Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...t that increased productivity in hospitals has not kept pace with the rise in spending. It can be difficult for doctors and managers to get on, said Becky Malby, Director of the Universitys Centre for Innovation in Health Management, which published the research. But our study shows that where the two...European heat waves double in length since 1880
...restimated in the past, when thermometers were not kept in modern Stevenson screens, which are instrument shelters used to protect temperature sensors from outside influences that could alter its readings. The researchers corrected for this warm bias and other biases in the variability of daily summer tem......ention), a feeling of duty or pressure (My partner kept insisting) and to guard a mate (I wanted to keep my partner from straying). Why people have sex is extremely important, but rarely studied, Buss said. Surprisingly, many scientists assume the answer is obvious, but people have different reasons fo...Study says normal but out-of-control enzyme may be culprit that signals some cells to become cancer
...r, is never active all the time in nature; only if kept artificially active can it lead to cancer. Therefore, researchers theorized that a related enzyme was activating others in the network and keeping the signaling process going. Dong and his colleagues examined the role of TOPK. This enzyme is not v...Meningitis: effectiveness of preventive vaccination demonstrated
...because of its low immunity capacity, is generally kept only for emergency vaccinations, when epidemics occur. IRD researchers have been running a follow-up study of the people of the Niakhar region (located 150 km from Dakar, in Senegal) for more than 40 years. They looked into the question of the abili...Researchers find deadly prescription drug effects 6 years before FDA
... out why. Bennett visited the woman, who was being kept alive on a ventilator. He immediately recognized his fathers best friend. Bennett dug in and eventually identified a side effect of a drug that hadnt been well recognized. He saved her life. The drug was pulled from the market. RADAR, whose resear...UPMC performs first beating heart transplant procedure in the US
...appropriate temperature. Using the OCS, organs are kept in their physiological, beating state for delivery to the recipient and until implantation. "This study presents an exciting opportunity to apply the latest medical technology to help patients receive lifesaving transplants. By maintaining the orga...UC Irvine researchers reveal first images of brain changes associated with memory
...s. Brain tissue collected from rats and mice was kept alive in specially constructed equipment. The researchers induced LTP by stimulating synapses with a rhythm known to be critical to memory formation. The brain slices were then sectioned and stained with one antibody that attaches to activated protei...Why GNEP can't jump to the future
...at a landfill and assume that by so doing you have kept them safely removed from humans for the next 2.3 million years."...Clinical studies evaluate potential treatments for mouth ulcers
...atitis. In a 60-day pre-trial phase, participants kept a daily ulcer diary in which they recorded the number and size of ulcers if any were present, and also the pain associated with them on a scale of one to 10. Then, 14 patients were assigned to take one tablet containing 400 milligrams of pentoxifyll...CryoSat-2 on the road to recovery
...atellite. For example, the back-up SIRAL has to be kept warm while it is switched off the additional heater power is provided by increasing the size of the satellites battery. Some minor shortcomings found in the original design have been fixed and other changes were needed to replace obsolete equipment ...Holographic images use shimmer to show cellular response to anticancer drug
...lt 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 undetected by the human eye. By shining a second laser direc...Rare cell prevents rampant brain activity
...r inhibitory counterparts, the system is generally kept in a state of equilibrium. Just how the brain manages this feat is a puzzle to scientists. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and the Brain Mind Institute in Switzerland have now discovered a mechanism that might explain how the most common type ...MGH research award helps women establish scientific careers
... when complications around Millers second delivery kept her away from work much longer than anticipated. "The Claflin award came at a time in my career when it was really critical to continue getting my work done something that probably would not have been possible without that support and to produce ...Smoking increases risk of TB infection, says new study
...acteria can remain latent in the body for decades, kept in check by a normal immune system. However, if the immune system becomes compromised, the bacteria can multiply and cause active TB disease. "Active TB is often fatal, particularly if left untreated," said Kirk Smith, UC Berkeley professor of envi...Fixed versus growth intelligence mindsets: Its all in your head, Dweck says
... mainstream publishing. "My students [at Columbia] kept saying to me, 'You write for these professional jo...r. That's what we're rewarded for. But my students kept saying, 'Everybody should know this.'" Mindset certainly resonated with Ross Bentley, a world-reno...Hungry for a Super Bowl victory?
... boney reminders of how much they had eaten. This kept them from mindlessly eating more," said Brian Wansink, Ph.D., Cornell University professor, and lead author of the study. In general, it is important to have some idea of how much you have eaten. Serve yourself onto a plate, and then stop when the...Effectiveness of over-the-counter decongestant questioned in new study
...lation now requires pseudoephedrine products to be kept "behind the counter" and sold in small quantities to prevent their use in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine. This leaves phenylephrine as the primary ingredient in OTC decongestants available today. Original FDA approval of the drug relied o...Nutrition specialist says approach to treating severe malnutrition still fails millions of children
...death rate in children admitted to hospital can be kept as low as 5%, but it is more common for 20% or over to die. In an article in PLoS Medicine, Professor Geert Tom Heikens, Professor of Paediatrics in Blantyre, Malawi discusses whether the problem is that the guidelines are not followed properly or wh...Research ethics committees in Africa report inadequate funding, staffing and training
...While nearly all of the research ethics committees kept minutes of their meetings, two committees reported that no standard operating procedures existed. Two of the research ethics committees surveyed thought it was difficult to offer a truly independent assessment of proposed research knowing that ...