Practice in Medical Technology

Regular Yoga Practice Is Associated With Mindful Eating

... Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Regular yoga practice is associated with mindful eating, and people who ... and colleagues, who found that regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread in ... and satiety than the physical activity of yoga practice itself. The follow-up study, published in ...

Value of Genetic Testing for Preventing Blood Clots Unproven, According to New AHRQ Study

... The Evaluation of Genomic Applications in practice and Prevention (EGAPP) Working Group, established ... the AHRQ-supported Johns Hopkins Evidence-based practice Center in Baltimore, failed to find any studies ... research to determine whether changing provider practice based on genetic test results improves patient ...

Researchers Present Safety and Efficacy Results of 429 Patients Treated With Radiofrequency Ablation for Pre-Cancerous Barrett's Esophagus

... Large multi-center trial conducted in a community practice setting demonstrates comparable outcomes as ... radiofrequency ablation performed in a community practice setting is safe and effective for eradicating a ... of 429 Patients from a Multi-center Community practice Registry" and was presented today by Ronald E. ...

Hospital Care Varies Greatly for Children with Urinary Tract Infections

... length of stay and costs associated with clinical practice guidelines support their implementation." ... costs were lower at hospitals that used clinical practice guidelines for the management of UTI. ... hospital they go to," says Dr. Conway. "Clinical practice guidelines, such as those adopted by Cincinnati ...

Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology to Develop Dermatology-Specific Functionality Criteria for Electronic Health Record (EHR) Technology

... enhance patient care quality and safety, improve practice efficiency, participate in clinical research and ... and non-dermatologist physicians in various practice settings. CCHIT is expected to launch the ... for government affairs, health policy and practice information for dermatologists, and plays a major ...

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 40th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer to Include Sessions on Robotics Surgery

... and its growing popularity over the traditional practice of open surgery. In addition, specific robotics ... on how robotics surgery can be incorporated into practice and impact outcomes within the field along with a ... knowledge which will raise the standards of practice in the prevention and treatment of gynecologic ...

Society of Interventional Radiology Applauds Report's Uterine Fibroid Embolization Recommendations

... practice Bulletin for Obstetrician-Gynecologists States UFE Meets Level A Evidence for Clinical practice Change-Minimally Invasive ... Kaufman, M.D., SIR president. In its August practice bulletin, "Alternatives to Hysterectomy in ...

Aon: Complex Insurance Requirements, Risk Management Needs Challenge Firms Conducting Clinical Trials Beyond Own Borders

... director of Aon Risk Services' Life Sciences practice group. "Conducting clinical trials globally is an increasingly popular practice for firms seeking to bring better medicines and ... Produced by Aon Risk Services' Life Sciences practice group and the Aon Global Client Network, the map ...

Alabama Hospitals Compare Infection Prevention Performance Statewide With New Benchmarking Tool

... Performance Against Peers to Facilitate Best practice Identification and Sharing ... Alabama Hospital Quality Initiative (AHQI) best practice meeting. AHQI is a partnership ... to encourage transparency and facilitate best practice sharing, hospitals using this new tool ...

Physicians Will Benefit from Medical Software Advice Website

... based on buyers' medical specialty, size of practice and their unique functional requirements; ... their products. Market leaders such as McKesson practice Partner and Greenway Medical are participating in ... Participating vendors serve a wide range of practice sizes, including solo practitioners, group ...

Multiple Studies Presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Reinforce Clinical Utility of Oncotype DX(R)

... the University of Pennsylvania evaluated changing practice patterns and frequency of chemotherapy use ... clinical trials, from validation to clinical practice impact," said Steven Shak, M.D., chief medical ... DX, it is clear the test is becoming standard practice for physicians and women making important breast ...

PROCRIT(R) (Epoetin Alfa) Data to be Presented at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

... syndromes (MDS); -- PROCRIT and real-world practice patterns; -- PROCRIT in managed care settings; ... record data from a large oncology/hematology practice in the southeastern United States, was ... Epoetin alfa. Data on PROCRIT and Real-World practice Patterns -- Poster: Erythropoiesis-Stimulating ...

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society Refutes American Society of Reproductive Medicine Opinion - States Preimplantation Genetic Screening is Beneficial When Performed in Experienced Centers

... abnormal - this is the de novo. However, the practice committee of ASRM has released an opinion statement regarding the practice of this screening approach during IVF. Although ... accuracy of PGD and its application into clinical practice for improvement of genetic practices and ...

Cryo-Cell Announces C'elle(SM) Research and Development Collaboration with Cryopraxis Cryobiology Ltd.

... by the AABB, Cryo-Cell operates in a state-of-the-art Good Manufacturing practice and Good Tissue practice (cGMP/cGTP)-compliant facility. Cryo-Cell is a publicly traded company. ...

Research: Popular Diabetes Medications Associated with Increase in Bone Fractures

... can be very problematic," said Merri Pendergrass, MD, PhD, national practice leader of the Medco Therapeutic Resource Center(R) for diabetes and one ... medicine and in applying evidence-based protocols to elevate the practice of pharmacy -- a key element in reforming America's health care system. ...

Three Surgeons in East Texas Are Successfully Integrating a Novel Stem Cell Procedure for Spine Surgeries

... the latest developments in this field of medicine will become mainstream practice and, potentially, a standard of care for surgical treatments of severe ... community with neurosurgical services. Dr. Contreras concentrates his practice on surgery of the spine. Dr. Dietze and Dr. Buono perform both spinal and ...

National Hemovigilance Pilot Program Launches to Track Adverse Events Associated with Blood Transfusion

... enable us as a community to evaluate therapeutic protocols and make best practice recommendations to improve patient safety and reduce health care costs." ... not-for-profit association dedicated to the advancement of science and the practice of transfusion medicine and related biological therapies. The association ...

SGO and ACOG Announce Breast Cancer Fellowship Program for Gynecologic Oncologists

... quality health care for women; maintains the highest standards of clinical practice and continuing education of its members; promotes patient education and ... research, disseminating knowledge which will raise the standards of practice in the prevention and treatment of gynecologic malignancies, and ...

Fort Worth Surgeon Chosen as Investigator in Clinical Trial for Weight-Loss Device

... appropriate medical follow up," he said. To learn more about Smith's practice or to calculate your own body mass index, visit ... for himself. In 2004, he opened Fort Worth LAP-BAND(R), a private practice dedicated to the treatment of morbid obesity. Contact: ...

Savient Provides Update on Pegloticase BLA

... of the FDA and a Board Certified Rheumatologist with 25 years of clinical practice experience, has assumed oversight of all Company activities related to the ... the first 4 months through monitoring serum uric acid in normal medical practice patterns. A lack of uric acid response correlates with high levels of ...

Late-Breaking Data Highlighting Research Advances in Several Blood Disorders to Be Presented At the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

... Society of Clinical Oncology to release an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the use of ESAs, and the findings of this study are ... in leukemia and lymphoma to respond to questions on this important practice issue. "The results of two other large-scale studies presented at ...

Healthy Bones Program Reduces Hip Fractures by 37 Percent, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds

... osteoporosis education and home health programs; and standardizing the practice guidelines for osteoporosis management. The full article is found at ... in Pasadena, Calif., the department focuses on translating research to practice quickly to benefit the health and lives of Kaiser Permanente Southern ...

DOT Therapy: Newest Breakthrough Technology in Laser Skin Resurfacing

... of Maryland Laser, Skin and Vein Institute, Introduces DOT Therapy to his practice - BALTIMORE, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Weiss, M.D., board ... Dr. Weiss is an internationally renowned dermatologist, who is in private practice in Hunt Valley, Md. and is also Director, Maryland Laser, Skin and Vein ...

New Computer-Based Tools Will Help Make Best Use of Genetic Breast Cancer Tests

... these tools will support AHRQ's work of translating research into clinical practice in the areas of genetic tests, health information technology and patient ... the need for BRCA testing. AHRQ has also published an Evidence-based practice Center report on the impact of GEP tests on breast cancer outcomes. The ...

Xoft Showcases Interim Clincal Results for Breast Cancer Product and New Indications for Electronic Brachytherapy(eBx) at Astro Meeting

... for Electronic Brachytherapy: With the clearance from FDA for the practice of radiation oncology, the Axxent System has now established itself as an ... (eBx) systems based upon miniaturized X-ray tube technology for the practice of radiation oncology in virtually any clinical setting, eliminating the ...

Sonablate(R) International HIFU Registry is the First Worldwide HIFU Clinical Registry for Prostate Cancer Treatments

... International HIFU Registry was created to capture the 'real life' practice of prostate cancer treatment, which for the most part fell outside the ... It will capture the realistic outcomes achieved by physicians in private practice in approved markets, which is highly valuable, in addition to controlled ...

Discovering How Video Games Can Motivate Healthy Behaviors: More than $2 Million Awarded to 12 Research Teams Across U.S.

... faster in physical therapy to how people in substance abuse treatment can practice skills and behaviors in the virtual world of a game to prevent real-world ... aged 18 to 65 that are diagnosed with alcohol abuse or dependence to practice skills that can help them prevent real-world relapses. The relapse ...

Study Finds PCI Safe, Effective Despite Off-Site Cardiac Surgery

... cardiac surgical back-up is controversial. Clinical guidelines accept this practice for patients who are experiencing a heart attack -- so-called primary PCI ... provided an excellent opportunity to look at contemporary angioplasty practice patterns in the U.S. The safety and effectiveness of PCI programs with ...

ACR Supports American Cancer Society Inclusion of CT Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy) as Recommended Screening Tool for Colorectal Cancer in New Screening Guidelines

... who offer this test. The American College of Radiology has published practice guidelines for CTC, and has outlined practice-based quality metrics. ... medicine physicians, and medical physicists, with programs focusing on the practice of radiology and the delivery of comprehensive health care ...

Observational Data Show Transfusion Patterns in Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia Patients Receiving Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents

... Biotech Services, L.L.C. "Observational data reflect real-world clinical practice and therefore these findings are important in helping to understand ... ongoing, prospective, observational registry collecting data on real-world practice patterns and outcomes in oncology patients treated with erythropoietic ...

Novel Mechanism for Long-Term Learning Identified by Carnegie Mellon Researchers

... Strengthen After Repeated Stimulation PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- practice makes perfect -- or at least that's what we're told as we struggle through ... showed that that wasn't the case. "We know intuitively that the more we practice something, the better we get, so there had to be something that happened ...

APIC Conference to Discuss MRSA Elimination

... objectives of the conference is the identification of evidence-based practice and guidance for the elimination of MRSA transmission in hospital ... Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus; Barbara M. Soule, RN, MPA, CIC, practice leader, Infection Prevention and Control, Joint Commission Resources; ...

INVEGA(TM) Significantly Reduced Symptoms of Schizophrenia Compared to SEROQUEL(R) in Acutely Ill, Hospitalized Patients

... of recommended labeled doses while taking into account common clinical practice for this patient population. INVEGA was initiated at the recommended ... A, Levine J, et al., Dosing of quetiapine in schizophrenia: how clinical practice differs from registration studies. J. Clinical Psychiatry 2005 Dec; ...

Vectibix(R) in Combination With Chemotherapy Significantly Improved Progression-Free Survival in First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

... the new science's promise by bringing safe and effective medicines from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other serious ...

Cancer Centers of North Carolina Offers HDR Brachytherapy for Treatment of Cancerous Tumors

... a head and neck surgical oncologist and a gynecologic oncologist, and offers services in Raleigh, North Raleigh, Cary, Clayton, and Dunn. The practice provides advanced state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic services including administration of chemotherapy, biologic and targeted therapies, ...

Amgen Announces Positive Top-Line Results for Denosumab in Trial for Delay of Skeletal Related Events in Bone Metastases Patients Compared to Zometa(R)

... the new science's promise by bringing safe and effective medicines from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other serious ...

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists Issues White Paper on HPV Vaccine's Impact on Cervical Cancer Prevention

... purpose is to improve the care of women with gynecologic cancer by encouraging research, disseminating knowledge which will raise the standards of practice in the prevention and treatment of gynecologic malignancies, and cooperating with other organizations interested in women's health care, oncology and ...

Covance Receives Highest Level of Phase I Accreditation

... trial facilities. The process includes formal routine inspections that provide additional scope and depth to existing procedures for good clinical practice inspections. Covance's clinical pharmacology expertise includes full-time physicians, clinical pharmacologists, registered pharmacists and ...

New Powder Speeds Healing of Difficult Foot Wounds

... States and its territories, with a membership of close to 12,000 podiatrists. All practicing APMA members are licensed by the state in which they practice podiatric medicine. For more information, visit www.apma.org. ...

Popular Breast Cancer Drug Used with Certain Antidepressants Puts New Jersey Women at Risk

... drugs are putting women in New Jersey and across the nation at a much higher risk for recurrent breast cancer," said Dr. Milayna Subar, National practice Leader for Medco's Oncology Therapeutic Resource Center located at Medco's Willingboro, N. J. pharmacy. "Women taking tamoxifen along with an SSRI ...