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BehindTheMedspeak: Should doctors pray for (and with) their patients? Episode 2: Fewer than 5% do

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2008-06-16 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...patients prior to operating on their brains to remove a tumor or on their backs to relieve a herniated disk. In the pre-op holding area, he stands near the gurney and, with the patient's permission, clasps his or her hand and recites a prayer. He usually concludes the prayer with "in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ My friend the...
 
Tags: patients, christian patient, christian, relationship, doctor-patient relationship, patient, patients prior, christian prayer, christian patients
 
 
 
 
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Infrared Camera Might Predict, Prevent Complications in Patients with Head and Neck CA

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2007-12-27 17:50:01 by Michael in Medgadget
...patients with head and neck cancer who underwent radiation therapy. Thanks to a newly developed supersensitive infrared camera from Argonne National Laboratory, early diagnosis and possible prevention and/or treatment of oral mucositis could be possible While buccal and other head-and-neck cancers are treatable and frequently curable,...
 
Tags: neck, patients, radiation, underwent radiation therapy, head-and-neck cancers, neck cancers, encounter severe toxicity, toxicity, radiation therapy
 
 
 
 
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Impella Percutaneous VAD to be Studied for Acute MI Patients

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2008-03-17 17:55:58 by Michael in Medgadget
...patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). (2.5 refers to the ability of the device to augment the cardiac output by 2.5 liters per minute.) We've been following Impella, a ventricular assist device designed for percutaneous placement in the catheterization lab, for at least four years now, ever since it was designed and manufactured by...
 
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GPS-equipped walkers promise to keep elderly patients on track

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2008-02-28 15:21:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...patients , but some student researchers now look to be taking the idea one step further, with them outfitting some nursing center patients' walkers with a GPS system that helps guide them around. While the exact technical details are a bit unclear, the system apparently uses GPS when the patients are out and about, and relies on a WiFi-based...
 
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FDA Approves ARTISS Slow-Setting Fibrin Sealant for Treatment of Burn Patients

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2008-03-25 08:00:01 by Michael in Medgadget
...patients. It is not indicated for hemostasis The following is from the statement by the FDA: Fibrin sealants are tissue adhesives that contain the proteins fibrinogen and thrombin, which are essential in the clotting of blood. Artiss (Fibrin Sealant, VH S/D 4) differs from other fibrin sealants in that it contains a lower concentration of...
 
Tags: artiss, fibrin sealant, artiss fibrin sealant, patients, skin, position skin grafts, fda, fda approves, skin graft
 
 
 
 
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VR Game Reduces Pain in Burn Patients

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2008-03-25 18:35:19 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...patients in recovering. No, the game won't automatically imbue Wolverine's healing factor in the patients involved, but it will distract patients from their pain as they enter into a virtual 'polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos and icy rivers.' The developers claim that this will cause the mind to 'block...
 
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VR Game Reduces Pain in Burn Patients

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2008-03-26 02:03:13 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...patients in recovering. No, the game wont automatically imbue Wolverines healing factor in the patients involved, but it will distract patients from their pain as they enter into a virtual polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos and icy rivers. The developers claim that this will cause the mind to block your...
 
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VR Game Reduces Pain in Burn Patients

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2008-03-26 02:35:19 by posted by Pantha in
...patients in recovering. No, the game won't automatically imbue Wolverine's healing factor in the patients involved, but it will distract patients from their pain as they enter into a virtual 'polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos and icy rivers.' The developers claim that this will cause the mind to 'block...
 
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Snow world VR game helps burn patients

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2008-03-26 14:43:19 by Conner Flynn in SlipperyBrick
...patients in their recovery. The idea is that it will distract patients from their pain as they enter into a virtual polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos and icy rivers According to the games developers the game will cause the mind to block your view of the real world while helping you escape from your pain....
 
Tags: patients, pain, distract patients, game, virtual polar landscape, icy rivers, recovery, virtual reality, games developers