News tagged with room
Novel 'medical home' program for pediatric patients, families cuts ER visits in half
Mar 16, 2010 |
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For parents of children with multiple medical problems, keeping up with countless doctor's appointments, ongoing tests and a variety of medications can be overwhelming, especially for those in challenging ...
Superconductors on the nanoscale
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Superconductors, materials in which current flows without resistance, have tantalizing applications. But even the highest-temperature superconductors require extreme cooling before the effect kicks in, so researchers want ...
Some older ER patients are getting the wrong medicines, study finds
Mar 12, 2010 |
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A University of Michigan study recently published in Academic Emergency Medicine says that it is common for patients 65 and older to receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in an emergency room.
Explained: Radiative forcing
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2010 |
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When people talk about global warming or the greenhouse effect, the main underlying scientific concept that describes the process is radiative forcing. And despite all the recent controversy over leaked emails ...
Hello, stranger: the ups and downs of Chatroulette
Feb 28, 2010 |
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(AP) -- A new Web sensation called Chatroulette feels like a throwback to the early 1990s, when online chat rooms brimmed with lonely strangers looking for meaningful connections, meaningless sex, or something in between.
Can avatars change the way we think and act? (w/ Video)
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 25, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford researcher finds that experiences with avatars, including personalized images of ourselves, can change our view of reality and the way we act in the real world.
Going green in the hospital
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Wider adoption of the practice of recycling medical equipment — including laparoscopic ports and durable cutting tools typically tossed out after a single use — could save hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars annually ...
Pediatricians urge choking warning labels for food
Feb 22, 2010 |
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(AP) -- When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous.
CDC: MRIs, other medical scans in ER quadruple
Feb 17, 2010 |
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(AP) -- The use of high-tech diagnostic imaging in emergency rooms has quadrupled since the mid-1990s, according to a new government report released Wednesday.
Research finds hazards from secondhand smoke in bars and restaurants
Feb 16, 2010 |
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New research by the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center (OTRC) shows that concentrations of secondhand tobacco smoke inhaled in smoking rooms of restaurants and bars are exceptionally high and hazardous to health.
Parents often wait too long to treat children's asthma symptoms
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Parents of young children with asthma often recognize signs that their child is about to have an asthma attack but delay home treatment until the attack occurs, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...
'Subjective time' can improve your bottom line
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Time flies when you're having fun, but minutes can feel like hours in a dentist's waiting room. Our ideas of "time" are highly subjective and can depend on a stimulus — or the lack of one — in our environment.
Use of acetaminophen in pregnancy associated with increased asthma symptoms in children
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Children who were exposed to acetaminophen prenatally were more likely to have asthma symptoms at age five in a study of 300 African-American and Dominican Republic children living in New York City. Building on prior research ...
More than 50 percent of injury-related deaths in rural Ontario occur before patients reach hospital
Jan 26, 2010 |
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It's known that people who live or work in rural areas are more likely to suffer and die from serious injuries compared to those in more urban environments. But while time and distance play a role in these higher mortality ...
New smog rule could be a surprise to some counties
Jan 08, 2010 |
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(AP) -- Parts of the country that haven't worried about air pollution may soon be in the fight California has faced for decades: cleaning up smog.
