Plastic surgery patients honored for courage, altruism
...- Anyone can find themselves in a life-threatening situation a nurse, a Marine, a student but who has the strength to survive let alone the energy to think about others? Devastating illness, injury, or deformity results in life-altering reconstructive plastic surgery for hundreds of thousands of people, yet...New study reveals postcode lottery for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
...ch NICE is expected to issue guidance in 2007, the situation is even worse. "Only 67% of consultants have an...ckly as possible. "AS patients are in a difficult situation as there is really nothing else, apart from non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), that helps, ...Trying to control pain can be a double-edged sword, say scientists
...t often it is not the pain itself that makes their situation unbearable, but the fact that there is nothing they can do against it which makes them feel helpless," explains Dr Wiech. "Unfortunately, this feeling of uncontrollability in turn tends to worsen the pain. On the other hand, teaching persistent pain ...Grace under pressure: FSU researchers analyze the effects of stress on decision-making ability
... the Human Performance Laboratory and the study of situation awareness during periods of stress are excellent examples of the benefits associated with multidisciplinary research efforts for which the Learning Systems Institute is known worldwide," said institute Director Laura Hassler Lang. "In addition to Dr....Mental health problems threaten the knowledge economy
...huizen notes that while this report deals with the situation in the Netherlands, the same is happening in all modern economies. "My research focuses on the Netherlands, but all modern knowledge economies are damaging their human capital to some extent. It is a result of the pressure to be ever more productiv...Under-18s spell out what they need to enjoy quality of life on a ventilator
...tial, concludes Professor Noyes, especially as the situation is increasingly common due to recent medical advances and the increased use and availability of portable ventilators. "The acceptance of children's dependence on machines to live has brought about the need for nursing, medical, social and biologic...Focus on opticians shows chain store pricing policies can save independents
... University of East Anglia, examined in detail the situation in the opticians industry, and the implications for consumer choice and the local economy. His investigation highlights the pricing strategies of the major optician chain stores as a key factor in whether the small, local independents can survive. ...To slow AIDS in Russia, treat HIV-positive addicts, Stanford study says
...0 people - received the life-extending drugs. The situation is worse among drug users. "Almost no injection drug users in Russia are getting antiretroviral drug therapy," said Owens. Antiretroviral therapies now combine multiple individual drugs to reduce the amount of virus in a person's body. The cumulativ...Pioneer of oral rehydration therapy receives Prince Mahidol Award
...irst large-scale use of the solution in a disaster situation in refugee camps along the India/Bangladesh border in 1971. The World Health Organization has reported that the mortality rate for children suffering from acute diarrhea has fallen from 5 million to 1.3 million deaths annually since adopting the the...No benefit to mechanically opening arteries days after a heart attack
...closes. "It seems that total occlusion is a stable situation and this may be converted to a potential risk for recurrent heart attack if the artery is opened and then re-occludes," she said. In addition, it is possible that some heart muscle may be damaged due to dislodging of clots and plaque at the time of t...Sticky proteins provide new insight into drug action
...ls, it does not activate ion channels. While this situation makes sense because the cell isn't asked to respond in two completely opposite ways, it has not been at all clear how the cell allows one response and suppresses the other. That likely is because the G proteins activated by epinephrine receptors don...Libya must free the 6 health workers wrongly accused of infecting children with HIV
...orrect the conditions that created the whole sorry situation in the first place. Reforming its broken healthcare system and ultimately improving the health of its children and indeed all of its citizens, must begin with saving these six lives, concludes the Editorial....Planning for surge of disaster victims? Discharge the healthiest from every hospital, experts advise
... system could be implemented outside of a disaster situation as a tool "to manage even routine, everyday overloads of hospital resources."...Hajj pilgrims should get flu jab to avoid pandemic
...uslims attending Hajj in 2005 and 2006. And the situation is probably far worse among the large numbers of people coming from the economically developing world, add the authors. Given this fact and the risks of a pandemic originating from the Hajj, mandatory influenza vaccination for all pilgrims should b...Older men treated for early prostate cancer live longer than those who are not
... advised to just "watch and wait" to see how their situation progressed. "For this study we looked back over the existing data of a large population of prostate cancer patients, aged 65 to 80, with small tumors that were at a low or intermediate risk of spreading," said senior author Katrina Armstrong, MD, M...Two central mysteries in genome inheritance solved at UCSD
... the correct complement of genomic information a situation that is dangerous as it can promote cancerous transformation," said Desai. Cells avoid such a fate by detecting errors in attachment to the spindle, breaking down these defective attachments and starting over. But until now, scientists did not unde...High levels of blindness in southern Sudan following years of war
...s ulcers, and eventually blindness results. The situation revealed by the researchers is particularly tragic as improved living conditions, better hygiene, and early treatment of the infection with antibiotics can prevent trachoma. Surgery for trichiasis is also very effective. The World Health Organization...High-power MRI helps Mayo Clinic surgical team predict outcomes in unusual tumor cases
...e current Mayo Clinic report begins to change this situation by documenting a new multidisciplinary approach for obtaining the desired favorable surgical outcomes. Surgeons need an accurate picture of how and whether they can remove a tumor while protecting a nerve. Otherwise, patients may be exposed to the ...Experts urge strongest isolation for new drug-resistant tuberculosis cases appearing in South Africa
...ns and countries, including Canada . However, the situation in South Africa represents "the world's first reco...dvice should voluntary measures fail. Just such a situation arose last Sept. 12, for example, when a Johannesburg XDR-TB patient refused hospitalization and dis...Mayo Clinic research shows young people who died suddenly and inexplicably had genetic heart defects
...Clinic Research These results identify a tragic situation that could, with increased medical surveillance, potentially be prevented in many cases. To do so requires physicians and families to work astutely together to take a careful multigenerational heart history. Dr. Ackerman says that to identify at-risk...