Forecast: Healthcare, wireless may still thrive in 2009 Dec 18, 2008
Likewise, the use of Wi-Fi technology for healthcare will continue to expand in 2009 as doctors, nurses and technicians become more mobile, requiring links to medical databases. New applications of Wi-Fi equipment such as in real-time location services to keep track of expensive medical equipment also will expand. (EETimes)
The medical advisor on your wrist Oct 17, 2008
The software we designed pulls relevant information from 11 separate medical databases on the Internet and several doctors also helped with the project, he said. A doctor diagnoses by observing the symptoms of a patient and performing a series of tests. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Designer vagina trend 'worrying' Sep 24, 2008
A Google search showed over 45,000 references to cosmetic vaginal surgery, yet on medical databases such as PubMed or Medline there were fewer than 100. Professor Cardozo said the most established vaginal cosmetic procedure was reduction labioplasty - a procedure to make the labia smaller - which is requested by women either for aesthetic reasons or to alleviate physical discomfort. (BBC News -- Health)
Almost 7 Million Pregnant In Sub-Saharan Africa Infected With Hookworms Sep 19, 2008
By carrying out a systematic search of medical databases, reference lists, and unpublished data, the team was able to compare levels of haemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying part of red blood cells) according to the intensity of hookworm infection among the women studied. They found that increasing intensity of infection was associated with lower levels of haemoglobin. (Science Daily)
American Heart Association Aug 12, 2008
The Kaiser and Stanford researchers will use Kaiser s patient-care data in their studies, linking for the first time medical databases for all of Kaiser Permanente s 3. 3 million Northern California members. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
The Doctor Will See You Now: Remotely Jul 30, 2008
-based MedApps makes a device called the HealthPAL, which connects to off-the-shelf diabetes testing equipment and sends that information over the Internet to doctors offices and other medical databases like Microsoft HealthVault or Google Health. The device, which is currently being tested at a hospital in Alabama, is expected to cost $400 with a monthly service charge of around $10-$20. (Fox News)
SafeMed gets the call Mar 20, 2008
SafeMed's application sifts through vast medical databases and personal health records in the blink of an eye to detect potentially harmful drug interactions and recommend treatments for specific conditions. The software has been embedded in Google Health, an online system being tried out by patients and doctors affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Data contributes to exploding digital universe Mar 15, 2008
It is digital images of you on a surveillance camera and records in banking, brokerage, retail, airline, telephone and medical databases, the firm said. It is information about Web searches and general backup data. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
The Sandwell Project: a controlled evaluation of a programme of targeted screening for prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care Feb 26, 2008
Cardiovascular risk factor data were extracted on all untreated patients 35 to 74 years old from electronic medical databases in six general practices. A best estimate of ten-year CVD risk cardiovascular risk was calculated on all patients using the extracted risk factor data. (BioMed Central)
Linn library district: The answers are here Dec 22, 2007
A Linn Library District would deepen our students learning, provide information that businesses and workers need to thrive, and enrich all of our lives through an array of materials from the latest and best fiction to cutting-edge medical databases to beautiful picture books that thrill our children. The district would do all this efficiently, at a reasonable and equitable cost. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Vitamin D For Kidney Disease Unproven Dec 19, 2007
Palmer, Strippoli and their colleagues searched medical databases from January 1966 through July 2007 to find published studies of vitamin D compounds for chronic kidney disease. They selected 76 that met their criteria for inclusion. (CBS News)
Beating Hospital Yeast Infection Dec 8, 2007
A team from Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands set out to compare the effectiveness of preventative antifungal therapies by trawling the medical databases. This yielded data from more than 5,500 patients enrolled in over thirty studies. (Science Daily)
Mapping the Crowd Nov 27, 2007
Johnson's team used the software, provided pro bono by BCG, to search medical databases for about 56 different compounds or proteins that are important to MS treatment. The resulting map showed the five MRF researchers and their labs as prominent circles, which represented the many scientific papers they published about the compounds. (BusinessWeek)
Blood clots may presage heart attacks: study Nov 23, 2007
The team analyzed data from Denmark's national medical databases over a 20-year period. They excluded patients with heart disease and then gauged the risk of heart attack and stroke in more than 25,000 patients with deep vein thrombosis. (Globe and Mail)
For Type 2 Diabetes, Older Drugs Seem Tried and True Jul 18, 2007
To help clinicians and patients get a better sense of the benefits and risks of various type 2 diabetes drugs, the Hopkins authors reviewed medical databases for original articles, systematic reviews, and unpublished FDA and industry data. They identified 216 controlled trials and cohort studies, and two systematic reviews looking at pros and cons of oral agents for type 2 diabetes marketed in the U.S.. (MedPage Today)
Older diabetes drugs as effective as newer ones Jul 17, 2007
Dr. Shari Bolen, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues searched various medical databases to identify studies examining benefits and harms of oral diabetes drugs. A total of 216 relevant studies and two systematic reviews were identified. (Scientific American)
PhRMA Statement on Senate Passage of PDUFA Bill May 10, 2007
The agency will be able to hire key staff for drug safety activities, enhance its use of epidemiology studies and large medical databases that contain a wealth of safety information, modernize its Adverse Events Reporting System used to collect and aggregate safety data, and better evaluate risk communication and risk management programs. "The combined efforts of the FDA and America's pharmaceutical research companies have enabled the United States to maintain the world's best drug safety... (PR Newswire)
Senate softens FDA's standard for ads (Gregory Lopes) May 10, 2007
A key provision of the bill would require the FDA to review the safety of some potentially risky medications at 18 months and at three years after approval, and to conduct active, routine surveillance of large public and private medical databases to better track potential harmful patient side effects of drugs. The legislation also would empower the agency to require pharmaceutical companies to conduct studies of drugs already on the market, and set deadlines for revisions of drug warning labels... (Washington Times)
Short-term mortality after perforated or bleeding peptic ulcer among elderly patients: a population-based cohort study Apr 18, 2007
Information on comorbidity and use of ulcer-related drugs was obtained through administrative medical databases. We computed gender- and comorbidity-standardized 30-day mortality rates and used Coxs regression to estimate adjusted 30-day mortality rate ratios (MRR) for elderly compared with younger patients. (BioMed Central)
FDA `Addiction' to User Fees Comes Under Attack: Cindy Skrzycki Apr 3, 2007
The money that would be spent in coming years would likely be directed to post-market surveillance, improved computer technology and access to medical databases. It would also fund changes in a program that requires manufacturers to report problems with drugs on the market to the FDA.. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Diabetes's Spread May Exceed WHO Predictions, Canadian Researchers Find Mar 3, 2007
In just 10 years, the disease's prevalence in Ontario rose by 69 percent to nearly nine out of 100 people, according to analysis of local medical databases done by Lorraine Lipscombe of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto and colleagues. The researchers urged more attention to obesity. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Libraries face virtual reality Feb 21, 2007
Today, she could direct her to online medical databases, peer-reviewed journal articles and research on the disease. "I wonder what happened to her. I was bound by what I had in those four walls," she said. (Buffalo News)
Doctors Should Ask About Sex, Paper Says Feb 3, 2007
Researchers examined numerous medical databases looking for sexual dysfunctions in combination with diseases such as heart failure, diabetes, depression, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's. The paper is published in Friday's issue of The Lancet. (Click2Houston, TX)
Sex troubles can point to serious health issues: Study Feb 3, 2007
Basson and her co-author, Willibrord Weijmar Schultz of the University Medical Centre in Groningen, the Netherlands, examined numerous medical databases looking for sexual dysfunctions in combination with diseases such as heart failure, diabetes, depression, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's. Many sexual problems were identified as possible red flags of underlying or imminent medical conditions. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Medical Biz Not Immune to Identity Theft Jan 2, 2007
Rather than residing in a single doctor's paper files, fraudulent information such as the erroneous diabetes diagnosis in Lind Weaver's records could circulate in other medical databases across the country. Given that some medical ID thefts are "inside jobs," wherein rogue clerks sell patient data to fraudsters on the outside, privacy advocates believe that allowing data to flow more freely around a national network could make such thefts even easier. (BusinessWeek)
