CAD system makes breast MRI more effective, efficient
...h known breast cancer underwent an MRI examination using the standard software and the CAD system. The CAD system in conjunction with the MRI examination allowed the radiologist to more accurately determine the size of the cancer lesions, Dr. Vilanova said; the size correlated more closely to what was see...Ultrasound-guided biopsies are safe alternative to endoscopic biopsies of the pancreas
... This procedure is much easier on the patient than using an endoscope, Dr. Chintapalli said. When an endoscope is used, it is passed down the throat of the patient, through the patient's stomach and duodenum and then the pancreatic biopsy is performed. The patient is sedated for the procedure. The number...Narcotic drugs effective for severe, chronic pain in older patients
... found that older patients, often discouraged from using opioids for pain management, actually gain signifi...e other hand, younger people should be cautious of using daily opioids to treat chronic pain. "Younger people are more vulnerable to opioid tolerance and eve...Study finds benefits, less organ rejection using immunosuppressive combination for heart transplants
...ant Program showed that one particular combination using tacrolimus (TAC or Prograf) had significant anti-rejection benefits for heart transplant patients over other combinations. A mix of immunosuppressive therapies is typically used to prevent a recipient's body from rejecting a transplanted organ. R...Federal NIH office clears Ohio State research program
...tution had adequately searched for alternatives to using animals in the project. Through a series of letter...research. The rate of loss for Ohio State projects using this animal model never exceeds 2 percent, she said. "By sharing our techniques with other researche...'Virtual' asthma clinic helps patients manage disease online
...eneralists. This program allows them to be treated using the most up-to-date guidelines no matter where the...the beginning of the study and after two months of using the secure website. During the two-month period, patients were encouraged to use the website to ente...Common incontinence drug could have an additional topical effect on the bladder itself
...l models. Researchers induced bladder overactivity using carbachol. The trospium bladder did not react to the carbachol, indicating that the trospium had a topical effect on controlling the muscle contractions. In the control, tolterodine- and oxybutynin-treated bladders, the length of time between bladder...Steroid-free regimen with CellCept found comparable to standard therapy in liver transplantation
...rway "With transplant physicians around the world using CellCept for more than a decade to prevent organ rejection in their transplant patients, Roche is looking to the future," said Robert Gordon, M.D., senior medical director at Roche and a former transplant surgeon. "We're evaluating new, low-toxicity...Ramelteon demonstrates no abuse potential according to study results
... Measures of "drug-liking," were assessed each day using questionnaires completed at intervals between 0.5 hours pre-dose, up to 24 hours after dose administration. Memory, reaction time and standing balance tasks were also performed at each of these time intervals. Analysis of peak drug-liking scores sh...The better educated a woman is, the better she sleeps at night
...members under the age of 15. Insomnia was assessed using criteria developed by the World Health Organization, and scored on a scale of 1 to 5. Overall, insomnia tended to be more common among those who were older, divorced/separated, had low educational attainment, poor health, or low income. Children livi...Muscle-derived stem cell culture doesn't need to be pure for incontinence treatment
...sts don't interfere with the muscle-derived cells, using these cells to regenerate muscle just got a great deal easier." In animal models of stress urinary incontinence, researchers injected muscle-derived cells, fibroblasts and a mixture of MDC and fibroblasts into the tissue surrounding the urethra. Prio...Magnetic stimulation may improve stroke recovery
...the brain that had not been affected by the stroke using different parameters, including sham (mock) stimulation. A sham is the application of the procedure excluding the actual treatment being studied and is intended to address the question of a placebo effect. The six healthy participants were tested wit...Study shows adherence to pulmicort respules, results in fewer ER visits in asthmatic children
...younger, diagnosed with asthma, and were currently using some type of asthma medication. 1 About Pulmicort Respules®(budesonide inhalation suspension) PULMICORT RESPULES is a medication delivered to children by a nebulizer, making the delivery more consistent. It is the first and only inhaled nebul...Scientists observe infectious prion proteins invade and move within brain cells
...team performed the research in laboratory cultures using a rodent-adapted form of scrapie protein and cells taken from the central nervous system of mouse and hamster brains. The proteins were first "branded" with fluorescent dyes so they could be easily tracked. The work also revealed that a similar traff...Data further examines Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) treatment for bipolar depression
...d today analyzed quality of life in these patients using the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q SF), a 16 item, self-report survey that measures differences in the degree of enjoyment and satisfaction among groups of patients, as well as changes over time in a single patient....New Seroquel data support benefits in bipolar disorder
... week eight as placebo. The results were analysed using standard clinical scales to assess improvements in...OQUEL (600 and 300 mg/day). Results were analysed using a 16-item questionnaire that measures differences in the degree of enjoyment and satisfaction among ...Computed tomography has potential to offer accurate, safer method for detecting artery disease
...erwent both invasive coronary angiography and MSCT using a scanner with 16 detector rows. The researchers found that compared with invasive coronary angiography for detection of significant lesions (greater than 50 percent stenosis [narrowing]), segment-based sensitivity, specificity, and positive and nega...Bones don't pay a price when fat is lost through exercise
...improvement than the exercising group. Bone scans, using an X-ray machine called DXA, were used to assess bone mineral density. Measurements were taken of the total skeleton and in areas most vulnerable to bone loss and subsequent fracture, including three locations on the hip, and one in the spine. In b...Is robotic technology reducing health care costs for cardiac patients?
...nts who underwent two different cardiac procedures using robotic and conventional approaches. It was determined that although actual hospital cost to conduct the procedure was not higher, when considering the capital investment for the robot, costs were just $300.00 higher. Dr. Jeffrey A. Morgan and his...Risk factors associated with elderly hospital deaths: Dependence on others and being too thin
...ds, such as feeding and dressing himself, bathing, using the restroom, moving from a bed to a chair or walking. "We discovered that the combination of functional status and low body mass index best predict death in the hospital," Thomas said. "This is good news because functional status can potentially b...