Electronic nose device proves effective for diagnosing pneumonia and sinusitis
...gologist. "They are miniaturized devices, provide quick results, are relatively inexpensive, non-invasive, safe for patients and they could be used in a doctor's office or, potentially, even at home."...Future blood tests may use tiny bar-codes to speed disease diagnosis
...office or on the battlefield, could soon become as quick and easy as scanning the bar-code of a grocery item. Using nanotechnology, researchers at Northwestern University have developed a way to label tiny disease markers in blood with unique DNA tags, which they call bio-bar-codes. The tags can then be sc...Strategies could make for safer shift changes at hospitals
...r her replacement before leaving. That allowed for quick verbal and non-verbal (gesturing) communication of the previous shift's events, and gave the incoming employee the opportunity to ask questions."That strategy may seem obvious, but healthcare workers don't often see their replacements, just because o...Hopkins' young researchers honored for their contributions
...about the award as I was!" All of the awardees are quick to recognize great mentoring, excellent support and collaboration, and ample resources as keys to their success -- in addition to hard work and a little luck. Here are a sampling of this year's awardees and their projects: Harith Rajagopalan, an M.D....Video games, not TV, linked to obesity in kids
...way around. "It would be wonderful if there were a quick and easy solution to the problem of obesity in American youth," Vandewater says. "Unfortunately, the data available to date do no support the notion that turning off the television or unplugging the video game console amounts to a 'magic bullet' whic...Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: March 2004
...fty snack (or snacks) just a short time later is a quick way to add pounds. However, Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter executive editor Larry Lindner notes that those people who have eaten more earlier in the day by eating a full breakfast may not feel the need to eat as much as the day progresses. According...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2004 class of inventors
...y use of CA during the Vietnam War allowed for the quick closure of wounds. Other medical uses have been found for CA, as well as many everyday uses for superglue. Coover, who holds over 460 patents, resides in Kingsport, Tennessee. Wallace Coulter (1913-1998) Coulter Principle A common diagnostic medical...American Stroke Association's 29th International Stroke Conference
...ernational Stroke Conference We have created this quick reference guide to help reporters use the American Heart Association resources available to them: Abstracts presented at the 29th International Stroke Conference are listed in the January 2004 issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Associatio...Mayo Clinic develops new technology to improve diagnosis of arm and hand injuries and disease
...ome of the design changes IBM orchestrated brought quick reward, such as adding windows to the sides of the device that enable technicians to better view and align patient anatomy within the coil. "This effort represents years of medical research and a great collaboration between a team of Mayo clinicians ...New ultrafast MRI benefits stroke patients
... patients are more likely to remain still during a quick procedure than a lengthy one." Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, killing nearly 160,000 Americans annually, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Str...St. Paul nurse receives Guardian Angel Award named for UT Southwestern vice president
...ssionally competent, committed to a team approach, quick to compliment and recognize others, and self-effacing about her own gifts and multiple talents." Mrs. Young lives in the Dallas area with her husband of 20 years, Chuck, and their two daughters....Simple tests could signal and prevent heart disease in women, says Pittsburgh researcher
...e discovered via electron beam tomography (EBT), a quick and non-invasive scan. If tests show any red flags, therapeutic interventions can be initiated immediately. "There are very effective therapies, both pharmacological and nonpharmacological, to prevent the progression of insulin resistance, the devel...Surgeons offer new treatment for degenerative eye disease
...s each eye at different rates. The researchers are quick to point out that, as with any surgical procedure, there are risks involved with MT360. "Patients can experience retinal detachment or other complications such as bleeding that are associated with any eye surgery," Toth stressed. "Fortunately, we hav...Study overcomes stroke care's biggest travesty
... be saved from death or lifelong disability by the quick delivery of emergency therapy actually get the rig... results are especially promising because the same quick deployment needed for the acute therapy drug in this study, tPA, will be essential in any future acu...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, October 7, 2003
...e plate, and many died. The response to SARS (with quick identification of cause and fairly successful containment) was a test run for a future major influenza or other pandemic. NOTE: This edition of Annals contains the print versions of two other SARS articles, "An Outbreak of SARS among Hospital Worker...Delays in heart attack care erode the difference between two emergency therapies
...logging arteries. Study after study has shown that quick access to this life-saving treatment, also called percutaneous coronary intervention, surpasses fibrinolytic (clot-busting) drugs in emergency heart attack care. But in the real world, the difference between the two therapies may not be so simple. Ac...Making tiny plastic particles to deliver lifesaving medicine
...er, as smokers and asthmatics know, is generally a quick and painless method of getting a drug into the body. Still, Hanes noted, "the lungs are pretty sacred ground. You have to be very conservative about what you put in there." As a doctoral student at MIT, Hanes played a leading role in developing porou...Study shows melatonin supplements may make standing a hazard for the cardiovascular-challenged
...that, for safety reasons, they will need to make a quick exit from the spacecraft," Ray said. "This study suggests that taking melatonin supplements for sleep could exacerbate orthostatic intolerance, making them unable to evacuate the shuttle and compromising their safety." Melatonin is a hormone made by ...Asthma at school is disruptive to routine underdiagnosed, often poorly understood, survey suggest
...lieve children have the right to easily accessible quick relief inhalers. We want to encourage students who are responsible and developmentally able to carry their inhalers and self-administer medications so that they become independent in their asthma management." According to the American Lung Associatio...Exercise and weight loss reduces excess insulin and lowers blood pressure in Syndrome X
...ational Institutes of Health. "Many clinicians are quick to reach for the prescription pad when faced with medical problems," said James Blumenthal, Ph.D., senior member of the Duke team. "However, when you have a complex medical syndrome where drugs to treat one area may be harmful in another, it is impor...