Most advanced CT scanner improves imaging of heart, avoids need for surgical inspection
...encing symptoms associated with heart attack. In use at Hopkins since Feb. 21, the scanner is expected ... States, the other installed in Boston, Mass. Its use will be the subject of a continuing medical education seminar attended by more than 300 cardiologist...Other highlights in the March 2 JNCI
... Pre- and Postmenopausal Women Examined Tamoxifen use is associated with an increased risk of endometrial cancer. A new study has found that this risk is similar in pre- and postmenopausal women, increases with duration of use, and does not diminish through 5 years of follow-up after the treatment ends....'Artery clearing' system does not provide benefit for patients undergoing PCI
...vival. A procedure commonly used with PCI involves use of a specialized guidewire and catheter device to ...icrocirculatory protection in AMI, and its routine use in patients undergoing mechanical reperfusion therapy cannot be recommended. Multiple explanations m...Older women can benefit from chemotherapy to treat breast cancer
Age alone should not prohibit the use of chemotherapy regimens in older women with breas..., and tamoxifen (drug used to treat breast cancer) use were all significantly related to longer disease-free and overall survival," the authors found in th...Acting techniques may help doctors empathize with their patients
...or-patient interactions. They suggest that doctors use two techniques separately or in combination 'deep acting,' which uses imagination and emotional memories to generate genuine feelings of empathy for the patient, and 'surface acting,' in which the doctor forges emotional expressions inconsistent wit...Studies address issues of risk and survival in rapidly increasing GI cancers
...se (GERD) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use were not predictors of survival. Researchers: P...incidence has declined, partially due to increased use of refrigeration and antibiotics to treat childhood infections. Only 22 percent of patients with st...New laparoscopic hysterectomy offers quicker recovery time than traditional surgery
...acervical hysterectomy. In the procedure, surgeons use new technology to remove the uterus and sometimes one or both ovaries through tiny incisions. Unlike in traditional hysterectomies, the cervix is not removed. The patient's hospital stay is dramatically reduced from a few days to a matter of hours. P...Molecule important in cell construction also critical in learning and memory
...es. "We were hoping to find a mechanism that cells use to make short term changes in nerve cell communication permanent, but we were surprised that losing -adducin made such a big change in both the nerve cell communication and in behavioral measures of memory," Picciotto said. The focus of the study is ...Columbia study shows widely used artery clearing device does not help patients during heart attack
...ies further downstream. Distal protection devices use a specialized guidewire and catheter to collect and remove this debris. The study evaluated the efficacy of distal protection devices using several measures, including evaluating patient ST segments a portion of the EKG that can indicate heart dama...LA BioMed medical/research briefs March 2005
...an international group of researchers studying the use of a breast imaging camera, which appears to detec...believe our results show that the routine clinical use of high-resolution, dedicated breast cameras can be a powerful diagnostic tool for early breast canc...Natural mentors help mold lives of teens, study says
...ter level of physical activity, as well as regular use of birth control. However, there was no evidence ... on other outcomes, including binge drinking, drug use and smoking. The researchers noted that mentors may not have the ability to provide a high level of ...NYU'S Duster cautions against FDA approval of 'race-based' pharmaceutical
...r diseases." Initially, the FDA rejected its use to treat heart disease because of its ineffectiven...ources in the United States. "The ability to use genomic knowledge to deliver effective pharmaceuticals more safely to special subpopulations that ha...Patient knows best when it comes to ulcerative colitis, U-M study finds
...ld, especially those in clinical research, tend to use multiple disease activity indices, including those...t and endoscopy, while the SCCAI and the Seo index use a six-question symptom survey and a two-question survey with blood tests, respectively, to measure u...Genetic amplification (NAAT) test detects HIV more effectively than standard tests in urban study
... for donated blood since 1999 and was approved for use in 2002 by the FDA. According to a study by the National Institutes of Health (New England J. of Medicine, Aug. 19, 2000), the test has helped prevent the transmission of approximately five HIV-1 infections and 56 hepatitis C virus infections each y...Dual testing better for monitoring new cases of HIV
...first six months of infection. However, effective use of anti-retroviral therapy can depress viral counts in patients to undetectably low levels, which also lower the antibody-to-HIV concentration in the blood. This creates confusion for those responsible for monitoring new infections and spread of HIV...Archival virus still necessitates life-long antiretroviral therapy
...e an update on the scientific rationale behind the use of antiretroviral therapy, focusing on the mechanisms that allow life-long persistence of HIV even in patients on potent medication. Siliciano, a professor of medicine at Hopkins and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has recently found...New radio-frequency technique for knee injuries
... The prize-winning clinical research proposes the use of bipolar radio-frequency, plus the heat obtained thereof, to carry out retraction (tensing of the ligament); always when this is an ongoing process. These ligaments contain a lot of water and collagen fibres which shrink and tense on applying heat ...Penn study will compare heart failure management technologies
...st also have the physical and cognitive ability to use the telephone, a scale (ability to stand unsupported for 20 seconds), a blood pressure monitor, blood glucose monitor (if needed), or the once-daily presence of a caregiver who is willing and able to assist with the procedures required by the study, ...Cellular porthole connects odors to brain
...at digestive system cells and odor-detecting cells use the same chloride porthole, or ion transporter -- ...cells as well. "It's not unusual for the body to use the same machinery to solve different problems," notes one of the lead authors, Jonathan Bradley, Ph...Elderly receiving inappropriate prescriptions from their doctor's office
... older patients. Data showed that overall rates of use of any of the 33 potentially inappropriate medicat...ations for elderly people has not decreased. "The use of potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly continues to be pervasive throughout the Uni...