Software might revolutionize glucose monitoring in critically ill patients
...-based method currently used in manyintensive care units (ICUs). Monitoring blood glucose levels isnecessary to avoid stress hyperglycemia, an insulin resistancecondition that causes glucose levels to go up and has been shown todecrease patient survival. GRIP will be released as open sourcesoftware. Mathi...Household cleaners effectively remove lead-laden dust
...moval. Of the approximately 100 million housing units in the United States, about 24 million have significant levels of lead in dust, soil and paint, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). New HUD guidelines, to be released in 2006, will incorporate the findings from th...Media invitation: 4th International Conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine
...world to have a programme of developing specialist units for adolescents. Currently, there are seven TCT units, but a further 15 are needed to ensure that every adolescent with cancer in the UK has access to one. TCT expects a 15% increase in survival rates as a result of the concentration of expertise wit...Nov/Dec 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...oses that all parties' success must be measured in units of health, not simply dollars, publications and services. Teutsch argues that such an effort cannot move forward without strong leadership from the federal government. In a second editorial, Richard L. Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H. with the University of ...Debilitating jaw and neck pain targeted through $19 million NIH support, multidisciplinary center
...vitz said. The research will involve investigative units directed by Drs. Roger Fillingim at the University... in Baltimore. Other participating researchers and units are the biogenetics and statistical genetics core led by Drs. Bruce Weir at N.C. State University an...Internet may be answer to mammography crisis
...n software. In his study, Dr. Melton used two FFDM units and a computer-aided detection (CAD) system. The digital images were transmitted via Internet cable in a highly secure environment, including private networks and firewalls, to an interpreting workstation 110 miles away. Each image was transmitted in...Less-invasive ultrafiltration device may be practical alternative to diuretics
...g Administration for use outside of intensive care units and without specialized nursing or central intravenous access. The manufacturer of the device, CHF Solutions Inc., funded this study. Ultrafiltration was successful in 18 of the 20 patients in the group. After 24 hours, an average of 4,650 milliliter...HIV inserts into human genome using a DNA-associated protein
...atients. HIV integrates into active transcription units on chromosomes within the nucleus of human cells. These units are sites that lead to efficient expression of the viral genome. Most HIV-infected cells in a patien...Womb needed for proper brain development
...infants who are treated in neonatal intensive care units early in life.......ward notes that doctors in hospital intensive care units use it all the time to calculate patients' prognoses. And health Web sites, including some from the National Institutes of Health, include self-administered questionnaires that allow people to estimate their risk of heart attacks and breast cancer. M...Government plans for NHS more aggressive than Tories ever were
...treatment centres, derived from fast-track surgery units in the US and staffed from overseas to avoid drain...to 'compete' for patients. One result is that NHS units have been running half empty say critics - and thus losing money, adds the author. Current reforms i...Lack of specialist care for head injuries costing lives
...ent lack of intensive care places in neurosurgical units means that this is often not possible."...Lipids play important role in nervous system development
... rather those that help give shape and function to units within cells such as the nucleus and cell powerhouse, or mitochondria, she says. "Traditionally people didn't think these lipids were regulated. They thought they were just there, says Dr. Xiong. "But what we found is this particular lipid is regula...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Oct. 18, 2005
...eal, is large and only allows dosing of 2.5 to 3.0 units of insulin, while injected insulin currently allows for finer adjustments in dose. An editorial writer says that the two new treatments provide much-needed options for treating the later stages of diabetes (Editorial, p. 609). However, until develop...Healthgrades study: New hospital ratings show wide 'quality chasm'
...ents, called intensivists, staffing intensive care units (ICUs). The annual HealthGrades study rates each nonfederal hospital with a one-, three- or five-star rating indicating poor, average or excellent outcomes in each of 28 medical categories. Taken together, the ratings produce the following findings: ...Therapeutic vaccine for ovarian cancer in clinical trials
...is mucin-1 attached to a molecule made up of sugar units (a mannan) that strengthens the body's immune response to mucin-1. When returned to the bloodstream, the treated cells are primed to marshal the immune system to mount a strong attack on cells carrying mucin-1 on their surface--in this case, ovarian ...Cold treatment protects against infant disability and death from oxygen loss
...author of the study. "Most newborn intensive care units don't have the resources or experienced personnel to duplicate the carefully controlled conditions of the study." Dr. Higgins added that comparatively minor fluctuations in an infant's body temperature--perhaps by as little as a few degrees--could re...March of Dimes receives federal grant to help meet needs of pregnant women and infants in Louisiana
...e area hospitals and their neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are expected to handle 6,000 additional births in the next six months....FDA approves room temperature storage of ZLB Behring's Helixate FS
...e the labeled potency (number of recombinant FVIII units contained in a vial) remains within specified limits through the expiration date of the product. The room temperature storage option is expected to be a significant convenience for Helixate FS users. "This is great news to moms like me," said Rhond...Day surgery rates rising, but there is still room for improvement
...lthcare Commission report showing that day surgery units are not being used to their maximum capacity. The NHS Plan predicts that 75% of all elective operations will be carried out as day cases. According to the British Association of Day Surgery, patients prefer day surgery as it provides timely treatmen...