Drug combination opens clogged arteries faster, keeps them open longer
...ven the combination therapy saw their ECG readings return to stable levels within 55 minutes, compared to 98 minutes for the full-dose, TNK-only group. Additionally, 89.4 percent of the combination therapy patients had returned to stable ECG status by two hours, compared to 67.7 percent for the other group....Making heart surgery more brain-friendly
...sed into the aorta, the conventional site of blood return flow to the patient. Under the standard approach, surgeons place a cannula into the ascending aorta, forcing blood to flow through the aorta and upwards to the brain. Dr. Markowitz's team selected a different blood vessel. They placed the cannula i...Depression related to poor health after bypass surgery
...ho reported continued surgical pain and failure to return to their normal activities six months after the surgery. The research may shed light on why 15 percent of bypass patients report little to no improvement in their health after the surgery, which provides benefits to most patients with coronary heart ...Tracking the long-term functioning of adolescents with alcohol problems
...s which adolescents are most likely to continue or return to problem drinking, and how treatment can be improved to more effectively meet their specific needs." Findings presented at the symposium included: Treatment works for many teens. At least half of the adolescents studied showed reductions in alco...Whiplash pain is common, usually mild, and long-lasting
...ure of most whiplash injury is demonstrated by the return to work of most patients within one year. "This study was not explicitly designed to explore whether whiplash-associated handicap is a physical or psychological phenomenon," he noted. "Although psychological factors may play a role, previous studies ...Common heart surgery potentially dangerous
...mmediately after coronary artery bypass surgery to return thinned blood to its normal state, has been shown to have more potential negative side effects than previously appreciated, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. Although they found that small blood pressure changes that often occu...Research reveals no benefit of rapid MRI over X-rays in patients with low back pain
...y have obliged them. "Imaging might not facilitate return to well-being, but it certainly contributes to patient satisfaction," Hadler wrote. "Is this a valuable outcome? Or is this sense of satisfaction contributing to the persistence of illness?" Not uncommonly, imaging for low back pain leads to surgery,...Transplanted kidneys from living donors survive longer with Neoral compared with tacrolimus
.... For the person losing the transplant it means a return to the ordeal of regular dialysis, involving hours hooked up to a blood-cleaning machine three times a week and the consequent impairment of their independence and quality of life. It is therefore vital that studies like this are undertaken to help ...Endografts help prevent deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysms
... and less blood loss, they are able to recover and return to their customary activities more quickly." Endografts are also a potential lifesaver for individuals facing non-emergency, elective repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Elective repair is generally recommended for patients whose aneurysms grow l...Researching a workout device to help keep the balance system in shape
... into space with a spring in their step but rarely return from the International Space Station (ISS) walking...pace and help astronauts recover more quickly upon return to Earth," said Dr. Jacob Bloomberg, a researcher on the National Space Biomedical Research Institut...Moores UCSD Cancer Center launches human trial for prostate cancer vaccine
...ulate the cells, which saves time and allows us to return a cell to the patient that is almost identical to what we received. And because the cell, like a tiny manufacturing plant within the body, generates elements of the vaccine, these are supplied continuously for some time."...Life-saving imaging techniques developed at Oxford University
..., they have all been limited by faults such as the return of too many false positives. Oxford researchers, however, have recently developed a foveal segmentation method, based on differential local contrast in the image, that will significantly reduce the risk of both false negatives and false positives in ...Physics and medicine in San Diego
... REPORTER'S REPLY FORM AAPM Meeting 2003 Please return this form to Phil Schewe at pschewe@aip.org or by fax to 301-209-0846 ___I shall attend the meeting. ___I may attend the meeting; please send additional information as it becomes available. ___I cannot attend but please send additional information on...Some mental health cost controls may increase employers long-term expenses
...al health coverage were found to be less likely to return to work after suffering a mental disability. The r...a lower probability that a disabled employee would return to work. However, employees with carve-out benefits plans were on disability for shorter periods of ...Amnesia, confusion may signal concussion
...concussion--including amnesia and confusion--often return to regular activities earlier than those who lost ...dence-based decisions about when an athlete should return to play."...Lengthening achilles tendon reduces recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers
...sue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. "The return of ulcers has been a key concern for patients and their clinicians," says principal investigator Michael J. Mueller, Ph.D., associate professor of physical therapy. "If these wounds don't heal there's a greater risk that a patient will have to have a...College students get better grades when they take psychological principals courses
... averages and were more likely to return for their next year of college than a group of similar students who didn't take the class, according to a new study. This quarter-long (10-week) class is different t...Rutgers scientists pinpoint brain cells involved in drug addiction relapse
...ental stimuli may render an addict vulnerable to a return to compulsive drug use. "We've identified a part of the brain that appears to process these memories," said Rutgers psychology professor Mark West. "This might be one of the brain areas that a very skilled pharmacological approach could target." Wes...Diuretic may help increase brain blood flow in cocaine addicts
...nts in cognition can also enable these patients to return to productive employment and be active members of society. To gauge the effects of the diuretic amiloride on cocaine dependent subjects, Thomas Kosten, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, and colleagues administered amiloride, a......mes. When a new name is entered, the software will return a list of existing names ranked in descending order of confusability. The result will be a confusability score. How will a computer program predict confusability? Lambert says the score will be based on the target word's intelligibility and on words ...