Intensity modulated radiation therapy at Fox Chase Cancer Center
...ation of treatment where the beam conformed to the irregular shape and size of an individual persons prostate. Pollack says, Radiation therapy is evolving quickly and Fox Chase continues to be a leader in this field. While we have shown that 3-DCRT was very effective, IMRT is even better. Like 3-DCRT, IMRT ...Penn finds atrial fibrilation cure eliminates need for pacemakers, medicine
...a may begin with occasional or regular bouts of an irregular heart beat, but it generally worsens over the years. Traditional ablation procedures for this arrhythmia deliver an electrical charge that permanently blocks the electrical connection that transmits the impulse from the atria to the heart's lower v...Implantable heart device reduces deaths by one-third
...e chest under local anesthesia. The device detects irregular and potentially fatal heartbeats and shocks the he...surge during intense physical activity sets off an irregular heart beat. Certain drugs can also trigger abnormal rhythms and death. Those who could benefit the m...Patients who need cardiac resynchronization therapy may be eligible for Cedars-Sinai clinical trials
...esynchronization therapy may not, however, prevent irregular heartbeats known as ventricular arrhythmias. Without warning, ventricular arrhythmias may cause sudden death if not detected and treated immediately. The implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has proven ability to detect these fatal rhythms and ...Health and fitness facilities need defibrillators
...t become extremely rapid or chaotic or both. This irregular heart rhythm causes the heart to suddenly stop beating. The joint statement is a supplement to recommendations issued in 1998, in which fitness facilities were advised to screen clients for cardiovascular disease, train staff members to recogni...Cycled light promotes growth in pre-term infants
...n to be too stressful on pre-term infants, causing irregular heart rates and decreased sleep. However, until the Duke study, no research has examined the benefits of cycled light versus near darkness. "Cycled light establishes a day/night rhythm, mimicking the circadian rhythm cues that are established for fu...Most child care is provided by 'informal' providers, study finds
...lude not enough time to self (25 percent), long or irregular work hours (23 percent), not enough interaction with parents (16 percent), insufficient pay (15 percent) and dealing with children who are misbehaving (14 percent) or withdrawn (13 percent)....Stanford study investigates treatment cost effectiveness after heart attack
...d to prevent sudden cardiac death in patients with irregular heart beats. The study, led by Gillian Sanders... attack patients with no history of arrhythmia, or irregular heart rhythm. Sanders said more than one million Americans have heart attacks each year, and...Physicians miss opportunities to improve care for oldest asthmatics
...e older heart, and could lead to potentially fatal irregular heart rhythms." In addition to misusing drugs, many patients did not receive guidance and information about how to manage their symptoms. Eighty percent of the patients, for example, did not have a peak-flow meter, a device that measures lung capa...Cotton clothes carry fungal spores into hospitals
...ric construction. In the study, cotton, with its irregular fiber shape, released, by far, more spores than any other fibers, which had smoother surfaces, the researchers report. "Since it's highly likely that hospital staff and patient visitors have worn their clothing outside before entering the hospital a......ime with a new procedure to help prevent rapid and irregular heart rates. The novel technique uses MRI instead of X-rays to guide radio frequency cardiac ablation, a minimally invasive surgical procedure that blocks abnormal electrical pathways in heart muscle. The MRI technique makes catheter-based interve...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet, December 5, 2000
...ys a small section of heart tissue that causes the irregular heartbeat, or supraventricular tachycardia. The procedure reduces the number of attacks requiring emergency hospital or physician visits per year and, though expensive, is cost-effective in comparison to managing the condition with long-term drug the...Pacific Northwest National Laboratory wins three R&D 100 awards
...on food processing lines - Broken knives can cause irregular cuts and generate truckloads of product that doesn't meet quality specifications. Processing plants incur costs to re-sort the product and have the waste shipped away for use as animal feed. Human inspectors can take upward of an hour to catch ...New mathematical model explains changing patterns in epidemics
...rge or small outbreaks in alternate years, to very irregular outbreaks of varying size. In each city, numerous transitions between these various epidemic patterns have occurred. The team's research uncovers what caused the transitions, namely changes in birth rates and changes in vaccination rates. "The mo...American Heart Association updates 'mini stroke' guidelines
...es in patients with atrial fibrillation--a type of irregular heartbeat--who've had a TIA. Carotid artery surgery. Many strokes are caused by a blockage in the carotid artery in the neck, which supplies blood to the brain. A procedure called carotid endarterectomy involves the surgical removal of the bloc...Mayo Clinic investigates new device to regulate beating of the heart and improve pump function
...o also have potentially dangerous uncoordinated or irregular contractions of the heart. Up to 50 percent of peo...rest manifested by loss of consciousness due to an irregular heart beat, or have fast heart beats from the lower chambers (ventricular tachyarrhythmias). Some i...Biologically inspired electronics leads to higher fidelity
...It is known that neurons fire in anoften noisy and irregular pattern in the brain. Also, neurons often fire slowlyin comparison to many of the signals they need to encode - a pitched baseball,for example, is in the "hitting zone" for only a few milliseconds, whereasindividual neurons often take ten millisecond...Walking cuts risk of heart attack in elderly men
...t can clog heartarteries -- and of blood clots and irregular heartbeat, both of which cantrigger a heart attack. The study's findings may extend to younger men as well as women, according toSnell and Mitchell. They point to similar studies such as the Nurses' HealthStudy and the Harvard Alumni Study, both of ...MGH study shows mitral valve prolapse not a stroke risk factor
...ss on theheart muscle can lead to heart failure or irregular heart rhythm. In severecases, patients may need to have their valves repaired or replaced. The belief that mitral valve prolapse was common came from studies using some ofthe earliest forms of cardiac ultrasound or echocardiography. Based on theas...... The results showed that athletes who experienced irregular menstrualperiods also had a poorer body image and more excessive exercise schedules thanthe non-athletes. "Anxiety over body image as a manifestation of psychological stress hasbeen related previously to eating disorders in non-athletes but n...