Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
...utes the same information gleaned from the current gold standard for visualizing coronary artery blockages: the angiogram. An angiogram uses X-rays and a contrast dye that is injected into the heart via a thin, flexible tube inserted in the arm or leg. The procedure is almost always performed after surger...'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
... the past. "There is a prior history of the use of gold inside the body that makes the safety issues somewhat easier to address," Drezek says. Of course, any new technology requires extensive safety assessment before coming to market, but initial results from nanoshells testing are promising. Nanoshells d...New research pinpoints best treatment for stroke
...d through the groin. While MRIs are considered the gold standard for post stroke analysis, they are rarely performed and generally impractical because: they take 30 minutes to perform, require a stroke patient to be still to capture clean images (the patient may be moving or thrashing), require doctors to...Prevalence of concussion effects linked to 'pot of gold' lawsuits, researcher says
...," he says. "Patients think they will get a pot of gold at the end of rainbow," which can lead to "malingering for money" or overt lying. In one study, the researchers reviewed 33,531 court cases and determined that 30 percent of disability cases and 29 percent of injury cases involved probable malingerin...Milk thistle does not reduce deaths from liver diseases, best studies find
...nd many patients develop a resistance. The current gold standard treatment, which combines injections of interferon and ribavirin, has serious side effects and is hard for patients to tolerate. With lack of effective treatment for liver disease, researchers have been looking for alternative therapies tha...Breast CT reaches clinical testing: May improve on mammography
...interesting, mammography is the currently accepted gold standard for breast cancer screening, and women should continue to get their annual mammograms," radiologist Lindfors emphasized. "Even if our best hopes are realized, breast CT will not be commercially available for at least five years, and probably...Keyhole surgery set to become the new gold standard for colon cancer treatment
...yhole surgery for colorectal cancer may be the new gold standard."...Cutting-edge technologies signify a new era for colorectal cancer screening
...creening methods. "Colonoscopy is currently the gold standard for detection of colorectal cancer, but is not without its limitations," said Robert Bresalier, M.D., of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. "The findings presented today could lead to significant advancements and an overall ...New partnership launched to accelerate and evaluate national malaria control program in Africa
...alue of scaled-up, national malaria control as the gold standard in Africa," said Regina Rabinovich, director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Infectious Diseases Program. "A successful program of this magnitude will encourage both donor countries and developing countries to devote greater resourc...Penn study points to how COX-2 inhibitors can eventually lead to heart disease
...ugs. Two randomized trials of COX-2 inhibitorsthe gold standard of clinical evidenceconducted in 2004 at other institutions suggested that risk of cardiovascular disease might increase gradually during continued treatment with drugs such as Celebrex and Vioxx, even in individuals initially at low risk of...Researchers demonstrate use of gold nanoparticles for cancer detection
Binding gold nanoparticles to a specific antibody for cancer ce...otein as strongly. By conjugating, or binding, the gold nanoparticles to an antibody for EFGR, suitably named anti-EFGR, the researchers were able to get th...Treatment helps in preventing TB among those at high risk
...he impact of HIV on TB is illustrated by data from gold mines in South Africa, where overall TB incidence ...tablished a clinic for HIV-infected employees in a gold mining company in South Africa in 1999 to provide specialist care for HIV-infected employees, includ...Northwestern Memorial Hospital installs 64-Slice CT scanner, now available for clinical use
...ospital. "As recently as last year, the technical gold standard was 16-slice, which required the patient to hold their breath for 25- to 40-seconds in the time it took to perform the scan, as compared to 8-12 seconds with the 64-slice CT scanner."...University of Maryland scientist wins 2005 Kettering Prize
...Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Brodie received a gold medal and the $250,000 prize at a gala in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 2005. She and the other winners, Roger D. Kornberg, Ph.D., of Stanford University (Sloan Prize) and Gerald N. Wogan, Ph.D., of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mott Pri...A giant step toward tiny functional nanowires
...e wet-chemical etching removes the nickel, leaving gold nanowires with well-defined gaps where the nickel used to be. (The glass is used as a bridging material, to hold the nanowire together.) Using the OWL method, the researchers prepared nanowires with designed gaps of 5, 25, 40, 50, 70, 100, 140 and 2...Snoring now, hyperactive later?
.... And a long-term randomized controlled trial, the gold standard of medical research, might never be done because it would require researchers to withhold treatment that has become an accepted standard of care. The new paper is the first to show that sleep problems come before hyperactive behavior, and t...Parkinson's medication appears to trigger excessive gambling
...rain dopamine levels; this is considered to be the gold standard therapy for Parkinson's disease. Dopamine agonists are also used in Parkinson's disease treatment; they mimic the effect of dopamine in the brain. They are not as potent as levodopa, but produce a longer-lasting response. Dopamine agonist tr...Opiates better than sedatives for treating newborns in withdrawal
For years, sedatives have been the gold standard for treating newborns suffering from opiate withdrawal. However, new research suggests that opiates themselves are superior to sedatives for treating infants born to women who used heroin or methadone while pregnant. Opiates appear to better...Acupuncture cuts tension headache rates by almost half
...esearchers. In a randomised controlled trial - the gold standard of clinical trials - researchers in Germany divided 270 patients with a similar severity of tension headache into three groups. Over an eight week period one set were treated with traditional acupuncture, one with minimal acupuncture (needle...Detecting Alzheimer's in the eye, lifting fingerprints without touching the surface
...lon examinationwith colonoscopy, which remains the gold standard for colon cancerscreening. (Paper FMC4, Low-Coherence Enhanced Backscattering(LEBS) for Colon Cancer Screening, Monday, October 17, 2:45 PM) 5. COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU: NEW COMPUTER-GENERATED MOVIEBEAMS FULL RANGE OF NATURAL LIGH...