| 326 cancer patients got wrong radiation dose due to math error
Hundreds of skin cancer patients received the wrong dose of radiation over a three-year period due to a calculation error programmed into one of the radiation units at the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre. The 326 patients received a dose of as much as 17 per cent less than the prescribed dose while being treated between November 2004 and November 2007 for basal and squamous cell carcinomas, the Ottawa Hospital said in a news release Monday. Those types of skin cancers typically don't spread and tumours usually can be successfully removed or treated with radiation. Patients with more aggressive melanoma skin cancer were not affected. However, the normal acceptable variation in radiation dose is five to seven per cent, the release said. "We regret what happened and don't want to create a lot of anxiety and worry," said Dr.
'Kangaroo care' can help tiny preemies deal with pain of medical procedures
TORONTO - Swaddling a tiny premature baby against the skin of a parent - a technique known as "kangaroo care" - can help the infant cope with the pain inflicted by necessary medical procedures, a new study suggests. The research shows that the technique - which has already been shown to be effective in full-term babies and moderately premature infants - is also helpful with those born very pre-term, between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation. "We found that babies in skin-to-skin contact with their mothers showed less pain response than when they were in the incubator" when they were undergoing a procedure, said lead author Celeste Johnston, a nursing professor at Montreal's McGill University. "The effect was significant and we were surprised to find that in babies this young." The study was published Thursday in the journal BMC Pediatrics.
Publication Of Positive Effects Of Early And Rapid Hypothermia Following Heart Attack - Cardium's Innercool Therapies ...
Cardium Therapeutics (Amex: CXM) and its operating unit InnerCool Therapies announced today that positive findings from a preclinical study, demonstrating a new and expanded benefit of early rapid hyperthermia (cooling) for the potential treatment of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), has been published online by BioMed Central (BMC) Cardiovascular Disorders (2008, 8:7, April 10, 2008).
The study, conducted by a team of interventional cardiologists at the Lund University Hospital, Sweden, evaluated the effect of early and rapid cooling induced by a combination of cold saline infusion along with InnerCool's endovascular Celsius Control(TM) System, before or immediately after reperfusion when coronary blood flow was restored in the heart in a porcine heart attack model.
Biz report for April 6
ON THE MOVE
«Henry Frey of Greeley has been named to the board of directors of Rehabilitation and Visiting Nurse Association. Frey earned his law degree in 1973 and was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1974. He is practicing in personal injury and employment litigation in Greeley and was appointed by the Colorado Supreme Court to serve as a Disciplinary Board hearing officer. RVNA offices are at 2105 Clubhouse Dr., Greeley, and at 5205 S. College Ave., Fort Collins. For information, call (970) 330-5655 or (970) 225-9399.
«Jana Ramseier, an independent esthetician, has relocated from Estes Park to the Bombshell Hair and Body Studio, 2607 10th St. Ramseier offers full-service esthetics including facials, peels, corrective skin treatments, waxing and dermalogical detoxification.
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