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...y vasodilatory effect of sildenafil. The substance reduces pulmonary hypertension, improves gas exchange and increases exercise capacity. Further clinical studies in Giessen in patients suffering from different forms of PH (adults, children and infants) have confirmed these results and lead to an internation...New technology can boost bottom lines for US hospitals
... the financial loss. Compliance+ TM significantly reduces this risk of human oversight with a "remote concur...ysician's documentation. This feature dramatically reduces the amount of time that physicians waste searching for patient data to make important clinical decis...Delaying medication for infrequent seizures may be the best option
...tic drugs, mainly with carbamazepine or valproate, reduces the occurrence of seizures in the next 12 years, but does not modify rates of long-term remission after a first or after several seizures. At 2 years, the benefits of improved seizure control with immediate treatment seem to be balanced by the unwant...Scientists advocate delaying medication for early epilepsy
...tic drugs, mainly with carbamazepine or valproate, reduces the occurrence of seizures in the next one to two years, but does not modify rates of long-term remission after a first or after several seizures. "After two years, the benefits of improved seizure control with immediate treatment seem to be balance...Nanoparticles carry cancer-killing drugs into tumor cells
...ciences. "Targeting drugs directly to cancer cells reduces the amount that gets to normal cells, increases the drug's anti-cancer effect and reduces its toxicity. By improving the therapeutic index of cancer drugs, we hope to turn cancer into a chro...Oral liquid hydroxyurea promising for long-term use in babies with sickle cell anemia
... older children with SCA. In addition, hydroxyurea reduces the severity of symptoms suffered by adolescents and adults with SCA, such as lung infections, organ damage, stunted growth, impaired brain development and acute chest syndrome (ACS). ACS refers to an infection in the lungs that causes difficulty bre...Tight glucose control lowers CVD by about 50 percent in diabetes
... main findings: intensive glucose control greatly reduces the eye, nerve, and kidney damage of type 1 diabet...that intensively controlling glucose significantly reduces heart disease as well as damage to the eyes, nerves, and kidneys in people with type 1 diabetes. Ti...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for June 2005
...the number of bladder contractions. This, in turn, reduces the symptoms of urgency and frequency associated with urge incontinence. PANCREAS TRANSPLANT DIRECTOR DONALD DAFOE, M.D., JOINS CEDARS-SINAI'S TRANSPLANT TEAM AS INCIDENCE OF TYPE 1 DIABETES CONTINUES TO CLIMB Donald Dafoe, M.D., has been named ...Keyhole surgery is a safe option for colon cancer
...n debatable. Minimally invasive surgery for cancer reduces surgical trauma but there has been concern that it could lead to tumour recurrence. Despite reduced illness and improved convalescence after keyhole surgery for benign disorders such as gallbladder stones, surgeons have been sceptical about similar a...Italian law on ART brings problems for doctors and patients
...rtility doctors are concerned that the legislation reduces the chances of infertile couples conceiving, he said. "Because of the reduced cumulative pregnancy rates per oocyte retrieval, the women have to undergo more procedures of ovarian super-ovulation and of ovum pick-up, thereby increasing the risks o...Do singlehanded general practices have a future?
...rimary care service based on larger practices also reduces patients' choice. This is anomalous at a time when the government is proposing to increase patients' choice in the NHS. A better approach might be to use the quality data from the new general practice contract to compare the performance of singlehand...More training and supervision needed to cut meningitis deaths
...care. Suboptimal healthcare delivery significantly reduces the likelihood of survival in children with meningococcal disease, say the authors. Improved training of medical and nursing staff, adherence to published protocols, and increased supervision by consultants may improve the outcome for these children ...$5.1 billion would save 6 million children
...pe b, may drop substantially as more extensive use reduces the price. According to the study authors, full implementation of preventive interventions would reduce the current annual cost of treatment by over 60 percent, due to the projected reduction in child illnesses. Furthermore, the delivery of integrate...Special scalpel reduces blood loss, facial nerve trauma in salivary surgery
...o reduce surgery time, and tonsillectomy, where it reduces postoperative pain. Patients included in the parotid gland study were treated at MCG Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta from 1999-2004....Functional MRI enables noninvasive evaluation of epilepsy patients
...nal magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain reduces the need for invasive testing of seizure disorder patients being considered for surgical treatment, according to a study published in the July issue of the journal Radiology. "fMRI gives the surgical team an important roadmap of the brain function w...Children's Hospital Boston hosts live Webcast
...ays to one," says Peters. The robotic surgery also reduces blood loss, postoperative pain and allows for a quicker recovery from surgery. While success rates of open and robotic assisted pyeloplasty are similar, robotic surgery has not been performed as long as the open procedure. Further analysis is needed...Weight-loss surgery produces unexpected drop in heart disease risk, Stanford researchers find
...art disease risk shows that gastric bypass surgery reduces the risk of heart disease even more than previousl...gery, the most common form of weight-loss surgery, reduces the stomach's size to limit the amount of food intake and bypasses more than 35 inches of the approx...Kids with bedroom TV sets have lower standardized test scores, Stanford/Packard study shows
...wing that decreasing children's television viewing reduces obesity, aggressive behavior and nagging for advertised toys The researchers can't conclusively say why television has such an effect on test scores. Surprisingly, the students who reported spending the most time watching television also claimed to s...Study examines accuracy of PSA values for detecting prostate cancer
...sial, as no studies have proven that this strategy reduces death from prostate cancer. Ian M. Thompson, M.D., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and colleagues conducted a study to determine the effectiveness of PSA testing by estimating the receiver operating characteristic (RO......e from the literature, it seems likely that if one reduces ones exposure, then presumably the breast milk concentrations will fall. Diamond suggests a number of steps that people can take to minimize exposure, such as frequent house cleaning and improved ventilation. It seems to me that any measures one take...