Prevention Research Center to study benefits of home-based exercise in heart failure
...d that the program significantly reduced emergency room visits, hospital admissions, length of hospital stays and costs of care over a one-year period. Participants in the current study will receive the program of individualized case management, with or without the addition of the exercise program. A phys...Women & asthma: New survey reveals heavy toll on health, emotions and lifestyle
... asthma attack that sent them to an emergency room or urgent care center; 30 percent have had to be hospitalized * Nearly two out of three (65 percent) women with mild persistent asthma (according to an assessment of symptoms in the past four weeks) had one or more severe attacks i...Study: many poor children live in pain because barriers to dental care too great
...d embarrass them by allowing others in the waiting room to learn of their Medicaid status. Some of the caregivers perspectives were surprising, and some were heart-wrenching, he said. We need to do better for these children. Numerous prominent organizations ranging from the American Dental Association ...Study shows caregiver and patient costs rise as symptom severity increases in Alzheimer's disease
...ded hospital stays, physician visits and emergency room visits. Caregiver costs averaged $26,080, calculated by missed days of work and hours spent per week caring for patients. Small said that most Alzheimers disease patients are not taking available medications that could help slow down the progression ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February (first issue)
... cockroach allergen, which can result in emergency room visits for asthma in sensitive children, are not linked to enzymatic activity as dust mite allergens have shown. This potent cockroach allergen elicits immunoglobulin E (IgE) responses in 60 to80 percent of allergic patients even at very low levels ...Critical care bypass in emergency rooms
...ems of staff and equipment shortages and emergency room overcrowding. Walker says existing judicial and academic opinions seem to suggest that the standard of care for physicians is sufficiently flexible to accommodate any reasonable medical decisions made in response to overcrowding. However, she also wa......specific to their pain(hospitalizations, emergency room and physician visits), while patients who did not ...rvices because of pain: hospitalization, emergency room visits, and doctor visits. On average, BTP patients were significantly more likely to experience pa...Asthma researchers present new results, new perspectives on the disease
...t these interventions effectively reduce emergency room visits and asthma symptoms for inner-city children. Researchers Wayne J. Morgan, M.D., of the University of Arizona, and Herman E. Mitchell, Ph.D., of Rho Inc., in Chapel Hill, N.C., will present the results at a symposium on Monday, March 4 at 12:1...'Star Wars' like technology closer than galaxies far away
...e device will be ideal for ambulance and emergency room applications as well. "We've developed devices that have been used to stop bleeding and treat tumors. These are not yet approved for human use," said Crum, who is director of the Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound at the University of Wash...Lethal heart condition traced to cocaine use
...considered when young people come to the emergency room with severe chest pain, especially if they have other risk factors like high blood pressure and smoking, says Hsue. Its very important to get a rapid diagnosis. For untreated aortic dissection, the mortality rate can be as high as 35 percent within...Study succeeds in closing gaps in heart attack care
...uccess of the GAP pilot project, theres still much room for improvement in current and future tests of the...used in the GAP Project: aspirin in the emergency room and after discharge to prevent clotting; beta-blockers to reduce arrhythmias; angiotensin converti...Proven heart therapy used in only 25 percent of cases
... the ACC. ?This suggests that there is significant room for improvement in our treatment of these patients...y is quickly identifying patients in the emergency room and evaluating their risk for future heart attacks. Based on the data received to date 89 percent of...Blood test for heart failure scores big in new study
...50 percent. When patients arrive at the emergency room with shortness of breath, doctors must first determine the cause before they can prescribe effective treatment. Before the BNP test, they had to waitsometimes up to hoursfor the results of various clinical tests. Dr. Maisel said that with the BNP t...Overstocked blood drains nations supply
...nty of time after the patient leaves the operating room to order it, says Kassell. Everyone who is reserving more blood than theyre using needs to examine their guidelines and modify their standards....'Bursting' polymer molecules being developed
...at 8:20 a.m. Sunday, April 7, in Convention Center room 312A. level 3. Co-authors are graduate student Zhen-He Wang and chemistry professors Alan R. Esker and Long....Fantastic Voyage -- Filled buckeyball now a step closer to becoming a drug-delivery device
...t 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in Convention Center room 304H. Dorn will then present a talk at 3 p.m. on Endohedral metallofullerenes as contrast agents (IEC 227), both as part of the all-day Symposium on Biological Applications of Carbon Fullerenes and Nanotubes, chaired by Dorn. Dorn's research group h...Implantable defibrillators cost-effective for preventing sudden death
...for initial and repeat hospitalizations, emergency room and day surgery stays, and the costs of antiarrhythmic drugs from 1,008 patients. These included 505 patients with an ICD.Detailed records of all other medical encounters and expenses, including outpatient services and prescription costs, were colle...Helium imaging detects emphysema changes in smallest airways of lung
...nchioles and alveoli, the helium atoms have little room to move. These areas show up in the image as red o...aces. The larger space gives the helium atoms more room for movement. Diffusion in emphysemic lungs can be five to six times greater than in normal lungs ...A small number of homeless people keep the ER busy
...lly housed, spending all of their nights in single room occupancy hotels and no nights on the street, were significantly less likely to use the ED or to be high users. This suggests that addressing the housing issue may lead to decreased ED use, particularly among frequent users, she said. The effects of ...... find a bat in the room, or if a bat is found in a room with an unattended child, a mentally disabled person or an intoxicated person....