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...atients will benefit most from treatment with more intensive chemotherapy. For most women whose invasive breast cancer is detected early, research shows that prognosis is generally excellent. But the group includes dramatically different subgroups of patients who need to be identified in order to perform the m...Multi-drug resistant TB persists in California
...ed in managing these complex patients, who require intensive monitoring (e.g., drug levels, second-line drug susceptibilities, and renal function) over an 18- to 24-month period," the authors write. The researchers add that to help support the efforts of local programs to manage patients with complex MDR- TB,...Diabetic retinopathy occurs in pre-diabetes
...estyle group sessions, while those in the original intensive lifestyle group have access to additional lifestyle activities to help them stay on track. The participants originally assigned to metformin therapy continue to have access to the drug. RETINOPATHY FINDINGS Three hundred two, or about 12 percent,...Homeless prefer aggressive medical treatment
... risk for critical illnesses and admissions to the intensive care unit. They also are less likely to have family or friends to be surrogate decision makers, leaving physicians to make the decisions for them," said study author J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH, FCCP, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,...Design of neonatal intensive care units critical to infant health
...OLLEGE STATION, June 15, 2005 - Effective neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) provide more than just services...cisions on the sensory environment of the neonatal intensive care unit," Shepley says. "Since the first symposium on health care design in 1988, the notion of cr...Study confirms intensive treatment of diabetic patients significantly reduces heart disease
...ew study results confirm, for the first time, that intensive treatment of diabetic patients results in a signif...exciting news for those coping with diabetes. This intensive treatment of glucose control could allow them to live longer with less suffering," said Stanley Schw...Northwestern Memorial neurologist is lead author of comprehensive stroke center recommendations
...frastructure and programmatic elements, such as an intensive care unit and a stroke registry. The panel noted that there are no data yet on a cost-benefit analysis for a CSC. "Individual hospitals will have to develop business plans that consider the volume of stroke patients, payor mix, average costs and re...UK College of Public Health earns national accreditation
... it that much easier." This decision comes after intensive planning and development. CEPH's accreditation procedures required that the UK College of Public Health undertake a self-evaluation, submit a self-study document and host a team of qualified peer reviewers who validate the self-study during an on-sit...Tight glucose control lowers CVD by about 50 percent in diabetes
...has been looking at the long-term effects of prior intensive versus conventional blood glucose control. "The earlier intensive therapy begins and the longer it is maintained, the better the chances of reducing the debilitating ...New report calls for recovery units to boost surgery survival rates
...ures such as 'fast-tracking' more patients through intensive care units (ICU) and using exercise to assess and ...e, during and after surgery Introducing overnight intensive recovery areas to provide critical care for up to 24 hours following surgery for all patients Break...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
...at while such disagreements are most common in the intensive care unit, they occur in virtually every health care context, including palliative care, rehabilitation, mental health, surgery, internal medicine and family medicine. Disagreements range from withdrawing aggressive treatment from a terminally ill pa...How risky are twin pregnancies?
...d 1 day. The authors conclude that "despite intensive fetal surveillance, structurally normal monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies are complicated by a high rate of intrauterine death." As the deaths occurred predominantly after 32 weeks' gestation, the authors suggest that the prospective risk fo...Study shows how sleep improves memory
...ew material to consolidate and, consequently, this intensive period of learning may demand a great deal of sleep." The new findings may also prove to be important to patients who have suffered brain injuries, for example, stroke patients, who have to re-learn language, limb control, etc. "Perhaps sleep will p...Israeli critical care specialists advise on how to deal with victims of terrorist attacks
...or surgeons accompanied by anaesthesiologists with intensive care training guide the teams in each area. These intensive care professionals follow the most severely injured patients and assume care of them in the ICU. In...Voice-to-voice translation machine perfects bedside manner
...ARPA grants totalling $3.8 million, is a result of intensive research in information technology, critically supplemented by careful observation of patient-doctor dynamics in numerous bilingual interaction sessions staged for the project. Narayanan noted that the Transonics approach relies not just on computer...Children in chronic pain need better support, say researchers
...ically-based treatments. A recent evaluation of an intensive interdisciplinary programme of cognitive behaviour therapy developed by the Pain Management Unit for adolescents with chronic pain showed that it was effective at improving physical, psychological and social scores - and resulted in 40 per cent of th...Postpartum treatment key for depression: U of T study
...n postpartum depression. Individual assessment and intensive support provided by a health professional to at-risk women after they give birth was the most successful approach to preventing postpartum depression; group-based strategies weren't as effective. Risk factors for postpartum depression include past ps...Lorenzo's oil shows promise in reducing risk of debilitating disease in genetic disorder
...e candidates for this therapy. We hypothesize that intensive LO therapy during the ages at which the risk for CERALD is greatest may protect against this phenotype until they reach the ages at which the risk for CERALD diminishes."...Hospital 'report cards' found not effective for quality improvement
...are quality improvement," the authors write. "More intensive interventions, which could include chart review and continuous and/or public data feedback accompanied by other multimodal interventions, such as team workshops and standard orders, may be effective, but a need remains to study these interventions an......e review authors. "In overweight type 2 diabetics, intensive metformin shows more benefit than [other drugs] or insulin therapy, for reducing the risk for any clinical end point related to type 2 diabetes, all-cause mortality and stroke." "Our review confirms that tight glycemic control with metformin monother...