To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
...s on highways, manufactured parts in a factory and patients in a hospital have in common?" he asks. "They all move. We use computer simulations to analyze how patients flow through hospitals, while ensuring that the drive for efficiency doesn't dehumanize patient care......nt asthma There is potential for confusion among patients and physicians as a result of the IMPACT study Patients should not discontinue any prescribed medications until advised by their physician The IMPACT study published in NEJM is preliminary Additional research needs to be conducted to confirm fi...'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
...estruction of the targeted cells less invasive for patients because it uses a light source from outside the body that passes harmlessly through normal tissue and only heats the tissue containing nanoshells. The new approach has some significant advantages over other alternatives that are under development, a...Tamoxifen can reduce breast pain in prostate cancer patients
...ffects of bicalutamide therapy, and can cause some patients to withdraw from treatment. Because early withdraw...reatment to prevent breast enlargement in prostate patients is low-dose radiotherapy. Trials have suggested that preventative treatment with anti-oestrogen drug...Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
...alve ring appears to help congestive heart failure patients regain lost heart function, reversing the disease'...acic Surgery. A prospective study of the first 25 patients who had surgery to install the ring shows that it reduced the leakage of blood back through the mitr...Bugs in the gut could help doctors develop individualised healthcare
...e could have made the first step towards providing patients with personalised, tailored healthcare and medical...may have effects that cannot be predicted from the patients genome alone adds an extra layer of complexity to the way in which we carry out drug discovery. At t...New LASIK research reveals unexpected finding: Key to better-than-20/20 vision is in the flap
...ound that in addition to fewer complications, more patients achieved vision better than 20/20 -- up to 20/15 and even 20/12.5 -- when the IntraLase laser was used in the first step. When the microkeratome was used to make the corneal flap, surgeons found a greater incidence of high and low spots and irreg...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...leukotrienes are effective -- and necessary -- for patients with moderate or severe asthma, but our findings s...asthma may have gone a little too far in requiring patients with truly mild asthma to take these anti-inflammatory drugs every day," said Homer Boushey, MD, pro...Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's may be delayed, says major clinical trial
..."could prompt a discussion" between clinicians and patients on the possibility of donepezil therapy in certain...ge of memory loss, a critically important time for patients and families hoping that the disease can be held at bay," says Neil Buckholtz, Ph.D., chief of the D...Jefferson researchers find timing of post-epilepsy surgery seizures predicts outcome
...rchers at Jefferson Medical College has found that patients who had an initial seizure within the first four m...olleagues at six other medical centers studied 387 patients who had epilepsy surgery, following these patients for an average of 4.4 years. Although about two-t...Delay in Alzheimer's disease onset seen for first time
...gs," says Dr. Petersen. "Mild cognitive impairment patients are a great population of people to target, hopefu...sease in mild cognitive impairment patients. These patients had the amnesic (memory-related) variety of mild cognitive impairment, a transitional stage between ...Study shows symptom-driven therapy may be ok for some adults with mild persistent asthma
...eveloped asthma. In addition, they do not apply to patients with more frequent symptoms or more severe asthma....search confirms these findings, then some of these patients may be able to safely treat their asthma with intermittent medication and avoid the added expense an...Spirituality, religious practice may slow progression of Alzheimer's disease
...private religious activities. "We learned that the patients with higher levels of spirituality or higher levels of religiosity may have a significantly slower progression of cognitive decline," said study author Yakir Kaufman, MD, who conducted the research as a fellow at of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric ...Institute of Medicine advisory: April 19 public briefing on HIV/AIDS crisis abroad
... human resources to deliver medication and oversee patients long term. HEALERS ABROAD: AMERICANS RESPONDING TO THE HUMAN RESOURCE CRISIS IN HIV/AIDS, new from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, offers the federal government a plan to mobilize U.S. health professionals and other experts who ...ACP and ACP Foundation launch 3-year effort to improve diabetes care
...ve will develop a self-management tool kit to help patients become working partners with their health care pro... we can make a difference in improving the care of patients with diabetes." "Novo Nordisk is committed to working as a catalyst to improve diabetes prevention a...APA applauds new California regulations for inpatient psychological services
Washington, D.C., April 14, 2005 -- California patients suffering from serious mental illness will now hav... mental disorders which allows them to serve their patients in acute care hospitals as attending practitioners. The California agency's new rules allow both psy...Cleveland physician to receive Benjamin Spock Award
...ch he virtually eliminated heart disease among his patients by encouraging them to change to a low-fat vegetar...r. Esselstyn found that over a 12-year period, his patients had become virtually heart-attack proof. Although all the patients had significant heart disease at...Cancer research could lead to improved detection methods
... devastating disease; in particular in lung cancer patients where early lesions are rarely identified prior to the diagnosis of the disease."...Drug can reduce bodyweight and cardiovascular risk factors in obese people
... treatment groups had similar characteristics. 920 patients (61%) completed the one-year follow-up; 379 in the...acebo group. Weight loss at 1 year was greater in patients treated with 5mg or 20mg of rimonabant compared with placebo. More than 67% of patients who complete...Prostate cancer therapy - study suggests new molecular screening theory
... Smad7 protein may predict therapeutic response in patients with prostate cancer according to research publish...to different therapies. "If we can determine which patients are most likely to benefit from a particular therapeutic approach, we can reduce the possibility tha...