Study finds VA maintained quality despite shift to outpatient care
...e were eaten up by larger Medicare expenses. "One remarkable finding was that Medicare-eligible veterans in our study did not significantly increase their use of Medicare-paid hospital days during the time when VA hospitalization rates were falling" said lead author Dr. Carol Ashton, director of HCQCUS and a p...Study finds way to dramatically increase hematopoietic stem cells
...issue had proliferated. "Treatment with PTH had a remarkable effect on these animals' recovery from bone marrow transplantation," says Scadden, an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. "This work opens a new angle from which we can attack the challenges of stem cell transplantation, focus...UCI Cancer Center selected by National Cancer Institute to test cancer prevention drugs
... Meyskens, Jr., director of the center. "With this remarkable amount of funding and support from NCI, we can make a big difference in advancing our ability to prevent cancer." Along with UCI, the other participating institutions are the University of Arizona in Tucson, Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.,...Researchers to develop new drug to treat myasthenia gravis
...This successful grant application proceeded from a remarkable multidisciplinary cooperation, bridging several academic departments at University Hospitals of Cleveland and the Case School of Medicine." Jonathan Lass, M.D., chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and director of the Visual Sciences Research Cen...Brain signals from the paralyzed or injured captured by computer
...to that achieved in monkeys by invasive BCIs. This remarkable control by a non-invasive BCI depends on an adaptive training algorithm that identifies and focuses on the particular EEG features that the person is best able to control, and encourages the person to improve that control further. These initial resul...Nicotine metabolite may improve memory, protect against disease
NEW ORLEANS - Scientists continue to explore the remarkable protective effect of nicotine -- the addictive chemical in tobacco -- on the brain. One recent study has found that one of nicotine's metabolites, cotinine, may improve memory and protect brain cells from diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's....Sixth annual child advocacy award dinner
...Children Back Their Childhood," will celebrate the remarkable advances researchers from the Child Study Center have made in the field of mental health which, in turn, will help children suffering with mental disorders to lead happy, healthy and productive lives. Honorees include Lawrence H.. Summers, President...Caregivers for patients with dementia need more support before patient dies, less after
...h, but after death express considerable relief and remarkable emotional resiliency. "One of the implications of this study is that it gives us a greater understanding of the bereavement process," said Dr. Schulz. "A person's reaction to death is altered by the context in which the death occurs. It is possible t...Experimental drugs show promise in halting brain tumors
...growth of three different types of brain tumors, a remarkable finding given that brain tumors are very distinct in their biologic makeup, said Jeremy Rich, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine in the Brain Tumor Center at Duke. "Despite our best efforts in the laboratory and the clinic, the survival rate fo...Envisat images delivered to Antarctic eclipse spotters
...to follow the Kapitan Khlebnikov's journey to this remarkable event from their computers. The International Polar Foundation and the Footbridge Science Centre of the University of Geneva joined together to send specially selected 18-year-old Swiss student Loren Coquille on the trip, together with two accompanyi...NYU Child Study Center to honor Larry Summers, President of Harvard and Ann Tenenbaum and Tom Lee
...Children Back Their Childhood," will celebrate the remarkable advances researchers from the Child Study Center have made in the field of mental health which, in turn, will help children suffering with mental disorders to lead happy, healthy and productive lives. Honorees include Lawrence H.. Summers, President...Study finds elderly patients achieve seizure freedom on epilepsy therapy
...eveland and lead investigator of the study. "It's remarkable that when patients were taken off their current medications, treatment with Keppra alone diminished their seizures and actually improved cognition, even in patients who had been suffering from epilepsy for almost 30 years." Patients in the study took...UCSF physicians publish groundbreaking book on medical mistakes
...he hidden world of doctors and nurses, it paints a remarkable and unforgettable picture of how medical mistakes happen, and what must be done to cure this modern epidemic. It is a fascinating and essential read for both patients and medical professionals."...Study shows drug can heal, reduce recurrence of fistulas in Crohn's disease
... not effective for all patients, the impact can be remarkable for those who do respond." Sands is an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The researchers also note that continuing treatment at fixed intervals appears superior to waiting until symptoms recur to reinstate therapy. Patient...Breakthrough cancer treatment Avastin receives first approval in the US
...argeted therapy to conventional chemotherapy. "The remarkable speed with which the FDA has reviewed and approved Avastin is testimony to the groundbreaking scientific and medical importance this treatment brings to cancer patients," said William M. Burns, Head of Roche Pharmaceuticals Division. "This follows a ...High societal cost of brain and nervous system disorders attributed to genetic influences
... can be attributed to single-gene influences. "The remarkable size of the burden that complex genetics of brain disorders places on the U.S. society implies that identifying the specific alleles [gene variations] of the genes that contribute to these disorders can have a large impact here and in the rest of the...Twin study finds possible connection between depression, heart disease
...hor of the study. "And these results are even more remarkable for the fact that they are derived from twin study design, which is semi-experimental and allows tight control for extraneous factors. " She explains that HRV reflects the beat-to-beat fluctuations in heart rate noted on the EKG that are gov...Tuberculosis strains stay close to home, say Stanford researchers
... group and doesn't spread to other groups. "It was remarkable how well the genetics mapped to global geography," said Small. "Co-evolution is highly speculative, but it's an intriguing possibility. Most importantly, it's a hypotheses we now have the technology to address." Tuberculosis causes more adult deaths ...Detection at a distance for more sensitive MRI
...exander Pines and his colleagues have discovered a remarkable new way to improve the versatility and sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the technology upon which it is based, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Pines, a pioneering NMR researcher, is Faculty Senior Scientist in the Materials Scie...Higher doses of cancer drug imatinib proven effective and safe
...'s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, "This is a remarkable study. It shows that because highly targeted therapy incurs fewer side effects, dosages can be increased to achieve truly astounding rates of remission."...