Cancer doctors could benefit from training in communication skills
... videotape review of consultations, role-play with simulated patients, interactive group demonstrations, and discussion led by a trained facilitator. Course attendance substantially improved communication skills. Doctors given training were more likely to: use focused questions (34% increase compared with non-......omputer model of a liver's blood supply. When they simulated blood flowing through the "liver", it had the same blood flow properties as the living system, says Borenstein. The 3D blood vessel model is then "sliced up" inside the computer, dividing the model into a series of horizontal layers, each of which i...Smoking cessation success equally good with over-the-counter or prescription nicotine replacement
...tch and gum when received in two environments: in simulated OTC settings in which 5,348 enrolled smokers bough...nrolled OTC participants purchased products from a simulated NRT retail product display at participating trial sites, mainly malls and market research sites, aft...Mastiffs could aid treatment of retinitis pigmentosa
...P in humans was discovered in 1990 -- and could be simulated by genetic manipulation in mice, rats, fruit flies and pigs -- vision researchers had been searching for a large animal in which the inherited disease occurs naturally. They found that model in English mastiffs, the huge-but-gentle canines that some...Brain-imaging cap under study for space and Earth use
...ating the imaging cap during simple motor tasks, a simulated space-docking task is being developed in collaboration with NASA flight surgeons. "It is simpler than an actual docking but will allow us to look at accuracy, reaction time, decision-making and overall performance under various conditions," Sutton sa...Research explains possible origin of Parkinson's tremors
...ing of brain cells. When they simulated the loss of dopamine, a different firing pattern emerged. The cells behaved as if they belonged to two separate groups. Cells in group A would fire all at once, while signals in group B were...HPET & CT image fusion study reveals limitations for radiotherapy planning
...nt planning system, the study used a phantom (i.e. simulated body) with heart, lung, and tumor inserts, and markers that would show up both on a CT, and because it used 18F, also on PET. The phantom was scanned by the HPET system and by a CT scanner. The HPET images were transferred by DICOM (digital communi...Study finds common knee surgery no better than placebo
...artilage is flushed out. The third group underwent simulated arthroscopic surgery; small incisions were made, but no instruments were inserted and no cartilage removed. Dr. Bruce Moseley, a clinical associate professor of orthopedics at Baylor, recruited all the patients in the study and performed all surgeri...Let's talk about sex -- And pain
... in a sexual context. The same sort of pain can be simulated in sufferers during non-sexual situations, but Dr. Binik notes: "an integral problem for these women is with their partners and intercourse and sex." They ca...Genetics in clinical practice: a revolutionary approach
...inical practice. The core lies in interacting with simulated patients, who are accessed from the grid-like Pati...s. The program's flow and content centers on three simulated patients who have, or are at risk of developing, diseases for which knowledge of clinical genetics c...Sandia helps public health officials with anti-terror 'decision analysis' tool
...icial can take the information they learn from the simulated event and integrate it into their own emergency pl...ed to address other threats and applications. "The simulated scenario has really resonated with the physicians and other decision-makers we've worked with to dat...'Glutaid' on the horizon? Study may someday spell relief for people on gluten-free diets
... exposing gliadin proteins to various enzymes that simulated the digestion process. A relatively large fragment, made up of 33 amino acids, stayed intact throughout these experiments, and also proved resistant to digestion in live rats. The peptide was also readily modified by tissue transglutaminase, the aut...A quick-change artist: Tiny protein folds faster than any other
...m the State University of New York-Stonybrook that simulated Trp-cage's structure on a computer based solely on...sed a stir in the scientific community because the simulated Trp-cage was extremely close in size and shape to that of the actual observed protein. If such ...Targeted smallpox vaccinations could be effective intervention against deliberate attack
...zhar Nizam and Yang Yang, constructed a model that simulated the spread of smallpox deliberately introduced by ...sufficiently control an outbreak. The Emory model simulated a range of scenarios for smallpox epidemics, based on different probabilities of how smallpox might ...Smallpox outbreak response: Targeted vaccination may be almost as effective as mass vaccination
...m the U.S. Census, the researchers' computer model simulated the possible ways that smallpox could spread through a community of 2,000 people, and the impacts of various types of vaccination efforts. Whether to use mass or targeted vaccination in response to intentionally spread smallpox has been a matter of ...Patient simulator will enhance training for medical emergencies in space
...rammed to talk. Doerr's group is ensuring that the simulated patient represents a potential astronaut by gathering data on the current astronaut pool. Physiologic changes that occur in space as a mission progresses also are programmed into the computer, so that realistic space scenarios can be created. "We're...Physics and medicine in San Diego
...shield that absorbs errant radiation. A study that simulated a CT scan of a pregnant woman showed that ingesting a 40 percent solution of barium sulfate would decrease the fetal dose to a negligible level, so that even high-quality CT imaging could be performed with minimal risk. Chester Reft will present dat...UC Davis physicians use high-tech virtual system
...the new system at UC Davis is "Simantha™," a simulated patient equipped with patented, tactile force-feel... consists of three phases: pre-procedure briefing, simulated procedure and post-procedure briefing. In the briefing, the user receives an overview of the case, p...Innovations in hearing loss detection & treatment
...ithin the body. Using a custom testing device that simulated shoulder muscle forces, cadaveric shoulders were dislocated. Forcible positioning using this shoulder dislocation model yielded inflammation and tearing of the shoulder and stretching similar to lesions observed in vivo. Shoulder instability is a pot....... The researchers studied CT images acquired using simulated pediatric patients of varying sizes to determine the lowest radiation doses achievable without loss of image quality. The resulting technique charts provide guidance for both head and body CT for pediatric patients from infancy to adolescence. The...