Stroke patients receive better care when hospitals 'get with the guidelines'
...aseline compliance (90.7 percent) and continued to improve by the fourth quarter (97 percent). Others, such ...ed: "The ability of our hospitals to significantly improve the use of secondary prevention measures is particularly exciting because these measures apply to a ...Association publishes blueprint to strengthen stroke care from prevention through recovery
...oke care providers must develop systems of care to improve each link in the chain of survival in preventing a... seek to apply those findings across the region to improve each patient's experience, said Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospita...Third of European cancer patients use complementary and alternative therapies
...e their body's ability to fight the disease (50%), improve physical well-being (40%), or emotional well-being (35%). However, there were some differences in the reasons for using CAM and the actual benefits experienced. For example, although the primary reason for choosing CAM was to boost the ability to fig...Mayo Clinic researchers create 'obedient virus'; First step to use measles virus against cancer
...tial step toward using this approach to expand and improve human treatments for a variety of cancers. The "Obedient Virus" "When I saw the data, I was completely stunned. It's the sort of thing that, having worked on targeting viruses for about 15 years, I just couldn't believe that we'd finally got what ...More homeless mentally ill than expected according to UCSD study: Interventions urged
...treatment for substance abuse has been reported to improve outcomes, the researchers said "access to substance abuse treatment is more difficult for homeless persons with serious mental illness than for other homeless persons. Similarly, patients who did not have MediCal insurance were twice as likely to be...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February 2005 (first issue)
... altitude-induced pulmonary hypertension, helps to improve pulmonary gas exchange, and limits altitude-induced hypoxemia (deficient oxygenation of the blood). Researchers measured the effects of oral sildenafil on altitude-induced pulmonary gas exchange in 6 normal subjects. The 6 men, along with 6 normal ...AHA urges earlier diagnoses, referrals for PCI in women
...s as health care professionals. However, to truly improve outcomes in women, we need to recruit more women in future clinical trials, as female representation has been 38 percent at best, and often closer to one-quarter of the studied populations," she said....Cholesterol under-treated in high-risk women in managed care study
...se factors provides further evidence for a need to improve comprehensive lipid management in the highest-risk women, Mosca said. "These findings suggest that therapies should be targeted to the specific cholesterol abnormalities in each woman, so that optimal levels of both the good and the bad cholesterol c...Treatment for brain tumor does not always follow recommendations
...c institutions and community centers must occur to improve care patterns for patients with malignant glioma. In addition, for any clinical trial, correlative biological studies of tumor specimens need to be wedded to the trial, particularly when end points may be biological change rather than tumor reduction...New research could help physicians tailor asthma therapy in children
...l do better with a certain type of therapy, we can improve their lives more quickly and save them the risk of trying medications that are less effective for them. This study adds important information for identifying which children are more likely to respond well to inhaled corticosteroids." Researchers adm...Brain tumor treatment can vary greatly, according to new JAMA study
...ates and Canada. "Our goal in neuro-oncology is to improve the duration and quality of survival of our patien... results for brain-tumor patients will continue to improve and that numbers for survival will look quite different in 10 years. In conjunction with the JAMA a...Research guides medication choices for young Asthma patients
...l do better with a certain type of therapy, we can improve their lives more quickly and save them the risk of...5% improved only with montelukast; and 55% did not improve with either medication. Favorable response to the inhaled steroid was associated with lower pulmona...Calcium and vitamin D most effective for treatment of Crohn's-related bone loss
...ows that calcium and vitamin D treatment alone can improve bone mineral density (BMD) in Crohn's patients by 3 to 4 percent per year. "Patients with Crohn's often suffer loss of bone mass and an increased number of bone fractures due to treatment with corticosteroids, poor nutrition, active inflammation an...Testosterone supplements for elderly men
...the testosterone levels of frail elderly men could improve their strength, energy and mobility. The study is the first in the world to examine the impact of testosterone treatment on this age-group, and is being led by Professor Fred Wu of the Department of Endocrinology at Manchester Royal Infirmary. Profes...Promise of 'bladder pacemaker' for people with spinal cord injury
... control over bladder function could significantly improve quality of life, such as by allowing people the simple freedom of going to the movies without worrying about an accident," Boggs said. "Our objective is to complete clinical testing and be able to put bladder control implants in humans by the year 20...Yale researcher studying acupuncture to reduce back pain in pregnancy
... who do not receive treatment and those who do not improve with assigned group interventions will be invited to return for additional treatment at no cost after the study is completed. The treatment consists of three tiny needles inserted on one side of the ear. The women will be asked to remove the needles ......source for states to learn from one another how to improve and expand health coverage in these challenging ti...aintain health insurance expansions, as well as to improve the availability and affordability of health care coverage. Details on the SCI program are available...Stents and going with the flow
...s a wire mesh tube used to prop open an artery and improve blood flow to the heart muscle. In recent years drug-eluting stents have been developed, which, as the name suggest, are coated with drugs that are slowly released and help keep the artery from reclosing, an occurrence known as restenosis. In the fi...Lottery funding to aid research into superbugs
...l investigate the spread of 'superbugs' and aim to improve speed and accuracy of diagnosis and treatment of respiratory infections. This will lead to a better understanding of when segregation of CF patients is really necessary. Researchers will also identify and develop more effective antimicrobial agents a...Computer memory, MRI technology benefit from student research at UH
...has great potential, her research holds promise to improve MRI sensitivity. TcSAM has more than 260 faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students. The mission of TcSAM's members is to create and develop high-temperature superconducting and advanced materials, as well as further their ...