Practice makes perfect when implanting cardioverter-defibrillator devices
...ng to the patient's heart. If the device detects a potentially life-threatening heart arrhythmia, it can automatically deliver a shock to jolt the heart back into a normal rhythm. The researchers analyzed Medicare records for 1999 through 2001 to identify patients who received cardioverter-defibrillators and als...Erectile dysfunction may signal early atherosclerosis
...the iceberg' of a systemic vascular disorder; thus potentially preceding severe cardiovascular events. Erectile dysfunction should be part of a cardiovascular risk assessment. These patients should be considered at high risk for coronary artery disease and should have high priority for aggressive treatment," sai...Biosense Webster announces FDA clearance
...perform high-precision procedures, such as mapping potentially life-threatening arrhythmias, while lowering the risks of radiation exposure." "We are very pleased with the FDA clearance. Our remote magnetic technology coupled with the Niobe Navigation System marks the beginning of a whole new era of electrophys...New rheumatoid arthritis drug developed at UCSD promises improved treatment options
...mmune system to tolerate dnaJ, thus transforming a potentially damaging trigger into a tool for controlling the d... diseases or cancer. "Such drugs are costly, have potentially dangerous side effects and are inconvenient to administer," Albani said. "Our drug leaves the patie...Computers can teach patients about screening for cancer
... with patients, computer-assisted instruction is a potentially time-saving and cost-effective patient education s...authors. Miller said computer-based learning can potentially be used for a wide variety of patient education topics, including diabetes education, smoking cessat...Menzies secures $1.8m in funding for the NT
...rom petrol sniffing. Research into melioidosis, a potentially fatal bacterial disease of the tropics, gained further funding to establish new DNA testing to identify the disease at an earlier stage to allow faster treatment and fewer deaths. Dr Shelly Walton was awarded a prestigious NHMRC Career Development ...'Big picture' of brain changes may be crucial to recovery from stroke injury
... will lead to alterations in the function of other potentially distant brain areas. To determine if distributed injury plays a role in stroke patients with spatial neglect, Corbetta and his colleagues took functional magnetic resonance imaging scans of patients as they performed a series of tests of their abili...Healthgrades study: New hospital ratings show wide 'quality chasm'
...agnoses studied, 273,137 Medicare lives could have potentially been saved from 2002 through 2004. Fifty percent of the potentially preventable deaths were associated with just four diagnoses: Heart Failure, Community Acquired Pneum...Penn study finds physically abused boys may be more likely to commit domestic violence as adults
...sitive responses to such questions had ethical and potentially legal ramifications. The researchers would have be... requirements before conducting the study, thereby potentially biasing the study sample or responses. Instead, participants were asked about a combination of fact...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October 2005 (second issue)
...ge number of mesothelioma cases used to assess the potentially weak association between exposure to naturally occurring asbestos and mesothelioma incidence. The research appears in the second issue for October 2005 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care...Ideal doses of IMRT defined to reduce treatment side effects for head and neck cancer
...cise dose of radiation at the tumor site. IMRT can potentially limit the adverse side effects from radiation while increasing the intensity of doses that can be given to effectively destroy cancer cells. IMRT is combined with a process called inverse treatment planning to determine the best way to treat a patien...Treating multiple brain tumors with radiosurgery results in improved survival
... preclude patients with multiple lesions from this potentially life-saving treatment option." Also involved in the study from the University of Pittsburgh's departments of radiation oncology and neurological surgery was Douglas Kondziolka, M.D....Risk of death from bariatric surgery among Medicare patients higher than previously estimated
...cant health concern and bariatric surgery offers a potentially effective and enduring treatment for weight reduct... these risks and costs. Bariatric surgery may be a potentially life-saving intervention in the right patients and in the right surgeons' hands. The studies present...Side-effects cause some breast cancer patients to skip hormone treatment
...east two years before. "These findings provide two potentially important messages," said lead researcher Professor Lesley Fallowfield, "The first is that the distress caused by the side-effect of the hot flushes that all endocrine treatments produce is seriously under-played. The second is that, although the ass...Study finds defibrillators available in many high schools
... made regarding which public locations merit these potentially lifesaving devices. The investigation was based on surveys of 147 high schools and 20 licensed senior centers in Iowa and California during the 2001-02 school year. The investigators studied the issue because they noticed the press was reporting the ...Rapid restoration of immunity in immune-suppressed cancer patients using T-cell vaccines
... that can support immunity against infections, and potentially against tumors. "This study showed how to take a vaccine that is a failure in people after chemotherapy and to modify it so that it works in cancer patients after chemotherapy," says June. "The surprising thing is that the vaccine works better than n......sly, Digna Biotech is investigating other symptoms potentially treatable with p144, such as pulmonary fibrosis, keloid scars, fibrosis arising from the implantation of a foreign body and the macular degeneration of the retina....Camryn Manheim speaks out about rheumatoid arthritis
...as RA, or knows someone who is suffering from this potentially debilitating disease, is encouraged to register fo...n www.SpeakOutAboutRA.com . RA is a chronic and potentially disabling condition that affects nearly two million Americans. It can cause painful swelling and st...Tracking desertification with satellites highlighted at UNCCD COP
...ory bordering the Mediterranean are also affected, potentially threatening the livelihoods of 16.5 million people. ESA is backing a satellite-based information service called DesertWatch, working with national partners of four of the European countries most affected by desertification: the Greek, Italian, Portu......al population. Structural and economic factors are potentially very important in pointing to areas of reform," she said. The seminar heard Dr Louise Newman, Director of the NSW Institute of Psychiatry, describe child abuse as one of Australia's major public health problems. "The mental health risk is two to four...