News articles tagged with 'compression'
Princeton scientist recasts problems, offering new tools for old quandaries
— 17 Nov 2010 10:27 | PhysicsA Princeton scientist with an interdisciplinary bent has taken two well-known problems in mathematics and reformulated them as a physics question, offering new tools to solve challenges…
Penn study: Hospital CPR quality is worse at night
— 15 Nov 2010 17:09 | HealthCPR quality is worse during in-hospital cardiac arrests occurring overnight than those that happen during the day, according to a new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study…
Chest compression-only CPR improves survival in cardiac arrest patients
— 15 Oct 2010 11:26 | HealthHeart attack patients whose hearts have stopped beating and who receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders fare better if their resuscitators skip the rescue breaths…
Surgical technique relieves painful spine fractures in patients with metastatic cancer
— 9 Oct 2010 08:41 | HealthA surgical technique appears to offer quick and effective relief for debilitating spinal fractures often suffered by patients with metastatic cancer, researchers reported at the 35th…
Mayo Clinic finds inflammation causes some postsurgical neuropathies
— 22 Sep 2010 18:03 | HealthA new Mayo Clinic study found that nerve inflammation may cause the pain, numbness and weakness following surgical procedures that is known as postsurgical neuropathy. The development…
Compression clothing and athletic performance - functional or fad?
— 4 Jun 2010 16:10 | HealthTwo Indiana University studies examined the influence of compression garments on athletic performance and both found little influence: Abigail Laymon, researcher in the Department of…
More compressions, fewer interruptions lead to higher cardiac arrest survival
— 5 May 2009 17:20 | HealthSurvival rates from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest almost doubled when professional rescuers using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) gave better chest compressions and minimised…
Constant compressions critical to CPR
— 6 Feb 2009 12:50 | HealthInterrupting chest compressions during resuscitation reduces the chances of heartbeat return after defibrillation. New research published in the open access journal BMC Medicine shows…
Engineering nanoparticles for maximum strength
— 21 Oct 2008 10:28 | TechnologyBecause they are riddled with defects, bulk crystalline materials never achieve their ideal strength; nanocrystals, on the other hand, are so small there's no room for defects. ('Nano'…
Long-term data show vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal fractures provides dramatic pain relief
— 18 Mar 2008 22:48 | HealthThe results of a five-year follow-up study of 884 osteoporosis patients bolster the use of vertebroplasty - an interventional radiology treatment for vertebral compression fractures…