March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...High-protein diets that include a lot of iron-containing foods, such as the increasingly popular Atkins diet, may not be the best choice for everybody, according to a new study out of the Medical University of South Carolina. Analyzing population-based data from U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, Mainous and colleagues found that people with elevated levels of serum trans...Massive weight loss conference Dallas April 1-2
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. While massive weight loss surgery is increasingly becoming the treatment of choice for the morbidly obese, many patients are unaware that additional plastic surgery body contouring will likely be necessary to achieve their desired body shape. Body contouring following massive weight loss will be the focus of a conference sponsored by the American Society of Plastic Surg...New patient magazine from American Academy of Neurology to launch in April
ST. PAUL, Minn. (March 1, 2005) Why would the leading international professional association of neurologists get into the business of publishing a magazine Neurology Now for patients and their caregivers?... ...Patients are overwhelmed and confused by the barrage of inaccurate information from unreliable sources. Neurology patients and their families are also often overwhelmed and their physi...Other highlights in the April 7 JNCI
...Aspirin use is not associated with an increase or a decrease in mortality from pancreatic cancer, a new study has found. ......Previous epidemiologic studies have reported mixed and limited results regarding a possible association between aspirin use and pancreatic cancer risk. Eric J. Jacobs, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society, and colleagues examined self-reported aspirin use in a cohort...Other highlights in the April 21 JNCI
... ...Most oncology physicians and nurses do not share the results of clinical trials with their patients who are participants, even though they believe that their patients want the results and that routinely offering results would not have a negative effect on patients. ... ...To examine the issue, Ann H. Partridge, M.D., M.P.H., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and colleagues su...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 20, 2004
... ...... ... ... A study of primary data from eight studies in five countries found that people who drank more than 45 grams of alcohol per day, or more than three average-size drinks, had a slightly higher risk for colorectal cancer than those who drank less or no alcohol (Article, p. 603). The study found no relationship between the type of alcoholic beverage people drank...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2004 (second issue)
...... Researchers have shown that the subsequent 2 to 3 years after discharge from the hospital following treatment for pneumonia may provide only a short-term lease on a future healthy life if the patient has certain significant and independent predictors of mortality. Investigators ascertained the survival status of 366 community-acquired pneumonia patients who were hospitalized at Methodist...News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2004
FIRST RESPONDERS TO WTC COLLAPSE HIT HARDEST WITH RESPIRATORY AILMENTS... ...Researchers from New York and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Ohio found that arrival time and length of exposure to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster were significant predictors of respiratory symptoms and lung function decline among firefighters. Three weeks after the disaster, researchers screen...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 6, 2004
... A new study of 521 people with newly diagnosed Alzheimer disease found that the median survival period was 4.2 years for men and 5.7 years for women (Article, p. 501), which is about half as long as people of similar age in the U.S. population would survive. The study found that the severity of cognitive impairment was strongly associated with decreased survival. Walking disturbances, falli...Institute of Medicine advisory: April 8 news conference on health literacy
Nearly half of all American adults have difficulty understanding and acting upon the health information they encounter at the doctor's office, in the media, and elsewhere. Patients with limited health literacy are less likely to use preventive care and more likely to use costly emergency room care. A new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, HEALTH LITERACY: A PRESCRIP...Internists to screen for alcohol misuse on April 8
(April 5, 2004) Alcohol misuse and abuse is often a hidden problem, even from a patient's physician. The American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of doctors of internal medicine, has asked its members to take a few minutes on Thursday, April 8, to screen all patients for alcohol use and misuse, regardless of the reasons for the office visit. ... The effort is part of Nation...Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: April 2004
...... The latest weight loss fad, the high protein/low carbohydrate diet, has been the source of much criticism from the nutrition community. While many nutritionists agree that the diet may not be nutritionally balanced, one concern, that high protein diets promote calcium losses , may not be warranted. ...... Recent research by Bess Dawson-Hughes MD and her colleagues at the Bone Metabolism L...Institute of Medicine Advisory: April 1 public briefing on safety of dietary supplements
WASHINGTON -- To bolster the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability to evaluate the safety of dietary supplements, a new report from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National Academies outlines a science-based process for assessing supplement ingredients, even when data about a substance's safety in humans is scarce. This approach to safety evaluation works...April 2004 Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the April 2004 issue of , the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:...... Mohs Surgery: Proclamation, Proof, Principles, and Promise... The Australian Mohs Database: Periocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma... The Australian Mohs Database, Part I: Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma Experience over 7 Years... The Austr...National Academies Advisory: April 1 Public Briefing on Safety of Dietary Supplements
Approximately 29,000 herbal extracts, vitamins, and other dietary supplements are currently available to the American consumer, and about 1,000 more reach the market each year. By law, dietary supplements are assumed to be safe until proven otherwise, meaning that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must determine whether a product on the market poses risks to users. Agency officials must do so...March/April 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... ...Analyzing population-based data from U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, Mainous and colleagues found that elevated levels of serum transferrin saturation, an indicator of a predisposition for iron overload, were associated with a significantly higher risk of death from all causes. The authors point out that a substantial proportion of adults in the United Stat...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2004 (first issue)
... ...Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were current high-dose users of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) had an increased risk of nonvertebral fractures compared with those who had no exposure, according to a study in the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The researchers looked at 1,708 COPD patients...American Academy of Neurology presents 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, April 24 - May 1, 2004
More than 10,000 are expected to attend the American Academy of Neurology 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, April 24 May 1, 2004. ......Held in the Moscone Convention Center, the very latest research findings on dementia, Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy, headache, multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders will be included in more than 1,300 scientific studies presented as pla...ACP Annual Session April 22-24, 2004
The ACP Annual Session, a medical education meeting, will feature more than 260 lectures, panels and workshops. Topics will include chronic pain, handling violence, evaluating disability, patient safety, managing the obese patient, tobacco's international toll, food safety, headaches, and medicinal herbs. ... ...Physicians will also refine techniques in biopsy, casting and splinting, and speciali...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April (second issue)
FINAL EXAM STRESS ENHANCES INFLAMMATION IN ASTHMA... ...A study of stress during final exam week in 20 college students with mild allergic asthma showed that their anxiety and depression scores were significantly higher and that their stress levels acted as a cofactor to increase airway inflammation after an antigen challenge. The investigators were testing the hypothesis that a relatively chron...Physics tip sheet #9 April 17, 2002
...... Maximally entangled photons are a prime resource for quantum teleportation, communication and cryptography. However, most techniques for entangling photons achieve only partial entanglement. A new experiment using the usual experimental equipment shows how to create photons that are maximally entangled and also identical in frequency. Previous experiments had photons that matched perfectl...Other highlights in the April 17 issue of JNCI
... ...A study suggests that postmenopausal women with higher levels of natural sex hormones, such as estrogen and testosterone, have a higher risk of breast cancer than postmenopausal women with lower levels of sex hormones. ... ...Timothy J. Key, D.Phil., and his colleagues from the Endogenous Hormones and Breast Cancer Collaborative Group at the University of Oxford analyzed data from nine pr...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet, April 16, 2002
Annals of Internal Medicine is published by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM), an organization of more than 115,000 internal medicine physicians and medical students. The following highlights are not intended to substitute for articles as sources of information. For an embargoed fax of an article, call 1-800-523-1546, ext. 2656 or 215-351-2656. ....American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April (first issue)
...... The first prospective epidemiologic study to demonstrate a relationship between cat allergen concentrations in the home and asthmatic disease among sensitized women was carried out in...458 Boston, Massachusetts, mothers. To participate, the women had to suffer from doctor-diagnosed specific sensitization or allergic disease. They were evaluated for allergen...sensitization; home exposu...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 2, 2002
Annals of Internal Medicine is published by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM), an organization of more than 115,000 internal medicine physicians and medical students. The following highlights are not intended to substitute for articles as sources of information. For an embargoed fax of an article, call 1-800-523-1546, ext. 2656 or 215-351-2656. .....American Chemical Society meets April 7-11 in Orlando
Highlights include terrorism, new pharmaceutical...developments, forensics ... ...Chemical and biological terrorism, potentially life-saving drugs, origins of the solar system and advances in forensic science are among topics set for discussion at the 223rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 7-11, in Orlando, Florida.... ...The Society will hold its meeting at the Orange Co...National Alcohol Screening Day (April 6) A national wake-up call
. . . . "What are you waiting for -- last call, or a wake-up call?" is the question to be posed by alcohol research and treatment leaders at a media briefing to be held 10:30-11:30 A.M., Tuesday, April 4, in Georgetown University's Copley Hall. The briefing launches the second annual National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD), a national outreach program designed to educate people about alcohol use d...Measles Eradication Launching Set April 30
.....Tip Sheet: Think About Your Health In April
.Think about your health in April:. . April 7 is World Health Day, "Healthy Aging, Healthy Living -- Start Now!". April 5-11 is National Public Health Week, "Healthy People in Healthy.Communities.". . .The following story ideas are based on research by George A. Kaplan, professor.and chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the University of Michigan School.of Public Health and director of the...Active Aging Makes A Difference: World Health Day 1999 Set April 7
.World Health Day 1999 is being observed April 7th In Washington and throughout.the Americas with the theme, "Active Aging Makes a Difference." The initiative.by the Pan American Health Organization focuses on neighborhood, community and.national activities designed to highlight the challenges of an aging population,.which affect all aspects of society.. . In Washington, U.S. Surgeon Gen...