New Treatment Discovered For Pediatric Cholera
...lerae, single-dose ciprofloxacin achieves clinical outcomes similar to or better than, those achieved with 12-dose erythromycin treatment in childhood cholera, but is less effective in eradicating Vcholeraefrom stool” Source: The Lancet, Newswis...Children With Facial Anomalies Are Affected By Parental Tensions
...with a craniofacial anomaly (CFA) leads to adverse outcomes as children develop. The study appears in the latest issue of The Cleft Palate–Craniofacial Journal. Parental stress begins with the initial shock of learning of the CFA. Parents then must also deal with other people’s negative responses to the disf...New And More Effective Treatment For Cholera
...lerae, single-dose ciprofloxacin achieves clinical outcomes similar to or better than, those achieved with 12-dose erythromycin treatment in childhood cholera, but is less effective in eradicating V cholerae from stool. ...Medical Mishaps In Telemedicine And Their Prevention
...at errors in telephone communication can result in outcomes ranging from inconvenience and anxiety to serious compromises in patient safety. Although 25% of interactions between physicians and patients take place on the telephone, little has been written about telephone communication and medical mishaps. Incr...Gene Fusion Test to screen children’s with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemi
...nx 1 - about 20% of children with ALL - had better outcomes than others. Those with multiple copies of runx 1 had some of the poorest outcomes. "It's an important confirmatory test to the traditional method of cytogenetics, which looks at chromosome numbers and structure.”As a result of our work, doctors no...Gum Disease Increases Chances Of Pre-Term Birth
...e impact of periodontal disease on negative health outcomes - renal, cardiologic and now obstetric," said Dr. Raymond P. White Jr., a co-author of the study and a professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. Women who had a pocket depth of more than 4 mm around the wisdom toot...Stenting: A Possible Remedy For Brain Artery Blockage
...but the safety, re-canalization rate, and clinical outcomes in consecutive case series are not known. Stenting is a procedure in which a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into an artery and advanced to the point of the blockage. The balloon is then inflated to open the artery, and a stent is put in place t...A New Approach In Treatment Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity In Children
...TX-A was 85 to 300 U. They measured the urodynamic outcomes 6 months after each injection and compared the results after the first injection with the results after the third and fifth injections (in the children who had five or more injections). The relative changes - each in comparison with the value before...Treatment For Prostate Cancer Relapse Linked To Marital Status
...or metastatic prostate cancer. They looked for the outcomes keeping in mind the marital status of the men. Konski said that single men were unlikely to return for retreatment. "We need to come up with strategies to support them, such as nurse follow-up and patient navigators who can help them through the he...New sensors developed to predict effectiveness of radiotherapy treatment
...mour receives a uniform dose. It improves clinical outcomes by more accurately targeting tumors and minimizing the amount of radiation absorbed by healthy tissue. INVORAD developed two sensors that can perform the task in a simple way. The small size of the sensor, the response to different forms of radiati...Estrogen therapy not effective in curing Schizophrenia
... therapy were not significantly different from the outcomes for patients who did not”. Source: News wise...Important parameters of life: Longevity and quality: both improved by exercise
...arch indicated positive psychosocial and cognitive outcomes -- in effect, significant quality-of-life gains -- among participants who remained physically active long after they began an initial randomized, six-month exercise trial consisting of walking and stretching/toning exercises. Results were gleaned fro...Back Pain Can Now Be Cost-Effectively Treated By Chiropractic Care
...chiropractic care produces significantly // better outcomes when compared to conventional treatment. Patients ... it’s kind to compare low-back treatment costs and outcomes within the structure of the American health care system. Nearly 2780 patients were involved in the...Asthma Patients Under The Care Of An Allergist Report Less Severe Symptoms
...yers, insurance companies and providers to improve outcomes for asthma patients. Patients with asthma should not have to miss school, work or recreational activities because of their symptoms. Compared to asthma patients who received care from a primary care physician, those seeing an allergist reported few...Obesity Common Thread In Pregnancy Complications And Cardiovascular Woes
...e pregnancy. The researchers compared the health outcomes of women who had placenta problems with women who didn't. <brThe study found 75,000 of the women had maternal placental syndrome. Within less than nine years on average, 305 of them had a heart attack, unstable angina, stroke or peripheral artery...Woodruff Foundation Grant To Support Doctorate Of Nursing Practice Program
...ical and management expertise necessary to improve outcomes in health care practice, leadership and education. The program encourages nurses to stay in health care practice and contribute to issues faced in the field. The first cohort of doctorate of nursing practice students, consisting of 13 MCG School of ...Smokers puff away despite cancer Diagnosis
...around the time of diagnosis have improved disease outcomes compared to those who continue to smoke. The treatments effectiveness may be reduced in continuing smokers and survival rates are lower. The common finding was that the healthcare provider has a significant impact on smoking cessation rates. Interve...Disparity In Survival Rates In US and Canadian heart Patients
... explore the reasons underlying this difference in outcomes and to gain additional insights to improve the care and outcomes of heart failure patients in both countries....New Plastic Surgery Unit Set Up In Kolkata To Meet Ever-Increasing Consumer Demand
.../ in this regard has not only resulted in improved outcomes but also an affordable treatment cost. Kolkata, which was previously underdeveloped when compared to the other Indian cities, has also joined the race. It has been proposed to expand the Belle Vue Clinic, a city-based healthcare major, by the end ......r's professionalism in medical school to later bad outcomes when they practice; it gives professors criteria that can serve as early warning signs of trouble, Papadakis says. The research found that doctors who had exhibited certain types of behavior in medical school were even more likely to be cited by a ...