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New American College of Surgeons risk calculator determines colorectal surgery risk

CHICAGO (June 11, 2009) New research published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that a risk calculator developed by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) can help surgeons provide patients with more detailed and accurate preoperative information about ...

Number of Matches Played Determines Teen Tennis Players' Risk for Medical Withdrawal

The number of matches junior tennis players compete in during a tournament directly affects their risk for medical withdrawal during a tournament concluded a study published in the youth focused May/June 2009 issue of Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Rosemon...

CSHL scientists show how a protein that determines cell polarity prevents breast cancer

In breast tissue, cells lining the breast's ducts have a certain shape that is required to maintain both organ structure and function. All breast cancers display a loss of this characteristic organization, but very little is known about the molecules and pathways that regulate tissue structure and...

Penn scientists show how body determines optimal amount of germ-fighting B cells

PHILADELPHIA Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine can now explain how the body determines whether there are enough mature B-cells in the blood stream at any one time. These are the cells that produce antibodies against germs to fight infections. "There is a steady s...

Help for shopaholics: New test determines who's at risk for compulsive buying

Shopaholics are the butt of many jokes, but obsessive or compulsive shopping can ruin lives. Compulsive shopping can lead to financial problems, family conflicts, stress, depression, and loss of self-esteem. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research , there may be more peopl...

Type of Tomato Product Determines Power Against Prostate Cancer

Compound produced during drying works with lycopene to protect against malignancies, study suggests THURSDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Dried tomatoes, anyone? A study in the June 1 issue of Cancer Research finds that the type of tomato product you eat may play a role in whethe...

MR imaging accurately determines prostate cancer treatment failure

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) plus diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) can accurately diagnose residual or recurrent prostate cancer in patients treated with high-intensity focused ultrasonic ablation, a new study shows. The study included 27 patients who had increased levels of prostate...

Quality Care, Not Number of Procedures, Determines Bypass Results

As the number of heart surgeries has declined, so has death rate, study finds TUESDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals that perform fewer cardiac bypass operations don't have more deaths following the procedure than hospitals that handle a greater number of bypasses, a new stud...

Unsuspected protein determines resistance to breast cancer treatment

An innovative research approach has identified a previously unsuspected protein as a key player in the resistance to particular forms of breast cancer therapy. The study, published by Cell Press in the February issue of Cancer Cell, significantly advances the understanding of the molecular respons...

Study determines costs of breast and cervical cancer detection among low-income women

A new study has estimated the costs of providing comprehensive screening and diagnostic services to under-or uninsured, low-income women to identify those with breast or cervical cancer for treatment. Dr. Donatus U. Ekwueme of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion...

ICU survival determines family's satisfaction with care

(Northbrook, IL, November 12, 2007) New research reveals that the families of patients who died in the intensive care unit (ICU) had higher satisfaction of care ratings than families of patients who survived their time in the ICU. The study, which appears in the November issue of CHEST, the journ...

Study Determines Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging Has Higher Specificity Than MRI in Patients With Equivocal Mammograms

Dilon high-resolution camera superior to conventional gamma imaging for both detecting breast cancer and screening high-risk patients. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently published study results in The Breast Journal indicate that Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) may be ...

Attitude Determines How Much Exercise is too Much

It is a persons attitude that determines how much exercise is too much for a person, say mental health experts at The Menninger Clinic. The researchers say that people who exercise frequently because they enjoy it, and like the health benefits it provides have the right reason in mind, but th...

The Bulging Waist Line Determines Your Life Line

Did you know that a flabby waist certainly points to a greater risk of developing a heart attack?If you didn’t, read on//. A recent study has revealed that the risk for coronary illness is inflated to almost 44%, when instead of an hour glass figure one sports a podgy flabby waistline. The dia...

Gene determines pain threshold...

According to researchers, a gene determines people’s sensitivity to pain.In the study conducted on rats, the development// of chronic pain could be prevented by blocking the expression of that particular gene after a nerve injury or inflammation. This could be a breakthrough in development of new p...

Physical Activity Determines Academic Performance

According to a study published on August 3, 2006, by researchers from Michigan State University and Grand Valley State University, Middle school students// who are physically more active show better academic performance than those who are less active. The American College of Sports Medicine has...

HIV Type determines turn-out of the disease.

A novel study has shown that, the type of HIV, a person is afflicted with, among the different subtypes of HIV already existing, is a key indicator of how quickly// they will succumb to the disease. Researchers from the United States studied people in Uganda to reveal that those with subtype...

Height Loss Determines Risk Of Vertebral Fractures And Bone Disease

Alberta University researchers have now developed a new tool to determine if height loss is due to osteoporosis or normal part of aging. The test is as simple as asking the patient about his/her tallest height and deducting it from the present height. // This would provide a rough idea of any heigh...

Viscosity of Women cervix determines sex of child

Researchers from University of Maastrict have found the reasons for the increased probability of boy children’s born to women older than 35 years of age. //Professor Luc Smits have reported the results of the work in British Medical Journal analyzing data of child births in 5,283 women and found th...

Transcept Pharmaceuticals to Report Second Quarter 2009 Results

...nt's current expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, whether FDA determines that the Intermezzo (R) NDA is sufficient to approve Intermezzo (R) for its intended indication and any delays in, and the final form of, any FDA ap...

Micromet, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...that it had been added to the Russell 3000 Index as part of the annual reconstitution of the Russell indexes, which occurred on June 26, 2009. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes. The Russell 3000 also serves as the U.S...

Clarient Reports Second Quarter Revenue Up 40 Percent

...ic tests or novel markers, the Company's ability to fund development of new diagnostic tests and novel markers and the amount of resources the Company determines to apply to novel marker development and commercialization, failure to obtain FDA clearance or approval for particular applications, the Company's abi...

Tennessee's New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery Launches Comprehensive Website Reaching out to Sufferers of Morbid Obesity

...pass in Knoxville, Tennessee , the new website is also equipped with an online BMI calculator for patients to compute their own body mass index, which determines part of the qualifications for weight loss surgery. The new website is designed to reflect the many options for people to turn their lives around ...

Blood Type May Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk

... New findings are consistent with previous research MONDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Common variants of a gene that determines blood type are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, according to U.S. researchers. They studied the genomes of more than 4,300 p...

QLT Announces Second Quarter Results for 2009

...e before items that are considered by management to be outside of the Company's core operating results. A full explanation of how QLT determines and recognizes revenue resulting from Visudyne sales is contained in the financial statements contained in the periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K...

Union of American Physicians and Dentists: Court Appointee El-Sabaawi Practicing Medicine Without a License?

...uis Obispo County), Coalinga (Fresno County) Metropolitan (Los Angeles County), and Patton (San Bernadino County). In his work as monitor, El-Sabaawi determines the system of care followed by the state-employed psychiatrists at the hospitals, work which requires a valid medical license. Psychiatrists e...

Applied Physiology Raises $5 Million for Navigator™ Market Launch

... We continue to back Applied Physiology both for its breakthrough technology and the strong management team." The novel Navigator technology determines the volume, resistance and heart components of standard cardiovascular signals, such as blood pressure, and then arranges them in a form that guides m...

Critical link in cell death pathway revealed

...institute's Molecular Genetics of Cancer division has found that XIAP (X-chromosome-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein) is the critical factor that determines which of two pathways will be followed to culminate in a cell's death. Programmed cell death (also called apoptosis) removes unwanted and dangerous ...

Transcept Pharmaceuticals to Present at BMO Capital Markets Healthcare Conference on August 5, 2009

...nt's current expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, whether FDA determines that the Intermezzo(R) NDA is sufficient to approve Intermezzo(R) for its intended indication and any delays in, and the final form of, any FDA ap...

FDA Approves Seasonal Flu Vaccine for 2009-2010

... the upcoming season. Based on these forecasts and on the recommendations of the FDA's Vaccine and Related Products Advisory Committee, the agency determines the strains that should be included in vaccines for the U.S. population. The closer the match between the strains in the vaccine and those circulating...

Baylor Dallas Recognized In U.S. News Media Group's 2009 - 2010 America's Best Hospitals

...es to be ranked and considered a Best Hospital: 1. The first gate determines whether a hospital is eligible to be ranked at all by requiring that it mus...n CT scanners and precision radiation therapy. 2. The second gate determines whether a hospital is eligible to be ranked in a particular specialty. To b...

The Mount Sinai Medical Center Named to "Honor Roll" in U.S. News's 2009-10 Edition of America's Best Hospitals

...al gates to be ranked and considered a Best Hospital: 1.The first gate determines whether a hospital is eligible to be ranked at all by requiring that it mus...eration CT scanners and precision radiation therapy. 2.The second gate determines whether a hospital is eligible to be ranked in a particular specialty. To b...

Northwestern Memorial Among America's Best Hospitals in 11 Clinical Specialties According to U.S. News' 2009 Rankings

...s to be ranked and considered a "Best Hospital": 1. The first gate determines whether a hospital is eligible to be ranked at all by requiring that any of...medical technologies from a defined list of 13. 2. The second gate determines whether a hospital is eligible to be ranked in a particular specialty. To b...

U.S. News Media Group Announces 2009-10 America's Best Hospitals

...tes to be ranked and considered a Best Hospital: 1. The first gate determines whether a hospital is eligible to be ranked at all by requiring that it mus...n CT scanners and precision radiation therapy. 2. The second gate determines whether a hospital is eligible to be ranked in a particular specialty. To b...

Corgenix to Exhibit AspirinWorks(R) Test at 2009 ISTH Meeting

...al data on the AspirinWorks Test and to answer questions about Corgenix' full line of diagnostic tests. AspirinWorks is a simple urine test that determines the effect of aspirin on platelets by measuring the level of thromboxane production (aspirin's target). The higher the levels of thromboxane, the stic...

Symon Announces Revolutionary New Application InView Mobile™

...yment supporting the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London, England. InView Mobile is a revolutionary new application that, when launched, determines a user's location and then retrieves and plays interactive, multi-media content specific at that location. If no content is assigned to that location,...

Study in Nature: MicroRNAs hold promise for treating diseases in blood vessels

...templates for protein production. The current study found that two miRNAs in particular, miR-143 and miR-145, are part of a molecular switch that determines whether VSMC persist as high-growth precursors or mature into functioning muscle cells. miR-143 was found to block the expression of factors that prom...

Endologix Added to Russell Indexes

...matic inclusion in the large-cap Russell 1000 Index or small-cap Russell 2000 Index as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes. The Russell 3000 also serves as the U....

Cornerstone Therapeutics Joins the Russell 3000(R) Index

...place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the small-cap Russell 2000 Index, as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes. The Russell 3000 Index also serves as ...

Elsevier Launches SciVal Spotlight: New Tool Provides Multidisciplinary View of Research Performance

...sses article and market growth or decline over the last five years, offering an average rate for each using a two year sliding scale. Additionally, it determines if an institution's work is building upon the most recent discoveries; providing a "state of the art quotient" by analyzing how recent the citations a...