Lottery funding to aid research into superbugs
...igate the spread of 'superbugs' and aim to improve speed and accuracy of diagnosis and treatment of respiratory infections. This will lead to a better understanding of when segregation of CF patients is really necessary. Researchers will also identify and develop more effective antimicrobial agents and vac...Hands-on or hands-free, using a cell phone while driving is not safe, researchers find
...kens found that auditory information led to poorer speed control than was the case with visual displays of the same information. The effect of distractions depends on when they occur. Interruptions to driving, such as answering a cell phone, are likely to be more dangerous if they occur during maneuvers ...Telemedicine is healthcare's new frontier
...man resources and professional competences. It can speed up diagnosis and therapeutic care delivery and allow peripheral and primary healthcare providers to receive continuous assistance from specialised centres. The European Space Agency has decided to prepare the ground for a Telemedicine Programme to be...January/February Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... explain that how these processes are used and the speed with which clinicians sort through the symptoms are influenced by three factors their familiarity with the patient, their clinical experience and their time availability. The Recognition of Depression: The Primary Care Clinician's Perspective By S...Routine use of nose-to-stomach tube slows recovery from abdominal surgery
...tric tube after abdominal surgery, once thought to speed the return of normal intestinal functions, actually slows recovery, according to a new review of research. 1 The systematic review of evidence also shows that the practice may increase the risk of some postoperative complications. Cessation of bowe...Annual mammogram, doctor visits are enough for breast cancer follow-up
...f improvements in the patient's quality of life or speed in detecting new cancers. However, patients were more likely to be satisfied with care by their general practitioner. Despite studies indicating that routine physical exams are effective follow-up care, the National Cancer Institute's treatment recom...Two minutes of magnetic stimulation can change your brain for an hour
... damaged areas in stroke patients' brains can help speed up their recovery. Alternatively, it may be that in some patients the 'healthy' side of the brain interferes with recovery by the damaged side, so that another approach would be to reduce its activity and stop it competing for control." Rothwell's t...A much-needed shot in the arm for HIV vaccine development
...e that that the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise will speed the development of a vaccine by bringing new collaboration, resources, and strategic focus to the field." "The partners in the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise are committed to the themes of cooperation, collaboration, and transparency in advancing HI...Study of CPR quality reveals frequent deviation from guidelines
...re going, we think we can rein in the speeders and speed up those who fall behind." The key to this study w...g the resuscitation team how to adjust compression speed or depth and ventilation rate. "This immediate feedback," Becker said, "may help us improve the qua...Cogtest and NetMet join forces
...ading forces in cognitive research will team up to speed the development of effective treatments for disorders ranging from Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia to diabetes and heart disease. Network Neurometrics (NetMet), based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Cogtest plc, with offices in London, Chicago...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...ait for a bed to be freed up, which depends on the speed at which patients are discharged, rooms are prepared and patients are transferred among locations. "All of these departmental activities are interdependent as patients flow through the emergency care system," Hall said. "It's like a domino effect ...2005 NIH Director's Pioneer Award program opens
...orm the nation's medical research capabilities and speed themovement of research discoveries from the bench to the bedside. Itprovides a framework of the priorities the NIH must address in order tooptimize its entire research portfolio and lays out a vision for a moreefficient and productive system of med...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for brain cancer research from NCI
... in 1992 to promote interdisciplinary research and speed the transition of basic research findings from the laboratory to applied settings involving patients and populations. The goal of the program is to bring into clinical care novel ideas that have the potential to reduce cancer incidence and mortality,...Exploring the brain's internal stopwatch
...n of the target when it went vertical, and (3) the speed of horizontal target movement. In further tests...stance by coordinating the horizontal distance and speed so that the distance traveled remained the same. "We concluded that the pursuit system determines...Scents and emotions linked by learning, Brown study shows
... in schools or hospitals to improve performance or speed recovery." Herz conducted the experiments with the assistance of Sophia Beland, a former research assistant at Brown, and Margaret Hellerstein, a former Brown undergraduate....Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...r study of osseointegration, the effect of walking speed on gait, and a study that is the first to use phys... used, providing a more comfortable fit. Walking speed alters center of mass motion impacting balance and mobility in adults This paper descri...Animal studies show stem cells might make biological pacemaker
...o responded appropriately to drugs used to slow or speed the heart rate, which electronic pacemakers can't do," says study leader Ronald Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine. "But many challenges remain before this technique could be used for patients. We want to bring this to the clinic as fast as p...Youki spray curbs spread of superbug MRSA
...d proteins that mimic those made by blood, rapidly speed up the cell growth to fill any holes. It basically speeds and assists the scabbing process. The spray is called Youki "we wanted people to be able to remember the name," says Jolly. Youki is currently being trialled in private hospitals in the UK by ...UGA researchers receive NIH contract to create a stem cell-based drug assay for SMA
...l. "The development of an in vitro process should speed up the search for compounds and drugs that can alleviate SMA as well as provide a model for developing drug screening assays for other neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease," said Stice....Risks from labor after prior cesarean delivery low, study reports
...The study also found that using drugs to induce or speed up labor may also increase the chances for uterine rupture. Such drugs increase the force and duration of uterine contractions. Of the 1864 women given the drug oxytocin alone, without any other drugs to induce labor, 1.1 percent (20 women) had a u...