Rotary blood pump shows promise for pediatric patients
...advances in VADs now suggest that its smaller size offers an advantage in permitting its use in women and smaller patients, including children with heart failure. These miniature devices, such as the MicroMed DeBakey Child VAD, have the potential to bring about similar results in children as they do curren...Physicians' response to religion-related conflicts in medicine
...of relative medical uncertainty in which treatment offers moderate possibilities of benefit, or in situations in which treatment is intended to decrease risks of adverse events in the future. The researchers also found that if physicians believed a religious patient would suffer harm by not following their ...No advantage of combination drug therapy for chronic hepatitis B Infection
...THE LANCET suggest that pegylated interferon alpha offers the best treatment option for people with chronic hepatitis B infection. Patients successfully treated for chronic hepatitis B are less likely to develop cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer. Previous research has suggested that treatment eith...New therapeutic vaccine for HIV/AIDS eliminates needles and excessive toxicity
DermaVir, a novel treatment for HIV/AIDS, offers a new option which complements and improves presen...nically infected monkeys. This treatment possibly offers a new, non-invasive option for HIV-infected patients. "The immune system demonstrated an unexpected ...Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...to relatively high-cost prosthetic components that offers prosthesis flexibility. A three-dimensional computer model was developed to study the structural behavior of monolimbs and interactions between the socket and the residual limb. The data revealed that stress is reduced at the socket-limb interface wh...UT Southwestern researchers find calcium intake contributing factor in formation of kidney stones
...tion of calcium phosphate stones," she said. "This offers supportive evidence that people with calcium phosphate stones may need to carefully monitor their calcium dietary intake." An estimated 10 percent of Americans will have a kidney stone some time in their lives, with men typically affected more frequ...HydroGlobe acquired by Graver Technologies
...gy development works on a grand scale, and that it offers major long-term benefits to society and to the Institute through IP royalties and licensing." Angelo Panteleo, President and CEO of Graver Technologies said, "This acquisition of technology, superior products and key management will provide the plat...Women seeking treatment for even minimal 'male-type' hair growth need endocrine evaluation
...nd down-regulation of androgen levels in women. It offers in-depth testing, comprehensive treatments and support, and research into molecular mechanisms and future therapies....Medicare HMOs fail to control costs of colon surgery in elderly patients
...ged care model that emphasizes preventive care and offers beneficiaries less out-of-pocket costs, tend to be younger and have fewer chronic illnesses than their counterparts who stick with traditional Medicare coverage. "Medicare HMO patients typically have shorter hospital stays and less secondary illness...Few Americans are aware they have chronic kidney disease
...ves to increase awareness about kidney disease and offers the GFR calculator and other free tools at www.nkdep.nih.gov ....2004's top 10 hot topics in plastic surgery
...pecialty, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons offers its 2004 Top 10 Hot Topics in Plastic Surgery. 1. Teenage plastic surgery If you believe everything you read, you might think more teenagers are having cosmetic surgery than are going to college. Contrary to popular belief, people 18 and youn...Few Americans aware they have chronic kidney disease
...ves to increase awareness about kidney disease and offers the GFR calculator and other free tools at www.nkdep.nih.gov. "Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness, Prevalence and Trends among U.S. Adults, 1999 to 2000" was written by Josef Coresh, Danita Byrd-Holt, Brad C. Astor, Josephine P. Briggs, Paul W. Eggers,...Infants, children prefer sounds over pictures and only slowly become visually oriented, studies find
...over visuals among children. But this new research offers a clearer picture of the nature of this auditory preference and how it changes over time. For infants, sounds are preferred almost exclusively. Older children tested at 4 years of age generally preferred sounds over visuals, with the exception of fam...Risks from labor after prior cesarean delivery low, study reports
... researchers collected the data, the current study offers the most reliable estimate to date of the risks conveyed by attempting vaginal delivery after a prior Cesarean delivery....Kinder, gentler procedure gives superior results for stem cell transplants
...cell transplant patients, so we think the protocol offers some hope." Next, Shenoy plans to evaluate whether changing parameters and further reducing chemotherapy doses would enhance the protocol's effectiveness. She will also conduct studies targeted at sickle cell anemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia ...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for Dec. 2004
..., R.D., a dietitian at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center offers 13 tips to help the whole family avoid weight gain over the holidays. TABOO ABOLISHED: SEX DURING MENOPAUSE DISCUSSED AT CEDARS-SINAI'S "RED HOT MAMAS" MENOPAUSE SUPPORT GROUP Experts estimate that half of all women going through menopause exper...Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease varies by ethnicity
...und further evidence that a normal serum ALT level offers little diagnostic or prognostic value when assessing patients for NAFLD. Almost 80 percent of the subjects in this study with hepatic steatosis had normal serum ALT levels. Limitations of this study include possible underestimation...Generic drug use varies widely by state, study reveals
...Trend Management, Express Scripts. Express Scripts offers plan sponsors numerous programs that promote the c...ree years using GenericsWork. Express Scripts also offers a Zero Dollar Generic Copay program, which allows a plan to waive six months worth of prescription c...Peptide vaccine can produce complete remission in myeloid leukemia patients
...e University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center offers these news items presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are reporting the first study to show that vaccination with a peptide that is abnormal...More than half of relapsed CLL patients respond to two biologics with chemotherapy
...e University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center offers these news items presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Combining two biologic agents with chemotherapy forms a potent drug regimen that is showing promise in treating patients who have relapsed with the most com...