Improving the patient experience one meal at a time
...e takes the form of advanced imaging technology or breakthroughs in drug treatments. Sometimes it takes the form of hamburgers cut into squares and soup served in a cup. It may seem simple, but these innovations are making a big difference for geriatric psychiatry patients at Rush University Medical Center, which...Rochester researchers join federal initiative to improve drug safety
... FDA to accelerate the process of bringing medical breakthroughs to patients while at the same time ensuring safety and reducing drug development costs. "Cardiac toxicity is a major issue for the pharmaceutical industry," said Couderc. "In recent years, many drugs have been pulled from the market because of conce...UC Davis at forefront of national initiative to transform research to improve human health
...these institutional and disciplinary silos so that breakthroughs in the lab can quickly become advances in medical care that reach the populations of patients who need them." "This is a great opportunity for UC Davis to participate in a nationwide initiative to translate science into improved health for America...T-ray breakthrough could make detecting disease far easier
...metre across. This might, for example, lead to breakthroughs in examining very small objects such as the interior of biological cells where it might be possible to detect diseases or abnormalities. T-rays could also be directed to the interior of objects which could be useful in applications like endoscopic pr...Newest in CT imaging technology -- dual energy source -- now being utilized on patients at Penn
...and distinguish body tissues and fluid, leading to breakthroughs in medical imaging. In the old 64-slice CT technology, only one X-ray energy source and one X-ray detector could be utilized at one time. Now, radiologists can run the 'dual energy' system simultaneously, allowing them to better freeze the motion of ...New study finds treatment with certain anti-hypertensive drugs may reduce Alzheimer's disease
...ration or dementia, said Pasinetti. Despite major breakthroughs over the past ten years in understanding the pathogenesis, molecular mechanisms and possible causes of Alzheimers disease, limited progress has been done in the identification of novel therapeutic strategies that made a real impact in the prevention ...Infectious disease researchers develop basis for experimental melanoma treatment
...ery to luck and a hunch that paid off. "Scientific breakthroughs often occur completely through serendipity, and this is just one of those instances," says Dr. Casadevall. "We're still working on cryptococcosis and developing a general strategy for using radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies to fight infectious disea...Picture this: FSU professor's research could lead to vastly improved medical imaging
...smaller spaces." It also could lead to significant breakthroughs in the area of quantum computing, which has the potential to create computers that are exponentially faster and more powerful than the ones in use today, he said. Despite the promising results suggested by the team's research, Dalal admitted that t...Results of largest ever genome scan for autism out
...sight into the basis of autism offering a route to breakthroughs in new treatments in support of families....85th General Session, International Association for Dental Research
...f "Late-breaking News", featuring "hot" scientific breakthroughs (Thursday, March 22, 9 am, oral session, Room 287; Thursday, March 22, 3:30 pm, poster session, Exhibit Hall I2-J; and Friday, March 23, 9 am, oral session, Room 285). Lawrence Tabak, Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial R...New reagent delivers a chemical breakthrough at FSU
...e exciting for me is the knowledge that scientific breakthroughs in biomedical research and various other areas of organic chemistry might be made possible as a result of this reagent," Dudley said. The Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Company has licensed Dudley's patent-pending reagent from FSU and recently began market...International and American Associations for Dental Research present awards and fellowships
...ence-based dentistry, to promoting dental research breakthroughs to the practicing community, Dr. Bramson has been a strong ally of the AADR. AADR Jack Hein Public Service Award Presented to Dushanka Kleinman (University of Maryland, USA), this award honors an individual who has given exemplary service in t...Drug/intervention combinations offer benefit in severe CVD
...ether specialists from around the world to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine. F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Imaging-Guided Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Trial (PARR-2) (Presentation Numb...Pairing medical therapy with coronary intervention fails to reduce heart disease deaths
...ologists and cardiovascular specialists to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine. During PCI, a doctor inserts a catheter into an artery in a patients arm or leg and advances the catheter into the coronary arteries where a balloon is inflated to clear the blockage. Usually, a stent (small, lattice-sha...Disease management programs improve long-term outcomes
...ologists and cardiovascular specialists to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine. A Long-term Prospective Randomized Control Study Using Repetitive Education at 6 Month Intervals and Monitoring for Heart Failure Outpatients - The REMADHE Study (Presentation Number: 415-9) Disease management progra...Implant device effectively maintains heart function for transplant-listed patients
...cular specialists from around the world to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine. Multicenter Clinical Evaluation of the Heartmate II Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist System in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation (Presentation Number: 415-6) Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) thera...Clevidipine during heart surgery improves blood pressure control
...ether specialists from around the world to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine. Blood Pressure Control With Clevidipine Compared With Nitroglycerin, Sodium Nitroprusside, or Nicardipine in the Treatment of Perioperative Hypertension: Results of the Three Randomized ECLIPSE Trials (Presentation Num...MERLIN TIMI-36 study provides new safety and efficacy data for unique anti-anginal therapy
...cular specialists from around the world to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine. The efficacy data showed that ranolazine did not produce a statistically significant reduction in the composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, heart attack and recurrent ischemia (the primary efficacy endpoint of the st...Novel anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent shows effectiveness on key endpoints in trial
...together more than 30,000 cardiologists to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine. While the trial results did not demonstrate a difference with the use of succinobucol (AGI-1067) versus placebo on the primary endpoint of a composite of major adverse cardiovascular events, the study did achieve a number......is is a shining example of Canadian science making breakthroughs that will improve quality of life for people in Canada and around the globe," says President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation Dr. Eliot Phillipson. "This world-class project will further develop Canada's international reputation as a p...