Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
...anuary of '05 compared to the same time period the year before include: 77 percent increase in cardiac surgeries 15 percent increase in cardiology outpatient visits 10 percent increase in vascular surgeries "People in Chicago should know that we already have the infrastructure in place to manag...Striking a chord with concertgoers to reduce hearing loss
...ent response rate. Bogoch, who is now in his final year of medical studies, notes the study's recommendations allow concert attendees to have a great time while being safe....Mayo Clinic identifies key cellular process in prostate and other cancers
...ancer cells. Researchers say it will be at least a year before the discovery can be applied in a human clinical trial. The Findings For the first time, the Mayo Clinic research group provides laboratory evidence to describe a new mechanism by which cells lose the protection of tumor suppressors -- and t...Morbidly obese pay nearly twice as much for health care
...ical expenditures for morbidly obese adults in the year 2000 were 81 percent more than for normal-weight a...over 4.8 million morbidly obese U.S. adults in the year 2000. The authors found that $56 billion in U.S. heath-care expenditures in 2000 were linked to exc...Stem cell therapy for spinal injury
...l injury. Spinal injury confines some 150 Swedes a year to wheelchairs. The damage cause the loss of movement and sensation below the level of injury. A research team at Karolinska Institutet has now shown using rat models that the introduction of stem cells following such injury is effective, although a ...South Africa in denial over number of deaths from HIV/AIDS
...fication of HIV/AIDS deaths concluded that for the year 200001, the number of deaths related to HIV/AIDS was likely to be almost three times as high as that published in the Government's statistical report compiled from death certificates. The study suggests that 80% of the excess deaths in men and 70% in...Simple treatment could prevent many child malaria deaths
...y lives, say researchers in this week's BMJ. Every year over a million children die of malaria in Africa. The majority of fatalities occur outside hospital, especially in rural areas. For those who do make it to hospital, half of deaths occur within 24 hours of admission. Conventional treatment, given by ...UT Southwestern doctors track Oklahoma Alzheimer's patients via telemedicine
...estern doctors visit Talihina, Okla., four times a year to diagnose any new cases of Alzheimer's-related memory loss or other types of dementia within the Choctaw community. Dr. Weiner first used the satellite link in January to see patients. The health-care connection is made using equipment in Dallas li...Routine HIV screening should be expanded, study finds
...nts in the U.S., symptoms of AIDS develop within a year of diagnosis, suggesting that opportunities to reduce risk behaviors or initiate early treatment had been missed," Sanders said. Sander also cited a recent study of blood samples from outpatient clinics from six different Veterans Affairs Medical Ce...Early HIV screening prolongs life and is affordable, Stanford study shows
...tates would cost $15,100 per quality-adjusted life year (a common statistical measurement that takes into ... five years cost $57,100 per quality-adjusted life year gained. By comparison, routine screenings for hypertension, colon cancer and Type-2 diabetes range i...Physicians call for increased funding for federal infectious disease programs
...ident Bush released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2006, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has urged Congress and the Administration not to allow federal infectious disease programs that are vital to the nation's health to stagnate due to lack of funding. "Although we recognize that f...Mount Sinai stroke prevention trial published in JAMA
... with ximelagatran (n=1,960) had a 1.6 percent per year chance of having a stroke or systemic embolic even...ceiving ximelagatran experienced a 4.2 percent per year rate of death, stroke, systemic embolic events and acute myocardial infarction (110 events), compare...Simpler blood thinning medication effective for preventing blood clots and stroke
...for strokes) with ximelagatran was 1.6 percent per year and with warfarin was 1.2 percent per year. When a...er QALY it would have to cost less than $1,100 per year or be prescribed to patients who have an elevated risk of intracranial hemorrhage or a low quality o...Abandoned bones suggest TB wiped out leprosy in battle of killer diseases
... infected and more than 8 million new cases in the year 2000 alone. Researchers now believe that the two trends were no coincidence. In fact, the new findings suggest that TB overtook leprosy as the more aggressive, faster-killing disease. Dr Mark Spigelman says: "We stumbled across this discovery while ...Milk, fruits and vegetables may help reduce disability risk
... were asked to report on their diets over the past year using a 66-item food frequency questionnaire. Then, an average of nine years later, the researchers surveyed participants on their ability to perform 12 daily activities, such dressing and feeding themselves and walking across a room, known as activi...Bone density returns when teens stop using Depo Provera, Group Health study finds
...oss of bone density at the hip of 1.81 percent per year compared with a loss of 0.19 percent per year among non-users. At the spine, women who used Depo-Provera had a bone loss of 0.97 percent, while ...Emergency department study supports giving dehydrated children fluids by mouth
...tal of Philadelphia, see hundreds of children each year with this condition, frequently caused by infection with rotavirus. "Our study shows that oral rehydration therapy is as effective as intravenous fluid therapy in rehydrating moderately dehydrated children," said Philip Spandorfer, M.D., a pediatric ...Rice's CNST awards Smalley/Curl funds for innovation
...."I am thrilled to receive this honor in the first year of its inception, and I look forward to carrying out research with my students to achieve the vision set out by Rick Smalley and Bob Curl for their award," said Wong. CNST officials say Rice, the Houston business community and the general public all ...New brochure helps explain treatment for gynecologic cancers
...e American Cancer Society, nearly 83,000 women per year are diagnosed with some form of gynecologic cancer and more than 28,000 will succumb to the disease. The most common form of gynecologic cancer is uterine cancer, with more than 40,000 cases diagnosed each year. Widespread screening with the Pap test......t/pdf/stateofstates2005.pdf 2004 marked the first year in several years that financial conditions in many...Burton. Most states endured another bad budget year without making deep cuts to their Medicaid programs. This reflects Medicaid's essential role as a so...