Significant fall in serious violence in England and Wales
... CCTV surveillance in preventing violence, and the reliability of police statistics as a measure of violent crime. The study found that an estimated 25,700 fewer people attended major Accident and Emergency departments after violence-related injury in England in 2004 compared with 2000 and 2,800 fewer in Wales...Internet program launched to prevent blindness in diabetic patients
...s rarely perform dilated eye examinations, and the reliability of their examination has been shown to be low," said Velez, a professor of medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and a primary care physician himself. "A recent review of diabetic patients at the Downtown Health Plaza showed that few...Low back pain relief, causes, measurement & prosthetic fit, production, comfort
...prosthetics This study evaluates the accuracy and reliability of seven prosthetic instruments to measure residua... monitors pathology progress This study tests the reliability of three-dimensional (3-D) shoulder movements during four functional tasks, characterizes four funct...Computed tomography has potential to offer accurate, safer method for detecting artery disease
...mography (MSCT), which may achieve a high level of reliability and accuracy in the visualization of the coronary arteries. MSCT is a sophisticated x-ray imaging technique, in which a CT tube and multiple layered detector rows rotate around the patient, taking numerous images of the body in seconds. A computer pr...Errors in intensive care units: medical staff report fewer unintended events than observers
...change are recognised, it is essential to know the reliability of staff reporting". This study demonstrated that ICU staff underestimate the occurrence and types of unintended events. The implication of this study, of general value to the quality and safety of patient care in ICUs, is that invaluable informati...Research results from the 'Era of Hope' Department of Defense breast cancer research program meeting
...home. Most of the women's concerns related to the reliability and sensitivity of the device and their ability to use it by themselves. In addition to the hand-held imager, Dr. Chance is developing an imaging tool intended for use in a clinical setting rather than at home. The clinician's device produces crisp...Strong magnetic fields aid severe depression
... was not made on a random basis, which reduces the reliability of the findings,' Dr. Wagner warns. 'The number of patients taking part is also too small for us to draw final conclusions about the effectiveness.' However, other studies also confirm that the effect of magnetic stimulation is to improve the patient...National Academies news: Coeur d'Alene Superfund site
...s actually absorbed by the body would improve the reliability of the model's predictions. EPA's assessment of risks to the environment, including fish and wildlife, was generally in line with best scientific practices and was based on quality monitoring studies of metals in the environment, the committee said,...Measuring certain enzyme activity in urine shows promise for detection of bladder cancer
...that our telomerase activity urine assay, with the reliability verified in pilot and confirmatory studies, represents a promising and potentially important contribution to the early diagnosis of bladder carcinoma, in particular for high-risk subgroups. Further prospective studies on larger patient populations ar...Johns Hopkins study suggests link between caffeine dependence and family history of alcoholism
...teria (FH-RDC) for alcoholism. The FH-RDC has high reliability and validity for diagnoses of alcoholism in first-degree relatives. Subjects had a mean age of 31.9 years, 96 percent were Caucasian, 100 percent were married, 50 percent had a four-year college degree and 23 percent reported having an advanced degre...Prostate cancer test affected by demographic and lifestyle factors
The reliability of a prostate cancer-screening test may be compromised by lifestyle and demographic factors, according to a new study. Published in the January 15, 2006 issue of CANCER ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com/cancer-newsroom ), a peer-reviewed journal of...Studies show case-based online CME effective
...e online education program. After establishing its reliability and validity, the investigators used the survey tool to determine whether their online program was effective. They studied the online program in 52 practicing primary care physicians in Phoenix and Kansas City. Twenty-nine physicians were randomly as...Oxford Immunotec welcomes UK NICE guideline on tuberculosis as disease incidence continues to rise
...in skin test in terms of accuracy, convenience and reliability and this decision represents a significant step forward in modernising the way TB is managed in England and Wales. In addition, it supports the Government's TB Action Plan, which states accurate TB diagnosis through the use of modern laboratory techn...Lack of basic research putting patients at risk
... practice. For instance, little is known about the reliability of diagnosing stroke and, until very recently, no reliable data existed on the early risk of stroke in certain patients. Countless patients have suffered as a result, yet much of this research is easy and relatively cheap to do, so why has it not bee...Studies show improving pacemaker reliability, increased implantable defibrillator failure rates
.... "Specifically, in this second report, pacemaker reliability improved markedly during the study period while th...s analysis showed a substantial improvement in ICD reliability in 2003 and 2004, years that were not included in the FDA analysis. "Pacemakers and implantable def...Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators have higher malfunction rate than pacemakers
...uent use, surprisingly little is known about their reliability and the rate at which they malfunction, according to background information in the article. Because pacemakers and ICDs represent "life-sustaining" therapies for many patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires manufacturers to sub...Training on virtual 'patient' improves carotid angiography skills
...alidation studies to demonstrate repeatability and reliability of results. "This article is a nice building block in the larger construct of validating simulation. The investigators have successfully demonstrated that physicians can not only be trained on a simulator; but also that the effects of training can b...New data finds recalls of automated external defibrillators to be common
...ent some of the first data available on safety and reliability of the devices, which are used to resuscitate victims of cardiac arrest. "AEDs provide automated heart rhythm analysis, voice commands, and shock delivery and can be used by individuals with minimal training or experience," explains the study's lead ...Telemedicine solutions to optimise healthcare
...he quality of care patients receive improves. "The reliability of the diagnosis is the same because neurologists have access to scans and data from the primary healthcare facility, and by not transferring patients who don't have to be they are not being subjected to unnecessary risks," Dario notes. In the event...How tumors respond to treatment prior to liver transplants may be useful in selecting recipients
...s seem to be selected with a much higher degree of reliability if the process of tumor control persists during the total waiting time." They maintain that even large or multiple tumors can be successfully treated by liver transplant if they show a favorable response and remain stable during pretreatment with TAC...