Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...ing the normal retirement age would be a plausible move because Americansare enjoying longer, healthier lives, said demographer Kenneth G. Mantonof Duke University and actuary H. Dennis Tolley of Brigham Young University.They said the Social Security trust fund could save roughly $50 billionto $60 billion...Hospital Noise Disrupts Sleep For Patients, In The Critical Care Setting
...individual rooms. Other ways to reduce noise areto move equipment alarms away from patients, relocate nurse's stations awayfrom rooms, switch beepers to vibrating mode and train doctors and nurses tospeak more softly. An alternative approach may be to determine if the use ofear plugs or noise cancellation...Condemnation May Be Driving Circumcised Women From Health Care
...clinicians familiar with these surgeries, who will move beyond negativefeelings...to treat women knowledgeably and with dignity." The researchers interviewed 48 immigrants from the three Africannations, including five men, in their homes and at a refugee clinic, thendeveloped guidelines for caring...... programs instead of theIndian Health Service. The move toward assumption of responsibility for thedeliver...tionships with the Indian Health Service as tribes move towardsgreater independence reductions and restructuring of Medicaid, Medicare, welfare make fundin...Survey Finds Acute Stroke Teams Gaining Prevalence
...ents. "One of the challenges is to move the idea of a stroke team fromacademic centers to the community and rural hospitals," Alberts says. "Many ofthose rural hospitals do not consider stroke a high-level emergency. We need toget them to acknowledge stroke as an emergency, so that they ...Research Trial To Test New Drug For Diabetic Neuropathy
...rding nerve conduction velocities, we would likely move to a phase three trial. That would mean not only looking for improved nerve conduction but also to see if the drug reduces pain and numbness." This drug has not yet been approved by the FDA. There is no charge to patients to participate in this......ns. By measuring how long it took mice to move away from applied mechanicalpressure, or how many seconds they licked skin where hot pepper extract had beenapplied, Cao determined that the knockout mice were as sensitive to mild pain asnormal mice, but that they were much less sensitive to moderat...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
...mmonsense may carry the day to help some states to move forward on changing these'Good Samaritan' laws." "Good Samaritan" laws refer to legislation allowing people to helpothers in emergency medical situations so long as a "good faith" effort is madeto save a life. To make early access t...Filmless System Puts X-Ray Images On The Web
...f our institution," Dr. Templetonsays. The move to digital images represents the University of MarylandMedical Center's continuing commitment to higher definition and diagnosticefficiency in imaging technology. The medical center has also installed afilmless ultrasound system that uses a chain of......onitoring practices that reduce risk to inpatients move withpatients to alternative sites of care," said G. Eric Knox, M.D., MMI medicaldirector. Dr. Knox is also director of the Perinatal Center atAbbott-Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, and professor of obstetrics andgynecology at the University of M...Ulcer Drug Linked To Birth Defects
...can't smile or frown, and they oftencan't blink or move their eyes from side to side. Mobius syndrome results fromthe under-development of two important cranial nerves, however, the precisecause is unknown. This research was funded by The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation and theBrazilian Research Cou...Walking Or Bed Rest OK For First Stage Of Labor, UT Southwestern Research Shows
...firststage of labor the patient usually prefers to move about her room, andfrequently is more comfortable when occupying a sitting position. During thisperiod, therefore, she should not be compelled to take to her bed unless shefeels so inclined." Other UT Southwestern researchers who participated...Controlling Collagen Levels May Be Key To Fighting Organ Failure Caused By High Blood Pressure
...friendly environment, these mastodons areunable to move -- much like heart muscle cells unable to properly contract --and become vulnerable." The study's lead author, Javier Diez, M.D., Ph.D., and his colleaguesshow that this process is reversed by treatment with ACE-inhibitors, drugs thatare kno...Unsticking The "Glue" In Blood Cells Could Save Lives
...oodstream. As a result, thecancer cells arefree to move anywhere, stick someplace and form another colony." This life-threatening process is called cancer metastasis. The Hopkinsresearcher wants toblock metastasis so that a surgeon can cut away the primary tumor withoutworrying that thedisease will s...Jefferson Physician Warns Further Study Of DHEA's Safety Needed
...its possible connection to McGwire's success, may move some teenagers from contemplating to actually taking such over-the-counter drugs in the unproved belief that it will enhance their strength. DHEA can produce unpleasant side-effects in women as well. A 1994 study showed that blood testosterone m...UCSF Study In Rats Suggests Synthetic Drug Mimicking Marijuana Might Be Used To Treat Pain
...is regionby measuring the time it took for rats to move their tails away from a heatsource. In the first experiment, rats that were given WIN55,212-2 kept their tails onthe heat source much longer than rats that were not given the drug, indicatingthe drug reduced pain. However, after the researchers shut...Setbacks To Health Progress In Central America
...donations is very important. It's what we need to move the aid, fortransportation, fuel. To mobilize the shipments of drugs and food, money is animperative need." She added that "Basic health services are our priority and we must concentrateall our energies on reestablishing them. If health services are...Discarded Treatment For Heart Attacks May Yet Prove To Be A Life-Saver
... them maintain their membranesand the "pumps" that move sodium and potassium in and out of cells. It alsoreplaces potassium lost as a result of cell damage. And it may inhibit theinsulin resistance that occurs in heart attacks. Insulin resistance preventscells from using insulin effectively. T...Millions Of Americans With Glaucoma Could Save Sight With Early Detection, Treatment
...ointment with him after she completed an impending move toLos Angeles from New York. Today, Vesta's glaucoma is under control -- aheartening circumstance she attributes to impressive advancements in medicalcare and treatment. Vesta is one of 10 million Americans with glaucoma, though only an estimated two...Visual Environment Can Affect Even Healthy Eyes --- Nature Works With Nuture For Good Vision
... been used in vision studies. A chicken's eyes can move and grow and accomodate independently of one another. The studies reported here differ from previous primate experiments because former ones were conducted on one eye, using the other as a control. This is the first time that such treatments have bee...