American Stroke Association Late-Breaking Science News Report High-intensity, repetitive rehabilitation exercises, whether assisted by a robot or human, can improve movement in a stroke patient’s paralyzed arm, even years after the disabling event. The finding challenges the notion that little rehabilitation can occur a year after stroke. Intense training could potentially improve leg paralysis or [ Read More ]
Archive for February, 2010
Every day in the United States, tens of thousands of patients are exposed to ionizing radiation through radiation therapy, CT scans, x rays, mammograms, and other medical imaging and therapeutic procedures. Patients need to have confidence that the technologists caring for them have the credentials and qualifications to safely administer radiation, and that the equipment [ Read More ]
Only 11 Percent Receive Any Treatment DRUGS, ALCOHOL IMPLICATED IN 78 PERCENT OF VIOLENT CRIMES, 83 PERCENT OF PROPERTY CRIMES, 77 PERCENT OF WEAPON, PUBLIC ORDER, OTHER CRIMES Of the 2.3 million inmates crowding our nation’s prisons and jails, 1.5 million meet the DSM IV medical criteria for substance abuse or addiction, and another 458,000, [ Read More ]
Findings released today and detailed in the analysis Low Consumption and Higher Medicare Cost: Consumption Clusters in a Medicare Fee-for-Service Population, examine how individuals utilize benefits and services under the Medicare program. The research suggests that beneficiaries with chronic diseases who consume the least of their Medicare benefits and services (referred to as “low consumers”) [ Read More ]
A coalition of more than 300 U.S. patient organizations, medical societies, government agencies and companies will join the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) in observing World Rare Disease Day on Sunday, Feb. 28. At the same time, corresponding groups around the globe will be doing the same thing. “People with rare diseases remain a [ Read More ]
Review of data indicating life-threatening heart abnormality underway The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced preliminary data suggesting that Invirase (saquinavir) in combination with Norvir (ritonavir) may have potentially important adverse effects on the heart. When used together, the drugs may cause prolongation of the QT and PR intervals on an electrocardiogram. Prolongation of the [ Read More ]