Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
...t yet up to thetask of confidently identifying the best practices." Jollis and Romano argue that future scorecards should: Broaden the definition of acute myocardial infarction, or heartattack; Use a consistent definition of responsible physician; Redefine com...Fat: It's Not For Breakfast Anymore; Study Finds Fat Linked To Clotting
...meal should be kept as low aspossible, and this is best achieved by reducing the total amount of fat ratherthan by changing fat composition," says Mennen, who is now a researcher atINSERN, in France. Factor VIIa circulates in the bloodstream, and elevated levels can "leadto an explosive" formatio...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
...oke, Trauma, and Neurodegenerative Disorders. "The best way for patients to receive the most effective stroke treatment is toget to an emergency room as quickly as possible after they've hadsymptoms -- that's why it is imperative that people know what these symptoms are. People also need to learn about ri...Preventing Stroke: The Choice Between Aspirin And Warfarin
...n Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF), designed to find the best way to reduce strokesin the 2 million Americans who have atrial fibrillation. This series ofclinical trials is funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disordersand Stroke (NINDS). All of the SPAF studies look at preventive treatment withas...Health Workers May Experience Costly Dislocation As Health Spending Growth Slows
...vatesector--without discussion or debate as to how best to spend these newlyavailable resources. "It would be helpful and responsible to create mechanisms that would help assure adequate discussion" says Fein. Affected communities need to plan ahead for downsizing, involvingelected officials, comm...American Heart Association Comment: Tirofiban -- The Platelet Receptor Blocker For Heart Attack
... levels down and increasing physicalactivity. "The best way is to prevent the blood clot in the first place," says Fuster, whowas one of the first scientists to show that blood clots that cause heart attackare derived from platelet clumps on top of the fatty buildup, called plaque,that characterize athero...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...st allpatients die within two years, even with the best efforts using surgery,external beam therapy and chemotherapy. "However, we believe that these initial studies represent a proof ofconcept of this technique, and offer the potential for significant improvementin survival time for patients with...Abstinence Reduces HIV For High-Risk Women - Even Those Who Relapse - Study Shows
...for women. "One is that relapses occur, evenat the best treatment programs. And two, even when there's a relapse, atemporary reduction in risky behavior can still lead to diminishing the spreadof the HIV infection." The article appears in a special issue about AIDS in Interfaces: AnInternational Journal o...Montana Anti-Cancer Discovery Sublicensed To Major Drug Manufacturer
...cs aremade. "Bristol-Myers has one of the best fermentation capabilities anywhere inthe world," said MSU's intellectual property officer Becky Mahurin. One of the world's largest drug manufacturers, Bristol-Myers Squibbreported $17 billion in sales in 1997. Taxol is the company's second-l...Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior
...., said, "Reducing high risk behaviors isstill the best way to prevent new HIV infections. NIMH has ident...elop a risk reduction intervention based oncurrent best practices in HIV prevention, and to test its efficacy withunderstudied and disadvantaged populations......ional task forces of practicing clinicians toframe best practices and develop the guidelines. Risk issues addressed in theseguidelines are based on data MMI collects from healthcare organizationsnationwide and aggregates to identify significant trends in clinical practicethat may adversely affect quality...International Panel Evaluates Testing For Drug Resistance In HIV
...es, but moreinformation is needed to determine the best usage of such tests, says aninternational panel of...ent combination drug therapy regimensthat have the best chance of keeping viral replication at an undetectable level. Two types of resistance assays are cu...New Guidelines Stress Early Potent Drug Cocktails, Individualized Therapy
...tion antiretroviral therapies continueto offer the best hope for preventing AIDS in people infected with HIV,according to updated recommendations from International AIDS Society-USApresented at a media briefing Saturday, June 27, in Geneva. Two years ago, the panel of independent physicians and scientists...New Survey Finds Physicians Seek More Clarity In MS Diagnosis And Management
...is imperative that all neurologists understand how best to classifyMS patients," said Patricia Coyle, MD, Department of Neurology and MSComprehensive Care Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, andconference presenter. "Increased clarity in our MS disease state classificationsystem will he...UNC-CH Researchers Learning Ways To Help Black Women Cope With HIV
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Learning what works best in helping low-income blackmothers cope with HIV is the goal of a new study now under way at the Universityof North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "We are trying to help women learn more about infection with HIV, thevirus that causes AIDS, and cop...... the final visit, women were asked to describe the best and worst features ofthe method. The most commonly cited positive attributes were no surgery and/orinjections, noninvasive; natural, feminine, like menses or miscarriage; lesspain; easier emotionally, less frightening; and easier, simpler, or faster......cs at Monroe Community Hospital. Thereis no single best treatment for agitation, he says. Doctors haveused sedatives and anti-psychotic drugs like haloperidol andthioridazine in the past, with only limited success. Some doctors have previously reported case studies whereanti-seizure medicines like c......ity of Pennsylvania (HUP) ranked among thenation's best in many key specialties by US News & World Report; and the Schoolof Medicine currently ranks third among academic medical centers in the U.S. forsponsored research and training awards from the National Institutes of Health. More information about the......h Board, report the findings of the study into how best to provide thrombolytic treatment within the BHF guidelines. Their research, involving over 1000 (1046) patients, was undertaken in urban, suburban and rural areas in northeast Scotland. They found that the first contact that a patient had with a ...... "An issue that naturally arises is what the best way is to cut down onthis problem which arises because your initial impulse is to help the baby,"Doron said. "You have to take a step back and say, 'Wait a minute. Is providingthis care really helping'" "One of the suggestions talked about a ...