Massachusetts second state to consider nurse staffing ratios; experts to appear at public hearing
... charged issue of whether the state should mandate minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals. Today, the M...cond in the nation to seriously consider mandatory minimum nurse staffing ratios. California enacted such requirements in January 2004, but it is still too ear...Cedars-Sinai's live donor liver transplant program receives 'unos-approved' designation
...educated regarding the risks," he said. Among its minimum requirements, UNOS expects approved programs to employ two qualified liver transplant surgeons. At Cedars-Sinai, three surgeons Klein, Colquhoun and Nicholas N. Nissen, M.D. all meet the criteria. Colquhoun has been with Cedars-Sinai since 1996, Ni...Radiation exposure during virtual colonoscopy doesn't significantly raise cancer risks
...in clinical outcomes studies include: Is there a minimum polyp size detectable by CT colonography for which patients should be referred for polyp removal? What is the minimum-sized lesion by which CT colonography sensitivity will be judged? What polyp size, if any, would physicians and more importantly t...Control of TB epidemic requires more effective drugs, better tests, and focus on latent infection
...s say. Effective treatment of active TB requires a minimum of six to nine months of multi-drug therapy. To ensure successful completion of the therapy, these drugs should be administered by using "directly observed therapy," which requires that a health care worker give a patient the drugs then watch the pat...UK demand for overseas doctors severely affecting sub-Saharan Africa
... to establish a basis, in developed countries, for minimum annual numbers of health professionals in training. This would help to reduce developed country reliance on the investment in training made by developing countries." (Quote by e-mail; does not appear in published paper) In an accompanying editorial ...ESMO Minimum Clinical Recommendations
...ice guidelines or review articles, but to describe minimum common standards. Considering the rapid changes in the field of medical oncology, each guideline undergoes a yearly update. "The Minimum Clinical Guidelines are an important expression of ESMO's mission to disseminate knowledge, in order to maintain...Presence of high-risk prostate cancer can be predicted without a biopsy, new study says
...an 10 ng/ml who underwent a prostate biopsy with a minimum of six samples. They analyzed the following variables: age, race, family history of prostate cancer, digital rectal exam, prostate specific antigen (PSA) values, PSA density (PSA divided by prostate volume), prostate volume, PSA doubling time and ult...Can rice bran oil melt away cholesterol?
...ajuddin's latest reported research was to find the minimum dose of TRF that provided the maximum antioxidants and effectively lowered cholesterol. The results: The most effective dose in rats was 8 IU kg/day. Extrapolated to humans, a person with an average body weight of 154 pounds would get around 56...Milk thistle does not reduce deaths from liver diseases, best studies find
... for alternative therapies that curb symptoms with minimum adverse effects on patients.Milk thistle and its extracts have been used since the time of ancient Greece for medicinal purposes, are currently widely used in Europe for liver disease, and are readily available in the United States at alternative med...Day care in infancy protects against childhood leukaemia
...ther and toddler group, or at a childminder with a minimum of four children attending). Results were similar for cases diagnosed between 2-14 years and for cases diagnosed between 2-5 years. "Our results provide further support that social activity with other infants and children during the first few months ...High levels of immunosuppressant may lead to tumor recurrence
... did not affect rejection rates, they suggest that minimum dosage levels of the drug can be safely used. In addition, they suggest that immunosuppressive schedules might be tailored to individual patients based on the biology of their tumors, keeping in mind that high-risk patients would probably benefit fro...Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
... that only three (including their own) matched the minimum fibrinolytic requirements of the European Pharmaco...mulations tested 14.3% were reported to meet the minimum requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia," she said. "How can consumers and health professionals ...The right to live gives us a right to die
... the right to exist, but implies the right to a minimum level of life, says Professor of Philosophy Anthony Grayling. That minimum includes the right to be "as free as reasonably possible from distress and pain." If an individual f...Studies examine menopausal hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer recurrence
...culate that treatment regimens with estrogen and a minimum of progestogen may be safe, the management of menopausal symptoms and quality of life for patients with breast cancer remains an important unsolved problem," the authors write. "Because doses of estrogen and progestogen and treatment regimens may be ......harmful ionizing radiation. *The system requires a minimum of special pre-scan procedures and appears likely, in clinical use, to be more comfortable for patients than alternatives. "The HUTT imaging system is a novel and potentially very useful approach to diagnostic ultrasound," said Dr. Phillip W. Ralls, ...