Device measures force used to deliver a baby
When the birth of a baby does not proceed smoothly, how much force should a doctor or midwife apply? If a complicated delivery takes too long, the child could suffocate, yet pulling too hard could injure the child. To address this dilemma, Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineering stud...Longer commute for cancer treatment associated with better survival
...to determine whether a drug is promising enough to proceed to phase III trials, which ultimately determine whether the drug is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The finding that phase II results can be influenced by patient travel distance raises the possibility of biased conclusions about w...Early nicotine use may lead to lasting addiction, study finds
... nicotine use may cause the wiring of the brain to proceed inappropriately. In essence, the brains of adolescents who use tobacco may be sculpted around an addiction to nicotine."...HHS announces new regional centers for biodefense research
...h wide-ranging research on infectious diseases can proceed productively and safely. All RCEs will: Support investigator-directed research Train researchers and other personnel for biodefense research activities Create and maintain supporting resources, including scientific equipment and trained suppo...Study links preschool snoring, asthma, and nighttime cough
... guide in diagnosing asthma in young children, and proceed to treat the asthma hoping to eliminate the cough," said lead author Lucy R. Lu, MB, MPH, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia. "Our study shows nighttime cough may be caused by snoring, rather than asthma. In these cases, treati...Summit agrees to improve coordination of global Earth observation
... to ensure that it is implemented." Work will now proceed with preparing the framework for the 10-year Implementation Plan in time for the next Ministerial Conference to be held in Tokyo before next summer. This will enable the Plan to be presented at the Ministerial Conference to be hosted by the European ...Early use of universal forms boosts informed consent among ICU patients
...ay increases risk, most states allow physicians to proceed without obtaining explicit consent. This study was designed to see how often that happened and to test a method to improve to process. The study was performed in a 16-bed intensive care unit (ICU) at a university hospital. For two months, from Nove...Soaking in the genius of Mother Nature
...the new product molecule and help this reaction to proceed efficiently. They can be costly to work with and because of their toxicity even more costly to dispose of, something that needs to be done with troubling regularity. Handy is developing nicotine-based reaction solvents that seem to have none of the d...Trial opens new possibilities for improving survival with a novel heart attack drug
...so use the findings to determine whether or not to proceed to Phase III trials. Granger believes that new studies are warranted to explore pexelizumab's effect on outcome, as well as to better understand the mechanisms of its action. "We have a tremendous opportunity to further investigate the mechanisms of ...University of Pittsburgh researchers link gene to depressive disorders in women
...ession that result from these findings will likely proceed along several avenues, according to Dr. Zubenko. "The identification and characterization of susceptibility genes and their products will provide new opportunities for drug development and disease prevention, and new information about the biology of ...MIT breast cancer heat treatment begins final clinical trials
... Administration, which resulted in FDA approval to proceed to the randomized final phase of clinical testing. The women in the randomized clinical trials will be treated at Columbia Hospital, the University of Oklahoma (OU), Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany and the Compr...Real time health records reduce clinical errors, enhance time with patients
...l time" health records to travel with them as they proceed through the hospital cycle of referral, assessment, pre-operative consultation, surgery, post-anesthetic care, recovery in the ward, and home follow-up. "The traditional paper method approach to patient records results in widely varied and frequently...Potent experimental drug shown to slow the growth of breast and prostate cancer tumors in mice
...phase I study should tell investigators whether to proceed further with subsequent clinical trials....Conjoined twins celebrate first birthday at UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital
...olved, we feel confident that our team is ready to proceed with the separation," said Dr. Jorge Lazareff, associate professor of neurosurgery. "However, the surgery itself is only the first phase in helping the twins. We feel this process won't be complete until both girls leave the hospital with the same ha...Quick blood test for heart failure proves successful in multinational trial
...tly rule out CHF in up to 98 percent of cases, and proceed to diagnosing and treating the real cause of symptoms. Partial findings from the BNP multinational study were presented earlier this year at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Cardiology. In addition, Dr. Maisel published resul...Document destruction practices obliterate tobacco company defenses in critical Australian decision
...ase, can now be cured so as to permit the trial to proceed on the question of liability. In my opinion, the only appropriate order is that the defense should be struck out and judgmentbe entered for the plaintiff, with damages to be assessed." In only two other instances have courts outside the United State...Simple blood test may be able to predict risk of preeclampsia
...propriately managed, a woman with preeclampsia can proceed to eclampsia -- characterized by seizures -- or liver or kidney failure, complications that can prove fatal. Preeclampsia increases the risk of premature delivery or emergency cesarean, since delivery is the only real cure for the condition. In such...Blood test for heart failure scores big in new study
...tly rule out CHF in up to 98 percent of cases, and proceed to diagnosing and treating the real cause of symptoms. Dr. Maisel published results in the Sept. 15, 2001, American Journal of Cardiology from a study of a different rapid blood test, this one used to diagnose heart attack in the emergency room. Th...Screening the controversy continues
...imes article that their country had decided not to proceed with nation-wide implementation of screening following the conclusions of the Danish report. But the information, issued by the Swiss Health Technology Council, had not been confirmed on their website or in the Swiss media. "Such a statement is not...... immunological ignorance and allow tumor growth to proceed unchecked. Providing one or both of these signals might therefore heighten the efficiency of tumor surveillance in animals with spontaneous tumors as well....