Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
... caused by injecting drug use is to encourage more realistic expectations in the community about their likely benefits given the constraints under which these facilities often have to operate."...Yale authors raise concerns regarding regionalized heart attack care
...upsides may be, without adequately considering how realistic some of these benefits are or the potential negative implications of such a policy, " notes Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., professor of internal medicine (cardiology) and Epidemiology and Public Health (Health Policy and Administration). Calls for the reg...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
...essimistic," Olshansky said. "But in fact, it is a realistic assessment of where we are today and where we appear to be headed in the future. It is a problem that can be fixed. "One of the reasons that we've done this is to alert the public to the serious health and life-shortening effects of obesity, to find ...9.2 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in 2004 - up 5%
...f statistics to offer more accurate, reliable, and realistic data on plastic surgery. Since 2003, statistics have been collected through the first online national database for plastic surgery procedures, Tracking Operations and Outcomes for Plastic Surgeons (TOPS). This data, combined with the annual survey s...Half-million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures for Hispanics in 2004 - up 49% from 2000
...f statistics to offer more accurate, reliable, and realistic data on plastic surgery. Since 2003, statistics have been collected through the first online national database for plastic surgery procedures, Tracking Operations and Outcomes for Plastic Surgeons (TOPS). This data, combined with the annual survey s...Computer model being developed at Stanford may help surgeons better predict patient outcomes
...ies to his model of the cardiovascular system. The realistic response of blood vessels adds more predictive ability to earlier versions of his simulation, which assumed rigid vessel walls for simplicity. "The physics of blood flow is so complicated that it is impossible to guess what will happen during a surge...Hard choices: Pitt researcher presents findings on when to accept organ transplants
...siology. "Our models are much more physiologically realistic than previous research," said Schaefer. "We are actually tracking the levels of various laboratory values in the patient's blood." Their next step is to make the model better represent both the biology and the quality of life of organ recipients. In...Disaster management: Better management of hospital resources and staff is the answer
...disaster medicaltrainingthat includes exercises in realistic disaster situation simulations,emphasizinghospital response. In addition, web-based knowledge collections should beavailable to health workers for last minute, quick and easy querying at thetimeof an event. Co-operation between hospitals in the vicin...Hearing aid signal not clear? Then switch frequency to FM, finds UCI study
...on, limiting significantly their performance under realistic listening situations. These FM modifications, Zeng adds, can particularly assist Asians and Africans who speak tonal languages, such as Mandarin, in which tonal variations are vitally important. "As with your radio, music sounds better on the FM dial...Information fusion research simulates disasters to manage emergency response
...ies. "Using our software, we create realistic simulations of earthquakes in the San Fernando Valley of differing characteristics, such as the depth of the quake, the location of the epicenter and its proximity to population centers," explained Scott. "Based on those parameters, the simulation de...Study finds that adherence to diet, not type of diet, more important factor for losing weight
...duce weight and several cardiac risk factors under realistic clinical conditions, but only for the minority of individuals who can sustain a high dietary adherence level. Despite a substantial percentage of participants who could sustain meaningful adherence levels, no single diet produced satisfactory adheren...Money issues leading cause of holiday stress for Americans
... about you can help alleviate stress. Set realistic goals. Taking small concrete steps to deal with holiday tasks instead of overwhelming yourself with goals that are too far reaching for a busy time. Keep things in perspective. Try to consider stressful situations in a broader context and ke...Stem cells of limited use for cardiac muscle repair
...stem cells from bone marrow are going to make that realistic for patients with heart failure any time soon." ...Doctors transplant ovary to woman's arm to preserve fertility
... likely that ovarian autotransplantation will be a realistic goal to achieve for women facing cancer, treated by high dose pelvic radiation, to preserve reproductive and hormonal function, thereby substantially improving the quality of life post-treatment."...IDSA recommends ways to strengthen HHS's pandemic influenza plan
...e. IDSA also urges the development of specific and realistic plans to rapidly create a vaccine in sufficient quantity, as well as a system to track the distribution of vaccine and antivirals. Antiviral supply: IDSA recommends stockpiling antiviral drugs that can be used to treat influenza and stop the sprea...Researchers develop neural prosthesis allowing a monkey to feed self using only its brain
...s mouth. "The next step with this device is to add realistic hand and finger movement," said Meel Velliste, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Schwartz lab. "This presents quite a challenge because there are hundreds of different subtle movements we make with our hands and we will need to interpret all of the...Modifications to body contouring techniques for post-bariatric patients
...l outcome. "Gastric bypass patients need to be realistic about their expectations," said Dr. Kenkel. "As board-certified plastic surgeons, even though we can improve the shape of their skin, we can never eradicate the problem of the extra skin completely. The laxity in the skin will still be there, and the...Tar measurements on cigarette packets are misleading
... monoxide should be removed from the packet, and a realistic measure must be established for regulatory purposes. The current health warnings deal qualitatively with the risks of smoking very well, and misleading figures on the packet can only do harm, they conclude....Climate-based model to predict West Nile virus activity
... Nile mosquito vectors in the laboratory and under realistic field conditions. DeGaetano will develop a forecasting model based on climate to predict periods of vector and pathogen abundance and human risk. Lois Levitan, a Cornell senior extension associate and Environmental Risk Analysis Program leader, will...AIDS toll in African heartland isn't always what people think
...large as it was thought of. This is putting a more realistic balance on magnitude of the problem." The research also reveals that in four of the five countries studied, a majority of the prior adult mortality was not among heads of households or spouses, but among others, usually adult children. What's crucial...