Better in Medical News

Not-For-Profit Nursing Homes Fare Better in Studies

Quality of care higher than in for-profit residences, review finds WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Non-profit nursing homes provide better care than for-profit facilities, say Canadian researchers who reviewed the results of 82 studies from 1965 to 2003. Forty studies found th...

Tabyat Partners, LLC. Launches iluvmydoc.com™, to Better Connect Patients with Doctors

New health care Web community offers doctors and individuals the ability to interact, manage and share Skokie, Ill. (Vocus) July 29, 2009 -- Tabyat Partners, LLC. ( www.tabyat.com ), a health care technology company, is proud to announce the Beta launch, in Illinois, of...

Freshly crushed garlic better for the heart than processed

A new study reports what scientists term the first scientific evidence that freshly crushed garlic has more potent heart-healthy effects than dried garlic. Scheduled for the Aug. 12 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , it also challenges the widespread belief that most of gar...

Look Good...Feel Better Launches Salon Awareness Campaign During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Beauty Professionals Encouraged to Share Educational Materials in Their Salons in October WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Look Good. . .Feel Better , a national public service program created to help women cope with the appearance-related changes of...

Charlotte Attorney Calls on North Carolina Senate to Pass "Comparative Negligence" Bill in Order to Better Protect Injury Victims in State

Herbert Auger, veteran personal injury attorney, notes that North Carolina is one of just four states to deny any monetary award if injured party is even slightly to blame for accident Charlotte, N.C. (Lexis Nexis) July 23, 2009 -- The North Carolina State Senate needs ...

NIH Plan Charts Course to Better Treatments and Cure for Most Common Known Genetic Cause of Autism: Fragile X

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) research is moving closer to finding a cure with the recent approval by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) of a comprehensive plan created by a group of leading scientists, parents and advocates. The Co...

Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) Implements PNA FISH(R) Tests to Help Provide Better Care for Patients with Bloodstream Infections

WOBURN, Mass. and DURHAM, N.C., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- AdvanDx and bioMerieux, Inc. today announced Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), which is part of Orlando Health, has implemented the PNA FISH(R) tests from AdvanDx to identify bloodstream pathogens 1 to 2 days earlier to help t...

Look Good...Feel Better and OPI Celebrate 20 Years of Helping Women Cope With Cancer

WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With summer in full swing, women everywhere are pulling out their sunscreen, jumping into their swimsuits and heading to the salon for manicures and pedicures. Starting this month, purchasing that perfect shade of nail lacquer that makes you look gr...

Three New Studies Give Clear Guidance on How to Better Recruit Volunteers for Alzheimer's Clinical Studies

- Overcoming the Biggest Obstacle to Improving Alzheimer's Treatments - VIENNA, Austria, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Partnering with local physicians, working with local clinics, and conducting educational seminars and health fairs were found to be the most effective tools in recr...

'Controlling Your Future: Six Steps To A Better Life': New Self-Help Book Teaches the Art of Self-discipline, Self-control

MANSFIELD, Conn., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Life is unfair, the economy is out of control and disaster can strike at any time. However true these statements might be, your ability to bounce back from your circumstances depends on your own control over yourself. In his refreshing new self-help book, ...

Minimally Invasive Surgery Not Better for Sciatica

Faster recovery, less pain with conventional operation TUESDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Minimally invasive surgery for the excruciating back pain that can be caused by sciatica didn't work as well as the conventional procedure in a Dutch study. "The expected treatment benefit of ...

Physics research with atomic force microscope could lead to better health care

Where biology, chemistry and physics intersect, a Kansas State University professor expects to find applications to improve human health. Robert Szoszkiewicz, an assistant professor of physics at K-State, is continuing research on molecules both singularly and as a group. His study of proteins ...

Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, says Stanford study

STANFORD, Calif. The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says "baa." It's the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, which is to be published July 3 in PLoS ONE , fin...

The decision about the incision: Is midline or transverse better for abdominal surgery?

An unusual study at the Department of Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital examined for the first time whether the incision technique used in major abdominal surgery had an effect on the results. Neither physician nor patient knew what kind of incision had been made. The study of 200 patients...

Look Good...Feel Better and OPI Celebrate 20 Years of Helping Women Cope With Cancer

Lend a Hand by Giving Your Nails a "Bubble Bath"...and Show You Care WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With summer in full swing, women everywhere are pulling out their sunscreen, jumping into their swimsuits and heading to the salon for manicures and pedicures. Starting this mo...

Messages Heard Better in the Right Ear

Noisy nightclub experiments show a bias against left-side listening FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Next time you want to get your message across in a noisy club, aim for the right ear. That's the lesson from three studies that may prove people's preference for listening with th...

Health care outcome boost needs better studies

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (June 25, 2009) Evidence suggests that outcomes in many clinical settings leave a lot to be desired, which means that research into quality improvement (QI) in clinical care has the potential to greatly improve the lot of patients. Now a...

Death at Assisted Living Facility Points to Desperate Need for Better Regulations from the State

PHILADELPHIA, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- With yet another tragedy in the headlines, Pennsylvania residents can wait no longer for strong regulations to protect residents of our state's assisted living facilities. Such regulations would prevent outrageous and dangerous practices such as those tha...

Asthma Discovery May Lead to Better Treatments

Researchers come closer to understanding key airway changes FRIDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- A key element in the development of chronic asthma has been identified by British researchers, who suggest that their finding may lead to new treatments. The study by a team from King's C...

Oncology Care Quality Improvement Program Introduced by Bipartisan Coalition Dedicated to Better Cancer Care Nationwide

Legislators proud to introduce "Oncology Care Quality Improvement Program of 2009" to ensure that patients, doctors and families have the best health care tools available Bill is endorsed by National Patient Advocate Foundation and US Oncology WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ ...

Study finds autistics better at problem-solving

This release is available in French . Montreal, June 16, 2009 Autistics are up to 40 percent faster at problem-solving than non-autistics, according to a new Universit de Montral and Harvard University study published in the journal Human Brain Mapping . As part of the investigation, pa...

Stable marriage is linked with better sleep in women

WESTCHESTER, Ill. Being stably married or gaining a partner is associated with better sleep in women than being unmarried or losing a partner, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep...

Anesthesia Can Make Patients Vomit After Cosmetic Surgery - World's Top Expert Says PK Anesthesia Is Better

Before now, patients' number one anesthesia satisfaction issue never had an entire chapter dedicated to this persistent, unpleasant side effect of general anesthesia -- postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Dr. Christian Apfel, the world's foremost PONV expert, cites PK anesthesia as a non-PO...

MassMutual Survey: Female Cancer Survivors Better Prepared Financially Than Other Women For Life's Unexpected Events

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Women who have experienced cancer have some timely advice on National Cancer Survivors Day for women who haven't: it's important -- and comforting -- to get your financial plans in order. That's the lesson suggested by new data from a survey conduct...

Two Drugs Better Than One for Crohn's Patients

Remission rates higher with combination therapy, study finds WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Crohn's disease patients who received a combination of the drugs infliximab (Remicade) and azathioprine (Azasan) were more likely to have the disease go into steroid-free remission than t...

Hospitalized patients need better understanding of CPR and outcomes

Many hospitalized patients overestimate their chance of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest and do not know what CPR really involves, a University of Iowa study has shown. The study further showed that this lack of understanding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation may affect a patient's choic...

Minimally invasive stroke treatment produces better patient outcomes than surgical operation

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (May 28, 2009) While minimally invasive coil treatments for those with a ruptured brain aneurysm have proved to be a more effective technique than traditional surgical operation in selected patients, the superior procedure is drastically more expensive, according to new resea...

LSUHSC dental researcher funded to develop better dental materials

New Orleans, LA Xiaoming, Xu, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Biomaterials Research at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $1.77 million over four years by the National Institutes of Health to develop new antibacterial, fl...

AUDIO from Medialink and Procter & Gamble: Feel Better on the Beach - Inside and Out

NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Making sure you look good in your swimwear this summer doesn't necessarily start with hitting the gym. Here's more on the importance of also making sure your digestive health is running smoothly. Listen to this report from Procter & Gamble at: http://i...

Advertisement for Forterus Treatment Center, A Better Tomorrow, Featured on A & E Network

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Forterus Inc. (Pink Sheets: FTER), owner and operator of the "A Better Tomorrow" Treatment Center, Inc. in Murrieta, California, said today that an advertisement for "A Better Tomorrow" will appear on the A & E Network a number of times...

Forterus Treatment Center, A Better Tomorrow, Featured in Major Network Program

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Forterus Inc. (Pink Sheets: FTER), owner and operator of the "A Better Tomorrow" Treatment Center, Inc. in Murrieta, California, said today that the documentary "Intervention," which features this Forterus facility, will be aired on the A ...

Blood tests and better communication skills could cut over-prescribing of antibiotics

Improving communications skills and the use of a simple blood test could help cut the growing number of inappropriate prescriptions of antibiotics, a joint Cardiff University trial has discovered. In a major new clinical trial, published in the British Medical Journal , a team of researchers ...

Siemens Promotes May is Better Speech and Hearing Month on America's Largest Stage

Educating the public about hearing loss and the importance of hearing health PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. celebrates May is Better Speech and Hearing Month in Times Square from May 11 through 28 in many cameo appearances. Siemens will air a 3...

Obese People Seem to Do Better With Heart Disease

Still, it's best to lose that excess weight, review says MONDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- The excess fat that leads people to develop heart disease can help them fight against the condition's worst effects, a review of cardiac studies shows. It's the "obesity paradox," said Dr. C...

Two Targeted Therapies Likely Better Than One in Patients with Aggressive Lymphoma, Mayo Clinic Researchers Say

ORLANDO, Fla., May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When combined with a cocktail of chemotherapy drugs, two monoclonal antibodies, instead of one, appear to offer superior results in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma , according to Mayo Clinic researchers working with the North Cent...

New Hope for Walking Normally, Living Better With Cerebral Palsy

High-Tech Yet Simple Device "Rewires" Brain, Improves and Restores Balance, Normal Walking Haifa, Israel (PRWEB) May 17, 2009 -- From now on, "virtual reality" has a whole new meaning for people with Cerebral Palsy who want to improve their balance...

Two targeted therapies likely better than one in patients with aggressive lymphoma

ORLANDO - When combined with a cocktail of chemotherapy drugs, two monoclonal antibodies, instead of one, appear to offer superior results in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to Mayo Clinic researchers working with the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG). At the a...

Heating heart with catheter better than drugs for common heart rhythm disorder

MAYWOOD, Il. -- Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, a major international study has found. One year after undergoing a treatment called catheter ablation, 63 percent of patients with an irregular heartbe...

Older Adults, People With Disabilities Urged to Be Better Prepared for Emergencies

New 'ReadyPA' Materials Offer Tips on Creating Personal Support Networks HARRISBURG, Pa., May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Older adults and individuals with disabilities can be better prepared for emergencies with the help of new resources offered by Pennsylvania's ReadyPA campaign, the ...

Seniors Cope With Sleep Loss Better Than Young Adults

But those who unintentionally doze off in daytime should see a doctor, study concludes THURSDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Healthy older adults cope better with sleep deprivation than younger adults, and daytime sleepiness among older adults isn't a normal part of aging, U.S. researche...