Not all 'drug-related deaths' are 'drug-related'
...al and viral infections via sharing drug injecting equipment or contaminated drugs. DRD figures don't capture the true burden of drug-related mortality as the figures include a wide range of disparate deaths and exclude others which are clearly related to the abuse of drugs, the authors conclude. ...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...that studies of this nature are very expensive and equipment necessary to undertake this research is not readily available outside of a handful of academic medical centers. UPMC is one of few such centers with the capability of collecting both neurophysiological (fMRI) and neuropsychological data from injured ...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2007 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in medical research
...as to enable the institution to purchase necessary equipment and resources to facilitate the scientists ongoing study. It is hoped that the investment in the Keck Scholars will greatly benefit society for generations to come with continued advances in understanding and combating the fundamental mechanisms of...Landmark study finds adult Delawareans with disabilities in only 'fair' to 'poor' health
...percent), cost (10 percent), access to health-care equipment (9 percent) and unavailability of health-care services (6 percent). A large majority of respondents (80 percent) indicated they are "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with their lives, while almost 20 percent are "dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied."...Home health care devices focus of FDA Conference at UH
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...ts to design cancer treatment plans. They monitor equipment and procedures to insure that cancer patients receive the prescribed dose of radiation to the correct location. AAPM's annual meeting provides some of medical physicists latest innovations, which may be coming soon to a hospital near you. HOW TO ...LSUHSC awarded designation resulting in improved patient safety and outcomes
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...e surveys, the panel members receive free Internet equipment and access. Previous studies of anti-gay hate crimes have relied on samples that were smaller or not representative of the U.S. population, Herek reported. In the new study, survey respondents had an average age of 39. Most had attended some coll...Simple test predicts 6-year risk of dementia
..., and physical examination. It requires no special equipment and can be given in a clinical setting such as a doctors office or at a patients bedside. The new index is the bedside version of a longer, more technically comprehensive best test, also developed during the study, that is 88 percent accurate. Th...USC and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles both receive grants for stem cell facilities
...se grants will fund dedicated laboratory space and equipment for multiple researchers and institutions to share...s with positive pressure air handling, four shared equipment rooms, storage space and an office space. Physicians and researchers at Childrens Hospital Los An...New study could bring relief to sweltering city slickers
...l use a small plane and a car fitted with advanced equipment to map out the surface temperature of central areas of Manchester and Sheffield. The data collected will be combined with climate change forecasts to produce a detailed picture of how urban heat islands push up the temperature during the hottest mo...Diagnostic tests for malaria underused in Zambia
...y on ill outpatients treated at the facility. An equipment survey in the four districts revealed that 17 percent of the 104 health facilities had functional microscopy; 63 percent had RDTs. Overall, 73 percent of health facilities had at least 1 type of malaria diagnostics available. Of the 1,717 patients ...Mid Sweden University leads development of digital color x-rays
... is to be able to shrink the large-scale detection equipment used by nuclear physicists to the microscopic format. The readout electronics for each pixel in the cameras picture sensor must be squeezed into an area of 55 x 55 m, and whats more be x-ray safe. The Mid Sweden University researchers have solved ......ng the event Feeling confident that protective equipment will be available The researchers surveyed 306 healthcare workers from five urban hospitals on three hypothetical scenarios: a public riot, an infectious disease outbreak and a regional power outage. The workers included doctors and nurses (47%),...Some children are born with 'temporary deafness' and do not require cochlear implant
... Nobody listens to them because diagnostic medical equipment did not register any hearing. It seems that these parents are smarter than our equipment," said Prof. Joseph Attias, a neurophysiologist and audiologist in the Department of Communication Disorders at the University of Haifa, who made the discovery. ...Vertical work-stations could help obese shed 30 Kilos a year
... authors add that the study participants found the equipment easy to use and were able to work normally, to the extent that they wanted to continue using it after the study had finished. And they suggest that devices, such as the vertical work-station, could help to reverse the rising tide of obesity....New accreditation program for radiation detector labs
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...d reduces the need to carry large amounts of heavy equipment to trouble spots. A pan-European solution HEWS works by setting up a communication network via satellite to survey and monitor risk indicators. It allows communication between teams in the field and with command centres. Data from many locati...Largest ever grant for University of Copenhagenhagen
...nd the researchers will have access to an advanced equipment park. This creates unique conditions for conductin...here the research teams will have access to unique equipment and state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. The center will open in the fall of 2008....Outdated policies are impediment for Americans with disabilities
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