Children with asthma plagued by smokers and pets
...to have pets. However, smoking, pet ownership and adherence to asthma medications did not correlate with each other, indicating that they are different problems that must be addressed individually. When the researchers examined the socioeconomic and psychosocial data on these families they found distinctly di...Treatment guidelines for HIV infection announced by international panel of AIDS experts
...nitoring therapy Assessing and reinforcing patient adherence is key to the success of therapy. Both CD4 counts and HIV RNA levels are important for measuring treatment response. The HIV RNA levels should decrease rapidly after therapy is initiated. Failure to achieve a 90 percent reduction in viral load af...Eficiency, feasibility of antiretroviral therapy in Africa demonstrated in IRD-coordinated surveys
...dustrialized countries. They also indicated strong adherence to courses of treatment. The importance of providing therapy free was highlighted as a means of encouraging people to continue. This research has helped define the practical arrangements necessary in African health and hygiene situations for setting ...Good practice guidelines for mothers after stillbirth 'unjustified'
...St George's Hospital, London, UK, assessed whether adherence to the current guidelines was associated with beneficial effects on the psychological health of the mother and next-born child. The study assessed 65 women who were pregnant for the second time after a previous stillbirth. Depression occurred in 39%...U-M Depression Center receives $750K gift from Eli Lilly Foundation
...nity settings, find ways to help improve patients' adherence to treatment, and share the U-M Depression Center model with other institutions across the country," says John Greden, M.D., executive director of the U-M Depression Center and Rachel Upjohn Professor and chair of psychiatry at the U-M Medical School...Methadone treatment may improve completion of tuberculosis therapy in injection drug abusers
...h directly observed TB preventive therapy improved adherence to and completion of TB preventive therapy by injection drug abusers. Previous research has shown that under normal treatment conditions, substance abusers are more likely to miss doses of the TB medication isoniazid (INH) and that direct observation...Lowering cancer risk in postmenopausal women
...emoved from the analysis, the apparent benefits of adherence to the Guidelines were much more modest. In preventing cancer, lifestyle modifications that include smoking cessation and avoidance of overweight may be just as important as observing a dietary pattern that is low in red meats and high in a variety ...Stanford researcher to find cure for widespread Celiac disease
...prue patients, the only treatment being a lifelong adherence to a strict gluten-free diet. How Common Is Celiac Sprue? Although the disease was considered uncommon until recently, the American Gastroenterological Association's most recent technical review on Celiac Sprue (Gastroenterology 120, 1526-1540, 200...'Glutaid' on the horizon? Study may someday spell relief for people on gluten-free diets
...p treat the disorder. Celiac Sprue requires strict adherence to a gluten-free diet, and affects approximately one in 200 individuals, according to U.S. and Norwegian researchers. The team reports its findings in the journal Science , published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Althou...Lauder supports James nutrition and breast cancer study
... week, and will be given regular feedback on their adherence to diet and exercise and their relative risk of developing breast cancer....Agreements for industry-sponsored clinical trials often fail to protect researchers independence
...sed in such a way. The Duke study also found scant adherence to the ICMJE recommendation for the participation of investigators in the design of trials. Only 2 percent required the presence of an independent executive committee as a condition of participation in a trial, and only 1 percent required a data and ...Aggressive exercise program helps inner city, low-income disabled
...n compared with a control group of 13. "The strong adherence rate was probably attributable to the combination of a highly motivated staff who maintained regular contact with the participants (e.g., called participants when they missed a session) and the removal of several barriers to participation, namely tra...Multiple characteristics of HAART affect adherence
...ry day in HAART therapy has the greatest impact on adherence of 10 characteristics studied, according to a surv... looked primarily at one or two factors related to adherence and measured their impact as single entities," said Valerie Stone, M.D., M.P.H., lead investigator, ...SNM collaboration yields diagnostic nuclear medicine guide for compliance with NRC regulations
...-based approach that emphasizes not a step-by-step adherence to "best practices" but a consistent level of performance outcomes by institutions at which nuclear medicine is practiced. "With this changed focus, we knew that it would be useful for practitioners to have a stand-alone document that suggests appr...Study suggests that tomboys may be born, not made
...e of a male adult living in the home, and parental adherence to traditional sex roles. "These background variables cannot account for the observed relation between testosterone and PSAI scores in pre-school age girls," writes Hines. The authors suggest that the effects were not seen in boys because boys ordin...Hospitals that don't follow heart attack care guidelines have significantly higher death rates
...earchers ranked the 1,247 hospitals based on their adherence to the guidelines. They then divided this ranking ...eminate clinical practice guidelines and encourage adherence to them....Death rates lower in hospitals that follow heart attack guidelines
...nce for recommendations. The researchers examined adherence to Class I guidelines and reported the median perf...eminate clinical practice guidelines and encourage adherence to them....Moderate physical activity is critical for reducing the risk of chronic disease in older women
...ng their calorie intake. Women who had the highest adherence to the program experienced the largest decreases i...ar compared to less than six months), and its high adherence rates (81 percent of the exercisers completed 80 percent or more of their prescribed 225 minutes per...UNC physician says patient, doctor education improves health outcomes
...Increasing patients participation can improve both adherence to therapy and health outcomes for such conditions as high blood pressure and diabetes. The effect of patient activation can be powerful, he said. The improvement in patients with diabetes, for example, was as powerful as adding a new medicine. UNC r...American Academy of Neurology initiates health literacy training for neurologists
...cy has been linked with medication errors, lack of adherence to treatment recommendations, missed appointments, adverse medical outcomes and malpractice lawsuits. We feel it's important to elevate awareness of the problem of health illiteracy and take action through our members." The AAN, along with a handful ...