Stroke treatment window stays open longer than thought, say Stanford researchers
...main authors of the report. Albers said this study sends two messages to doctors who treat stroke patients. The first is that patients should receive a clot-busting drug called tPA as soon as possible after arriving at the hospital. "In routine clinical practice it is common for patients to be treated rig...Blood-diverting catheter holds promise for stroke treatment
... diverts some blood from the lower extremities and sends it to the upper body. Not all the brain cells affected by an ischemic stroke die immediately, Campbell said. A large number of cells in the stroke area initially have the potential to recover if their blood supply is restored. In theory, increasin...Utah researchers hope hunt for medicinal drugs helps save Papua New Guinea rainforests
...l of Medicine's Physician Assistant Program, which sends students to Papua New Guinea as part of their education. After meeting Barrows and Ireland, the UPNG vice chancellor, medical school dean, and a professor of pharmacology decided the U would make a good research partner and the grant was put together...UF research adds to evidence that unborn children hear 'melody' of speech
... a fetal sheep that tapped into the signal the ear sends to the brain dovetail with what other researchers have concluded based on less invasive studies involving human fetuses, he said. "The way I put it is, the way the mother's voice would sound in utero would be like Lauren Bacall speaking from behind......y limbs around as if I was drowning. But this just sends me up from the ground all the faster. I realise I ... in a lotus position and a single tap of my finger sends me into the air. An 'orange angel' flight attendant named for the colour of their suits sets me ge...Variations in state laws affect elder abuse documentation
...ored in their performance," Jogerst said. "It also sends a message that the state government feels that tracking reports is important." The team also found that states where investigators handle only elder abuse cases had a nearly 50 percent substantiation ratio compared to a 34 percent substantiation rati...Teaching hospital physicians report trouble obtaining specialty services for the uninsured
...they suggest. "One also might ask what message it sends to residents in our teaching hospitals, when on the one hand they are being taught that care is provided regardless of the patient's financial condition and on the other hand they see the problems their teachers have obtaining needed services for the...A little electrical boost may help many heart failure patients
...ER II senses when a beat has already started, then sends an electrical signal to strengthen the heart's contraction. Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved devices that deliver a different form of heart failure treatment called "cardiac resychronization therapy," or CRT, for treating a s...Multi-hospital angioplasty improvement effort reduces deaths and complications
...e updated, which is already under way. But it also sends a warning sign that any model used to measure a hospital's performance on a given procedure - and to "benchmark" that hospital against others for rankings, reporting or reimbursement - needs to change as care changes. Predicting and reducing angiopl...Women & men differ in heart disease traits and treatment
...on in the U.S. but less common in other countries, sends a tiny tube called a catheter into the groin, up through a patient's arteries and into the vessels surrounding the heart. The catheter releases dye that's visible on X-ray images -- allowing doctors to see blood vessels and determine if they might be......uses premature disability, premature mortality and sends patients to the hospital over and over again for the treatment of debilitating exacerbations. Up to 70 percent of the cost of COPD in the U.S. is caused by exacerbations, according to Dr. Buist. "These are older patients who may have other illnesses,...Childhood obesity and behavior problems linked
...n the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, which sends interviewers to participants' homes on a regular basis over many years. Because they used this data source, Lumeng and her colleagues feel they have compiled the largest and most representative study of children's behavior and weight to date. The ch...Aspirin withdrawal may pose risk to coronary patients
... with aspirin therapy in coronary patients, but it sends a message to all medical professionals that the decision to discontinue aspirin therapy should not be taken lightly," said Richard S. Irwin, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physicians....Device measures force used to deliver a baby
...es while delivering a baby. A wireless transmitter sends the data from the doctor to a computer across the room. The system is already being tested at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where researchers hope it eventually will help them identify the safest delivery method for a complicated birth. The inventors b...... TM , which targets an intracellular protein which sends signals similar to the EGF receptor, has completely changed the way chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is treated and it has also shown to work in rare gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Iressa was the third such targeted therapy to be FDA approved....Patient-centered approach just what the doctor ordered for healthcare industry
...timely service from a first-choice physician often sends patients to alternate providers and even emergency rooms, imposing added cost and inefficiency on the healthcare system. Berry recommends implementing an "advanced access model," which entails having about 50 percent of appointment slots open at the ...A healthcare software solution to improve follow-up care of patients
...a laptop or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) and sends it via the Internet directly to the hospital's in-house pharmacy," explains Philippe Corteil, Managing Director of the Belgian partner, Medical Business Channel. The pharmacy can then instantly dispense the medicine and keep an accurate account of b...UCSD-TCAG collaboration to focus on transformation of genome-based knowledge into health benefits
...SD obtains DNA from a large group of patients, and sends it to TCAG for sequencing, which is a process for determining the precise order within a gene of the various nucleotides, or basic molecular components of DNA. Sequencing is applied to a jointly pre-selected set of genes in which polymorphisms may be...Post-Sept. 11 study results published by U. of Colorado Center
...orize our society," Tierney said. "Sept. 11, 2001 sends a powerful message about the need to enhance the ability of society and its institutions to prepare, respond and recover from large-scale disasters, whatever their causes." ...Sandia nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing possible neuroprotectant drugs
... already developed by Gourley's group, a micropump sends fluids containing suspect material through a submicron-sized lasing cavity. The cavity is formed between a light-emitting semiconductor and a reflective mirror. The group expected to push fluid containing mitochondria through the device and to see v...