KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
...brain of a patient with epilepsy at all times, the moment the seizure components reach a certain critical level signals that a seizure is about to occur. Epilepsy is caused by factors such as head trauma, brain tumors, strokes, infection, poisoning, oxygen deprivation or other events that cause scar...American Association Of Pharmaceutical Scientists Announces 1998 Award Winners
...cal principles related to reversiblemetabolism and moment analysis in pharmacodynamics, particularly related toirreversible and indirect responses. His current research emphasizes the PK/PDof corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs. Dr. Jusko is Professor ofPharmaceuticals at the State University of New...Wake Up To Stroke -- Night Strokes Linked To Long Delays In Care
...the delay time is longer than if we knew the exact moment of onset. Without abetter way of pinpointing the onset of nighttime strokes, we have limitedpotential to treat these patients with thrombolytic drugs." Just a few years ago, few treatments for stroke existed, but now clot-busters --or thrombolytics ...Angina sufferers find significant relief with noninvasive technique
...ear a series of cuffson their legs. At the precise moment of every heartbeat when the heart relaxes,the cuffs briefly inflate. This is thought to reduce the heart's workload,increase its pumping efficiency and improve cardiac bloodflow. The treatmentusually involves 35 one-hour sessions. "The angina patient...CHR, UNICEF and World Bank to co-sponsor meeting on low-birth weight
...gnancy; The role of micronutrients; The critical moment for interventions - childhood, adolescence,pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, and Interventions for improving outcome of low birth weight babies...Study shows benefit of pioneering U-M program for newborns at risk of hearing impairment
... says. "No test is100 percent accurate, and no one moment is the right time to catch all problemsearly enough to correct them completely. It's up to all of us to keep vigil overchildren's hearing as they grow, and to act quickly if we suspect a problem."...Pacemaker for larynx allows patients to breathe easier
... paralyzed. The stimulation is done at the precise moment that the patientinhales, allowing the patient to take a breath," Zealear said.The lead wire from the electrode is then brought subcutaneously through a tunnelto an incision below the clavicle. A pocket is made at that incision site andthe stimulator ...Neighborhoods matter: who gets CPR?
...receive CPR. Although there were witnesses to the moment of arrest in nearly half (47.4%) ofthe 4,379 cases in this study, fewer than a quarter (22.7%) received CPR. Thelow rate of CPR is one of the reasons that death rates are so high, more than 95percent, following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a ...Scientists grow heart tissue in Bioreactor
... beating as one. "It was my most awesomelaboratory moment ever. No one had ever done this before," said Freed. That workwas completed in 1994 and published in 1997. The MIT work is key to engineering three-dimensional cardiac tissue that couldeventually be used to repair damaged heart tissue inside the bo......them to see the gallstone microstructures from the moment of creation through subsequent growth into cholesterol crystals, which later form gallstones. And, they were able to observe crystals forming in human bile from gallstone patients in a few hours following extraction, and after 40 hours in the synthe...'Smart scalpel' detects cancer cells in seconds
...hm translates the data into a graph that, changing moment by moment, provides surgeons with easily read peaks and valleys that clearly depict when blood pumped from the incision has been cleared of cancerous cells. In a surgical scalpel, an aspirator would vacuum fluid from the incision to the microcavity l...Music softens patients' surgery-related rise in blood pressure
...y feel they are giving up all personal control the moment they enter the hospital. Being allowed to listen to music of their choice may reduce stress by restoring some of that personal control, according to the study. Music may also reduce surgery-related stress simply by distracting patients. One patien...Tourettes, other tic disorders far more common than once thought
...ourettes, and within an hour the most astonishing moment in his career, Kurlan recalls the patient had described 20 relatives with similar symptoms. Kurlan put together a research team to visit the isolated village in northern Alberta which the patient called home, for a study of the genetic roots of Tou...Police officers who experience panic during traumatic event have greatest risk of PTSD
...titute for Research and Education (NCIRE). At the moment of confronting a personal life threat or witnessing gruesome injuries to others, police officers vary in their immediate emotional reactions. We found that police officers who reported greater grief, horror, and panic-like symptoms extreme terror, ...Biopsies of the internal mammary sentinel nodes may improve patients chances of survival
...s could mean patients surviving for longer. At the moment the axillary lymph nodes under the armpits are routinely checked to see whether breast cancer has metastasised to them. If metastases are found there then patients usually receive radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy to mop up the straying cancer cells....Young adults dont heed warning message of heart attack or stroke in family
...greater emphasis on this strategy at the teachable moment when a family event has occurred may help to influence preventive health behaviors among young adults, he suggests....Fibromyalgia pain isn't all in patients' heads, new brain study finds
... and whats going on in their brains at the precise moment they feel it. And, it gives researchers a road map of the areas of the brain that are most and least active when patients feel pain. "The fMRI technology gave us a unique opportunity to look at the neurobiology underlying tenderness, which is a ha...Urine test predicts Alzheimer's disease
...s the body works to get rid of them." While at the moment this test is not yet clinically available, the team is working on the development of a version of it that could be broadly and easily performed. Unlike a spinal tap, a urine test is simple to do and provides a painless and noninvasive way of assess...National health care access restrictions delay Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, treatment
...eir caregivers to the relevant associations at the moment of the diagnosis." About the survey The Quality of Dementia Care Survey is a multi-country survey designed to assess the satisfaction of caregivers in relation to AD diagnosis and treatment across surveyed nations. The survey was conducted by Ta......ghtening thought that crosses a patient's mind the moment their physician diagnoses them with cancer," Sylvia said at a press conference at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress today (19 October 2002). Being diagnosed with cancer is a terrible moment. Physicians should dedicate ample time to ...