From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...lood pressure, temperature or respiration rate the minute a person steps into his or her house then transmit it immediately and automatically to doctors or family. That could eliminate the need for many doctors visits, which are often difficult for the elderly or sick. By enabling regular updates via tex...More rib fractures, but better survival rates
...on's heart stops. "This is important because every minute lost in applying CPR results in a 10 percent decrease in successful resuscitation," Geddes said. "Time is the enemy. After 10 minutes, very few are resuscitated. The American Heart Association recommends pushing with enough force to compress the ches...Chunky adolescents' cardiovascular health is headed in wrong direction
...fairly dramatic in blacks and whites: one beat per minute for each category. "Once again, they are young and headed in the wrong direction," says Dr. Dong. There also was a linear increase in the size of the pumping chamber of the heart an indicator its working harder from the thinnest to heaviest adole...Exercise can cut coronary artery disease risk for some with MS
... week. Each exercise session consisted of a three minute warm up at a self-assessed comfortable speed followed by 30 minutes of cycle ergometry (continuous or intermitant) at 60 percent of VO2peak, consistent with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines for improving health and fitness. ...Study finds role of mid-brain in integrating heart and respiratory response to exercise
...his was repeated five times with approximately one minute of rest in between each exercise session. Results The results revealed that anticipation of exercise, with associated increases in cardiorespiratory variables, is associated with an increase in periaqueductal grey (PAG) activity. This suggests ...Does a peptide affect the heart's response to social isolation?
...als were exposed to a mild social stressor (a five minute social interaction test with an unfamiliar animal). Results The researchers found that: the animals exposed to isolation had an increase in heart rate and a reduction in heart rate variability. The administration of oxytocin significant...Healthy schools project gets an 'A'
...ight, body mass index, blood pressure, and a three minute step test to measure heart rates. In addition, a full cholesterol test (known as a lipid panel) and random (non-fasting) glucose test are offered with parental consent. Over the next few months, students participate in weekly activities designed t...Drug/intervention combinations offer benefit in severe CVD
...n average blood pressure excursion of one mmHg per minute for 60 minutes resulted in a 20 percent increased 30-day mortality risk, and the risk rose rapidly for each additional 1 mmHg/min -- an excursion of 5 mmHg/min for 60 minutes was associated with a 146 percent increased risk of death. A second, sepa...46-year-old man receives first temporary total artificial heart in Northeast US from Penn
...ds, "The TAH-t pumps up to 9.5 liters of blood per minute through both ventricles - making it the highest cardiac output of all mechanical circulatory support devices. This is truly lifesaving technology, implanted to do the work of a failing human heart until another one becomes available." Penn joins a ...QUT scientists on the way to sifting out a cure for HIV
... from water. Nanofiltration is the filtration of minute particles using a filter with extremely small pores. "If we can remove compounds from liquids and viruses from water, then there may also be potential to remove HIV from blood," Dr Zhu said. Dr Zhu said current ceramic membranes were unable to pe...Topical anaesthetic spray delays ejaculation by five times as long says new study
...therapy they normally ejaculated an average of one minute after vaginal penetration. "The men who were prescribed the TEMPE spray, which delivers a combination of lidocaine and prilocaine, managed to delay ejaculation by just under an extra four minutes after using the product" reports Professor Wallace D...Effect of tobacco ads may backfire
...heir likelihood of smoking. "We suspected this the minute we saw the kind of ads the tobacco companies were creating," said Brian Flay, a professor in the Department of Public Health at Oregon State University. "Their objective is to get customers, not to stop customers from finding them." The study appears...'Inverse planning' system improves brachytherapy treatment for prostate and other cancers
... treatment planning can now be done in less than a minute compared to hours with older systems planning can be done just prior to seed implantation. That eliminates an extra clinical visit and ensures that the plan is based on the dimensions of the tumor and organ at the time of implantation. "From the...Sports cheats beware -- new test detects previously undetectable drug
...oped a method that can specifically search for the minute traces of synacthen in a blood sample. Called immunological purification, this technique can find any synacthen molecules even though its concentration is 10,000,000 less than other proteins in blood plasma. There are severe penalties for any perso...Fast test for low blood flow in dogs detects early heart trouble
... from 0.3 milliliters per gram of heart tissue per minute to 8 milliliters per gram per minute. "We think this is a natural evolution of the technology and a significant improvement in our ability to diagnose problems with blood flow," says George, who conducted the study from June to September 2006. Ge...Interaction between lymph and liver cells may affect immune response
...estrations and were observed to be in contact with minute projections on liver cells (hepatocyte microvilli). There were no observable gaps between LSECs and hepatocyte microvilli did not seem to interact with circulating lymphocytes. Further investigation showed that nave T cells displayed the same extensi...Prototype just-in-time medical device enables untrained bystanders to save lives
...at the probability of survival decreases 710% each minute after the incident. Studies show that less than 1% of bystanders have had CPR training, and of those, fewer than 10% retained the knowledge only a few months after training. The JITS device prototype used in the study consisted of a dummy "victim," ...Statement released on the assessment of coronary artery disease by computed tomography
...t's coronary heart disease risk. A non-invasive 10 minute procedure, the test requires no needles, injection, or sedation and is completely painless. The radiation exposure is equivalent to a normal abdominal X-ray. The most important guidance provided in the new document is in intermediate-risk patients...Nicotine receptors on kidneys may speed kidney damage
...Cells without nicotine incorporated 931 counts per minute (cpm) of 3H-thymidine, while cells exposed to nicotine incorporated 3H-thymidine at 1318 cpm. Researchers also measured the level of scarring, or fibrosis, related to nicotine exposure by examining the production of fibronectin, a protein associate...Hold the Hookah: Researcher warns against trendy tobacco use
...alent of a pack of cigarettes in one typical 30-60 minute session with a waterpipe, because such a large quantity of pure, shredded tobacco is used," said Christopher Loffredo, Ph.D., Director of the Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology program at Georgetown University Medical Center. His series of recently ...