ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 5/4/2009
Cognitive tests predict postop delirium
Two studies from Duke University are suggesting a way to identify those at risk for postoperative delirium, which generally affects 15% of surgical patients. - 5/4/2009
COGNITIVE AGING: Window narrow for estrogen's protective effect?
Idea gains strength with re-analysis - 5/4/2009
COGNITIVE AGING: Deep-brain stimulation explored as potential Alzheimer's therapy
Small safety trial underway after serendipitous discovery that stimulating hypothalamus was modulating memory circuits - 5/4/2009
COGNITIVE AGING: Changes in Agatha Christie's writing point to Alzheimer's
Although not diagnosed while living, her more limited vocabulary and a rise in repeated phrases are suggestive of the condition. - 5/4/2009
Federal MD moves to Ontario
- 5/4/2009
CDR changes make cost-based approvals faster
The Common Drug Review, the national body that provides the cost-benefit analysis of new pharmaceutical products for most provincial formularies, is enacting changes designed to get drugs onto formulary lists sooner. - 5/4/2009
CARDIOLOGY: Ventricular reconstruction disappoints
Large study shows no significant benefit for heart failure patients when added to CABG - 5/4/2009
CARDIOLOGY: Resistant hypertension responds to renal sympathetic denervation
Zapping the renal sympathetic nerves with radiofrequency energy may offer hope to patients unable to control their hypertension despite multiple high-dose medications. - 5/4/2009
CARDIOLOGY: Pacemaker-like implant helps after heart failure
Contractility modulation strengthens cardiac muscle contraction, boosts patients' quality of life - 5/4/2009
CARDIOLOGY: Heart implant blocks blood clots, study finds
Device intended as warfarin replacement in atrial fibrillation - 5/4/2009
CARDIOLOGY: Drug-eluting stents head off problems in diseased vein grafts
Plaque sealing can be done preventively on non-symptomatic lesions