Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
...tes between stenting and angioplasty, but stenting offers a substantial benefit by decreasing the recurrence rate of new blockages." The study involved 2,082 heart attack patients who arrived at the hospital within 12 hours after symptoms began. Patients were randomized into four treatment groups: 518 re...'Promiscuous' area of brain could explain role of antidepressants
...tudy, funded by the National Institutes of Health, offers an alternative explanation for the delayed effect of most antidepressants. "Some scientists thought that you had to take an antidepressant for weeks because as serotonin is elevated, some of its receptors had to turn off and become desensitized rathe...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
...tition over time. Scanlon notes, "While our study offers some insight into the association between competition and quality, policymakers, regulators and plan purchasers such as employers need better evidence to understand and evaluate the benefits and costs of competitive versus regulatory policies. "The h...Higher education representatives advise chemistry faculty candidates on how to apply for positions
Chemical & Engineering News offers some concrete suggestions for would-be faculty members on how best to apply for chemistry jobs in higher education based on advice from a panel representing a broad spectrum of universities and colleges. According to C&EN , the weekly newsmagazine p...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
... treatment of asymptomatic early stage lung cancer offers a reasonably high chance of cure. While acknowledging uncertainties and controversies regarding the value of screening for lung cancer, the position statement asserts that "it is wrong for these discussions not to take place." The position statement ...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...re technologies include the "lab-on-a-chip", which offers all the diagnostic functions of a medical laboratory, and other biosensors based on nano-sized tubes, wires, magnetic particles and semiconductor crystals (quantum dots). These inexpensive, hand-held diagnostic kits detect the presence of several pat...Institute of Medicine advisory: April 19 public briefing on HIV/AIDS crisis abroad
...e Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, offers the federal government a plan to mobilize U.S. health professionals and other experts who can train and work alongside their counterparts in developing countries to tackle the pandemic. The report will be released at a one-hour public briefing begi...The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners hosts 20th Annual National Conference
... shortened to four and a half days, the new format offers more clinical and expert faculty presentations, workshops and special programs than ever before. In addition, an exhibit hall filled with a variety of pharmaceutical, medical supply and equipment companies, recruiters and publishing houses will show...Shape-altering genes linked to ovarian cancer
...tly referred to as a silent killer, ovarian cancer offers few clues to its presence, often until it has spread beyond the ovary to other tissues. Early detection has been difficult because ovarian cancer is not a single disease, but appears in many forms, with each form behaving differently. Now researchers...NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Questions and answers
...r delay of medical services. The patient navigator offers disadvantaged cancer patients someone with whom they can feel comfortable; someone who has the knowledge base and confidence the patient might not possess. 5. Is the patient navigator concept in existence in communities across the country? The pat...NIAID begins clinical trial of West Nile virus vaccine
...xploitation of both cellular and antibody immunity offers a potentially potent defense against West Nile virus," says Barney Graham, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the VRC's Clinical Trials Core Laboratory. Adds Dr. Graham, "In our experience in clinical trials, DNA vaccines generally cause few side effects, making ...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...skilled health professionals frequently accept job offers from wealthy countries that are experiencing their own shortages of health care workers. But the shortfall is dramatically worse in the developing world. Few African nations, for example, have more than one doctor per 5,000 people. Without an incr...Press registration reminder ESC Congress 2005, 3-7 September 2005
...ctivities on cardiovascular disease prevention and offers free risk assessment (of blood pressure, cholesterol and overall risk prediction using the ESC HeartScore tool) to attendees. For Your Heart's Sake will also feature messages specific to the Women and Cardiovascular disease theme of the Congress. P...Kidney donation program may provide more matches for previously incompatible recipients and donors
...ssue incompatibility. Kidney paired donation (KPD) offers an incompatible donor/recipient pair the opportunity to match with another donor and recipient in a similar situation. In the United States, these exchanges are currently performed at few institutions, with matches identified through local or regiona...Researchers develop 'genetic blueprint' to predict response to esophageal cancer treatments
...tailored therapy to individual patients because it offers a genetic blueprint for gauging the potential effectiveness of all common esophageal cancer treatment, not just an analysis of how one or two "candidate" genes respond to a single treatment. "Our data strongly suggest that combined pathway-based anal...New research pinpoints best treatment for stroke
... not located near the emergency room. CT perfusion offers distinct advantages because most hospital emergency rooms use them frequently for other purposes, they take one to two minutes to scan (versus 30 minutes for MRI), and provide clear images even if a patient cannot lie perfectly still. Most hospitals ...ANNA awards Nurse Researcher of the Year to Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member
...ters at Rutgers Newark, Rutgers College of Nursing offers a broad range of academic programs on all three Rutgers campuses. The college offers a master's program with unique practitioner specialties and the only doctoral (Ph.D) nursing degree ...Who needs health care the well or the sick?
...at the balance sheet of preventive activity really offers more good than harm? A tax on preventive drugs sold in rich countries could be used to fund drugs in poor countries, she suggests. This would benefit people in both rich and poor countries....Orqis Medical receives unconditional FDA approval for pivotal trial of percutaneous CHF therapy
... 40 research centers nationwide. "The Cancion CRS offers the promise of an exciting new percutaneous therapeutic modality to treat patients suffering from CHF," said Ken Charhut, Orqis Medical's president and CEO. "Unconditional FDA approval to advance the MOMENTUM clinical investigation will allow us to d...