New blood thinner may work without bleeding risk
...ient population requires advanced therapies and is difficult to treat." ...Studies highlight 'real world' use, safety of drug-eluting stents
...revent dangerous blood clots, though some found it difficult to do so. "We found that about one-third of patients were not taking Plavix at one year," Dr. Dangas said. As a result, Dr. Dangas and colleagues have had the opportunity to analyze the relationship between discontinuation of anticlotting medicatio...Use of oral fluids to diagnose and treat disease
... analysis of oral fluids. In the past, it has been difficult to detect meaningful amounts of disease markers in oral fluids, because they are not always found in the same abundance as in blood. Proteomics is a relatively new method of studying the amounts and types of protein in cells and body fluids on a much...Research agreement to advance new imaging technology
...on. These distortions can ultimately make it more difficult to spot smaller objects, such as tumors. "Radiologists have attempted to compensate for these problems by doing faster scans and then once they have image they filter it to decrease the artifact," said Chengazi. "But these artifacts are already ...Listen to your heart: Researchers discover a physiological indicator of vulnerability to temptation
...th to inhibit impulses, make decisions, persist at difficult tasks, and control emotions can be spent just like...e authors had the participants attempt to complete difficult anagrams, some of which were impossible to solve. The authors measured how long participants perseve...Synthetic production of potential pharmaceuticals dramatically simplified by Scripps research team
...eptionally complex, and because they are typically difficult to collect. Researchers often struggle to amass marine organism samples in quantities great enough to yield the volume of a given compound needed for research and clinical trials, much less commercial production, making better and cheaper production ...American College of Physicians releases new patient education resources
...h age. It usually begins after age 65. It can be difficult for patients to find out they have Alzheimers disease, said Patrick C. Alguire, MD, FACP, ACPs director of education and career development. By learning more about Alzheimers disease, patients and their families can understand what to expect and plan...ACP hosts 'Internal Medicine 2007' in San Diego
...s Track is designed for subspecialists who find it difficult to keep up with the clinical topics outside of their subspecialties. This track identifies a series of sessions covering many of the core topics in internal medicine that are useful to all internists, independent of specialty.The Hospitalist Track in...Colon cancer survival linked to number of lymph nodes examined
..., which filter cancer cells from the lymph, can be difficult for pathologists to find, especially when the lymph nodes are small or when the patient is obese. "Everyone is different," he says. "Some people have more nodes, some people have fewer; nodes can be large and easy to identify or small, and the number...LIALDA -- the first oral once-daily mesalamine for ulcerative colitis -- now available
...ials with mesalamine or sulfasalazine) that may be difficult to distinguish from a flare of inflammatory bowel disease. Symptoms include cramping, acute abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea, and sometimes fever, headache and rash. If acute intolerance syndrome is suspected, prompt withdrawal is required. Mesalam...US businesses not prepared for aging workforce
...ss of labor, experience and expertise that will be difficult to offset, given the relatively small pool of new workers and the competition for new talent likely to result from so many companies facing the same problem," said Mick Smyer, co-director of the Center. The study results are based on responses from...CryoSat-2 on the road to recovery
...cted to be amplified at the poles, it is extremely difficult to determine what effect this is having on the polar ice cover. Recent reports of receding sea ice in the Arctic and the break-up of the edges of the massive Antarctic ice sheet are much in the public eye. On the other hand, there have also been repo...Pacifier use may lower risk of SIDS
... knows why. "Because SIDS happens so rarely, it is difficult to do large-scale controlled studies to determine why pacifiers might help," says Damato. "However, because the risk for serious side effects is greatly reduced if pacifiers are used properly, they are a safe and sensible option in the battle against...Study questions 'cancer stem cell' hypothesis in breast cancer
... self-renewing stem cells that fuel the cancer are difficult to kill, and their persistence may explain why tumors so often recur following successful therapy.In 2003, scientists purified what they proposed were breast cancer stem cells from patients tumors. The distinctive molecule, or marker, on the cells su...Empathy skills must be given a high priority in medical education, says Jefferson author
...ite advances in technology and medicine, "it seems difficult to convince medical students that the art of medicine can be as important as the science." Many medical schools are incorporating new classes and methods into the curriculum to improve empathy skills among students and residents, hoping to help the...Metacognition: Faced with a test, rats can check their knowledge first
... metacognition skills in non-human animals is made difficult by our limited ability to communicate with animals...extreme or another (for example, 8 seconds), but a difficult choice if the noise happened to be of more intermediate length (for example, 4.4 seconds). But prior...Holographic images use shimmer to show cellular response to anticancer drug
...capture the image was on this very expensive, very difficult to make film," Nolte said. "But the CCD cameras kept getting better and better and reached the point where we could make the transition from holographic film to the CCD." Light waves have peaks and valleys that offer information about depth undetec...Teenagers with retail, service jobs at risk of injury, robberies, sleep deprivation
... coworkers. "Greater supervision and training in difficult situations that arise in retail and service sector jobs would really benefit these teens," Runyan said. "We need to remember that workers need to be trained to deal with such situations. The fact that so many teens in our survey reported working one ...Sunny days pose risk of 'flicker illness' for a few airlifted patients
...that suggests the condition may be more common and difficult to diagnose than originally thought. For instance, Cushman highlights second century writings from the Roman novelist and orator Apuleius, who noted that the spinning of a potters wheel could send onlookers into seizures. Cushman also describes an ...New device could revolutionize eye disease diagnosis -- creating eye maps on the high street
...nt as it makes an instrument that is traditionally difficult to use much easier to handle and therefore available for use to a wider range of health care workers. It will allow digital images of disease such as the potentially blinding complications of diabetes and glaucoma to be accurately and quickly sent to...