Capture study shows safety of carotid stenting in 'real-world' setting
...n light of data from CAPTURE and other post-market surveillance studies. "What were really working toward is providing patients with greater access to the technology, where we think it is appropriate," Dr. Gray said. "The CAPTURE trial is a giant step toward achieving the goal of proving that, in the foresee...Epidemic of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis may be larger than previously thought
...ound of the Global Project from surveys or ongoing surveillance in 79 countries. The researchers estimate that 424 000 cases of MDR-TB emerged worldwide in 2004. Three countries China, India, and Russia account for over half of these cases. The median prevalence of MDR-TB in new cases was 1%. Eight countries, i...Study examines risk of soft tissue sarcomas in hereditary retinoblastoma survivors
...ndings emphasize the importance of regular medical surveillance for these patients, the authors say. Retinoblast...that survivors continue to undergo regular medical surveillance for sarcomas in their adult years," the authors write. In an editorial, Anna Meadows, M.D., of The ...Resurgence and spread of syphilis in China is a rapidly increasing epidemic
...hina's national sexually transmitted disease (STD) surveillance system andsentinel site network. The total incidence of syphilis in all of China'scounties increased from less than 0.2 cases per 100,000 people in 1993to 6.5 cases per 100,000 in 1999, the study shows. Of the three categories of disease - primary, s...Syphilis spreading rapidly in China
...c in China, according to the results of a national surveillance programme published in this week's issue of The La...sessing case report data from China's national STD surveillance system. They found that after remaining just below 02 cases per 100 000 people from 1989 to 1993, th...Experts urge strongest isolation for new drug-resistant tuberculosis cases appearing in South Africa
...are being treated; Drastically expand tests and surveillance of the disease; Rethink counseling, treatment, ... and about the conditions and duration of clinical surveillance once a case is confirmed. Ideally, confirmed cases "should be isolated in an acute admissions setti...Esophageal cancer rates climb with obesity; U-M study finds esophagectomy safe in obese patients
...ased risk of cancer and signals the need for close surveillance with periodic endoscopies and biopsies," Orringer says. ...Mimicking how the brain recognizes street scenes
...al applications." Near-term applications include surveillance and automobile driver's assistance, and eventually visual search engines, biomedical imaging analysis, robots with realistic vision. On the neuroscience end, this research is essential for designing augmented sensory prostheses, such as one that coul...Aspirin reduces esophageal-cancer risk in people with most-aggressive form of Barrett's esophagus
...ancer and therefore benefit from aggressive cancer surveillance via endoscopy and chemoprevention with aspirin and...tify high-risk patients who truly require frequent surveillance and low-risk patients who need no or less-frequent surveillance. For example, low-risk patients with...Risk of birth complications varies between racial groups
...gestational length and argue that increased foetal surveillance and growth monitoring from 40, rather than 41, weeks' gestation is needed for South Asian and black women....Reactions to 'false-positive' prostate cancer screenings assessed
...al, he typically should have ongoing follow-up and surveillance for prostate cancer," Katz said. Katz said that a strength of the UI study was that it did not rely on volunteers. "Volunteers who sign up for a prostate cancer screening study represent a different type of population than that comprised by the ind...Follow-up endoscopic surveillance in colorectal cancer patients improves survival
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...ion of host and environmental factors. Prospective surveillance and DNA fingerprinting identified the cluster, enabling health protection teams to set up control measures and prevent further transmission." In an accompanying Comment, Charles O Thoen (College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, USA) c...US critical care delivery system in critical condition
...iered system, defining explicit triage and quality surveillance criteria for each tier, developing a comprehensive set of core competencies for critical care providers and endorsing a method to train and certify critical care providers in these competencies. ...Obesity increases workers' compensation costs
...vestigator for development of the workplace safety surveillance program at Duke." We can use the Duke population to think about the community, so the solutions we come up can benefit the community as well. "The primary message is that we need to reduce the burden on workers' compensation by intervening not only...Spinal manipulation in children studied
...her investigation and the development of an active surveillance registry to gather data about the quantity and quality of adverse events so that precise risk estimates can be made. "Despite the fact that spinal manipulation is commonly used on children, exceedingly few serious injuries or adverse events have ...Why predicting the next influenza pandemic is difficult and how scientists can best prepare
... which influenza A viruses infect birds; enhancing surveillance of infected animals and the circulation of influenza virus globally; understanding how the virus evolves and jumps from birds and other animals to humans; finding new approaches to vaccine design and vaccination; and developing new antivirals and dia...Obesity increases risk of injury on the job
...agement. The researchers used medical and injury surveillance data on hourly workers employed in eight plants of the same aluminum manufacturer to determine whether increased BMI was a risk factor for workplace injury. The plants were scattered across the United States. BMI was calculated using National Institu...Epidemiology of TB: Updates from CDC studies to be presented at ATS 2007
...ances of foreign-born people who have TB. Current surveillance information provides very minimal information, she points out. We decided to do a study of foreign-born people with TB to get a better picture of TB among this population. The study was conducted at 22 sites in the United States and Canada, and incl......COHORT: THE UCSF EXPERIENCE (Abstract 611) Active surveillance with delayed intervention is a viable option for w...of men with low-risk disease enrolled in an active surveillance protocol at UCSF. Patients received repeat prostate needle biopsies at 12-24 month intervals, trans...