Hospital outcomes for women improve, but some hospitals fall far behind: Healthgrades study
... nation's best-performing hospitals � those in the top 15 percent � and the poorest-performing hospitals � those in the bottom 15 percent � was dramatic. For example, the risk of mortality for women undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) was 46.44 percent lower, on average, at the nation'...Mayo Clinic finds kidney disease associated with 'benign' prostate obstruction
...ated just below a male's bladder and surrounds the top portion of the urethra, the tube that drains urine from the bladder. "Growth of the prostate gland can lead to a bladder outlet obstruction," says Dr. Rule. "An obstruction of the bladder can cause inability to or discomfort in emptying the bladder, ...4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
...itate to contact the science writers listed at the top of the news release. PRESS LUNCHEON A press luncheon featuring some of the most newsworthy topics at the meeting will be held in room 401 between 12:00-1:30 PM on Tuesday, July 26. Topics will include 4D proton therapy, lighting up radiation-resis...Cedars-Sinai's live donor liver transplant program receives 'unos-approved' designation
...roups. First are those who are very ill and at the top of the waiting list. They will likely get a deceased donor organ. At the other end of the spectrum are those who are not yet especially ill and who can safely continue to wait. But in the middle is a group of patients who are really suffering. They'r...Potent spice works to block growth of melanoma in lab test
...enerated further excitement: "The incidence of the top four cancers in the U.S. - colon, breast, prostate, and lung - is ten times lower in India," he says. This work is just the latest by M. D. Anderson researchers to show how curcumin can inhibit cancer growth. "Curcumin affects virtually every tumor ...Rice nanophotonics lab gets $3 million training grant
... award recognizes that we have one of the nation's top programs." A major focus of Rice's program is graduate training in the design, fabrication, and use of nanoscale optical components that are compatible with living systems. Key program elements include a core curriculum for all trainees including res...Lifespan again named among 100 Most Wired and 25 Most Wireless hospitals
...fourth consecutive year that Lifespan has made the top 100 ranking, and it is Lifespan's third consecutive year on the Most Wireless list since the category was created three years ago. Lifespan is one of only 20 organizations that have made the Most Wired list four times. "With technology, we have given...New proton therapy, breast CT clinical trials, radiation-resistant tumors
...n, four speakers who represent some of the world's top experts in medical physics will present scientific topics that contain some of the most newsworthy results at the meeting: I . BREAST CT CLINICAL TRIALS Speaker: John Boone, University of California, Davis, jmboone@ucdavis.edu John Boone of UC-Da...NMR method rapidly solves 8 target genomic structures
...ho was named one of Scientific American magazine's top 50 technology leaders in 2003. Already, Szyperski's method has been used to solve more than a dozen structures. He expects his lab at UB to solve between 12 and 15 structures per year, using GFT-NMR. NMR machines use very powerful magn...Camera-guided colon surgery works best for most patients, study confirms
...aroscopic skills. "If you look at what some of the top surgeons were doing with the laparoscopic approach even five years ago and compare it to what they can do today, there's a world of difference, in terms of the speed of the operation, the outcomes and the quality," says Stamos. Why patients who recei...Many choose more aggressive breast cancer surgery despite breast-sparing option
... When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, her top priority is to get the cancer out and reduce the odds that it will ever return. But for some women just getting the cancer out doesn't feel like enough. According to a new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Ce...New drug reverses effects of sleep deprivation on brain
...military personnel and others who must function at top performance in spite of sleep deficits. "In addition to improving performance under normal conditions, the drug restored performance that was impaired after sleep loss," said Samuel Deadwyler, Ph.D., senior researcher, from Wake Forest University Sch...Coffee is number one source of antioxidants
...s. Dates, cranberries and red grapes are among the top fruits for antioxidants on the basis of concentration (antioxidants per serving size), he says. The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the U.S. Congress, with a multidisciplinary membership of more than 158,000 chemi...Pricey new versions of old drugs fuelling huge rise in drug spending
...t of vintage generic drugs. Given that the list of top 20 drugs in global sales includes newly patented versions of older drugs, me-too drugs probably dominate spending trends in most developed countries, conclude the authors....Australians speak: Find us a cure for cancer - fast!
...tralians identify health and medical research as a top national priority and want an all-of-community eff...hospitals and the health care system is deemed the top priority. Dr Bennett said the results highlight that Australians prize their health above all. "Aus...Northwestern Memorial named one of '100 Best Places for Working Mothers'
...grams and the successful advancement of women into top paying jobs, board positions and management ranks....National study shows black immigrants' health erodes the longer they live in US
...th of about 3,000 black immigrants coming from the top regions of black emigration: The Caribbean, Africa, South America and Europe. The researchers focused on three measures of health: self-rated health, disability and hypertension. Compared to U.S.-born blacks, those born in Europe -- a majority-white...Gaps in intestinal barrier could cause Crohn's disease
... around a thousand billion cells are shed from the top of the villi every day. Professor Watson and his team found that this renewal process leaves 'gaps' in the lining of the bowel which, in healthy tissue, are immediately filled with a glue-like substance that plugs the gaps. The research team, discov...Wheelchair technology & spinal cord injury
...conclude that wheelchair-skills training must be a top rehabilitation goal and that maintenance of those skills following discharge from rehabilitation should be encouraged. Injury, bed rest, rehabilitation length linked to functional ability in patients with spinal cord injury This study describes t...New online atlas provides collective maps of human brain folds
...nd in the parietal lobe, a region located near the top of the head that, among other functions, helps the brain track where objects are in space. In Williams syndrome patients, a valley in the parietal lobe known as the intra-parietal sulcus is typically shallower. A colleague, Harold Burton, Ph.D., pro...