Colonoscopy :: Incomplete Colonic Examination in the Elderly
The use of endoscopy has rapidly increased in the elderly over the past few years as research has verified its safety and efficacy.
Hospital
Nursing :: ICU nurse working conditions linked to increase in patient infections
Hospitals that have better working conditions for nurses are safer for elderly intensive care unit patients, according to a recent report, led by Columbia University School of Nursing researchers that measured rates of hospital-associated infections.
Colonoscopy :: New technique effective in closing accidental colonoscopy wounds
To prevent colon cancer, the second leading cause of United States cancer deaths, the American Cancer Society recommends that after age 50 people undergo colonoscopies every ten years to detect signs of that disease ? either actual tumors or precancerous polyps.
Premature Birth :: Premature infants have greater survival rate in big hospitals
Low-birth-weight infants are more likely to survive if born in hospitals having high performing Neonatal Intensive Care Units, revealed by researchers in a recent study.
Epilepsy :: NIH Outlines Plans for Study of Pediatric Seizures
The scenario unfolds almost every day in the United States. A crowd gathers at a playground, or perhaps on a soccer field. A child has fallen to the ground, gripped by a seizure.
Colorectal Cancer :: Study reveals aspirin’s colorectal cancer prevention mechanism
Aspirin therapy?s ability to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, an association seen in a large number of studies, appears to depend on the drug?s inhibition of the COX-2 enzyme, the action that also underlies aspirin?s usefulness for treating pain and inflammation.
Angiography :: Same-day coronary angiography and surgery safe for many patients
Mayo Clinic researchers discovered it is safe — and much more convenient and less costly — for many patients to undergo coronary angiography and elective valve surgery on the same day, it is reported in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Health :: Canadian paper innovation holds promise for improved global health safety
Next time there is a global pandemic, contaminated water caused by flooding, or questionable-looking meat in a supermarket, we may be reaching for a piece of paper. It won?t be just any type of paper but a Canadian-invented bioactive paper that contains the ingredients to detect and ward off life-threatening bacteria and viruses like E-coli, salmonella and SARS, to name just a few.
Stem Cell :: Stem cells may look malignant, not act it
Bone marrow stem cells attracted to the site of a cancerous growth frequently take on the outward appearance of the malignant cells around them, University of Florida researchers report in a paper to be published in the August issue of Stem Cells.
Uterine Cancer :: Study identifying alteration in gene associated with uterine cancer
Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced the discovery of previously unrecognized alterations in a gene called FGFR2 in a subset of endometrial cancers, the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States.