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New Five-Question Test Helps Assess Asthma Control In Children Under Five Years Of Age
Test for Respiratory and Asthma Control in Kids (TRACK™) is the first validated, parent-administered asthma-control test for preschool-aged children Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) July 17, 2009 -- Caregivers of children under five years of age can now answer five simple q...Experts to Assess Impacts and Policy Barriers to Improving Proper Medication Adherence
Conference Led by John Iglehart to Inform Policy Recommendations that Improve Adherence and Patient Health WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health reform may succeed in creating better coverage and access for Americans, but until we reduce the barriers...New Five-Question Test Helps Assess Asthma Control in Children Under Five Years of Age
WILMINGTON, Del., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caregivers of children under five years of age can now answer five simple questions to determine if their child's breathing problems are not under control. AstraZeneca funded a research project to create the Test for Respiratory and Ast...SAN DIEGO, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- With the recent FDA approval of the new P2Y12 inhibitor, prasugrel (Effient), Accumetrics, Inc. announces that its VerifyNow P2Y12 Test is not only able to assess response to Plavix(R), but also its newly approved competitor, Effient. In obtaining ...
A Drop of Blood May Help Assess Cancer Therapy
Technique could one day quickly detect if treatment is working, study suggests MONDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- A specialized technique that can detect subtle changes in cancer cells contained in a drop of blood or a tiny piece of tissue may one day be used by doctors to better as...Retrospective Analysis Presented at 58th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology Suggests Oral Anticoagulants are Underused in Eligible Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation at Risk for Stroke RIDGEFIELD, Conn., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim to...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Epiphany Biosciences announced today that the company plans on filing an IND with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to study the potential impact of using the antiviral medication valomaciclovir (EPB-348) as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of mul...
Mayo Clinic Study Suggests Those Who Have Chronic Pain May Need to Assess Vitamin D Status
ROCHESTER, Minn., March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- Mayo Clinic research shows a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain. This correlation is an important finding as researchers discover new ways to treat chro...Mayo Clinic study suggests those who have chronic pain may need to assess vitamin D status
ROCHESTER, Minn. Mayo Clinic research shows a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain. This correlation is an important finding as researchers discover new ways to treat chronic pain. According to the Centers fo...Press Ganey Releases Innovative Report to Assess Culture of Safety in U.S. Hospitals
Report Coincides With Patient Safety Awareness Week SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with Patient Safety Awareness Week, Press Ganey Associates, Inc. today released a first-of-its-kind Safety Culture Pulse Report to assess the correlation between medical errors and ...Database Helps Assess Your Breast Cancer Risk
Lifestyle factors and environmental hazards are included in the searchable site,,,, SUNDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- If you want to learn more about the key risk factors for breast cancer, such as obesity, pollutants or smoking, a database can guide you to the available evidence th...Large study illustrates cardiac CT can effectively assess coronary artery disease
Cardiac CT can effectively assess coronary artery stenosis, according to a large study performed at Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. The study consisted of 1,331 patients who had suspected coronary artery disease with 50% or more stenosis. 10,561 coronary artery seg...Leading Provider of Supplemental Insurance Offers Cancer Policies to Help Offset Some of the Costs Associated With Treatment Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 18, 2008 -- November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Combined Insurance , a leading provider of supplemental in...
Supplemental Cancer Policies Can Ease Financial, Emotional Burden of Diagnosis Chicago (PRWEB) September 29, 2008 -- October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which marks an opportune time for women of all ages to assess their current insurance coverage to ensu...
Measures to assess potential lung injury during ventilation inadequate
Ventilator-induced injury to the lungs can contribute to prolonged respiratory failure and even death among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Even post-operative patients with previously healthy lungs, who require temporary mechanical ventilation, are at risk of ventilator-...In the white paper, "All for One and One for All," Interaction Associates Senior Consultant Jay Gordon Cone provides a model and a user-friendly checklist to help business leaders assess if their teams are high-performing - and decide what to do if they're not. ...
University of South Florida receives new multimillion award to assess juvenile diabetes treatments
Tampa, FL (July 31, 2008) -- The National Institutes of Health has awarded $128 million to the University of South Florida research team led by Jeffrey Krischer, PhD, to coordinate worldwide studies on the prevention and treatment of juvenile diabetes. This latest funding, a seven-year award, supp...New Tests Assess Kids' Sense of Smell, Taste
Previous measures aimed at adults, but Australian team says these 3 gauges work better THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- A series of tests that are the first to accurately assess children's ability to taste and smell have been developed by Australian researchers. Using these thr...Bedsharing and bassinets: 2 new studies assess the risks
Cincinnati, OH, June 25, 2008--Bassinet use in 2006 was nearly double what it was in 1992, and even though more than 45% of infants between the ages of 0-2 months use them, little is known about bassinet safety. In fact, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has guidelines regarding bassi...Blood Test Helps Docs Assess Breast Cancer Treatment
New tool could allow physicians to determine much sooner if therapy is working FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A simple blood test to check levels of circulating tumor cells can help doctors more accurately assess how well treatments are working in women with metastatic breast cance...Pilot Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of Medidur(TM) FA in AMD Patients Treated With Lucentis(R)
ATLANTA, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Alimera Sciences Inc., a privately held ophthalmic pharmaceutical company announced today that enrollment has begun for a pilot study to assess the safety and efficacy of Medidur FA in conjunction with Lucentis(R) (ranibizumab injection, Genentech) in patients wi...National Disability Insurance Awareness Month Kicks off May 1 WASHINGTON, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Paralympian April Holmes knows a thing or two about being competitive out on the track. In September, she will travel to Beijing to compete in the world's Paralympic Games, where she is fa...
FORT MYERS, Fla., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The needs of pregnant women, babies and toddlers up to age three have changed over the last five years. Healthy Start of Southwest Florida has received a $6,000 grant from the March of Dimes to conduct focus groups to determine how we can be...
NHS Choices Launches Tool to Assess Drinking Behaviour
LONDON, February 19 /PRNewswire/ -- NHS Choices ( http://www.nhs.uk ), the digital 'front door' to the NHS, launches a new interactive tool aimed to help people assess their drinking behaviour and improve their understanding of safe limits for sensible drinking. Based on NHS accredited infor...Noninvasive ways to assess liver disease
Two new studies examine non-invasive ways to determine liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. An enhanced version of the Original European Liver Fibrosis panel was found to have good diagnostic accuracy for fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Conversely, transient elastography was ...Scientists seek to assess the microbial risks in the water we drink
It is a familiar scenario experienced around the world: an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness suddenly emerges in a community, and no one knows where it came from or how to stop it. At the start of the outbreak, only a few people are affected, most often the very old and the very young. As the o...LA BioMed research finds simpler way to assess breast cancer risk
TORRANCE (Nov. 13, 2007) - A new, simpler model for predicting breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women appears to be as accurate as a more complicated method currently used to decide if women would benefit from medication to reduce their risk of getting cancer, according to research published...ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Singulex Inc. announced today that its technology will be highlighted in an oral presentation (#3108) at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions on Wednesday, November 7 at 11:15 a.m. in West F1. The presentation is entitled "Single Molecule Tro...
Oral Thermometers Can't Assess Exercise Heat Stroke
Use a rectal thermometer instead, experts urge WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Oral thermometers and other standard methods can't accurately gauge core body temperatures in athletes with suspected heat exhaustion or heat stroke, a new study warns. Researchers say rectal thermometers do...New tool to assess excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents published in JCSM
WESTCHESTER, Ill. A study published in the October 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM) features the Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness Questionnaire (CASQ), a new self-completed instrument to measure excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents. The study, led by James C. Sp...NIH scientists describe ways to better assess benefits of influenza vaccine in the elderly
WHAT: Each year, seasonal flu kills approximately 36,000 people in the United States, most over age 70.Yet little is known about the benefit of influenza vaccine in older seniors. Randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials involving seniors have not been large enough to reveal how well the va...Functional Foods Must Be Monitored to Assess Their Long-term Safety and Effectiveness
So-called functional foods need to be systematically monitored because not enough is known about their long-term safety and effectiveness , say a group of scientists writing in todays British Medical Journal. Functional foods are modified foods which claim to improve health, quality of lif...Moon, the Best Place to Assess the Earths Climate Changes
A University of Wisconsin researcher believes that the Moon might be the best place from which to study climatic changes taking place on Earth. According to Shoapeng Huang, National Aeronautic Space Agency (NASA) data collected over a period of 41 months in the 1970s show variations taking...Toolkit to Assess Reproductive Health Needs of Displaced Women
A new resource to assess the reproductive health needs of women displaced from conflict-affected regions throughout the world has been developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). About 80 percent of the world's refugees and internally displaced people are women and ...A New Form of Spectroscopy to Assess Reproductive Potential of Embryo
Researchers have developed a procedure that estimates the reproductive potential of individual embryos. This process might help to decrease// multiple births and to achieve a higher success rate in women undergoing IVF. Over 100,000 in-vitro fertilization procedures are performed each year in...Scientists Assess Risk of Flu Pandemic Spread Via Global Airlines
An Indiana University School of Informatics-led team of researchers has constructed a model that predicts how an emerging pandemic influenza might spread across the globe// by airliners. The study, "Modeling the Worldwide Spread of Pandemic Influenza: Baseline Case and Containment Interventio...Chronotype, a Measure to Assess Patterns of Daily Activities
Researchers, by assessing the daily activity patterns of thousands of individuals living in different geographical locations, have found evidence that the human circadian// clock becomes coupled to so-called local sun time despite the fact that people live and work according to a common "social tim...New Web- Based Calculator to Assess Heart Disease Risk
A new web-based calculator has been develooped to assess the risk of heart disease in British black and minority ethnic groups which are often wrongly assessed. // ETHRISK is for everyday use in the doctor's surgery and other primary care settings. It has been developed by researchers at the Un...C-reactive Protein (CRP) Levels Could Assess Future Lung Cancer Risk In Smokers
New research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine says that measuring the levels of f C-reactive protein (CRP) in the blood could// help detect abnormal lesions like cancer in the airways of smokers. CRP is a marker of inflammation and measuring the blood leve...Ofcom To Assess The Bedside Call Charges
Ofcom, which is a telecom regulator, found that incoming call to bedside phones cost higher than the call made to Australia. It demanded the health department to review the charges levied on the bedside phones. // This came about after the relatives of the patients started complaining of the b...Other TagssicksicksicksickyouyouyouEngagefigurelastlastlastlastlastlastlastlastboomRulesRulesPredictsPredictsOther Contentsfifthfifthfifthfifthfifthfinefinefinefinefinefinefinefinefirefirefirefirefirefirekitkitkitkitkitkitkitaidaidaidaidaidaidaidaidaidfirstfirstfirstfirstfirstfirstfirstfirstfirstfirstfistula
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