LSUHSC innovation in patient safety training to improve surgical outcomes
...own into a scenario where their patient develops a potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmia during a gallbladder operation. Other crises may occur as well, depending upon how the surgical team performs. Through a peerless combination and adaptation of the most sophisticated medical simulation and virtual technology ...Promising therapies for haemophilia & heart disease
...cting males, where the blood fails to clot causing potentially life-threatening 'bleeds'. About one in 6000 Aust.... Levels above baseline could alert clinicians to potentially fatal events. Several pharmaceutical companies are now searching for compounds that target P-select...Second implant of US Pilot Trial achieved
...ll size takes up very little space in the abdomen, potentially making it useful for smaller adults, and even children". Dr Griffith added he thought the surgery had been "another step toward providing the perfect heart pump". Co-principal investigator, Dr Erika Feller, an assistant professor of medicine and ca...Chemical compound inhibits tumor growth, size in new mouse study
...gh this approach doesnt kill tumors, it makes them potentially easier to treat in other ways, Ladisch says. In some instances, the treatment might prevent cancer from recurring. In other cases, ganglioside inhibitors could be used in combination with chemotherapy to treat cancers that do not respond to chemother...GlaxoSmithKline announces FDA approval of Fluarix
...e is critical to help keep the virus at bay and to potentially avoid epidemics." Influenza is a highly contagious and potentially fatal virus that affects five to 20 percent of the total U.S. population during each influenza seaso...Biosensor reveals new information about suspected cause of Alzheimer's disease
...ly arrest its progression. The findings also could potentially be used to diagnose Alzheimers disease in living people instead of during an autopsy, says Amanda J. Haes, Ph.D., a co-author of the study. At present, Alzheimers can only be accurately diagnosed after death. Haes, a National Research Council postdoc...New study shows SARS can infect brain tissue
...Infectious Diseases, now available online. SARS, a potentially fatal illness caused by a coronavirus, was first reported in Asia in February of 2003. The disease is usually transmitted by contact with coronavirus-laden droplets sprayed into the air by an infected person's coughing. Other symptoms can include hig...... the biomolecular mechanisms behind fear, we could potentially create therapeutic ways to ease emotional pain in people. Imagine reducing the ability of distressing events, such as amputations, to be permanently imprinted in the brain." Zhuo says that fear memory does not occur immediately after a painful eve......spirin in patients with coronary artery disease is potentially a low-cost means of improving outcomes," Dr. Masoudi said. James E. Udelson, M.D., F.A.C.C., from Tufts-New England Medical Center, who was not connected with this study, noted that along with the longstanding concerns about aspirin's potential to ha...Adult sickle cell drug proves effective in young children
...icantly fewer incidents of acute chest syndrome, a potentially life-threatening disorder associated with sickle cell disease. During the study, one four-year-old girl died of sepsis, a toxic bacterial infection, though no increased risk of sepsis was found among the hydroxyurea-treated patients. "This study demo...Mars breaks new ground in heart health with Cocoavia
...onal cocoa processing often destroys many of these potentially heart-healthy compounds. "Flavanols are essentially missing from much of the chocolate on store shelves today," said Schmitz. "Research clearly shows that a high cocoa or dark chocolate content cannot guarantee that a product can deliver the sa...Injury prevention could save Maryland at least $700 million per year
... Massachusetts, resulting in 23,700 fewer years of potentially productive life lost, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Steps, such as enforcing speed limits through electronic monitoring, and implementing tougher gun design, purchase and usage laws, could decrease...Leading experts discuss how to protect premature infants against RSV, a potentially dangerous virus
...ss how to protect premature infants against RSV, a potentially dangerous virus Clinical experts from Children's Hospital Boston and the National Association of Neonatal Nurses lead media teleconference to review data and offer advice on safeguarding preemie health What: More than 500,000 premature infa...Research finds poor sleep affects student's school performance
... explains. Poor sleep should be considered as one potentially contributing factor when there is poor student performance. "These children and their families should be asked about regularity and duration of sleep, bedtime resistance, sleep onset delay, night-wakings, sleep-disordered breathing, and increased da...Academic medical centers face multiple challenges for conducting medical research
... Values According to the authors, examples of the potentially damaging effects of academic-industry relationships include real or perceived pressures to relax scientific standards, inducements to become advocates (or shills) for industry, suppression of nonoptimal research results, incomplete or misleading desc...Beta-carotene assoc. with higher risk of some cancers in women smokers but not nonsmokers
...onents, such as vitamins C and E, may counteract a potentially deleterious interaction of beta-carotene with smoking," the authors write. In an editorial, Susan T. Mayne, Ph.D., of the Yale University School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn., and Scott M. Lippman, M.D., of the University of ...Detecting Alzheimer's in the eye, lifting fingerprints without touching the surface
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...discovering just what sort of data is out there on potentially life-saving medicines and vaccines," the Chief Executive Officer of Medicines Australia, Kieran Schneemann, said today. "There is clear interest from doctors, patients and their carers in finding out what clinical trials have been conducted into part...Magnetic insoles do not provide pain relief, Mayo Clinic study reports
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