An innovative catheter based procedure is providing relief to patients who suffer from shortness of breath and fluid overload as the result of a severely leaky heart valve, but who are too sick for open chest surgery, according to a study presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions SCAI 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions.
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Some Forms Of Massage Help Against Low Back Pain But Not All Techniques Live Up To The Promises Made For Them
Most people have experienced back pain and many hope that massage will relieve it. But not all forms of massage have been scientifically proven to help against low back pain. That is what the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care IQWiG pointed out in information published on
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Colonoscopy in children is a highly specialized procedure which is not often performed in the Chinese population. Data of its safety and diagnostic yield in Chinese children is scarce. One of the most common indications for colonoscopy in children of western countries is investigation and follow-up assessment for inflammatory bowel disease which is uncommon in Chinese children.
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The quality of the relationship between children and their parents is important to children's development, but past research on the link between attachment and development has been inconsistent. Now a new analysis concludes that children, especially boys, who are insecurely attached to their mothers in the early years have more behavior problems later in childhood.
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A short term economic boom is not always a good thing for children in developing nations, according to a new study in the Journal of Political Economy. The study found that when Colombia s coffee trade suddenly booms, illness and mortality rates among children increase in coffee producing counties.
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Changing Incentive System For Health-Care Providers May Mean Significant Improvements In Care Quality And Coverage, And Lower Costs In China
As part of China s fee for service payment system, inappropriate incentives have lead to accelerated cost increases, inefficiencies, health care many cannot afford, poor quality, and the erosion of medical ethics. Recent attempts to alter this system using several different methods have produced some promising early results in improving primary health care as well as reducing costs, in both urban and rural centers.
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Dr. Matthias Selbach, biologist at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine MDC Berlin Buch, Germany, has been honored with the Analytica Research Prize 2010 in an award ceremony at the Analytica 2010 trade fair in Munich. Dr. Selbach received the prize, which is endowed with 25 000 euros, for his work on the impact of microRNAs on protein production in cancer cells on March 23, 2010.
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