Children in chronic pain need better support, say researchers
...but there is an "embarrassing" lack of data on the best ways to treat them, according to researchers. As many as 15 per cent of children suffer from headaches, abdominal and musculoskeletal pain but two per cent of children have pain symptoms that can be severe enough to interrupt sleep, restrict physica...Television in the bedroom may hurt child's school performance
...nal strategy to help your child's test scores. The best combination was having both: no TV in the bedroom and also a home computer to use."...Suicide bomber sensors would not reduce casualties
...ad deployment of suicide bomber detectors would at best save a few lives," said Yale Professor Edward H. Kaplan, who co-authored the study with Moshe Kress. "A more promising strategy is to invest available resources in gathering intelligence to intercept suicide bombers before they attack." "The sensing...Exercise program and special weighted back support improves balance in elderly
...shoulder blades. A patient's doctor determines the best weighting and placement of the device. Along with Dr. Sinaki, the principal investigator, Mayo Clinic researchers contributing to this study included Robert Brey, Ph.D., Christine Hughes, Dirk Larson and Kenton Kaufman, Ph.D. In an editorial in the J...Parked cars get dangerously hot, even on cool days, Stanford study finds
...ill save lives," Null said. "That's just about the best comment you can get."...Heart Health Conference to promote heart plan for Europe
...nt, multisectorial and multidisciplinary, based on best available research and scientific evidence." According to Professor Michal Tendera, ESC President, "Cardiovascular disease is definitely a political problem, since more than 40% of Europeans die of coronary artery disease, stroke and other cardiovasc...Melanoma research receives a massive funding boost
...in molecular diagnosis and treatment, provides our best hope for improving outcomes in people who develop, or are at risk of developing, melanoma. This research group was recently recognised with a $3.75 million Program Grant from the Cancer Institute NSW. Today the Hon Tony Abbott, Commonwealth Minister ...Australia to develop world leading internet cancer trials technology
...ermine which treatments are most effective and how best to administer them," Dr Ackland said. "This NHMRC ...n aged. "It is more important than ever to use the best technology available to work towards reducing the burden of cancer, through the trialling of new tre...Specific regions of brain implicated in anorexia nervosa, finds Univ. of Pittsburgh study
...amine receptors, a neurotransmitter system that is best known for its role in controlling movement. These receptors also are associated with weight and feeding behaviors and responses to reinforcement and reward. Researchers used a harmless molecule designed to bind to the dopamine D2 and D3 receptors tha...Computers: Poor placement does not compute in medical exam rooms
...dical school students routinely will be taught how best to use computers when interacting with patients....The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia named top U.S. children's hospital, third consecutive year
...ranked The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia the best hospital for children in the United States for the... responsibility to continue to work to provide the best care and to share our learning and research nationwide." The rankings are reported in the July 18th...Quality measures need to be field-tested, researchers find
...ion of drug resistance and cost-effectiveness. The best indicators combine "the available evidence and expert opinion to assess aspects of care for which evidence alone is insufficient, absent or methodologically weak," according to Jeroen A. Schouten, MD, of Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre and...Substituting blood transfusions
...es for oxygen-binding and transport as well as the best culture conditions for mass producing it for the future." Dr Lowe will be reporting his results at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in Barcelona on Tuesday 14th July [session E3.2]. This initiative is set to revolutionise blood tra...Major heart failure quality of care variations found in US hospitals
...f patients received discharge information. In the best performing hospitals for this measure, 70 percent ...ons from only 1.4 percent of patients dying at the best performing hospitals to as high as 6.1 percent of patients at the worse performing institutions. "W...Low heart rate variability in depressed patients contributes to high mortality after heart attack
...t defects in heart rate variability will offer the best hope for improved survival in depressed patients with coronary heart disease. The researchers studied 311 depressed heart patients who participated in the Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) study and compared them to 367 non-depre...Women cautioned against using herbal supplements
...n studied for evening primrose oil, but two of the best designed studies found no effect; ginkgo biloba extract was found to have no effect, while a beneficial response from chaste tree berry extracts was found in about half the women studied. For menstrual pain, two clinical trials have examined the Japa...Hospice referral rates increase with intervention improving communication
...at residents and their families have access to the best possible quality of care."...Northwestern Memorial named among '100 Most Wired Hospitals' for sixth consecutive year
...e our efforts continuously recognized as among the best in the industry," said Tim Zoph, vice president and chief information officer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. "Information technology is a key enabler of change in the health care system, which in the end will help hospitals deliver safer, higher...Massachusetts second state to consider nurse staffing ratios; experts to appear at public hearing
...t mandating the number of registered nurses is the best course of action. The Massachusetts legislature is only the second in the nation to seriously consider mandatory minimum nurse staffing ratios. California enacted such requirements in January 2004, but it is still too early to evaluate whether this l...... to HIV vaccine development by some of the world's best scientists, we have not yet found a successful vaccine," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. "CHAVI will be a key component of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise that was proposed in 2003. With this award, we are expanding the enterprise o...