RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
...abetes is one of the major health challenges faced across the United States, but these findings suggest that the prevalence of the disease is not growing as rapidly as often claimed, Smith said. The study examined reasons for the rising rate of diabetes over time. The three most important reasons by far w...Grandparents, older adults encouraged to seek help for a sleep disorder
...onal Grandparents Day, a day to honor grandparents across America as important members of our families and communities. Grandparents play important roles in life, including that of guardian, comforter, and mentor. As they get older, however, several aspects of their lives change, including their sleep pat...New study shows promise in reducing surgical risks associated with surgical bleeding
...ent surgical procedures at 34 U.S. medical centers across the country. One group of patients (n=206) was treated with bThrombin and a second group (n=205) was treated with rhThrombin, both of which were applied topically to the bleeding site(s) in combination with an absorbable gelatin sponge. The primary e...UCLA researchers awarded $9M contract for study identifiying antibiotic treatment for MRSA
...a staph infection seen increasingly in communities across the nation that is resistant to antibiotics most c...phically diverse group of 11 emergency departments across the nation. Researchers tested MRSA resistance to antibiotics in a test tube and found that in 57 pe...Indiana University Imaging Center receives $6M grant for kidney research
...for visiting scientists. About 60 researchers from across theU.S. and abroad have gone through the center's training programs. That'sin addition to IU scientists who are continually making use of thecenter's resources, Dr. Molitoris said. The center's activities will incorporate four core projects: the Di...Study reveals gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children
...ch de facto prioritization creates inconsistencies across states that are difficult for the public to understand, the public health and medical communities may benefit from making prioritization of vaccines more explicit and consistent. The process of explicit prioritization is challenging in the public s...Trial stops after stroke and mortality significantly reduced by blood
...rtality. Patients with high blood pressure from across the world were randomisedfor the double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, which began in 2001.Patients were given either the placebo or a low dose diuretic(indapamide 1.5mg SR), and an additional ACE inhibitor (perindopril), intablet form once a day. ...Researchers link metal ions to neurodegenerative disease
...ts, collaborating throughout the United States and across Emory, focused on the smallest individual unit of amino acids that make up amyloid fibrils. By determining only an individual unit's physical and chemical properties when binding with metal, the researchers were able to determine the activity governi...World's largest respiratory health study launches next phase
...0 children born in Tasmania in 1961 throughschools across the State. In this next phase of the study we are hoping to contact all the brothers and sisters of thoseoriginal 8,500 children which will allow us to study different children from the same family. Brothers and sisters share some of their genes but ...Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...y into Management and Medicine looked at hospitals across the UK, focussing on the often troubled relationships between doctors and NHS managers. It found that where the two sides have formed a genuine alliance, the health service runs more efficiently and patient outcomes are improved. Frictions between...Why women get more migraines than men
...cterized by dramatic waves of activity that spread across the surface of the brain. CSD may in turn trigger not only the pain of migraine but the visual symptoms, nausea, dizziness and difficulty concentrating so common in migraine patients. Brennan, working in Charles lab, used imaging techniques to vis...University hospitals wins multiple national IT awards for electronic patient data bank
...Hospitals. Since patients are commonly transferred across the health system, the Physician Portal improves information transfer and prevents duplicate tests for patients. Patients can also feel secure in knowing that the portal is a highly secured environment with only authorized individuals allowed acce...Floods and fires across Europe captured from space
...n Britains university city of Oxford. The flooding across England and Wales has left tens of thousands witho...he flames. On Thursday, fires continued to rage across Calabria and Abruzzo as strong winds thwarted fire-fighting efforts. According to the environmental ...Nonsmall cell lung cancer -- chemotherapy before surgery appears better than surgery alone
...fter the disease has progressed, so survival rates across all stages of disease tend to be fairly low at around 14%, with only a quarter of patients being suitable for surgery. The Cochrane Systematic Review found that using chemotherapy before surgery can reduce the size of tumours making the surgery sim...Lower mortality rates associated with hospitals that rank highest on quality of care indicators
...d that the associations were strong and consistent across a spectrum of performance for all three conditions, said Jha. This study really provides an important validation of the HQA efforts and suggests that paying attention to the quality measures matters. Because care varies from hospital to hospital, J...Extreme weather monitoring boosted by space sensor
...ganisations have become involved in TIGER projects across the continent. The TIGER initiative is implemented in three stages - research, pre-operational and operational. The research stage encourages water authorities in Africa to undertake research initiatives and supports them with Earth observation (E...Scaling up HIV prevention programs is cost effective
...ervice). The scale up cost down effect was seen across many countries and prevention approaches, with some large programs up to 100 times more cost effective than their smaller counterparts. But there is a threshold. When projects expand beyond a certain point, costs can start to rise an effect noted in...European Space Agency's Envisat captures breath of volcano
...sed monitoring can be carried out on all volcanoes across the globe, space-based monitoring helps identify the volcanoes presenting the greatest danger. Satellite radar, such as that aboard Envisat and ERS-2, allows scientists to track small changes in the Earths movement that improves their ability to p...Polish journalist scoops first prize in prestigious European award
...les of outstanding cancer reporting by journalists across Europe. The standard of this years entries was very high, with nominations received for journalists from Belgium, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Walewski, who will receive a prize of 10,000......iscuss decision-making in sports in "Applying O.R. across the Baseball Decision Hierarchy." Operations research can be applied at all levels of baseball decision making from the field to the front office. At the field level, he will consider the decision of whether or not to take a particular pitch. From t...