Device measures force used to deliver a baby
...ow to assess the amount of force they use during a routine delivery. The electromyographic instrument, which ...midwives apply minimal force on the child during a routine delivery. But Gurewitsch hopes to use the student-built device in her study of complicated deliverie...Fox Chase Cancer Center oncologist studies treatment decision making & doctor-patient communication
...isfaction, such that it can one day become part of routine patient care. The comfort level with computers is now so high that we should be able to utilize this technology in daily clinical practice," concluded Meropol....Cancer risk calculated with Pap test every 3 years; found comparable to male breast cancer
...have performed the Pap test primarily as part of a routine annual pelvic exam. The major goal of screening is to identify precancerous cervical lesions, the treatment of which prevents cervical cancer. Pap test screening has been credited with profound decreases in cervical cancer in the US. Researchers ana...Study suggests common use of investigational breast cancer test
...NB alone increased. "Widespread use of SNB in the routine care setting could affect accrual to and the generalizability of the results of ongoing clinical trials," the authors say, but they acknowledge that "delaying use of SNB pending trial results may lead to substantial morbidity including permanent lymp...Patient simulator improves performance of clinical trial coordinators
... central element in competence, they said that the routine use of such simulators could not only lead to the collection of higher quality data during a trial, but can also have an important impact on improving patient safety. Clinical trial coordinators are health care workers who collect data at the researc...Study shows people with Alzheimer's can benefit from exercise combined with caregiver training
...cing Disability in Alzheimer Disease (RDAD), or to routine medical care (RMC). The RDAD program was conducte...er physical health and function than those who had routine care. "The participants in this study also showed a lower rate of nursing home placement for behavio...Injection savings could mean better care in ICU
...stionnaires and interviews to create a list of 103 routine tasks that were involved in administering intravenous antibiotics to these patients. By timing each procedure they calculated the costs of utilising medical and nursing staff. They also assessed the costs of the disposable materials as well as the dr...Patient-centered approach just what the doctor ordered for healthcare industry
... and eliminates the distinction between urgent and routine care, enabling most patients to schedule their appointments close to their own needs and timetable....Health experts and actress highlight major breakthrough in fight against cervical cancer
...PV DNA testing, recently approved by the FDA, into routine cervical cancer screening. "Never before has there been such a rapid rate of discovery in the field of cervical cancer prevention, screening and treatment," said Robert Giuntoli, M.D., representing the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation. "Advances such ...Sept/Oct Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...more established part of women's health care and a routine that patients carry with them from one insurance status to the next more easily than getting mammograms. The researchers found that adverse effects, including less prevention, higher costs and more avoidable hospitalizations, lasted up to three years...Nordic collaboration gives new insights into adjuvant chemotherapy
...nt therapy was likely to work when used as part of routine care for patients with stage II and III colon and ...lness of a treatment in the 'real world' closer to routine hospital care than generally is the case in clinical trials. "Pragmatic trials may, for instance, ha...Standard treatment for lung cancer should be changed, say scientists
... these cases adjuvant treatment is now part of the routine treatment." However, toxicity remains a problem, he said. "There are potentially serious side effects to this treatment, and we need better tools to identify the patients who are most likely to benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. The IALT project in...Uninsured face higher death risk from aorta problems
...pulsatile abdominal mass -- or which may include a routine abdominal X-ray or ultrasound, on which an AAA can sometimes be detected. Second, even if their primary care or emergency room physician suspects a problem, uninsured people may not be able to get a referral to a surgeon who can repair an aneurysm e...People with chronic eye diseases not getting recommended eye exams
...nosed adult patient with diabetes and for periodic routine glaucoma screening," Dr. Marmor said. He suggested this problem can also be partly addressed by better publicity and information through the media....Different approaches required for monitoring suicide trends
...ive on suicide trends. They report how analysis of routine mortality and census data for England and Wales shows that although age-standardised suicide rates fell by 18% between 1981 and 1998, the PYLL before age 65 years increased by 5%. David Gunnell comments: "In England and Wales, favourable trends in o...Manganese in intravenous nutrition a problem for patients needing intestine transplants
...aluated for intestinal transplantation should have routine tests to determine the level of manganese in their blood. We have found it essential to perform these profiles and we adjust the TPN accordingly," said Dr. Laughlin, assistant professor in the department of pharmacy and therapeutics, University of Pi...Asthma at school is disruptive to routine underdiagnosed, often poorly understood, survey suggest
...f found asthma more disruptive to the student body routine than any other chronic health condition, with more than a third of nurses having to respond to an acute asthma attack or episode at least 11 times in the last school year. "We recognize the damage that can be done to the education process when 14 mi...Sleep apnea treatment helps patients and partners
...estionnaires on their likelihood to fall asleep in routine situations, their overall physical and mental QOL, and their QOL specifically related to their experience with OSA. Prior to therapy, patients reported situational sleepiness more than the national norm, and overall QOL was significantly lower than ...Evaluation needed to gauge silent threat lurking within stroke patients
...testing," Adams said. The authors don't recommend routine testing for all stroke patients, and they say testing doesn't need to occur while patients are hospitalized immediately after stroke. However, all people with stroke should undergo a comprehensive assessment and doctors should encourage them to redu......ities than poor tanners. Girls who participated in routine physical activity were less likely to use tanning booths. The study appears in the September 2003 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Teenage boys reported less use of tanning booths: a little more than 11 percent used a tan...