "With the recent advances in computer modeling and the results of this study, it is clear that computer crash simulations should be us...The gender effect: fatherhood spurs men to work longer hours -- especially if it's a boy!
...n fathers' work hours appeared to come, not at the expense of family time, but of leisure pursuits. Other studies have shown that fathers spend more time at home with sons than with daughters. The UW economists initially did not focus, however, on children's gender. They were hoping to build on previous st...Undercooked meat is chief cause of parasite infection in pregnancy
...concentrating on the principal risk factors at the expense of less important issues" and concludes "the health implications of consuming raw, undercooked or cured meats in pregnancy require careful consideration."...Team studies use of Sandia technology to ensure 'farm-to-fork' safety of the nation's food supply
...ogies that have already been developed at taxpayer expense and apply them to this industry. Drayer is talking about technologies like: Decontamination formulation that rapidly neutralizes chemicals and biological warfare agents. Rapid Syndrome Validation Project (RSVP) that addresses the identification of...