Vol. 42, No. 5 JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury and prosthetics
...rehabilitation consisting of goal-directed, planar reaching tasks over 3 weeks. Study volunteers had reduced UL impairment and improved movement control. Lower-limb prosthesis prescription, pg. 693 In this article, researchers describe a multimethod approach to prosthetic prescription for individuals with low...New international standards for tuberculosis care published
...committee, however, was especially concerned about reaching healthcare providers working outside national and local tuberculosis control programs. These providers, according to Dr. Hopewell, are less likely than their government counterparts to follow proven methods for evaluating and treating patients with t...Experts call for balance in addressing under treated pain and drug abuse
...lthcare professionals in finding common ground and reaching the rational position of balance that is in the public's best interestHealthcare oversight must remain within agencies whose primary responsibility is to improve public health. Contrary to recent events in Washington, we must continue to insist that...Vaccinated adults less likely to die from pneumonia
...t it," Dr. Fisman said. "According to our results, reaching the CDC's 'Healthy People 2010' targets for pneumococcal vaccination would be expected to save thousands of lives, and prevent tens of millions of dollars in healthcare expenses each year." Even though it's not clear whether the pneumococcal vaccine...Brandeis study to probe under-representation of women in top positions in academic medicine
...icine that disadvantages women and keeps them from reaching key, decision-making positions," Pololi said. "Everyone knows there is a problem, but we do not as yet have full and reliable answers. This large project has brought together a national team of talented researchers from various disciplines and instit...New Harvard Health Publications book
...l (McGraw-Hill; April 2005), he provides advice on reaching and maintaining healthy cholesterol levels. Freeman discusses nutrition, exercise, information on what is known about alternative approaches, and how to work best with your doctor to develop the best cholesterol control treatment plan for you. The b...Exposure to fine particle air pollution linked with risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases
...this size range have a much greater probability of reaching the small airways and the alveoli (air sacs) of the lung than do larger particles. Evidence is limited on the health risks of this size range of particulate matter. Francesca Dominici, Ph.D., of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and colleagues co...Fighting the battle against disease - Leeds researchers take on the world
...can dramatically alter the approach and results of reaching the poor." Their successful approach to development is based on ten years of public health programme design and implementation experience, ensuring that the interventions are sustainable, affordable and acceptable to patients, health workers and mana...UCLA finds cancer drug may improve progeria; genetic disease causes accelerated aging in children
...ape because it prevented the abnormal protein from reaching the scaffolding of the cell nucleus. "We were very curious to find out if the favorable changes in the shape of cell nuclei would translate into improving the signs of progeria in an animal model." said Fong. Dr. Leslie Gordon, Progeria Research F...Columbia receives up to $15 million from Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation
...spiratory problems; half of its victims die before reaching age two. The SMA Foundation estimates that there are currently 25,000 to 55,000 people suffering from SMA in the United States, Europe, and Japan and that the annual market potential for a drug to treat SMA could exceed $500 million. Currently there......The implant of the 50th VentrAssist coincides with reaching the enrolment target of the 30th implant in the CE Mark Trial an important milestone on the path to regulatory approval. The VentrAssist: has been implanted, the Company believes, in more patients than any other third generation centrifugal LVAD ...GlaxoSmithKline funds $1.65 million effort for UNC-Duke public health care partnership
...es in the state. Building on these with the aim of reaching underserved African-Americans and the growing Latino population, efforts will focus on coordinating wellness activities, developing new models for chronic disease prevention and care management, and training students and community health care provide...Hepatitis C recurs rapidly after liver transplant
...ransplantation and subsequently began to increase reaching above pre-transplant levels in all but one patient within a few days of the procedure." They found that when the diseased liver was removed, virus levels dropped with an average half-life of 48 minutes. After the new liver was implanted, they found ...Online ear and hearing diagnosis to break sound barrier
...in with our telemedicine program which is close to reaching commercialisation. (Ear telemedicine is a relatively new technology that enables patients with ear disease and hearing impairments to access ear specialists). "We are not suggesting that doctors will be eventually replaced by computers as a result of...Anxious fathers make caesarean ops more painful for mothers
... from the surgery, such as picking up heavy items, reaching upwards and driving. "Whilst it has become a social expectation that birth partners accompany and support mothers during a caesarean delivery, it is unclear what part birth partners play in women's experience of childbirth. "Whilst some women say tha...Most behaviors preceding major causes of preventable death have begun by young adulthood
...groups, but experienced the greatest declines upon reaching adulthood. By the time they reached adulthood, whites had the highest rates of smoking (31 percent for males, 28 percent for females) and white males had the highest rate of binge drinking (67 percent). At adulthood, blacks were the least likely to ...Something in the air? ESA service warns asthma sufferers by mobile phone
...inds carried that pollution to England, with ozone reaching harmful levels in London on 24 to 26 June. However as part of a portfolio of services called PROMOTE, this development was predicted by the sophisticated French air quality modelling service PREV'AIR. Another PROMOTE service, YourAir, then included ...New UCSF study finds that obesity is a risk factor for kidney failure
... end-stage renal failure," Hsu said, with the risk reaching over 700 percent greater for the morbidly obese. The research is based on data derived from over 320,000 Northern California Kaiser members whose height and weight were measured during health checkups between 1964 and 1985. A total of 1,471 cases of ...Alcohol advertising may contribute to increased drinking among young people
...nth) also increased their drinking more over time, reaching a peak of 50 drinks per month by age 25. "Given that there was an impact on drinking using an objective measure of advertising expenditures, the results are inconsistent with the hypothesis that a correlation between advertising exposure and drinking...Rapid emotional recovery of breast-cancer survivors surprises researchers
...ve symptoms dropped significantly after treatment, reaching a low two weeks later and staying fairly stable to the six-month time point. The average score for the breast-cancer survivors was similar to the scores of healthy men and women at the two-week checkpoint. The average quality of life score for the b...