News tagged with medical condition

Without Jobs, Apple must show it can still deliver

(AP) -- With Steve Jobs bowing out as CEO, Apple Inc. must persuade investors and consumers that it doesn't need the force behind the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad in charge to keep the technology hits coming.

Technology / Business

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ONR develops capability to understand effects of underwater pressure on divers

Reaching a new threshold in underwater medical studies, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), today announced a novel capability for examining how cells work at pressures far below the sea surface.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Could prenatal DNA testing open Pandora's box?

(AP) -- Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus. And suppose that DNA could reveal not only medical conditions like Down syndrome, but also things like eye ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Foreign Accent Syndrome: Oregon woman develops foreign accent after surgery

(AP) -- Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she's never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her "foreign" accent remains, and her story ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Restricted working hours have had little effect in US

Reducing doctors' working hours from over 80 a week does not seem to have adversely affected patient safety and has had limited impact on postgraduate training in the United States, finds a study published in the British ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts call for greater pain assessment in hospitals as 65 percent of patients report problems

Nearly two-thirds of the hospital in-patients who took part in a survey had experienced pain in the last 24 hours and 42% of those rated their pain as more than seven out of ten, where ten was the worst pain imaginable, according ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frequent, potentially avoidable readmissions are major driver of pediatric health care costs

Hospital readmissions are increasingly viewed as an indicator of quality of care. If patients receive appropriate discharge care planning and coordinated outpatient follow-up when leaving the hospital, they should transition ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High-spending hospitals may save more lives

Studies have shown that regions spending more on medical care, such as Miami, do not have better health outcomes than regions that spend relatively less, such as Minneapolis. However, less is known about how medical spending ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with mental illness receive inadequate mass screening for prevention of medical conditions

Dr Alex Mitchell, of the Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine at the University of Leicester, led the study which has been published in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Attitudes must change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts

Society's attitudes towards dying, death and bereavement need to change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts in a special series of articles published in the British Medical Journal today in the first BMJ "S ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New magnetic resonance imaging technology developed

The development of a new magnetic resonance imaging technology that could revolutionise the way medical conditions are diagnosed and treated is to take a major step forward as a £7m research centre is established at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely Eligible for Medicare Prescription Help

Medicare’s Part D prescription medication management program, also known as Medication Therapy Management, could be off limits to some of the patients who need it most — older African-Americans and Hispanics — a new study ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New microneedle antimicrobial techniques may foster medical tech innovation

A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has developed two new approaches for incorporating antimicrobial properties into microneedles - vanishingly thin needles that hold great promise ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Home medication errors common among children with chronic conditions

Parents of children with chronic conditions make many mistakes when giving lifesaving medicines, according to a study being presented Monday, May 3 at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Vancouver, British ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Understanding causes of cancer and chronic disease: The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project

The urgent need to learn more about the causes of cancer and other chronic diseases is the impetus behind the foundation of a major research platform for the study of disease states an article on the Canadian Partnership ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0