Stents Work Well, But Are Costly: Will Hospitals Continue To Use Them?
...ncial burden may not stay popular," he said. One obvious answer to the dilemma is to convince the Health Care FinancingAdministration, the federal agency responsible for setting Medicare reimbursementrates, to set two different prices for the two procedures. But so far, HCFAhas been unwilling to do this, P...Compound In Meat Prevents Diabetes, Study Suggests
... they get fatter. CLA makes them leaner, which has obvious advantages," she says. "In obese animals we saw a 10 percent reduction in body fat, and in lean animals we saw a 25 percent reduction in body fat." CLA is available as a dietary supplement at health stores, but people shouldn't rush to consume large ...Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
... mostly through the medical model approach. It is obvious that Medicare can do more and contribute to seniors living a healthier and more successful life. The combination of greater personal responsibility for the state of one's health and a more responsive Medicare providing coverage and incentives for th...Epilepsy Drug Found To Stop Cocaine's Effects In Animals
...learning, eatingand moving; nor did it cause other obvious side effects. "We are extremely excited about our results," said Stephen Dewey, theBNL neuroanatomist who led the research team. "After all, more than a decade ofhard work went into these findings. If this can do for humans what it did fora...... to a dangerous excess ofserotonin would have been obvious to any physician or pharmacist who knew thatphentermine is an MAO inhibitor. But no one apparently paid much attention tothis, even though scientific papers published in the 1970s first demonstratedit, because the drug's label doesn't say it. ...Study Offers Hope For Immune Reconstitution After HIV Infection
...Ph.D., of NIAID's Division ofAIDS, adds, "The next obvious question is to find out what is going on inchildren being treated for HIV infection. The thymus is much more active inchildren compared with adults. This technique provides an exciting opportunityto monitor thymic output and immune reconstitution i...An Ergonomically Redesigned Analgesia Delivery Device Proves Safer And More Efficient
...tually recovered from 9 of the 11 errors. The most obvious explanation for this type of programming error lies in the characteristics of the subject population: the nurses' prior training and experience with the Abbott PCA interface created the propensity to commit these mode selection errors. However, the n...Dental Researchers Retract Statement Indicating Hydrogen Peroxide May Be Cancer Promoter
...icallypremalignant. There were no macroscopically obvious visible lesions present atthat time. "Following the induction phase, the DMBA paintings were discontinued. After a period of one week, the right cheek pouches were treated three timesweekly with 3 percent hydrogen peroxide only for a period o...New Book Says Cross-Train Your Brain To Increase Mental Function
...ere frozen is probably nottrue. And, in fact, it's obvious that people learn things throughout our lives;even if they're 80 years old they can learn new things." Katz emphasizes that "neurobics" is not about doing puzzles orbrain-teasers, but about using the full range of the senses to help forge new...Future Chlamydia Screening Should Take Account Of Possible Disadvantages For Women
... the chlamydia screening programme, as well as the obvious gains for detecting infection, health professionals would also have the opportunity to investigate and ultimately address men's understanding of their sexual behaviour. Duncan and Hart conclude that these issues should be fully considered to ensure...Controversy Over The Effects Of Passive Smoking
...rom cell damage toincreases in cholesterol, yet no obvious smoking gun has emerged. "It ispuzzling," says Doll. "I don't wholly agree with Bailar. On balance, I thinkthere is something in it-but nobody can say for sure at the moment." He says thecurrent state of knowledge suggests that the best that can be s...Surgery for severely obese improves more than just weight
...tality. And while it seems obvious that weight reduction surgery would make the subjects feel good about themselves, the "results seemed to go beyond just being glad about theweight loss," Choban said. ...Unexpected target may unlock the door to fighting sepsis
...also the case in humans with sepsis, therecould be obvious implications for a new therapeutic approach for the treatmentof sepsis." Researchers induced sepsis in rats by making a small perforation with a needlein the cecum (large intestine). The procedure---called cecal ligation andpuncture, or CLP---causes ...Hypothyroidism during pregnancy linked to lower IQ for child
...oidism goesundetected because they do not yet have obvious physical signs or symptoms. Only 14 of the 62 women with hypothyroidism in this study had the conditiondetected and treated before their pregnancies, and on average the remainingwomen did not find out until 5 years after their pregnancies. Doctors ...High brain centres teach lower brain to adapt to injury
...er levelsof the nervous system. "While it has been obvious to scientists for some time that sensory informationmust flow up each level of the brain, it has always been a puzzle why there issuch heavy feedback from higher levels back down to the lower areas of thebrain," says Dr. Jonathan Dostrovsky, lead aut...Home exercise equipment increased weight-loss success in study
..., Jakicic said. But the findings have obvious limitations when making widespreadrecommendations because not everyone can afford home exercise equipment, said Jakicic. Also,research still needs to be done on the effectiveness of the home exercise equipment in the regimen o...Studies of growth hormone result in new class of drugs
...Growth hormone's role in these diseases was not as obvious as the hormone's role in acromegaly, which is caused by a brain tumor that causes the pituitary gland to produce massive amounts of growth hormone. The disease, most commonly seen in middle-aged adults, is characterized by abnormal growth of the han......dy was carefully designed to take into account the obvious differences that exist in the developmental and life cycles of rats and humans, and to correlate as closely as possible to the timing of the amniotic fluid sampling. The mother rats were given genistein from day 14 of gestation through post-natal day...Study shows obsessive-compulsive disorder runs in families
...ying over it, that couldhave an effect. But what's obvious to investigators is that, in patientswith affected family members, their behavior isn't necessarily the same asthe family member's. A patient whose mother washed her hands might, forexample, have to check light switches over and over. They both have ......ety, and new models of governance. In addition to obvious problems, there are many opportunities to be addressed during the conference too. Experts will offer potential solutions on everything from new fuel cells that create energy without combustion to helping home buyers in urban areas shift some of their...