News tagged with medical clinic

Revolution with a salad spinner (w/ Video)

A simple salad spinner will save lives this summer, if everything goes as planned by two Rice University undergraduates. The spinner has been turned, so to speak, into a rudimentary centrifuge that medical ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists learn to block pain at its source

A substance similar to capsaicin, which gives chili peppers their heat, is generated at the site of pain in the human body. Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have discovered how to ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rx for health: Engineers design pill that signals it has been swallowed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Call them tattletale pills. Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Belief in a caring god improves response to medical treatment for depression

Research suggests that religious belief can help protect against symptoms of depression, but a study at Rush University Medical Center goes one step further.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (14) | comments 46 | with audio podcast

Innappropriate drug prescriptions wasting millions, raising health risks

A recent study in Oregon suggests that drugs designed for treating the most severe mental illnesses are often prescribed at inappropriately low doses and at considerable expense, for use in conditions where their benefit ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Adding monounsaturated fats to a low-cholesterol diet can further improve levels

The addition of monounsaturated fat (MUFA) to a cholesterol-lowering dietary portfolio in patients with mild to moderate elevated cholesterol levels increased HDL by 12.5% and lowered LDL levels by 35%, found a study published ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study: Getting patients to take their asthma meds

Armed with the right information, physicians can play a stronger role in ensuring asthma patients don't waver in taking drugs proven to prevent asthma attacks, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Clinical Trial to Treat Brain Tumors with Electric Fields

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Illinois at Chicago is taking part in an international, multi-center study for patients newly diagnosed with the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

No clear criteria for diagnosing food allergies, researcher finds

A new study shows that confusion over how to identify and treat food allergies is creating the potential for misdiagnosis of this condition.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer model better than clinical judgment for diagnosing fever in young children

A computerised diagnostic model outperforms clinical judgement for the diagnosis of fever in young children, and may improve early treatment, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Half of depressed Americans go untreated, study finds

A national survey of 15,762 households by UCLA/Wayne State University researchers found that only 21 percent of Americans suffering from clinical depression receive medical care consistent with American Psychiatric Association ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Most antidepressants miss key target of clinical depression

A key brain protein called monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) - is highly elevated during clinical depression yet is unaffected by treatment with commonly used antidepressants, according to an important study published today in ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Could Widely Used Rapid Influenza Tests Pose A Dangerous Public Health Risk?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rapid influenza diagnostic tests used in doctors' offices, hospitals and medical laboratories to detect H1N1 are virtually useless and could pose a significant danger to public health, according to a Loyola ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer patients at increased risk of recurrence

Early-stage breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumors one centimeter or smaller are at significant risk of recurrence of their disease, compared to those with early-stage disease who do not express the aggressive protein, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swine flu vaccine must be free and safe for high uptake

Almost half of adults surveyed in Summer 2009 in Hong Kong (45%) say they would take up free swine flu vaccination. However, this figure drops to around 1 in 7 (15%) if the price they have to pay for the vaccine reaches $HK200 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0