Advertising by academic medical centers may risk eroding public trust, says study
...oped. "We hope that academic medical centers will view our findings as an opportunity for improvement and a stimulus for developing guidelines for their advertising procedures," said Larson "If they are going to advertise, we would like to see them promote evidence-based services or at least those likel...RIT takes eye-tracking research to next level
... In this case, Pelz's team is exploring how people view rapid motion on the new class of large displays. Knowing how fast an object is moving across a viewer's retina-rather than on the screen-will help them write software algorithms to overcome hardware limitations. "The challenges to the imaging design...Extreme exertion, emotion can spark repeat heart attacks
...tal relationships promote physical well-being, "My view is that it is much more important for people to maintain good personal and sexual relationships than it is to worry about this small increase in risk," Steptoe says." Emotional distress, along with natural disasters, war and sporting events may also...Chronic fatigue patients show lower response to placebos
...vely, disconnects between how patients and doctors view the illness "may impede development of a collaborative therapeutic relationship," reviewers suggest. The study also showed that the placebo response is 24 percent for medical interventions but only 14 percent for psychiatric/psychological treatments....Hospitals may now be more willing to partner up with former adversaries
...pper-level management. "While hospitals no longer view QIOs as adversaries their impact as partners can b...elpful" or "very helpful." The generally positive view of QIOs suggests that they are poised to take a leading role in promoting quality of care. "However...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...swath but with 150-metre resolution for a detailed view of areas of particular interest. ASAR GMM images are routinely provided to a variety of users including the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ice Centre, responsible for tracking icebergs worldwide. ASAR imagery is ...Obtaining patient consent for clinical audit is unworkable without extra resources
...o share personal data. These results reinforce the view that the logistics of obtaining consent for sharing information presents substantial challenges requiring new approaches to the issue, say the authors. Obtaining such consent is unlikely to be successful unless extra resources are allocated to traini...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
... sound economic or public health policy. "Some may view this as pessimistic," Olshansky said. "But in fact, it is a realistic assessment of where we are today and where we appear to be headed in the future. It is a problem that can be fixed. "One of the reasons that we've done this is to alert the public ...Vitamin E may not prevent cancer or cardiovascular events, but may increase risk for heart failure
...rm suggested by our findings strongly supports the view that vitamin E supplements should not be used in patients with vascular disease or diabetes mellitus," the authors write. "Our study also has wider implications. There is a tendency to accept 'natural products' (e.g., vitamins) as being safe, even if...Routine dental panoramic X-rays not necessary, study shows
... the name implies, panoramic X-rays provide a wide view of the teeth, jaws and surrounding structures and tissues. Patients have a panoramic X-ray taken for an initial evaluation, followed by a series of close-up views of all sections of the teeth, called periapical X-rays. A periapical X-ray gives a clo...Computerized order entry systems can increase risk of medication errors
...e fragmented CPOE displays that prevent a coherent view of patients' medications, pharmacy inventory displays mistaken for dosage guidelines, ignored antibiotic renewal notices placed on paper charts rather than in the CPOE system, separation of functions that facilitate double dosing and incompatible ord......ystem studied, up to 20 screens might be needed to view the totality of just one patient's medications thereby increasing the risk of selecting a wrong medication. "To be effective, a CPOE system must articulate well with the work-flow within the organization," emphasizes Koppel. "We seem to think that ...Researchers discover link between insulin and Alzheimer's
...eted treatment to the brain and changes the way we view Alzheimer's disease," de la Monte says. In an accompanying review article, de la Monte and accompanying author Jack Wands, MD, of Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, write that "there is a genuine need for thorough and comprehensive study...Implanted devices detect high-risk heart failure patients
...brillation) devices are giving cardiologists a new view of subtle changes in a key measurement of heart health -- heart rate variability. Patients with little variability -- whose hearts are unable to appropriately react to external stimuli by regulating their beating action -- are known to be at higher r...Tobacco industry pays scientists to challenge secondhand smoke's link to infant death risk
...fluence on the conclusion, but totally hidden from view is the fact that the article was essentially conceived by the tobacco company in the first place, UCSF's Glantz points out. "This study of Philip Morris activity since the tobacco industry signed the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998 shows that the...Unsafe water and poor sanitation causes 4000 children to die each day
...to combat waterborne and vector-borne diseases. In view of the financial constraints and shortages of trained health professionals in the poorest countries of the world, it is a priority that the international health community needs to give the attention it deserves."...Violence in the media can lead to aggressive behaviour in young children
... than censorial approach. Parents and teachers can view age appropriate violent material with children and help them critically appraise what they see, in terms of its realism, justification and consequences. In this way caregivers can reduce the effect of violent imagery." He adds: "Producers also need t...Another look finds promising proteomics test is not biologically plausible
...n-based assay are not biologically plausible. "We view this as a cautionary tale. If you are not careful with this new technology, whose quirks we don't fully understand, you can find results that may be due to something other than biology," says the study's lead author, Keith Baggerly, Ph.D., an associa...Flu vaccination benefits people of any age with high-risk medical conditions
...e results of our study lend strong support for the view that all high-risk persons benefit from annual influenza vaccination regardless of age," the authors conclude. "Therefore, efforts should be renewed to convince providers and patients of the clinical usefulness of such vaccination, notably among youn...Over prescribing causing high rates of antibiotic resistance in south and east Europe
...ecessary should be given serious consideration. In view of the emergence of bacterial resistance and the decline in the rate of development of novel antibiotics, effective professional and public strategies to encourage appropriate prescribing of antibiotics should be studied and implemented. If not, we w...