News tagged with 'TPA'

A published report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that 67% of the outpatient centers visited had at least one lapse in infection control. An estimated 100,000 people die from hospital-acquired infections every year.

Stay away from the alfalfa sprouts until a contamination by Salmonella Saintpaul is identified and cleared up, warns federal health officials. 31 cases in six states are linked to the foodborne illness. The warning includes sprout combinations as they may contain the alfalfa seed.  

In this first study looking at diabetes and its impact on pregnancy, delivery, and babies, Harvard researchers find that pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes are twice as likely to become depressed.

The mystery of postpartum depression has been largely that - a mystery. But this University of California, Irvine published study found that an increased level of corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH), at 25 weeks might be an indicator of who develops the debilitating, yet treatable condition.

A new study in the journal Human Reproduction suggests women who experience depression early in their pregnancy are at twice the risk of preterm delivery, the leading cause of infant mortality.

The mysterious Salmonella Saintpaul has been found in a serrano pepper in Mexico- considered a key breakthrough in sourcing the food-borne outbreak. The next step will be to determine if water or handling, at the farm or in the packing house is the source of the Salmonella that's sickened 1,300 in the U.S. and Canada. 

A French study finds that among women who had post-partum depression, three-quarters had given birth to sons. Depression and lower quality of life were both measured and researchers overwhelmingly found lower scores among women who had boys. 

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a division of the National Institutes of Health, found that few eligible stroke patients are receiving potentially life-saving treatments. NINDS director Gerald Fischback, MD is disappointed that almost five years after one of the organization's clini

TPA, a drug used to break up clots in stroke victims, can be a wonderful, life-saving treatment, but it should be used with caution. In fact, two new studies point out that only those doctors who are most skilled in administering TPA should do so. TPA is a complex drug that must be given to stroke victims within three

Telemedicine is becoming increasingly popular in the United States, and one of the newest forms of this technology can be found in ambulances. Having diagnostic-quality video images, monitors, video cameras, and cell phones connected from the ambulance to the hospital may save many lives, especially those of stroke vi