Implanted devices detect high-risk heart failure patients
...r implantation, their heart rate variability would improve as well." Heart failure is a condition marked by t...of diagnosis. Although there is no cure, drugs can improve the strength of the heartbeat (digoxin), relax blood vessels (ACE inhibitors)or remove the excess bu...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...lthy immigrant effect has the potential to help to improve the health and health outcomes of all children," the authors write. "Precise identification of the salutary components of traditional Latino culture and unhealthy aspects of U.S. culture could produce fresh approaches and innovations to prevent morbi...University of Manchester awarded 826k for brain science and mental health research
...priorities. Our joint aim in this initiative is to improve support for trials of new treatments and other high quality research, to help find the most effective ways of caring for patients. These grants will help patients by speeding up the translation of research from laboratory to the clinic."...Common schizophrenia symptoms often overlooked by physicians, according to expert panel
...oader range of symptoms, many patients do steadily improve so that they can function better, and live fuller,...ry." Studies suggest that atypical antipsychotics improve cognition better than older antipsychotics, but even atypical antipsychotics differ in their ability...Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
...rs eventually could assess whether such approaches improve the ability to make eye contact and whether they might even induce positive developmental changes in the brain. Because autism is more inheritable than any other psychiatric condition, researchers also could start to explore the genetic mechanisms un...Depression predicts heart rhythm abnormalities in heart attack patients
... depression in this group of patients can actually improve mortality." She said that depressed heart attack patients should have their heart rhythm monitored closely, since medical approaches to treating depression can often take weeks to be effective. Other Duke colleagues on the study included James Blumen...New treatment options for some difficult cancers improve survival and quality of life
...d chemotherapy drugs directly into the abdomen can improve survival rates and quality of life in patients with several cancers that historically have a poor prognosis. Results of four separate studies are being presented at the Society of Oncology Surgeons national meeting March 3-5 in Atlanta. The types o...New trials for counseling caregivers and patients with Alzheimer's begin
...onship between spouses, and couples counseling may improve their ability to cope together with the diagnosis ...earch endeavor devoted to testing interventions to improve the well being of families dealing with Alzheimer's as they struggle with the devastating symptoms o...MRI proves useful in assessment of suspected breast cancer patients
...mography and ultrasound. The addition of MRI will improve the accuracy of breast cancer diagnosis," Dr. Wiener said. "Breast MRI using contrast agents has been around for about 15 years," said Dr. Wiener. "Breast MRI isn't widely used because there are concerns that it detects too many lesions that are not...Medical technologies may hinder rather than help newborn survival
...regnancy and childbirth may not be the best way to improve newborn survival in middle-income countries, sugge...urvival, strategies will have to be implemented to improve birthweight and reduce preterm deliveries." In an accompanying commentary Anthony Costello (Institut...York study tests enhanced care for depression patients
...th, working alongside the general practitioner, to improve the management of patients' symptoms. Professor David Richards, of the University's Department of Health Sciences, is leading the 21-month research project, which has secured a 170,000 grant from the Medical Research Council. The study, which involve...Meditation may reduce heart disease risk
...od pressure who practice transcendental meditation improve the ability of their blood vessels to relax and may reduce their risk of becoming adults with cardiovascular disease, researchers say. After eight months of meditation, these adolescents experienced a 21 percent increase in the ability of their blood...Innovation prize finalists announced in 'Science of Better'
...a scheduling and capable-to-promise application to improve operations at the food giant. The Edelman Award recognizes outstanding implemented operations research that has had a significant, positive impact on the performance of a client organization. The top finalist receives a $10,000 first prize. Last year...Both inherited traits and tumor mutations affect response to treatment of leukemia
...rapy. The findings therefore have the potential to improve treatment outcome by providing additional genetic clues that enable clinicians to identify patients at high or low risk of relapsing, according to Mary Relling, Pharm.D., chair of St. Jude Pharmaceutical Sciences and senior author of the Blood report...Increasing physician volume requirement could improve mammogram accuracy, study concludes
...ber of mammograms a physician reads annually might improve the overall accuracy of screening mammography in t...nts in the Mammography Quality Standards Act might improve the overall quality of screening mammography in the United States," the authors write....American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (first issue)
...a low tidal volume strategy here has been shown to improve survival in these patients. OVERWEIGHT IS SIGNIFICANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH ASTHMA IN FEMALES In a cohort of New Zealand children who were followed from birth to age 26, overweight, expressed as higher body mass index, was significantly associated with...'Artery clearing' system does not provide benefit for patients undergoing PCI
...ion. Prevention of this "distal embolization" may improve reperfusion success, reduce the damage caused by a...rdial reperfusion success, reduce infarct size, or improve clinical outcomes in the present trial. First, the device may not have been efficient enough in aspi...Fewer false alarms when mammographers have greater experience screening healthy breasts
...ng the annual volume requirements in the Act might improve the overall quality of screening mammography in the US," said principal investigator Rebecca Smith Bindman, MD, UCSF associate professor of radiology, epidemiology/biostatistics, and obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences. She also is direc...Columbia study shows widely used artery clearing device does not help patients during heart attack
...om blocked arteries during a heart attack does not improve patient outcomes. The procedure, called distal mic..."It's not entirely clear why the devices failed to improve patient outcomes, but it's possible that so much damage happens during a heart attack that distal pr...Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria
...cal trials, QS-21A has been shown to significantly improve the body's immune response in vaccine therapies ag...on to examine how it works and investigate ways to improve its performance," said David Y. Gin, a professor of chemistry at Illinois. Gin and his collaborators...