http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Trauma patients who sustain multiple fractures are often in serious condition when they arrive at the emergency department. A review article published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) explains that trauma patients who have several orthopaedic injuries and are considered to be in unstable condition should only have a few hours of surgery when first arriving at the hospital. This principle is known as 'damage control'. http://www.physorg.com/news171031402.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:43:48 EST news171031402 (AP) -- Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news170307731.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:00:01 EST news170307731 (PhysOrg.com) -- That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function - to stick to your refrigerator. Similarly, semiconductors are programmed to convey bits of information small and large, processing information on your computer or cell phone. http://www.physorg.com/news169996778.html Nanotechnology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:20:23 EST news169996778 The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from power plants. The process could directly replace current methods and allow power plants to capture double the amount of harmful gases in a way that uses no water, less energy and saves money. http://www.physorg.com/news169810723.html Chemistry Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:39:30 EST news169810723 Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, collaborating with pediatric cardiologists and surgeons at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, have developed a tool for virtual surgery that allows heart surgeons to view the predicted effects of different surgical approaches. By manipulating three-dimensional cardiac magnetic resonance images of a patient's specific anatomy, physicians can compare how alternative approaches affect blood flow and expected outcomes, and can select the best approach for each patient before entering the operating room. http://www.physorg.com/news169150639.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:17:54 EST news169150639 (PhysOrg.com) -- Chris and Lindsey Deems know firsthand how dangerous beach fire pits can be to children. Their daughter Delaney, 2, suffered second- and third-degree burns to her feet when she stepped into a sand-covered fire pit July 18 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point. http://www.physorg.com/news169148166.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:00:02 EST news169148166 The nation's sickest and most expensive patients need fewer health care resources and cost insurers less when they are closely supported by a nurse-physician primary care team that tracks their health and offers regular support, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The research, published in the American Journal of Managed Care, found that in the first eight months of a randomized controlled trial, patients in a primary care enhancement program called "Guided Care" spent less time in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities and had fewer emergency room visits and home health episodes. http://www.physorg.com/news168843872.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:10:01 EST news168843872 Johns Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a 7-foot-tall, $10,000 shower-cubicle-shaped device that automatically sanitizes in 30 minutes all sorts of hard-to-clean equipment in the highly trafficked hospital emergency department. The novel device can sanitize and disinfect equipment of all shapes and sizes, from intravenous line poles and blood pressure cuffs, to pulse oximeter wires and electrocardiogram (EKG) wires, to computer keyboards and cellphones. http://www.physorg.com/news168252568.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:50:50 EST news168252568 (PhysOrg.com) -- A web tool that analyses sales and design data from European home textile producers, distributors and retailers is boosting product development - and industry competitiveness. http://www.physorg.com/news167923909.html Technology Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:50:02 EST news167923909 Dialysis treatments do not affect the heart health of kidney disease patients who have had a heart attack, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Since cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in kidney disease patients, the findings are good news for individuals who need the treatments. http://www.physorg.com/news166379457.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:50:01 EST news166379457 The use of cardiac CT for low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency department, instead of the traditional standard of care (SOC) workup, may reduce a patient`s length of stay and hospital charges, according to a study performed at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. The SOC workup, which is timely and expensive, consists of a series of cardiac enzyme tests, ECGs and nuclear stress testing. http://www.physorg.com/news166357274.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:22:10 EST news166357274 (AP) -- Baby Riley Matthews wheezed noisily on the exam table. "He's belly-breathing," the emergency-room doctor said worriedly - Riley's little abdomen was markedly rising and falling with each breath, a sign of respiratory distress. http://www.physorg.com/news166164064.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:30:01 EST news166164064 A University of Toronto pilot study that re-conceptualized the hospital labour room by removing the standard, clinical bed and adding relaxation-promoting equipment had a 28 per cent drop in infusions of artificial oxcytocin, a powerful drug used to advance slow labours. http://www.physorg.com/news166097618.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:15:09 EST news166097618 So there you are with all those videos, photos and MP3 music files, and the only place you can play all that digital entertainment is on your computer. It's probably sequestered away somewhere in the room you've designated to be your home office. http://www.physorg.com/news165775690.html Electronics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:48:36 EST news165775690 (AP) -- Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet. http://www.physorg.com/news165598861.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:41:30 EST news165598861 (AP) -- Government experts are scheduled to vote on whether Nyquil and other combination cold medications should be pulled from the market to help curb deadly overdoses. http://www.physorg.com/news165555611.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:40:01 EST news165555611 (AP) -- Health officials say more than 47,000 elderly Americans end up in emergency rooms each year from falls involving walkers and canes. http://www.physorg.com/news165498833.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:30:01 EST news165498833 (AP) -- Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil. These household brands and others have come to symbolize safe, convenient relief from the aches and pains of everyday life. But this week the Food and Drug Administration is focusing on a seldom-discussed side effect of the medications: severe liver damage. Since the drugs first became widely available in the 1950s, the FDA has tried to minimize the risks of acetaminophen - the pain-relieving, fever-reducing ingredient in Tylenol and dozens of other prescription and over-the-counter medications. http://www.physorg.com/news165488167.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:56:42 EST news165488167 Ah, summer! Season of baseball, bike rides, barbecues -- and head injuries. There`s nothing like warm weather to get people outside and active, and nothing like activity to fill up an emergency room. http://www.physorg.com/news165168602.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:10:01 EST news165168602 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tough new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS (‘hybrid inorganic polymer system`) are being developed by CSIRO researchers in Melbourne. http://www.physorg.com/news165158181.html Chemistry Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:17:21 EST news165158181 Rape trial juries need better guidance in the courtroom -- and a better understanding of rape victims -- to help them reach their verdict. http://www.physorg.com/news165145684.html Other Sciences Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:50:15 EST news165145684 Emergency physicians who evaluate patients with non-specific chest pain using whole chest multi-detector CT (MDCT) combined with retrospective electrocardiogram (ECG) gating can reduce the patient radiation dose by 71% using MDCT combined with prospective ECG triggering instead, according to a study performed at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. http://www.physorg.com/news164999304.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:10:01 EST news164999304 Call it a Breathalyzer for the hands. Using sensors capable of detecting drugs in breath, new technology developed at University of Florida monitors health-care workers' hand hygiene by detecting sanitizer or soap fumes given off from their hands. http://www.physorg.com/news163256409.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:00:50 EST news163256409 About half of all people who have a major stroke following a warning stroke (a transient ischemic attack or mild stroke) have it within 24 hours of the first event, according to research published in the June 2, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news163092729.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:34:05 EST news163092729 (AP) -- The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds. http://www.physorg.com/news162708941.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 05:56:13 EST news162708941 A new drug-free treatment for asthma has been shown to be effective in an international study of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma. The results showed statistically significant improvements in quality of life and reductions in asthma attacks and emergency room visits for patients who underwent the treatment. http://www.physorg.com/news161884467.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 16:55:02 EST news161884467 It is time for states to suspend, rather than terminate, the Medicaid benefits of inmates while they are incarcerated, say correctional health care experts from The Miriam Hospital in a commentary published online by the Journal of General Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news161871212.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 13:14:00 EST news161871212 The first long-term study following a large number of chest pain patients who are screened with coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CTA) confirms that the test is a safe, effective way to rule out serious cardiovascular disease in patients who come to hospital emergency rooms with chest pain, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine which will be presented Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's annual conference. http://www.physorg.com/news161614587.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 13:56:59 EST news161614587 (AP) -- Yahoo has won a legal battle over removing nude photos that an Oregon woman claimed her boyfriend posted on its Web site without her knowledge or permission. http://www.physorg.com/news161279231.html Technology Mon, 11 May 2009 16:47:23 EST news161279231 (AP) -- Concerns about a possible pandemic have sent people streaming into crowded emergency rooms and walk-in clinics - not with swine flu, but the swine flu jitters. http://www.physorg.com/news160374821.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 05:34:17 EST news160374821