News articles tagged with 'patient'
Probiotics reduce infections for patients in intensive care
— 2 Dec 2011 09:56 | HealthTraumatic brain injury is associated with a profound suppression of the patient's ability to fight infection. At the same time the patient also often suffers hyper-inflammation, due…
Old drugs find new target for treating brain tumour
— 19 Nov 2011 15:50 | HealthScientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Centre, in collaboration with colleagues in Boston and South Korea, say they…
Rheumatologists update assessments for adult pain
— 16 Nov 2011 21:28 | HealthAssessment of patient outcomes allows physicians and researchers to measure the success or failure of diagnostics and treatments that patients receive. One set of measurement tools…
Humans can control a cursor with power of thought
— 9 Apr 2011 11:46 | TechnologyThe act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for…
Device drops blood pressure in patients with difficult-to-treat hypertension
— 6 Apr 2011 18:31 | HealthA device designed to treat people with resistant hypertension helped lower blood pressure by 33 points, a substantial drop that would otherwise require patients to take an additional…
Death rates after hospitalisation down for oldest heart failure patients
— 6 Apr 2011 18:10 | HealthDeath rates after hospitalisation for heart failure have dropped for veterans age 80 and older, but rehospitalisations remain frequent, according to a study in the American Heart Association…
GOLFIG increased progression-free survival in colorectal cancer patients
— 6 Apr 2011 17:55 | HealthOncologists can use colorectal cancer patients' own immune system to boost the effects of chemotherapy and increase progression-free survival, according to Phase III study results presented…
Study shows that modern surgery for scoliosis has good long-term outcomes
— 6 Apr 2011 16:07 | HealthTeenagers who undergo spine fusion for scoliosis using the newest surgical techniques can expect to be doing well 10 years after surgery, according to a Hospital for Special Surgery…
Using MRI, researchers may predict which adults will develop Alzheimer's
— 6 Apr 2011 15:40 | HealthUsing MRI, researchers may be able to predict which adults with mild cognitive impairment are more likely to progress to Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a study published…
Cardiovascular disease can be detected earlier during sleep
— 6 Apr 2011 15:13 | HealthA specially customised pulse oximeter attached to the finger can be used to detect changes in heart and vessel function while you sleep, and this simple technique can even identify…