Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
... Chervin, an associate professor of neurology who directs the U-M's Sleep Disorders Center, notes that the new study is by far the largest and most comprehensive ever to focus on the relationship between sleep, falls and hypnotic drug use among nursing home residents. The data in the study came from the Min...OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
... screen notifies the medical team of the POLST and directs them how to react. For example, a patient with advanced lung disease may want to be hospitalized with pneumonia, but may not want to be placed on a breathing machine in the intensive care unit. Doctors need to know this immediately to respect the pat......e the magazine's editorial coverage and staff, and directs Fortune's Wall Street and investing coverage. His March 22, 2004 cover story, "Why We're Losing the War on Cancer (and How to Win It)," generated much discussion in the cancer research community. Tyler E. Jacks, Ph.D ., the David H. Koch Professor o...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...l and Melinda Gates Foundation. "A grand challenge directs investigators to seek a specific scientific or technological breakthrough that would overcome obstacles to solving significant development problems. In our proposed initiative, a specific Grand Challenges in Nanotechnology project would foster scient...Child sex abuse policy recommendations published in Science magazine
...tor of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, Freyd directs an active laboratory investigating the psychology of trauma, with a focus on memory and awareness for trauma, and on the physical and mental health consequences of betrayal trauma....Rare surgery performed to remove pancreas, prevent diabetes
...n L. Contreras. Vickers, who removed the pancreas, directs a clinic for the management of chronic pancreatiti...s director of the division of transplantation, and directs the University's islet cell transplant program, which uses pancreatic cells from brain-dead patients...Nestler elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
... the arts and public affairs. The American Academy directs a program of projects, studies and publications regarding critical issues and current topics confronting society. Other UT Southwestern faculty who are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the year they were elected are:Dr. Donald...Monitoring program finds serious, unreported adverse drug reactions
...es, said lead author Charles L. Bennett, M.D., who directs the adverse drug reaction surveillance program. Bennett is professor of medicine in the division of hematology/oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a researcher at The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Nort...ASU researchers team with Kinetic Muscles, Inc. to develop robotic arm for stroke rehabilitation
...gn Institute at Arizona State University. Dr. He* directs the Institute's Center for Neural Interface Design and is a professor of bioengineering at ASU's Fulton School of Engineering. Dr. He will present a paper on the design and evaluation of the robotic arm this summer at the 9th International Conferenc...Molecular change occurring during brain tumor progression also evident in breast cancer
... renewing supply of small vessels, said Black, who directs the medical center's Division of Neurosurgery and the Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program. But in one of their laboratory studies of brain tumor tissue, the researchers were able to reduce tumor cells' ability to invade neighboring tissue by blocking t...Routine procedure during childbirth provides no benefits, study review finds
...miology in UNC's School of Public Health. She also directs UNC's Center for Women's Health Research. The JAMA article is based on work by a team of researchers from the RTI International-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) working under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The fu...New fat is needed to clear old fat from the system
... is activated by fats," says Semenkovich, who also directs the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research and is a staff physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. "But we've never known which fats or where they come from. This study suggests that new fat is a 'key' that unlocks the 'door' for PPAR-a...Cutting-edge technologies signify a new era for colorectal cancer screening
...ional map of the patient's colon. The System then directs each of the segments to follow the shape of the colon, as identified by the physician. Because the System is designed to follow the natural shape of the colon, less force is applied to the colon wall. This could potentially eliminate or significant...Ultrasound images transmitted over the phone allow radiologists to diagnose patients in real time
...e images across telephone lines," said Harris, who directs the ultrasound program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. "Our next step," said Popov, is to utilize satellite capability in an effort to expand bandwidth and speed file transfer, and connect remote areas of the world that do not have any interne...Infants with rare genetic disease saved by cord blood stem cells
...nsplant. Escolar is lead author of the study and directs the Program for Neurodevelopmental Function in Rare Disorders at the Center for Development and Learning, UNC-CH. The program is dedicated to tracking the natural history and the effects of new therapies in children with rare diseases. In the new s...Bad metabolism in blood vessels linked to high blood pressure and atherosclerosis
...ginal hypothesis was wrong," says Semenkovich, who directs the School of Medicine's Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research and is a staff physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. "When we made mice that produced uncoupling protein in the aorta, we were amazed because rather than being protected...Doctor 'report cards' may keep some heart patients from getting angioplasties
...dy team was led by Mauro Moscucci, M.D., FACC, who directs interventional cardiology at U-M and for nearly a decade has led an angioplasty quality-improvement project funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The grant and data from that project, called the BCBSM Cardiovascular Consortium, made it possi...Many drugs prescribed for chronic insomnia are not approved for that purpose
...cribed medications for insomnia," said McCall, who directs the sleep laboratory at Wake Forest Baptist. But he said that evidence to support their effectiveness is poor. He said that during the 1990s, the use of FDA-approved sleep medications called hypnotics declined by 54 percent between 1987 and 1996, "wh...Nanoparticles carry cancer-killing drugs into tumor cells
... markedly improve cancer therapy," says Baker, who directs the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and the Biological Sciences. "Targeting drugs directly to cancer cells reduces the amount that gets to normal cells, increases the drug's anti-cancer effect and reduces its toxicity. By improving the...Israeli critical care specialists advise on how to deal with victims of terrorist attacks
...they call the 'chain of command'. A senior surgeon directs the injured to the appropriate area of the emergency department, and other senior surgeons accompanied by anaesthesiologists with intensive care training guide the teams in each area. These intensive care professionals follow the most severely injure...