Adoption of health information technology will lead to higher standard of quality care
...and Small Practices" hearing. "Depending on the size of the practice and its applications, acquisition costs on average $44,000 per physician. The average annual ongoing costs are about $8,500 per physician," Dr. Kirk pointed out. "The business case does not exist to make this kind of capital investm...A new, nanoporous ceramic filter offers hope to kidney-dialysis patients
...ard dialysis filter. These polymeric pores vary in size and, when viewed with a microscope, appear in rand... on each side of the spine and measuring about the size of a fist, each kidney contains as many as one million nephrons, or filtering units. Each nephron in...Implant device effectively maintains heart function for transplant-listed patients
...n LV "remodeling", the unfavorable change in heart size and structure that takes place with progressive heart failure. Most patients (>90%) were already being treated angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers and beta-blockers. The results demonstrate that epl...Contrast agent puts new light on diagnosing breast cancer
... agent works well in large animals approaching the size of humans, and that it can be used to guide surgeons performing procedures near growing bone. Future studies will focus on translating the new compound to the clinic for human testing. It will likely be a few years before the compound is ready for...Light-based probe 'sees' early cancers in first tests on human tissue
...ough changes in the way laser light scatters. "The size and shape of cell nuclei are powerful indicators of this precancerous condition called dysplasia, which literally means 'bad growth'," Wax said. "Typically, nuclei are a fairly consistent size. However, when you go down the road toward cancer, you ge...Place more than race tied to heart disease risk
...king, a higher incidence of diabetes, larger waist size and higher levels of C-reactive protein, an indicator of heart disease risk." Urban Caucasians' socioeconomic status fell between that of urban minorities and rural Caucasians. The data come from a clinical trial investigating whether Internet-base...Embargoed March/April Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...pitals, and that rural hospitals, because of their size and limited personnel, often act as triage hospitals. This provides, the authors assert, evidence to support the continued importance of rural hospitals and their role in caring for patients with heart attack. Myocardial Infarction Mortality in Rura...Low-tech operation could dramatically reduce maternal deaths
...ich is done under local anaesthetic, increases the size of the pelvic outlet and permits vaginal delivery of the baby. The operation takes just 2-3 minutes and is usually carried out in the labor ward, not the operating theater. Dr Douwe Arie Anne Verkuyl (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bet...Cancer-fighting foods, supplements explored in day-long symposium, March 25
...ction in tumor number (up to 65 percent fewer) and size (up to 78 percent smaller) in comparison to contro... resulted in up to a 66 percent reduction in tumor size in comparison to control animals that were given water instead, the researchers say. The compound, w......olved comparing two digits, one larger in physical size than the other and the other larger numerically. For example, the subjects compared a 2 and a 4. The 2 was in a larger font than the 4 and subjects had to decide which digit was numerically larger. The effect of TMS lasted only a few hundred millis...CankerMelts patches reduce pain and speed resolution of canker sores
...e oral GX patch shrank to one-tenth their original size after 7 days, while untreated canker sores grew larger. In a separate prior study, 26 out of 27 canker sores (96%) that were treated with the CankerMelts oral patch healed in 3 or fewer days. The gels and mouthwashes used for years by canker sore s...Craniofacial Biology Award presented to Vargervik
... favorable and unfavorable for maintenance of bone size and morphology; and (4) new bone formation in controlled experimental sites. Dr. Vargerviks studies on etiological factors in the development of malocclusions, airway changes, mandibular posture, and jaw growth adaptation are considered classics and ...World first in medical robotics
...ratory are currently working to further reduce the size of the devices so that, within a few years, they can navigate inside smaller blood vessels. "Injection and control of nanorobots inside the human body, which contains nearly 100,000 kilometres of blood vessels, is a promising avenue that could ena...A closer look inside our lungs -- Penn researchers develop 2 novel imaging techniques
...n of these helium gas molecules, which reflect the size of the air sacs in the lung. This, in turn, allows researchers to detect very early emphysema, even before it's evident on CT (computed tomography) - providing physicians with additional information in which to make diagnoses and offer treatment. G...CryoSat-2 on the road to recovery
...itional heater power is provided by increasing the size of the satellites battery. Some minor shortcomings found in the original design have been fixed and other changes were needed to replace obsolete equipment and parts. Overall 85 separate improvements were specified of which 30-40% have been small sof...Patients should be alert for obesity surgery complication
...chs can hold the surgery reduces the organ to the size of an egg. Because little information is available on Wernicke encephalopathy after bariatric surgery, the researchers conducted a review of medical literature to learn when it occurs, risk factors and symptoms. Their report is published in the Mar...New device could revolutionize eye disease diagnosis -- creating eye maps on the high street
...elatively inexpensive instrument that is about the size of a mobile phone in common use in the near future."...Severe PTSD damages children's brains, Stanford/Packard study shows
...rtisol were likely to experience a decrease in the size of the hippocampus - a brain structure important i...ls. In a vicious cycle, a reduction in hippocampal size can make it more difficult for a child to process and deal with traumatic events, which in turn may ...Diabetes will be a bigger burden than predicted
...occurring throughout the developed world, than the size of the emerging diabetes epidemic will be far greater than anticipated. The authors conclude: "Our data are important to enable policymakers to adequately prepare for the increasing burden of diabetes on health-care resources[accordingly] effective......nd eating out, are key factors contributing to the size of their footprint. People aged 65 to 74 have a carbon footprint of 12.10 tonnes of carbon dioxide per capita/year. They also enjoy holidays abroad and car use but spend more on home heating. Those aged 75+, have a lower carbon footprint of 11.10...