Study finds moderate hypothermia a safe treatment for traumatic brain injury in kids
...thods such as cooling blankets placed under and on top of patients and ice packs placed in the groin and armpit areas are effective in decreasing temperature. In addition to safety, mortality and complications during the treatment protocol and during hospitalization, the study also assessed functional a...Health inequalities continue to widen, despite government rhetoric
...on increased from 47% to 54%, and the share of the top 1% rose from 18% in 1990 to 23% in 2000. Wealth inequalities better reflect the accumulation of lifetime (dis)advantage, and the growing inequalities in wealth seen in recent years do not bode well for future trends in health inequalities, say the au...Medical-errors gap widens between best and worst hospitals: Healthgrades study
...ess likely to have an incident at hospitals in the top 10%, according to the HealthGrades study." The stu...ent rates of all hospitals studied, defined as the top 10% of all hospitals studied) had 267,151 fewer patient safety incidents and 48,417 fewer deaths res...Three UCSD scholars elected to prestigious National Academy of Sciences
...f Bioengineering, consistently one of the nation's top ranked. Professor Cox, 49, is a specialist in the areas of legislative and electoral politics. His books, in these fields and in comparative politics, have won many prizes and awards. His most recent work, Elbridge Gerry's Salamander, analyzes the ...Saving virtual lives with nanobots goal of UH-led project
... Team ContAInment being the only U.S. team in that top group. In the national elimination round April 15, they were the top-scoring team in their division. Now, advancing to the third of four rounds, they will compete in the world semifinals May 15. The first two rounds of competition took place onlin...Ralph Horwitz, M.D., to receive Society of General Internal Medicine's highest honor
...onal Academy of Sciences. His career also included top administrative positions at the medical schools of Stanford University, the University of Colorado, and Washington University in St. Louis; service as president of the forerunner of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston; faculty positions at Harvard...Weighing the evidence: A forum to examine the latest news about overweight, obesity and mortality
...ic Health's Snyder Auditorium some of the nation's top researchers discuss the latest reports, examine the methodology that yielded the contradictory news and present new findings from the highly respected Nurses Health Study, ( http://www.channing.harvard.edu/nhs/ ) Moderators: Walter Willett, Chair ...Tobacco brands still common in PG-13 movies, despite '98 Master Settlement
...tifiable trademark) dropped from 20.8% to 10.5% of top box-office films after the agreement took effect. However, this decrease was not consistent across the ratings spectrum, as the percentage of R-rated movies with tobacco brand appearances decreased by 55.4% (29.8% to 13.3%) after 1999, whereas, the s...Exercise reduces risk of recurrence and death in early stage colon cancer patients
...among patients whose activity levels ranked in the top two-fifths of the group, compared to the lowest one-fifth. They exercised at a rate of at least 18 MET-hours (metabolic-equivalent tasks) per week, which could be attained through jogging two to three hours a week, playing tennis a few times a week, ...Combo drug controls hypertension in hard-to-treat patients
...used on bringing down systolic blood pressure, the top number in a blood pressure reading, which is the m...ks, the participants' systolic blood pressure (the top number) dropped an average of 21.5 points, from 154.4 to 132.9 points. Their diastolic blood pressur...The anatomy of sarcasm: Researchers reveal how the brain handles this complex communication
... the prefrontal cortex, and includes the cortex on top of the orbits of both eyes and the inside part of the frontal lobes. The findings fit what we already know about brain anatomy. The prefrontal cortex is involved in pragmatic language processes and complex social cognition, thus it followed that t...Lifestyle, rather than fetal or childhood factors, critical for adult bone health
... bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip, spine, and top of the thigh bone (femur). For men, birthweight was a significant factor for bone size, while birthweight was a significant factor for BMD. For women, the size of the head of the thigh bone was associated with increasing socioeconomic advantage at bi...Medical privacy vs. health care quality?
...rch project, and $4,558.50 per year after that, on top of the usual costs of the research. The team conducted the study just before HIPAA privacy laws took effect in April 2003, but acted as if HIPAA were in effect. This allowed them to track which patients sent back their consent forms and which did no...A&E doctors call for ban on pointed kitchen knives
...the kitchen, argue the authors - who consulted ten top chefs from around the UK. None of the chefs felt such knives were essential, since the point of a short blade was just as useful when a sharp end was needed. A short pointed knife may cause a substantial superficial wound if used in an assault, but ...African-Americans more prone to higher heart weight than whites, study shows
...,000 new cases identified each year. It's also the top cause of hospitalization for adults and accounts for more than $30 billion a year in health-care costs. The latest study looked at a large group of people in Dallas County in which 1,335 black and 858 white participants between the ages of 30 and 67...Smoking and obesity accelerate human ageing
...d was equivalent to a loss of an additional 18% on top of the average annual shortening of telomeres. Professor Spector states: "Our findings suggest that obesity and cigarette smoking accelerate human ageingthe difference in telomere length between being lean and being obese corresponds to 88 years of a...University of Maryland scientist wins 2005 Kettering Prize
...Prize after a "very rigorous selection process" by top scientists from around the world. "Dr. Brodie was awarded the prize for her pioneering work in the development of specific aromatase inhibitors. This new class of compounds has significantly improved the treatment of postmenopausal patients with estr...Rice bioengineer wins ASME's Van C. Mow Medal
...ng numerous lives and was recognized in April with top honors in the critical-care and emergency medical category of the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award competition. "Dr. Athanasiou's tireless service to the discipline of bioengineering have earned him a worldwide reputation as a leader," sai...Passion for technology: Three UH women honored
... recently earned three University of Houston women top honors from the Association for Women in Computing (AWC). At the annual AWC gala, Mathematics Professor Suncica Canic received one of the "Top Houston Women in Technology" awards for 2005, and two UH students were each awarded a $10,000 Kathi Bowle...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
...ernational medical ethics think tank, to rank "the top 10 ethical challenges that Canadians may face in h...e hopes the study will help focus attention on the top challenges and build public support for action to address the problem of conflict between health car...