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...dge, Grotting was vice president for care delivery operations at the $2.6 billion, 1859-bed Allina Health System. (See www.bridgemedical.com/grotting.shtml )...Insight into how the body tells time
... genes have been discovered to be essential to the operations of this clock. Scientists believe that these genes, in turn, somehow influence the expression of other genes throughout the body in order to control the timing of behaviors like sleep and wakefulness. Researchers from three laboratories at the Schoo...Seven of ten cured of rectal cancer
...te that hospital volume should be at least 10 such operations per year. A lower volume more readily leads to lower quality and a higher rate of recurrence. Technically difficult The rectum is the 20-cm segment of the intestine between the colon and the anus. Tumour removal in this area poses technical diffi...New device finds silent clots, may help prevent strokes
...se MTCD to monitor patients during a wide range of operations and other patients at an increased risk of stroke due to blood clots, Russell says....Laser procedure effective in correcting nasal blockages associated with deviated septum
...nasal septum may provide an alternative to classic operations for reducing morbidity, operating room times, and the economic impact of time lost from work."...DARPA to support development of human brain-machine interfaces
...olled robots could enable remote search-and-rescue operations or exploration of hazardous or inaccessible environments. The Duke center will consist initially of a collaboration of separate laboratories in the medical center's department of neurobiology and in the Pratt School of Engineering department of biom...Biomedical engineers team with pediatric cardiologists and surgeons to improve Fontan treatment
...econfigure the pulmonary and systemic systems in operations called "Fontan Repairs." Staged over several years, these surgeries are an option used for treating the single-ventricle defect. Following the procedures, a variety of outcomes from good to poor have been reported. In an effort to develop opt...Re-emerging field contributes to 10,000 patents yearly
...at an average of 10,000 patents a year incorporate operations research techniques like optimization and simulati...rations research ("OR") examines an organization's operations and uses mathematical models, computer models, and other scientific and analytical approaches to fin...UCSD study shows smokers' quitlines work
...mbedded a randomized control group into the normal operations of the quitline. The randomization procedure did not affect callers' ability to receive treatment. The study recruited 3,282 participants, who were randomly assigned to a treatment or control group. All participants received a packet of self-help ma...United States, Canada cooperate on study of fracture repair techniques
...tional surgery to promote fracture healing. These operations would include a bone graft, exchange or removal of the nail, removal of the locking screws, or procedures to treat soft tissue infections or defects. Other factors will be considered in determining which group has a more successful outcome, including...Experienced surgeon reduces complications from minimally invasive 'stomach staple' surgery
... outcomes. A surgeon who had performed at least 75 operations of this type had a dramatic decrease in postoperat... societies." Nguyen, who performed 150 consecutive operations at UC Davis for this study, and his colleagues found that the first 75 cases had nine complications ...The CDC has awarded $4.5 million to UCSFS Institute for Global Health
...r component areas--training, technical assistance, operations research, and monitoring/evaluation--and will draw support from five affiliated partners," said CIASTE's principal investigator, George W. Rutherford, MD, UCSF professor of preventive medicine and epidemiology and interim director of UCSF's Institute...AIDS and cancer specimen bank at UCSF renamed and funded for five more years
... change follows a strategic reconfiguration of our operations and more accurately reflects the expansion of our services to researchers. In the future, ACSR will act as an advocate for researchers by seeking out on their behalf materials not currently in ACSR's possession," said McGrath. Funded by the National ......and make a big difference to soldiers on sustained operations or rescue workers at a major emergency. "It's an interesting challenge for society and for the FDA," says Neil B. Kavey, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. "We have to make sure nobody's going ...Georgia Tech researchers developing biomechanic device to grow arteries for bypass surgery patients
...ary artery bypass surgery is among the most common operations performed in the world to bypass a blockage. Clogged arteries are often caused by a buildup of fat, plaque or cholesterol. According to American Heart Association statistics, 336,000 people underwent coronary artery bypass surgery in the United State...Surgeons perform nation's first Zeus robotics system-assisted gastric bypass surgery
...lili. "Ultimately it will result in safer, quicker operations and in a faster recovery time with less discomfort for patients. The surgeon sits at a console controlling the hand instruments," he explained. The robotic camera is voice controlled and magnifies the surgical field so that the surgeon can "zoom in" ...Map data goes live with voice, gesture-based computer system
...the Florida and Charleston County (S.C.) emergency operations centers revealed the need for tools that share GIS data and that allow emergency personnel, who often aren't technical experts, to work jointly with GIS data. DAVE_G allows for that collaboration among users as well as facilitates easier access to in...Tissue-engineered cells transmit electrical signals in animal hearts
...atients usually face several repair or replacement operations over the course of their lives," Cowan says. Researchers extracted small amounts of skeletal muscle from the rats to obtain myoblasts, immature cells destined to become muscle. Unlike mature skeletal muscle cells, myoblasts can make the same protei......vessels would be important in heart and leg bypass operations and for vessels called arteriovenous shunts used f...diovascular disease who had coronary artery bypass operations at Stanford University. Fibroblasts form the outer wall of blood vessels. The researchers used end...