A 'broader' look at cardiac CTA images often finds diseases/disorders beyond the heart
... rate of abnormalities that are found incidentally outside the coronary arteries and bypass grafts, said Dr. White. The take home message is that these examinations require physician interpreters who are trained to read the entire CT, not just the coronary vessels, he said. One of the issues that we found...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...n with conditions in the neighborhoods immediately outside their homes. We found a strong link between housing and diabetes risk but its not clear exactly how housing conditions are exerting this influence, says study senior author Douglas K. Miller, M.D., Richard M. Fairbanks Professor in Aging Research a...Test project of patient-centered medical home model endorsed by American College of Physicians
...that the physician does related to a patients care outside of the direct physician-patient interaction in the...this week commended UHG for its decision to use an outside entity to help develop the metrics on which the pilot project will be evaluated and to evaluate the ...Pathway links inflammation, angiogenesis and breast cancer
...ing in the cytosol of the cell, the internal fluid outside of the nucleus. Together, the two kinases previously were known to free the oncoprotein nuclear factor kappa B (NF"B) from the cytosol, allowing it to move to the nucleus and activate genes that promote cancer growth. IKKa throws switch between t...Researchers suggest TB screening for all international adoptees
... researchers stress that all children adopted from outside North America should be screened for tuberculosis. The study shows that in the Canadian province of Alberta, from 2004-2006, 40 per cent of foreign-born children under five years of age who were found to have tuberculosis were international adoptees....A woman who heard voices with her own speech impairments
... speech that has been misidentified as coming from outside the self, because of defective monitoring. Our patients experiences are consistent with this hypothesis, since her AH had speech deficits that, so far as we could establish, were the same as her own....Indiana University Imaging Center receives $6M grant for kidney research
... we do to a numberof people on campus, and provide outside users access to expertise thatis not available on their own campus." ...Geriatric health conditions have major effect on half of all seniors
... are called geriatric syndromes, while others fall outside of categories typically used by physicians. The lack of consistent terminology has been one obstacle to the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of these conditions, says senior author Caroline Blaum, M.D., M.S., associate professor in the Division...Electrical implant steadies balance disorder in animals
...d box containing the sensors, which are positioned outside the head so that the sensors are parallel to the animals actual semicircular canals, where head rotation is normally sensed. The sensors are connected to a microprocessor and up to eight electrodes surgically implanted in the inner ear and separatel...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...o undertake this research is not readily available outside of a handful of academic medical centers. UPMC is one of few such centers with the capability of collecting both neurophysiological (fMRI) and neuropsychological data from injured and clinically managed athletes. fMRI is one of the few brain scanni...It's time to look at health risks in a new light, authors say
...ten by a Johns Hopkins University professor and an outside colleague, seeks to examine health questions like these in a new light. Authors Erik Rifkin and Edward Bouwer are not physicians; both are environmental scientists with decades of experience in analyzing health risks connected with air, water and soi...European heat waves double in length since 1880
... 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 temperatures and show that nearly 40 percent of the changes in the frequency of hot days are likely to be cause...Takeda responds to the FDA advisory committee recommendation
... matters. The FDA frequently convenes its panel of outside experts to provide guidance and recommendations; however, the agency is not bound to follow the recommendations. This joint committee meeting reviewed the cardiovascular ischemic/thrombotic risks of the thiazolidinediones, with focus on rosiglitazone...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...cally provides its service and finds a path to the outside world. With $60,000 in research funding from IBM, Helal designed middleware, or software and hardware that glues together different systems, that can give his and any similar health-aid devices this independence and connectivity. Importantly, the s...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
...ation. Rural roads are identified as those located outside of areas with a population of 5,000 or more. The entire list is available at www.ruralsafety.umn.edu . Traveling Americas roads is particularly dangerous this time of year. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the top two days ...Shoulder tapping -- Young males are most willing to purchase alcohol for underage youth
...ng, where an underage person approaches a stranger outside of an alcohol establishment and asks this person t...o-workers, siblings, and even strangers approached outside of alcohol establishments, said Traci L. Toomey, associate professor at the University of Minnesota ...Research probes seniors' plans for end-of-life care
... of these idiosyncratic responses came from people outside traditional married relationships who had no kids. "This suggests that when people have innovative family lives, they have to innovate about end-of-life issues, as well, because they can't just knee-jerk go to a spouse or a child," says Carr. With...Folic acid supplements do not appear to reduce risk of colorectal tumors
...ld conceivably increase the risk of neoplasia even outside the colorectum, this line of investigation should have a high priority," the authors write. (JAMA. 2007;297:2351-2359. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org ) Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, in...Dating violence and sexual assault associated with suicide attempts among urban teens
...become a necessary and ongoing linkage to partners outside of the office who are already addressing complex social problems with innovative programs and public health methods. (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161:609-610. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) Editors Note: Please see ......tions in many hospitals, there are fewer hospitals outside the VA that are using them," said Krein. A central venous catheter (CVC), or central line, is inserted in a vein in the chest to facilitate giving drugs, fluids or nutrition. In the United States, about 200,000 CVC-associated bloodstrea...