Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
...ff use, heart rate increased by about 15 beats per minute (25 percent), systolic blood pressure went up by 1...cts' heart rates decreased by more than 10 beats a minute and the activity of the sympathetic nervous system went down to very low levels. "This is an examp...Diagnosis of prions in patients should utilize novel strategy, team says
...s would say that it is not necessary to detect the minute level of infectious agent that the CDI is capable of revealing, as it would be unlikely to be lethal, says Safar. But Prusiner and his colleagues maintain that any risk is too great when it comes to having prions in the food supply. In addition, beca...15 minutes training enough to save lives with an automated external defibrillator
...rillator and delivering an electric shock within 1 minute of its onset. Automated external defibrillators ar...ibrillator, why it has to be used within the first minute of the arrest, and the importance of correct electrode pad positioning. Their response times were mo...Quality of in-hospital CPR may fail to meet guidelines
...mpression rates were less than 90 compressions per minute in 28.1 percent of segments. Compression depth was too shallow for 37.4 percent of compressions. Ventilation rates were high, with 60.9 percent of segments containing a rate of more than 20/min. A total of 27 patients (40.3 percent) achieved return o...Study of CPR quality reveals frequent deviation from guidelines
...he guidelines recommend 100 chest compressions per minute to a depth of at least 38 millimeters (about 1.5 inches). They call for a ventilation rate of 12 to 16 breaths a minute, and they advise keeping the no-flow fraction the fraction of time in cardiac arrest without chest compressions under 0.17 (abo...Pacemakers could protect patients with epilepsy from sudden unexplained death
...or very slow heart beat (bradycardia, 40 beats per minute or less) or very fast beats (tachycardia, 140 beat...te during habitual seizures exceeded 100 beats per minute among 16 patients. Four patients had bradycardia or periods of asystole (cardiac inactivity) and wer...Low platelet counts linked to decreased survival in HIV-infected women
...ounts, also called thrombocytopenia. Platelets are minute cells in the blood that help in the blood clotting process. The researchers found that women with thrombocytopenia-a platelet count of fewer than 50,000 platelets per cubic millimeter-had a five-fold increase risk of dying due to any cause, compared ...Employees bring bad moods home, but they disappear by morning
...they felt about statements such as "right now each minute of work seems like it will never end," and "right now I find real enjoyment in my work." The study found the amount of spillover employees experienced both at home and work depended on whether they were introverts or extroverts. Extroverts were more...FDA tried to discredit whistleblower over drug safety claims
...published in the Lancet but was pulled at the last minute after Dr Graham had a warning from his supervisor about publication The FDA issued a statement after the hearing last week, claiming that Dr Graham had failed to adhere to agency protocol when he submitted his data to the Lancet. Fearing for hi...Designing an ultrasensitive 'optical nose' for chemicals
...roach allows analysis of gases that are present in minute concentrations and at very low pressures, which may enable identification of compounds such as explosives that are difficult to detect by other means....Northwestern Memorial Hospital testing new procedure for patients with major depression
...ood. Participants remain fully awake during the 45 minute outpatient procedure and can resume their normal daily activities after the procedure. A TMS procedure is in no way similar to an electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) procedure - which requires a patient to receive anesthesia. "The objective of TMS is to ...Heart arrhythmias easily treated, yet few know risks
...explained. "My heart would jump from 80 beats per minute to about 200 beats per minute." When she was younger and this occurred, Sandra could carry on a conversation and pretend nothing was happening. But as an adult, the experience became more intense. Sometimes she covered it up by pretending to tie h...'Going through the motions' to better treat dementia
...e care. "Behavior changes hour to hour, or even minute to minute, in patients with dementia," says Leibov...ster Medical Center. "It happens all the time. One minute the patient is quiet and calm, and the next minute she might be agitated, anxious or loud. Our tradi...Cedars-Sinai October 2004 medical tipsheet
...using a defibrillator. Experts estimate that every minute spent waiting for a defibrillator lowers the chance of survival by 10 percent, so the sooner it can be used after a cardiac arrest, the better. Last week, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved for the first time, the sale of an over-the-coun...Attention to detail can make kids' hospital stays shorter, less costly & less frequent
...hey're admitted to, are treated appropriately from minute one of their stay, even if they arrive in the middle of the night and aren't seen immediately by a specialist," says co-author Samya Nasr, M.D., clinical director of pediatric pulmonology. "We were able to use the acuity-adjusted data to get the buy-...Oxygen therapy may improve vision worsened by diabetes
...persistent edema. Patients were given 4 liters per minute of oxygen delivered by small tubes inserted into their noses, and instructed to use the oxygen continuously every day for three months, removing the tube only when taking showers. They were provided with a stationary oxygen concentrator for home and...Biopsy system is effective in completely removing benign breast masses
...e mass, said Dr. Slanetz. That compares to a 30-60 minute surgical procedure, that includes anesthesia and a 1"-2" incision followed by stitches in the breast. "We are still awaiting follow-up of the patients to see if there is any recurrence of their benign masses, but the preliminary results of this stu...Lower temperatures improve outcomes after bypass surgery
...temperature an average of 0.49 degrees Celsius per minute fared better that those rewarmed at the typical rate of 0.56 degrees Celsius per minute. During the standard, faster rewarming process, the temperature of the brain may temporarily rise above 38 degrees Celsius, as the temperature at the core of the ...Discovery sheds light on how cancer cells grow and divide
...r a loop. Finding the protein on the centrosome, a minute structure near a cell's nucleus, may lead to new strategies for stopping cancer growth. The Mayo team, already known for discovering several families of dynamins, this time discovered them -- not on a membrane, as expected -- but on the unlikely cen...UCSD study cites lack of vigorous exercise as primary factor in adolescent obesity
...ata on amount and level of physical activity every minute for a week. The investigators found that both girls and boys in the normal-weight group participated in two to four more minutes per day of vigorous physical activity than those in the at-risk and overweight group. However, only boys showed a statis...