Quality of treatment guidelines
...help clinicians to apply guideline recommendations appropriately to their individual patients....Statin drugs may delay progressive artery damage in children
...mber of children in our study is not sufficient to appropriately estimate the incidence of adverse events in children on statin treatment. Optimal age for beginning statin therapy in FH children remains unknown and will require further clinical trials to resolve, Vissers said. We intend to continue to monitor th...Stanford researchers track human stem cells transplanted into rat brain
...ls in real time to find out whether cells migrated appropriately and survived. Steinberg said that the iron particles, called superparamagnetic iron oxide or SPIO, have been used for more than a decade to track cells in living animals, including in rat neural stem cells. If the point is to use the technique in h...Chemotherapy may enhance the effectiveness of brain tumor vaccines
...d senior investigator on the study. "However, when appropriately timed, chemotherapy seems to enhance the efficacy of the vaccine." This finding means that instead of having to receive the two therapies separately, patients might benefit from the delivery of a one-two punch to brain tumors, Sampson said. Avera...ICU nurse working conditions linked to increase in patient infections
...cross training. This would allow hospitals to more appropriately staff their ICUs and further develop the skills of nursing staff based on other units. The sample comprised 15,846 patients in 51 adult intensive care units in 31 hospitals; 1095 nurses were surveyed. Severity of patient illness was controlled for...Sleep apnea increases risk of heart attack or death by 30 percent
...idence to make us believe that when sleep apnea is appropriately treated, the risk of heart disease can be lowered. In obstructive sleep apnea, the upper airway narrows, or collapses, during sleep. Periods of apnea end with a brief partial arousal that may disrupt sleep hundreds of times a night. Obesity is a maj...Commercializing university research -- Hopping robots, liquid shoes, electricity from heat
...alone chip, carrying human hepatocytes cultured in appropriately defined biological fluid and incubator systems, to be used for efficient pharmaceutical in vitro screening of drug toxicity and drug metabolism. Further monochip development into modular arrays, composed of hundreds to housands of monochips, are envi...Study shows dramatic increase in Caesarean sections
... intervention that is effective when applied to an appropriately selected case can have significant adverse effects when applied to a low risk population. "Caesareans are not without risk for mothers or babies, and should be based on solid medical reasons to ensure the best outcome." In the most recent five y...Patients with 'bleeding' strokes less likely to get prevention treatment
...re that stroke patients are treated and discharged appropriately according to guideline-based performance measures. The researchers looked for the proportion of patients who received cholesterol-reducing medications, diabetes medications and weight-reduction management and smoking cessation therapy at discharge. ...'Marked departure' in Medicare practice of paying physicians in Geriatric Care Improvement Act
...e being met Information technology is utilized appropriately to support optimal patient care, performance measurement, patient education, and enhanced communication Practices go through a voluntary recognition process by an appropriate non-governmental entity to demonstrate that they have the capabilities...NIST's stretching exercises shed new light on nanotubes
...ts with SWNTs. Is there, for example, a way to use appropriately tailored light to exert a force on SWNTs so that they can be trapped or aligned? Or can they be designed to be nanoscale tags for medical diagnostics? Semiconducting SWNTs can fluoresce in the near infrared region, an ideal characteristic for medical...High BMI linked to lower chance of being discharged directly home after hospitalization for stroke
...study provides further impetus for identifying and appropriately treating obese individuals at risk for first and recurrent stroke." ...Joint Principles of PC-MH released by organizations representing more than 300,000 physicians
...nts health care needs or taking responsibility for appropriately arranging care with other qualified professionals. This includes care for all stages of life; acute care; chronic care; preventive services; and end of life care. Care is coordinated and/or integrated across all elements of the complex health care...Antidepressants improve post-stroke 'thinking outside the box'
..., those mental abilities that enable us to respond appropriately to unfamiliar or complex situations, and support several cognitive, emotional and social capacities, showed improvement after receiving a 12-week treatment with antidepressants," Paradiso said. Executive functions come into play, for instance, whe...Depression increases health risks in heart failure patients
...ly and a decrease in their hearts ability to react appropriately to the stresses of everyday life. Depressed patients also may be less likely to comply with their medical treatments, may not be as motivated to stick with exercise or rehabilitation programs, may miss doctors appointments and tend to make unhealthy ...New amfAR research grants aim to advance understanding and prevention of rectal HIV transmission
...ice that will ensure ease of use and comfort while appropriately delivering the microbicide. Incorrect delivery of such a product could negate its protective effects or even increase the risk of infection. Ultimately such a delivery device might be used in human trials of a rectal microbicide, to ensure that all p...Long-term financial costs associated with prostate cancer treatment
...t patterns also indicate that these therapies were appropriately utilized according to current guidelines for disea...erapies are actually costly because they are being appropriately used for higher risk or older patients. More than 200,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer e...RAND study finds adolescent Asian immigrants improve their good health habits over time
...hat contributes to health behaviors so that we can appropriately tailor public health interventions" said Allen, an assistant professor of family medicine and investigator in the Program in Health Disparities Research at the University of Minnesota. She headed the study while she was associated with the UCLA/RAND...Regulatory pathway in brain development possible basis for malformations
...ng neuron. Cells that are unable to differentiate appropriately and continue to proliferate may give rise to brain cancers. On the other hand, cells that differentiate too soon or make too few cells can result in malformations of critical brain structures. "Development of the brain requires intricate coordina...Depression, not antidepressants, increases mortality risks in heart failure
...y and a decrease in their heart's ability to react appropriately to the stresses of everyday life, she said. "We ... ways to boost providers' confidence that they can appropriately manage such patients. She and her Duke colleagues have also been conducting a clinical trial investi...