Medical Information

Strategies for Reducing the Door-to-Balloon Time in Acute Myocardial Infarction

kevin@rosenberg.net — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:58:14 GMT

In an acute heart attack (with ST segment elevation), the recommended goal is the interval between arrival at the hospital and intracoronary balloon inflation (door-to-balloon time) during should be 90 minutes or less. However, few hospitals meet this objective.

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Cape Cod Healthcare Depends on EMC to Keep Medical Information Online

kevin@rosenberg.net — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:46:22 GMT

Hopkinton, Mass.-Tuesday, November 28, 2006

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Great Careers In The Medical Field

kevin@rosenberg.net — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:44:06 GMT

Great Careers in the Medical Field

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US Seeks More Foreign Doctors, Medical Students

kevin@rosenberg.net — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:36:45 GMT

Recent studies suggest the United States health care system will soon experience a shortage of doctors and medical professionals. This is leading to increased efforts to attract foreign doctors and medical students to the United States. John Featherly narrates on this VOA post.

Fetal Oxygen Monitoring Doesn't Detect Fetal Distress or Predict Need for C-Section Feal Oxygen Monitoring Doesn't Predict Need for C-section or Detect Fetal Health

kevin@rosenberg.net — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:57:46 GMT

A new test that measures how much oxygen is circulating in fetal blood just before birth has no effect on whether delivery is done by Caesarean section or not, in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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BioMS Medical Begins Enrollment for Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Drug Study

kevin@rosenberg.net — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:51:06 GMT

EDMONTON, Canada | Nov 23, 2006 | BioMS Medical Corp (TSX: MS), a leading developer in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), today announced that the first patients have been enrolled in its placebo controlled multi-center Phase II clinical trial of MBP8298 for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).

University of California Riveside to Proceed with Plans for Medical School

kevin@rosenberg.net — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:48:06 GMT

The Regents of the University of California authorized UC Riverside to proceed with the next phase of planning for a School of Medicine. Projected to open in fall 2012, the school will be the first new public medical school west of the Mississippi since 1971.

Actors allow medical students to practice bedside manner

kevin@rosenberg.net — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:45:55 GMT

University of New Mexico provides a "Standardized Patient Program" which has approximately 150 people who act out illnesses and conditions as a way to help train and evaluate medical students at all levels of study.

Israel university sets up medical clowning degree

kevin@rosenberg.net — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:44:50 GMT

TORONTO, Nov 22 (Reuters Life!) - Israel's University of Haifa is taking the notion that laughter is the best medicine seriously, setting up a Bachelor of Arts degree in medical clowning to help legitimize the profession. Hospitals in many countries use clowning as a form of therapy to help patients' recovery or ease suffering, particularly in children's wards.

EMI puts your medical history on a digital business card

kevin@rosenberg.net — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:19:54 GMT

The EMI 911 rCard is an interactive, electronic device that stores and displays essential Emergency Medical Information. The full-color screen displays medical charts, photos and text to instantly provide to doctors, nurses and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).

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Canadians afraid of medical errors and environmental factors affecting health

kevin@rosenberg.net — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:13:50 GMT

A recent poll of Canadians show that ssixty per cent pf public, 40 per cent of doctors, 62 per cent of pharmacists, 74 per cent of nurses, and 77 per cent of managers think it is likely that someone might be subjected to a serious medical error while in a Canadian hospital. This is the same as last year's findings.

Australia Launches Alternative Medicine Study

kevin@rosenberg.net — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:08:33 GMT

Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott said the government would provide $5 million, to be allocated through the National Health and Medical Research Council, for projects investigating the use and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicines.

National Library of Medicine Awards $75 Million for Informatics Research Training

kevin@rosenberg.net — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:05:02 GMT

The National Institute of Health's (NIH) National Library of Medicine (NLM) announced it will award $75 million to 18 institutions for research training in biomedical informatics, a field that seeks to improve health care through computer and communications technology. Each year, the NLM supports roughly 300 pre- and post-doctoral students at institutions nationwide who are working to improve patient care through clinical decision support systems, multimedia electronic health records and other technologies. In addition, NLM training programs address clinical research, translational informatics and public health informatics such as syndromic surveillance, bioinformatics, and biomedical imaging and signal processing. According to the director of the NLM, such training programs produce highly skilled investigators who are critical to improving clinical research and care.