What is the Gleason Score?

The most common system to evaluate and describe prostate cancer currently in use is the Gleason grading system. After a biopsy, the pathologist assigns a primary grade from 1 to 5, with 5 being the...

Wuerzburg bleb classification score WBCS

Generics Drugs - news, views, reports

A generic drug (generic drugs, short: generics) is a drug defined as "a drug product that is comparable to brand/reference listed drug product in dosage form, strength, route of administration,...

SureSeq Solid Tumour Panel Sequencing Service

The SureSeq Solid Tumour Panel Sequencing Service utilises an enrichment panel comprising the full coding regions of 58 prioritised cancer genes. The aim of the panel is to improve cancer care by pr...

Breast Implants - Augmentation

Breast implants are medical devices that are used to augment breast size or to reconstruct the breast following mastectomy or to correct a congenital abnormality. Breast implants consist of a silico...

New findings on men's genes could alter interpretation of PSA test

By studying a specific part of the male DNA, it may be possible to refine the interpretation of PSA tests. This would reduce the risk of men being treated for prostate cancer unnecessarily.

Sofa so bad: too much TV associated with low sperm counts, says study

Physical activity is strongly associated with men's sperm quality according to a study looking into the effects of TV viewing and exercise...

Tennis Score Tracker 3.0 Now Available - The Most Advanced Tennis Scorekeeper for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, with Detailed Statistics, Live Scoring, 20+ New Features

Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 30, 2013 Porpoiseful Apps today is pleased to announce Tennis Score Tracker 3.0 for iOS, a major update to its tennis score keeping app, 15 months in development. The app sup...

Interpretation and Assembly: New and Needed in Genomics

Nature Biotechnology | The biggest challenges in genomics now lie in interpretation and assembly. There's been a lot of progress, but there's also more to go. Ten experts discuss the advances and the...

RTT Mobile Interpretation™ Selected by Clearwater Florida Police Department to Provide Mobile Language Interpretation

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) April 02, 2013 Clearwater (Florida) Police Department has entered into an agreement with RTT Mobile Interpretation (“RTT”) to implement RTT’s mobile inter...

JRG Consulting Services, LLC Poised to Lead Strategic Growth and Business Alliance Development for RTT Mobile Interpretation (RTT)

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 RTT Mobile Interpretation (RTT), a leading provider of mobile language interpretation products and services, is excited to announce an exclusive distributio...

Medtronic Can Give A Portfolio A Boost

ByUlfberht Capital:Executive Summary:We believe that Medtronic (MDT) is a high quality company with a Business Quality Score of 7 based on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 is best). Also, shares of Medtronic ap...

UnitedHealth Group: Excellent Value At Current Price

ByUlfberht Capital:Executive Summary:We believe that UnitedHealth Group (UNH) is a high quality company with a Business Quality Score of 7 based on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 is best). Also, shares of Uni...

Comparison of sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) scoring between nurses and residents.

PURPOSE: We aimed to evaluate differences in the interobserver reliability and accuracy of sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) scoring between nurses and residents. METHODS: Eight nurses and ei...

Early Changes in SOFA Score as a Prognostic Factor in Pediatric Oncology Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilatory Support.

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether changes in outcome prediction scores during the first 72 hours after admission to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are more predictive of outcome than single assessm...

The sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score is prognostically superior to the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and MELD variants following paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose.

BACKGROUND: The prognostic value of the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and sodium-based MELD variants in predicting survival following paracetamol overdose remains unclear. AIM: To examine t...

Value of the SOFA score as a predictive model for short-term survival in high-risk liver transplant recipients with a pre-transplant labMELD score ≥30.

INTRODUCTION: The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score has been applied for the prediction of survival in critically ill patients. We analysed the value of the SOFA s...

Organ failure and tight glycemic control in the SPRINT study.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Intensive care unit mortality is strongly associated with organ failure rate and severity. The sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score is used to evaluate the impact o...