Study finds doctors often unaware that hospital patients have urinary catheters
...as not needed. And, correspondingly, a patient was almost four times as likely to have an appropriate catheter if his or her providers knew about it. Overwork may also play a role in the problem. Providers were 20 percent more likely to be unaware of catheters if they took care of large numbers of patients....Range of medical equipment carried in UK front line ambulances varies considerably
...his. Traction splints are not uniformly used, with almost a third of services not carrying them and almost four out of 10 services still rely on inflatable splints despite concerns that they restrict blood c...Study published in JAMA supports an alternative treatment approach in Parkinson's disease
... The differences in somnolence and hallucinations almost exclusively occurred when subjects started experimental therapy during the escalation phase of the trial. Pramipexole was not as potent in its effects on treating Parkinson's symptoms, but the evidence indicates that despite these differences, both ...'Unheralded safety net' providing state health practitioners for under-served areas
... "More than 1,300 U.S. primary-care physicians and almost 400 nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants an...said. "These previously unheralded state programs, almost invisible nationally, are now a major portion of the U.S. health-care safety net and should be monit......of the patients. Switch was very well tolerated by almost all patients with a drop out rate of only 3/585 patients. Dr Baas commented, "The new data indicate that the vast majority of patients in this study treated with cabergoline reported an improvement in their symptoms which was achieved with a once-a-d......ent more likely to have it in both knees and faced almost three times the risk of more severe knee osteoarth...udy participants, all over age 45, were black, and almost two-thirds were women. UNC-CH researchers found no differences in hip osteoarthritis in women of dif...Encouraging one year results in vessel growth factor trial
...patients in that study all suffered severe angina, almost 90 percent had undergone at least one bypass operation, and almost 75 percent had undergone at least one angioplasty to open their narrowed arteries. Participants rec...GPs prescribe significant numbers of "off label" drugs to children
... year. The practice records showed that there were almost 3,500 prescriptions for almost 1200 children involving 160 different drugs. Eighty four per cent of the drugs had been prescribed f...Study finds serious bone loss in 90 percent of women with anorexia
...rcent of the women had osteopenia at the spine and almost 25 percent had osteoporosis; and 47 percent had osteopenia measured at the hip with 16 percent having osteoporosis. Of numerous other variables recorded, weight was the most powerful predictor of bone loss at all sites, with those women who weighed......ost of these occurring in children under 6, and in almost half of these the fall was from an upper bunk. Twenty seven of the children sustained a head injury, seven of whom were either knocked unconscious, or suffered concussion. Other injuries included lacerations and bruising. Fourteen of the children had...Alcohol and drug treatment among HMO patients
...hat this explanation is probably not true, because almost everyone in the sample was a middle-class person. Even within the middle class, we can see that Caucasian substance abusers tend to get in trouble with alcohol, and African-American substance abusers tend to get into trouble with drugs. So, a subst...Research leads to more effective methods of treating drug addictions
... human patients. "Scientists have been looking for almost 30 years for the molecular mechanism of opiate drug tolerance," says Professor Freedman. "I hope that our discovery will be a significant step towards understanding it. Eventually, we may be better able to treat heroin addicts, and better able to ...Landmark school-based 'social influences' smoking-prevention program found not to work
...ching their usual health programs. Because smoking almost always begins during or prior to the teen years, t...ear, and again two years after high school, showed almost identical rates of smoking between the two groups. For example, among 12th grade girls, 24.4 percent...In a new observational analysis, Risedronate significantly reduced nonvertebral fracture risk
...ty consists of nearly 102,000 employees working in almost 80 countries worldwide. Please visit www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands. About Aventis Aventis is dedicated to treating and preventing disease by discovering and developing innovative prescription d...Major review reveals that osteoarthritis is a complex disease with new solutions
...combined with a joint injury. Regular runners have almost no additional risk of OA, but football and soccer players and baseball pitchers are at increased risk. A healthy lifestyle helps exercise can lessen disability if OA has developed. Strengthening the thigh muscles reduces risk of OA of the knee, as c...Drinking and drugging can be painful
...times as likely, and alcohol-and-drug abusers were almost four times as likely to be hospitalized for an injury during the three years examined. "This study provides important evidence regarding the extent of substance abuse disorders and injuries in a population of people who are employed and receive ins...... and enlargement of the joints and is diagnosed in almost twice as many women as men. "This study is the first and largest of its kind to evaluate whether these popular supplements actually work to alleviate knee pain in people afflicted with this disease," said Michael Weisman, M.D., Principal Investigator...Wake Forest professor to evaluate managed care patient protection laws
... with the treatment? "Over the past few years, almost every state has enacted a variety of laws intended to protect patients against possible abuses from managed care organizations," Hall said. "Similar proposals are pending in the federal Congress, and were a major point of controversy in the recent pr...New procedure makes kidney transplant an option for thousands on waiting list
...ese elevated antibody levels made tissue rejection almost certain. Mayo Clinic is one of three medical centers in the United States that offer this procedure. About 45,000 people are waiting for a cadaver kidney in the United States; about 8,000 kidneys are available every year. About 7,000 of those waiti...Attitudes to body weight might explain some of the difference in weight across socioeconomic groups
... But women in the lowest socioeconomic group were almost three times as likely to be obese as women in the highest. And both men and women in this group were most likely to be overweight yet least likely to feel overweight. They were also significantly less likely to weigh themselves regularly, watch thei...