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Maggie Clark (Stateline)
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Thursday, 26 April 2012
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Paducah, KY, USA. The need for more information about prescription drug abuse is beyond dispute, but deciding who should have access to such information is a divisive issue.
Dr. Shawn Jones, an ear, nose and throat surgeon in Paducah, Kentucky, was conducting a routine office appointment when he got a phone call from a worried pharmacist. The pharmacist had just received a prescription from Jones for 90 Percocet pain pills, an unusually large order for a doctor who rarely prescribes more than 20 pills at one time.
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 TS-Si News Service Tuesday, 24 April 2012 San Diego, CA, USA. The first lab-grown blood vessels made from donor skin cells uses a new technique for human textiles that promises to cut eventual production costs by half.
The procedure eliminates much of the long lead time needed for making blood vessels from a patient's own cells. The results are a completely human-derived alternative to synthetic blood vessels that resist punctures and infections typical of synthetic materials.
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 TS-Si News Service Monday, 16 April 2012 Arlington Heights, IL, USA. Chin augmentation grew faster in 2011 than breast augmentation, Botox® and liposuction combined, a trend driven by the baby booming internet.
The phenomenon affects all major demographic groups, sparked by an aging baby boomer population, video chat technology, and a desire for workplace success.
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 TS-Si News Service Saturday, 14 April 2012 Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Women at a high risk for breast cancer who used a customized web-based decision guide were more likely to make comfortable choices about cancer prevention.
The women used a web-based tool called the Guide to Decide, which included general information about breast cancer and personalized information about an individual woman's five-year risk of breast cancer. [Currently ofline pending revisions.]
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 TS-Si News Service Saturday, 17 March 2012 University Park, PA, USA. Beliefs about nature and nurture (especially genetics and God) can affect how patients and their families respond to news about their diagnosis.
Understanding how people might respond to a health problem when the recommendations for adapting to the condition may seem contradictory to their beliefs is crucial to planning communication strategies, according to health communication researchers.
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 Christine Vestal (Stateline) Friday, 16 March 2012 Washington, DC, USA. The aim of the “medical home” concept is simple — improve primary care so fewer people need to go to the hospital.
States experimenting with this nationwide movement say that when practiced by doctors serving Medicaid patients, it improves overall health conditions and saves billions of dollars in the long run.
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Christine Vestal (Stateline) Saturday, 25 February 2012 |
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 TS-Si News Service Monday, 23 January 2012 Republic of Singapore. A new way to create stronger and more efficient continuous wave T-rays hold promise for improved medical scanning gadgets.
The electromagnetic Terahertz (THz) waves or T-rays are the basis for technology used in full-body security scanners.
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 Akhilesh B. Reddy Thursday, 19 January 2012 Cambridge, United Kingdom. We’re all slaves to time, and that’s no understatement. I’m in a handover meeting, about to begin a weekend on-call as a doctor. The team discusses all of the patients and what the plan is for the next 48–72 hours.
From previous experience, I know that things on the wards change quickly and so this information will be out of date in the next 24 hours. But that’s the job; patients get sick and you have to react fast to make sure that they are treated effectiv
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 TS-Si News Service Saturday, 14 January 2012 Santa Cruz, CA, USA. Robotics experts have completed a set of seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories throughout the United States.
Robotic surgery has the potential for new and less invasive procedures. For some, such as prostate surgery, robots are already standard practice. In addition, robotic telesurgery, operated by a surgeon from a remote location, offers the potential for better access to expert care in remote areas and the developing world.
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 TS-Si News Service Friday, 13 January 2012 Champaign, lL, USA. A new bandage stimulates and directs blood vessel growth on the surface of a wound. Called the microvascular stamp, it contains living cells that deliver growth factors to damaged tissues in a defined pattern.
After a week, the pattern of the stamp is written in blood vessels, the researchers report, a development with important implications for organ regeneration.
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 TS-Si News Service Monday, 12 December 2011 Kingston, Ontario, Canada. An infectious disease expert has collaborated in the development of a disinfection system that may change the way hospital rooms all over the world are cleaned as well as stop bed bug outbreaks in hotels and apartments.
The disinfection technology has also been used to kill bed bugs. A major U.S. hotel chain has expressed interest because of its potential to save the company millions of dollars in lost revenue and infected furniture.
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Christine Vestal (Stateline) Monday, 28 November 2011 |
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Christine Vestal (Stateline) Sunday, 13 November 2011 |
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