Digital Speech Analysis Tests Sobriety
... such as the teeth, tongue and lips. If theglottis stays open, the result is unvoiced sounds like "p" and "t." Ifit opens and closes periodically, voiced sounds, like "b," "z" andvowels are produced. The glottal excitation waveform is the puffs of air produced by theopening and closing of the glottis duri...Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...trust fund, Manton said. "Assuming that fertility stays at a fairly moderate level and you getthese large baby boom cohorts becoming eligible in 2011 -- when they firstpass age 65 -- something more than a simple tax rate change has to be done.Or if you do it only by a tax increase, then you get a very hig...It Matters Where, In America, You Suffer A Heart Attack
... the use of interventional procedures and hospital stays varied widely, more than they expected. "The contrasts were quite striking, including some large differences in efficiency that we did not expect, as well as some we anticipated," said Eric Eisenstein, who specializes in economic analysis at the Duke...New Approach To Multidrug Resistance
... "Opening the window takes about 24 hours, and it stays open for another 72 hours -- and that's the period when the second drug is most effective," says Hamilton.The researchers report similar results in drug-resistant cells derived frombreast, colon, liver, leukemia and brain tumors. Preliminary results...Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
...s possible that HIV is taking over those cells and stays there, protected bythe cells' Pgp expression, he said. Drugs are already available to suppress the activity of Pgp. They havebeen developed over the past 10-20 years because Pgp is also expressed by manycancer tumors. Pgp inhibitors have been...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
... Combine information from all hospital stays for each patient. The researchers argue that doctors and hospitals need to recognize thatthe era of "scorecards" for medical professionals is here to stay, and if theywant to make sure they are rated accurately, they should develop standardiz...New Stroke Treatment Likely To Decrease Health Care Costs And Increase Quality Of Life
...admitted. However, because t-PA shortens hospital stays anddecreases long-term disabilities, there is a net savings. For 1,000 t-PApatients, the researchers estimate an initial increase in hospital costs of $1.7million, but an eventual savings of $4.8 million in nursing home care costs and$1.3 million i...Filmless System Puts X-Ray Images On The Web
...ion of studies and reducing the length of hospital stays for somepatients." A radiologist on one floor, for example, and a surgeon in the operatingroom can simultaneously view the same image. In fact, with no film to store orlose, there is no limit to the number of specialists who can view the same...UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
...lists may be a key to shorter,less costly hospital stays that don't compromise quality. In addition,hospitalists have already formed a formal association, the National Associationof Inpatient Physicians. Those advances have taken place since Wachter and Lee Goldman, MD, UCSFprofessor of medicine and chair...Treatment Of Irregular Heartbeat Saves Money And Prevents Stroke In Older People
... a groupmore likely to have strokes, long hospital stays and extensive rehabilitation --would have a total cost of $2.4 million over the same 10-year span. "Even if you figure a higher number than expected group of patients who developbleeding in the brain, there is still a substantial monetary savings rea...Changes In Care Lower Costs Of Surgery To Prevent Stroke
...ofthe study. "The lower costs and shorter hospital stays are mainly due to carefulpreoperative evaluation and, consequently, fewer complications. Doctors arealso getting better at determining who are the best candidates for carotidendarterectomy," she says. Researchers evaluated 757 patients at hospitals ......atients could reduce health care costs and patient stays by usingnuclear imaging technologies in a more aggressive manner to identify patients atthe highest risk for heart attack, a pilot study has shown. An economic analysis demonstrated that patient costs for care using adiagnostic technique call...Hospital Stays Longer Than Three Days For 'Simple' Heart Attacks May Not Be Cost Effective
... University Medical Center have found thathospital stays beyond three days for people being treated for uncomplicatedheart attacks may not be cost-effective. Such patients now typically stay in thehospital six days. The researchers reported at the 71st scientific sessions of theAmerican Heart Ass...Far Few Drugs Are Tested On Children
...es. Because of this, the proportion of a drug that stays in thebloodstream depends on the age of a child. The same applies to the liver, where enzyme systems that detoxify drugsmature at different times. Thus the ability of the body to break down drugs alsovaries with age. In addition, the proporti...Duke Doctors Can Now Cure Most Babies Born With Fatal Immune Disease
...therapy, sterile environments and lengthy hospital stays that once typifiedthe ordeal of children with "bubble boy" disease, the term assigned to DavidVetter, a young Texas patient who lived for 12 years in a plastic, germ-freebubble and died in 1984. Children can now be treated as outpatients without ahos...New Book Says Cross-Train Your Brain To Increase Mental Function
...ociation, but it just happened at sometime, and it stays with us. "Or when you learn to associate the smell of leaves with autumn, whichbrings back all these unconscious associations with the feel and colors of dryleaves, of apple-picking, of going back to school. It just comes back like that.And y...Relaxation And Music Significantly Reduce Patients' Postoperative Pain
...NINR. "Better pain management can reduce hospital stays and speedrecovery, ultimately improving patients' quality of life." Dr. Good and her research team studied three groups of patientsundergoing abdominal surgery. In addition to the usual pain medication, onegroup used a jaw relaxation techniq......r brain-regulated functions. He said that secretin stays in the blood for only a brief time, no longer than 20 minutes, but its effects have been noted weeks later. One question the trials won't examine is the exact chemical composition of the natural form of pig secretin. It has been determined to consist...Space plays havoc with your immune system
...tle missions. Manyof us carry EBV, but it normally stays dormant in our white blood cells, and isonly activated when people are stressed. Mehta found EBV in 13 per cent of the samples, but the number of copiesof the virus increased dramatically while the astronauts were in space. Samplesfrom astro...Study shows benefit of pioneering U-M program for newborns at risk of hearing impairment
...nse health care cost pressures andshorter hospital stays for healthy babies, sensitive hearing tests shortly afterbirth may be best reserved for only at-risk newborns. But, he cautions, this is only true if newborns' doctors are trained torecognize risk factors and refer at-risk babies for testing - and if...