University of Washington TechTransfer announced today it has licensed a computer-aided cardiovascular analysis system to VPDiagnostics, Inc., a Washington state firm.
Some ethnic groups may be more susceptible to adverse drug reactions, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have engineered nanoscale materials that are blood compatible using heparin, an anticoagulant. The heparin biomaterials have potential for use as medical devices and in medical treatments such as kidney dialysis.
Scientists led by University of Missouri-Columbia professor of reproductive biotechnology Randy Prather created a breakthrough process that allows cloned transgenic pig embryos to be cryopreserved and potentially shipped to scientists worldwide.
Utah and Texas researchers combined miniature medical CT scans with high-tech computer methods to produce detailed three-dimensional images of mouse embryos "“ an efficient new method to test the safety of medicines and learn how mutant genes cause birth defects or cancer.
Summertime means fun in the backyard pool for scores of youngsters. Parents receive warnings to install pool fences and pool alarms to prevent an accidental drowning in the pool. But what about the backyard hot tub or spa? Has it been child-proofed for safety? Because a hot tub or spa is smaller, parents may not consider the dangerous hazards these can pose.
Loyola University Health System is the first hospital in Illinois to treat a patient with Novalis® shaped-beam body radiosurgery, an advanced, computer-assisted therapy that preserves nearby healthy tissue as it precisely targets tumors of the lung, spine, head & neck, liver, prostate and other areas.
Breakthrough discoveries are pushing back the origins of Alzheimer's disease to an early breakdown in trafficking within brain cells, according to researchers at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City.
Human clinical trials involving investigational vaccines to prevent Hepatitis C are rare. In the fall of 2003 there was a first-ever study at Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development, and an earlier small study at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Now a new trial -- much larger than these two earlier studies -- is about to start at Saint Louis University. SLU is the only site in the United States conducting this study.
By deleting a gene in certain parts of the brain, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created mice that show deficits in social interaction that are reminiscent of humans with autism spectrum disorders.
The Task Force on Quality in Endoscopy, a joint effort of ASGE and ACG, has developed quality indicators for the four major endoscopic procedures: colonoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD, also known as upper endoscopy), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS).
Ultrasound-guided, intra-tendonous injection of a dextrose solution is a very effective treatment for certain chronic tendonoses in the leg, reported radiologists from the department of radiology at St. Paul's Hospital and the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia both in Vancouver, BC.
A new radiation protection technique can significantly reduce physician radiation exposure during coronary angiography, according to a researcher at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD.
Early myocardial enhancement defects (dark spots) on multidetector CT are valuable predictors of myocardial viability in patients who have suffered a heart attack, reported doctors from the departments of cardiology and radiology at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel.
Attention from doctors, nurses and other health professionals, combined with either the drug naltrexone or specialized counseling, is the most effective way to treat alcohol dependence, according to results of the largest clinical trial ever conducted on drug and therapy interventions for alcoholism.
Two of four disinfectants recommended by the government for cleaning eye exam equipment are ineffective at inactivating adenovirus type 8, which is a common cause of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (pink eye) outbreaks in eye clinics.
While epilepsy is no longer considered a psychiatric disorder, its psychiatric dimension is important for treatment and research.
A large-scale study of different treatment approaches for alcohol dependence underlines that medication can play a key role in treatment.
Low-intensity therapy offered by medical doctors, combined with either medication or specialized behavior therapy, can effectively treat alcoholism, making treatment more readily available to people who need it, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and numerous other sites nationwide.
People with multiple sclerosis carry immune cells that over-react to Epstein-Barr virus. EBV has long been suspected of playing a role in MS, but the mechanism linking it to the disease was poorly understood. The new findings show the culprit may be a population of T cells that helps boost other components of the immune system in response to EBV.
By lowering the tube current to account for both the weight and body symmetry of a child, an abdominal CT radiation dose can be reduced by 60% without compromising the image quality, says a new study by researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.
The safety profile for CT colonography (CTC) is extremely favorable, particularly for the purposes of screening patients with no symptoms and when distending the colon using an automated carbon dioxide technique, a finding that goes against the higher complication rates for CTC reported by other groups, according to a new study.
Coronal multiplanar reformatted images can replace conventionally used axial images for interpretation in the MDCT evaluation of the GI tract, improving the speed and accuracy of diagnosis, according to a new study by researchers from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA.
Residents whose 80-hour work week conforms to new duty-hour requirements report less fatigue interfering with their care of patients, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The 80-hour-week mandate went into effect nationwide in 2003, but little research has been done to evaluate the impact on residents.
A significant difference between human and chimpanzee immune cells may provide clues in the search to understand the diverse array of human immune-related diseases. Researchers at UCSD School of Medicine have uncovered a a specific type of molecule expressed on non-human primate T cells, but not human T cells. T cells are important orchestrators of the immune system.
The first of several research studies in an international collaboration now is under way and is aimed at gaining new knowledge into the biology of HIV infection during its earliest days, before the immune system has produced antibodies to the virus.
University of Florida researchers found that disruptive behaviors in children actually seem to be linked more closely to maternal depression than prenatal cocaine exposure.
Children living near major roadways are more likely to have asthma than those just a few blocks away according to a new Univ. of Southern California study.
Antibiotic therapy leads to fewer treatment failures and deaths among people suffering from moderate to severe flare-ups in lung diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, according to a new systematic review.
When pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa sleep under insecticide-treated nets, they are more likely to deliver healthy babies than unprotected women, says a new review of studies.
The causes of spina bifida are not well understood. And, there is no cure. Nonetheless, preventing spina bifida is the ultimate goal, and that goal is the driving force for several researchers at the Texas A & M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology at Houston.
A new study has found that men with low estrogen levels have an increased risk for future hip fracture, and those with both low estrogen and low testosterone levels have the greatest risk.
A needle-free intranasal flu vaccine was more effective than an injectable shot based on a large international trial involving more than 8000 children in 16 countries, says vaccine researcher Robert Belshe, M.D., from Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development.
Percutaneous cryoablation, a relatively non-invasive technique that destroys tumors by freezing them, is a safe method for treating kidney tumors in selected patients who are not considered candidates for surgery, according to a new study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Image-guided kidney biopsy can diagnose benign kidney tumors and has a low rate of complications, says a new study by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
MR cystography provides excellent anatomic detail of the urinary system and is a potential screening examination for vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), according to a new study by researchers from Changi General Hospital in Singapore and the University of California, San Francisco.
Although 45 percent of physicians do not inquire about religious belief, 55 percent do; 10 percent of them do so "always." While 81 percent rarely or never pray with patients, 19 percent do. A survey of physicians' religious characteristics found no consensus about what is appropriate, suggesting that physicians will "need to grapple" with these deeply rooted differences.
Research shows that about 43% of all women between the ages of 18 and 59 suffer from female sexual dysfunction. As many as two-thirds of those may have low androgen levels.
Dentists hope recent NIH-funded studies will quell naysayers in the ongoing mercury fillings debate.
Using a new genomic strategy that has the power to survey the entire human genome and identify genes with common variants that contribute to complex diseases, researchers have identified a gene that may predispose some people to abnormal heart rhythms that lead to sudden cardiac death, a condition affecting more than 300 thousand Americans each year.
As many as 312,000 people in the United States are unaware that they're infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). What's more, the continuing epidemic is largely fueled by these unknowing carriers of HIV, writes Judith Feinberg, M.D., of the University of Cincinnati.
Following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines established 13 years ago could help identify thousands of patients who have undiagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in the United States.
More than $750K will go to a new study addressing barriers to injection drug users (IDUs) accessing essential HIV or hepatitis C medical care, the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS formally announced today. The five-year study is funded by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Training pediatricians to recognize the signs of aggression and make a referral to an appropriate community organization may help prevent future violence. However, providers don't often do this, according to a new study by a pediatrician at Brenner Children's Hospital, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Surgery to remove herniated discs in the thoracic spine (the 12 vertebrae in the chest area of the spine) is potentially dangerous because the spinal cord is often compressed by the herniated discs. Neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons at the Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders have pioneered combining 3-D computer-guided imaging technology with endoscopic techniques to improve the surgeon's depth of field and spatial orientation, thus potentially improving the safety, accuracy and efficiency of this complex procedure.
Spontaneous blood clots or debris from arterial disease in the brain (known as cerebral emboli) may hold the key to preventing or treating dementia, say researchers from the University of Manchester in this week's BMJ.
A combined strategy of public education and early diagnosis currently offers the only hope of cure for people with melanoma, warn senior doctors in this week's BMJ.
Screening for depression is unlikely to be an effective way to improve the mental wellbeing of the population, say researchers in this week's BMJ.
Britain must embrace psychological therapies on a large scale if we are to tackle our mental health problems effectively, argues a leading economist in this week's BMJ.
A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has shed new light on the molecular basis of problems with brain function in models chronically infected with an immune deficiency virus similar to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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