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Help wanted: participants for clinical trials

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Six cancer centers received $5.7 million in grants in 2003 to develop innovative ways of recruiting cancer patients for clinical trials. Clinical trials are used to evaluate medical treatments. Many patients don't know about clinical trials they may be eligible for or may have problems with transportation that prevent them from traveling to a large hospital. Ethnic groups may have cultural or language barriers that prevent them from participating.

Personnel administration, Recruiting, Clinical trials, Public participation, Patients, Industry hiring

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Researchers seek resuscitative edge for improving cardiac arrest survival

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Doctors are investigating two methods of improving the outcome of people in cardiac arrest. One is an automated external defibrillator (AED), which is a device that can detect cardiac arrest and then shock the heart to restore a proper heart beat. The other is a new way of doing CPR by giving patients fewer breaths. This prevents hyperventilation, which can actually be bad for the patient.

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing, Electromedical equipment, Defibrillators, Care and treatment, Methods, Evaluation, CPR (First aid), Cardiac arrest, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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Radiological Roundup Highlights New Technology

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Topics discussed at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America include 3D imaging, transmitting images over the Internet, and radiation exposure among family members of men who receive brachytherapy for prostate cancer.

Research, Usage, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Safety and security measures, Internet, Three-dimensional display systems, Three dimensional displays, Data communications, Telecommunications transmission technologies, Radioisotope brachytherapy, Brachytherapy, Radiological Society of North America

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