New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
...gioplasty by closing up dissections and preventing collapse of the arterial walls. Professor Raimund Erbel, Department of Cardiology, West German Heart Centre Essen, Germany, and colleagues successfully implanted 71 of the biodegradable magnesium stents in 63 patients in their study the PROGRESS-AMS clinic...Researchers begin randomized double-blind trial of airway bypass treatment for emphysema
... The loss of the lungs' natural elasticity and the collapse of airways in the lung combine to make exhalation ineffective, leaving the emphysema sufferer with hyperinflation because they cant get air out of their lungs. Breathing becomes inefficient and patients are always short of breath making even nominal...Huge waves that hit Reunion Island tracked from space
...ng two fishermen missing, causing several piers to collapse and flooding several homes and businesses, originated south of Cape Town, South Africa, and travelled northeast for nearly 4000 km over a period of three days before slamming into Reunion Island. Dr Bertrand Chapron of IFREMER, the French Research I...Biofeedback on abnormal mechanics lowers risk for stress fractures, pain under kneecap
... By keeping their knees apart, not letting them collapse inward, they soon were able to make the two images merge. Before retraining, the group had classified their kneecap pain from five to seven on a ten point scale, ten being the worst. In every case, after retraining, the runners reported zero pain. ...Medicare payment cuts will accelerate primary care collapse
...the president's FY 2008 budget will accelerate the collapse of primary care, create access problems, and manufacture obstacles to fundamental reform of physician payment policies, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said today. The organization of 120,000 internists and medical students noted that the b...Comprehensive reforms to move toward patient-centered care released by ACP
...valued. The U.S. health care system is facing a collapse of primary care medicine, the ACP reported in its ...g to retire in the near future. The result of this collapse of primary care will be higher costs, lower quality, diminished access, and decreased patient satisf...Congressional action strengthens internal medicine ACP says
...an important first step in preventing the imminent collapse of primary care medicine in the U.S.," noted Lynne M. Kirk, MD, FACP, president of ACP. "These increases address long-standing inequities in how Medicare values physician services. If the SGR cut had not been averted, internists and other primary car...Researchers make progress against lung disease attacking women in childbearing years
...ly obstructing the flow of air and leading to lung collapse and failure. Solving the puzzle Globally, researchers tackled the first step, finding out what caused the cell proliferation and identifying the mutating gene that was responsible. Next, Krymskayas lab at the University of Pennsylvania was responsi...Chemists make tiny molecular rings with big potential
... removed. "It's as if all the bubbles in the end collapse to that one particular bubble you were looking for," he said. While there are other methods for making polymer rings and chains, this is the only one that solely makes rings. It's also the only one for which the catalyst is reusable indefinitely, w...Global warming and your health
...environmental refugees, and stress on and possible collapse of many ecosystems that now purify our air and water. "When most people think about climate change, they think of heat stress from heat waves," said Cindy Parker, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. "The heat w...Nasal plastic surgery improves airway function
...e insufficiency, caused by improper positioning or collapse of cartilage inside the nasal passages; and turbin...uding septal deviation, internal or external valve collapse and turbinate hypertrophy."...World Trade Center dust cuts lung function capability in rescue workers
...n and emergency personnel exposed to dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings experienced a ...he morning of 9/11 and by being present during the collapse of the North and South Towers. About 67.8 percent (8,185) had intermediate intensity exposure by arr...3-D computer simulation to aid treatment of collapsed lungs
...eopening pressure decreases as the level of airway collapse increases. ...Robot-assisted, laparoscopic surgery for vaginal vault prolapse found to be effective
... a surgical robot to fix vaginal vault prolapse, a collapse of the vagina that can occur after a hysterectomy, is an effective option to the traditional, open surgical repair when measured at least a year after the surgery. Findings are published in the August issue of Journal of Urology. In the United Sta...Coordination of primary health care and hospital care reduces readmission in COPD
...hospitals, such as Hospital Clnic, in order not to collapse the centre....Rutgers/EOHSI builds model to assess World Trade Center fallout
...ols were injected into the urban atmosphere by the collapse of the WTC main structures and by the fires at Ground Zero, forming a plume of smoke and fine particulate matter. It rose 1.25 kilometers into the sky, and blew over lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens shifting direction with the wind, so people i...A car's middle back seat may be least desirable, but it's the safest
.... The crush zone is an area of the car designed to collapse in an effort to absorb some of the impact from a collision. "In addition, in rollover crashes there is potentially less rotational force exerted on the middle seat passenger than on those in the window seats," he said. "This study reinforces the i...ACP commends CMS proposals to increase values assigned to evaluation and management codes
...student debt, are key drivers behind the impending collapse of primary care," Dr. Kirk emphasized. "Medicare, as the single largest purchaser of health care in the United States, can lead by replacing policies that are antithetical to primary care with ones designed to encourage and support its importance and...Politics weighs in: Obesity dominates in the former Soviet bloc
...'t have too many McDonald's before the Soviet bloc collapse began in 1989. So I wasn't surprised by the study results." The obesity rates in all Western European countries were lower than rates in Central and Eastern European countries. "This study shows the importance of environmental factors in shaping obes...Studies unclear whether spinal cement procedure improves back pain
...le, such treatment may prevent further fracture or collapse of the bone," the ECRI authors say. Compression fractures in the porous bone of the spine can cause pain and reduce mobility, and may lead to a stooped posture that squeezes the chest cavity and interferes with lung function. In the United States, 15...