Scientists detail latest advances in development of prosthetic devices for paralyzed
...was about to undergo therapeutic brain surgery. In routine preparation for the surgery, electrodes were implanted on the brain surface to monitor its activity. The patient made movements--real and imagined--while the scientists recorded his brain activity and watched which signals changed during the tasks. ...UGA professor receives $3 million grant from National Cancer Institute for breast cancer research
...ent successful surgery for prostate cancer after a routine screening caught the disease early. Diagnosed at only 42, Springston calls himself "the classic poster child for early detection." Doctors told him he may not have lived to be 50 if the cancer hadn't been detected early. "But they caught it and so fa...Spread of HIV could slow if repeat testing is supported
...riers preventing high-risk populations from having routine testing for HIV are addressed, the spread of AIDS ...osocial barriers associated with having repeat and routine aids testing. Women, who had been tested for HIV previously, were asked their likelihood of being t...Whooping cough makes a national comeback
...ertussis wears off five to 10 years after the last routine vaccination shot (administered when children are b...paign also encourages parents of teens to schedule routine health visits. "After the immunization series is completed by age six, pertussis immunization is rar...Aviation-style checklist might solve operating room miscommunication: Researchers
... safety by increasing memory load, by interrupting routine or by increasing the tension in the operating room. The communications problems are "strikingly straightforward," says Lingard. They fall into four categories: Communications that take place later than they should Failure to communicate with all...Patients undergoing weight loss surgery have high rates of H pylori bacteria
...; average age 40 years; average BMI, 48) underwent routine testing before their weight loss surgeries, including testing for the presence of H pylori. Before surgery, 24 percent of the patients tested positive for the H pylori infection. Of those who tested positive for H pylori, 48 percent showed signif...Circumcised newborns respond best to anesthetic relief
...hout anesthesia exhibit stronger pain responses to routine immunizations during the first six months of life than infants who were not circumcised," Brady-Fryer says, citing one study. The most effective method for reducing pain of circumcision, according to Brady-Fryer's review, is the dorsal penile nerve b...Domestic violence recognized but not always investigated by medical students
...ah. "It is unclear whether this occurred by way of routine screening or as a result of deductive reasoning. Even after identification of intimate partner violence, however, few students inquired into the social history of the spouse, whether the patient has ever been sexually abused, whether she wanted to m...Drug companies should disclose adverse events before licensing
...vents, which may affect large numbers of people in routine clinical use, writes Paul Dieppe and colleagues. Furthermore, the impact of undetected adverse events is likely to be made worse if widely marketed new drugs are prescribed haphazardly and rapidly to large numbers of people. Within five months of the...Flu crisis need not cost lives
...hich had begun in 2000, were affecting 8 of the 11 routine childhood vaccinations. "The vaccine industry will change," says Jaap Goudsmit, chief scientific officer of Crucell, a Dutch biotech firm that is making a new-generation flu vaccine with Aventis. "This sort of thing just can't continue."...Reconstituted blood is better for infants' heart surgery than fresh blood
... acquired from a standard donor pool and underwent routine screening for infectious agents, as required by the Food and Drug Administration. All care providers, except for the operating room perfusionist and circulating nurse who monitor and operate equipment that oxygenates the blood during open heart surg...Study documents adverse events of pneumococcal vaccine in children
...al conjugate vaccine has been rapidly adopted into routine pediatric practice, reflecting concern for the gravity of serious pneumococcal infections (such as meningitis or pneumonia) and confidence in the efficacy and safety of PCV. Prior to licensure, almost 19,000 infants and children received PCV in rand...Respiratory therapists twice as likely to have asthma than other therapists
...t of respiratory conditions in patients. However, routine monitoring and care of patients can expose therapists to trace amounts of airborne agents that can trigger respiratory symptoms and cause exacerbations of acute asthma," said lead author Helen Dimich-Ward, PhD, University of British Columbia, Vancouv...International MRC trial finds a routine treatment for head injury may do more harm than good
...ical Research Council (MRC) trial has found that a routine treatment for patients with head injuries, widely used around the world for the last 30 years, does not improve survival rates and may do more harm than good. The results of the study are published in full in this week's edition of The Lancet. Every...Dutch study highlights crying as risk factor for child abuse
....5 h per day, asking questions about crying during routine well-baby visits, and providing additional support services and follow-up for those at risk". In an accompanying commentary (p 1295), Clare Sheridan (Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, USA) states: "It is the parents' or caretakers' abnormal ...Study showed vitamin D inadequacy highly prevalent among women treated for osteoporosis
... Seattle. Study results demonstrated that despite routine physician recommendations that women diagnosed and treated for osteoporosis take over-the-counter (OTC) vitamin D supplementation, vitamin D inadequacy is still highly prevalent in this population. The National Osteoporosis Foundation advises gettin...Hib infections on the rise in adults despite child vaccination programme
...his week's BMJ. The Hib vaccine became part of the routine immunisation programme for babies in 1992, cutting deaths from the disease amongst children significantly and reducing infection rates. In 1992 for instance 21.91 cases per 100,000 children were reported, dropping to 0.65 by 1998. Adults most of wh...New survey reveals surprising insights into parental attitudes toward teenage sexual behavior
...town University Hospital, Washington, D.C. "While routine vaccination for hepatitis B for infants has occurred since 1991, many teens born prior to this date may have been missed. As such, SAM recommends that all teens be vaccinated against hepatitis B to catch up and ensure they are protected." *46.7% of ...July/August 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...or the disease. The Task Force recommends against routine screening of people who are not at increased risk for syphilis infection and do not show symptoms of the disease. Going to Scale: Re-Engineering Systems for Primary Care Treatment of Depression By Allen J. Dietrich, M.D., et al Dietrich and colleag...Use of cameras to monitor nursing-home care is subject of controversy
...a feed to the Internet, nursing homes could handle routine assignments more efficiently. But because of understandable concerns over privacy, Cottle advocates placing the surveillance systems in the hands of independent companies, which would then monitor the equipment and be responsible for makin...