March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ated the procedure. These findings demonstrate the feasibility of primary care physicians performing this procedure on unsedated outpatients. Office-Based Unsedated Ultrathin Esophagoscopy in a Primary Care Setting By Thad Wilkins, M.D., et al Study Examines Family Physicians' Decision-Making Styles Analyzi...Indiana University researchers closer to helping hearing-impaired using stem cells
...lleagues are beginning new experiments to test the feasibility of marrow stromal cell transplantation to stimulate the growth of the nerve cells that are often missing from the inner ears of patients with profound hearing loss. "Sonic hedgehog and retinoic acid are molecules found in embryonic tissues, but not i...Obtaining patient consent for clinical audit is unworkable without extra resources
...edical audit and research. Researchers studied the feasibility of obtaining signed consent for submission of patient identifiable information to a national clinical audit database (PICANet). Their analysis involved patients admitted to five paediatric intensive care units in England during May and July 2003. Par...Yale authors raise concerns regarding regionalized heart attack care
...le School of Medicine, is also concerned about the feasibility of regionalization. "Proponents often compare regi...gery," Epstein said. "That's a huge number and its feasibility is debatable." Epstein also commented on the possible downsides from a regionalization policy, inclu...Brain imaging study may hold clues to onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk
...ary study represents a "first pass" at determining feasibility of the tool to map tiny differences between patients and controls, Belger said. "We need to show that the tool is reliable and that, indeed, it's detecting something in the population that it's not detecting in healthy individuals," she added. "This...New data on Orqis Medical's Cancion CRS to be reported at ACC
... heart failure who participated in Orqis Medical's feasibility trials in the US and Europe....Use of cell phone images appears feasible for visualizing leg wounds
... leg wounds with remote evaluations to address the feasibility of taking images with cell phones, transmitting them to an expert at a distance and getting the expert's advice immediately. Over the course of three months, patients at their outpatient clinic, a total of 52 patients with 61 chronic wounds were eval...Culture-specific exercise sparks interest of older women
...searchers, as a part of a pilot study to determine feasibility and acceptability, set up a Yang Style Tai Chi program for Chinese women at a community center where senior citizens already gather daily for lunch, activities or health talks. The 27 Chinese women in the study, average age 64, participated in one-h...Views from space help oil prospectors see deep underground
...s for us is a means of carrying out seismic survey feasibility studies prior to defining survey programmes for our clients, and ensuring enhanced data quality for even the most challenging environments." UK-based Infoterra and WesternGeco have jointly developed a seismic-quality mapping service ...Telemedicine is healthcare's new frontier
... it has been possible to demonstrate the technical feasibility of various satellite-based telemedicine systems and to raise awareness among potential users. At present the use of satellite-based ICT for telemedicine is gradually moving from an exploratory phase towards a more stable and operationa...Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego funds commercialization of lung, shock, other devices
... conduct studies they hope will help establish the feasibility of a filtration technology to remove inflammatory mediators from plasma. Schmid-Schonbein's team will filter the plasma in the presence of a protease inhibitor to block complement and thrombotic cascade activation and minimize complement activation d...Early results shed light on lung cancer screening advance
...ning Study, a multi-center pilot study testing the feasibility of a large-scale nationwide trial. The researchers say 522 were found to have abnormal lung findings. Of those, 12 percent underwent biopsy, 55 percent had a follow-up CT scan but no biopsy, 12 percent were compared to prior x-ray or CT scan, 4 perce...News tips for Monday, November 8, 2004
...ct 2481 (4:15 p.m.) for another report showing the feasibility of growing tissue-engineered "living heart" valves using cells taken from umbilical cord blood. Statements and conclusions of study authors that are published in the American Heart Association scientific journals are solely those of the study autho...Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair shows favorable preliminary results
...g mitral valve is building a favorable safety and feasibility profile as the EVEREST Phase I clinical trial nears completion. Severe mitral valve regurgitation (MR) is a debilitating condition that causes shortness of breath, fatigue and palpitations. In the United States, about 250,000 people develop signifi...Astronauts submit first medical research paper from space
...ultrasound in novel clinical conditions, to assess feasibility of ultrasound for monitoring in-flight musculoskeletal changes in crewmembers and to determine optimal training methods, including the use of remote guidance. While some aspects of the experiment are unique to space flight, Fincke believes the result...Promising results for malaria vaccine trial
...ofessor Alonso comments: "Our results indicate the feasibility of development of an effective vaccine against malaria. They also highlight the potential of modern vaccinology to develop new prophylactic interventions against complex human parasites. Development of an effective malaria vaccine can be accelerated ...Most physicians agree that widespread routine influenza vaccination for young children is feasible
...ter the first. However, little is known about the feasibility of adding universal influenza vaccination to the a... (306 pediatricians, 152 family physicians) on the feasibility of universal influenza vaccination for children 12 through 35 months old. In February 2001, the rese...Jefferson-based technology promises to help find hard-to-diagnose appendicitis cases
...h on NeutroSpec in 1984 and did the first clinical feasibility study in 1991. Dr. Thakur says the new technique will have broad applications. Approximately 15 percent to 30 percent of all appendectomies are unnecessary because the appendix is actually normal. Neutrospec, in helping physicians rapidly and accura...Parents can provide accurate reports of their children's ADHD symptoms
...behavior from teachers difficult." To evaluate the feasibility of using parental reports, the MGHC researchers reviewed the medical literature to find clinical trials of ADHD medications that included evaluations from both parents and teachers. The identified three randomized trials examining either standard or...Preimplant test offers option of having child to serve as stem cell donor to sibling in need
...ntification of a causative gene to demonstrate the feasibility of this approach for stem cell transplantation in ...lthy children. "The data herein show the potential feasibility of preimplantation HLA matching for couples having a child affected with a bone marrow disorder, who...