Mammography Messages Need To Be Tailored For Older Women
...ian for specifichealth-care needs. And health-care clinics may be closer to mammographysites or be able to arrange transportation. Cost was not foundto be a significant concern, and should become even less of afactor as Medicare begins covering annual mammograms this year. The study also found that fear of ...Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
...tients make more than 100,000 visits to outpatient clinics each year. The center is one of six in the U.S. designated by the National Cancer Institute as a Specialized Program in Research Excellence for breast cancer. Targon Corporation is a joint venture between Elan Corporation, plc and CYTOGEN Cor...Diuretics And Beta-Blockers Are Best Drugs To Combat High Blood Pressure, Study Finds
...ypertension Screening and Treatment Program (HSTP) clinics of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. ...nvolved veterans receiving outpatient care at HSTP clinics inSt. Louis, Mo., Indianapolis, Ind., Iowa City, Iowa, Memphis, Tenn., Jackson, Miss.and San Juan, P...Secondary Prevention Of Heart Disease Should Be Improved
...ovision in general practice) (Secondary prevention clinics for coronary heart disease: randomised trial of ef...be improved within general practice and that where clinics to promote secondary prevention have been set up, the health of patients has improved. In their stud...How Reliable Are League Tables?
...g. They have applied it to in vitro fertilisation clinics in the UK and found that the rankings were not entirely meaningful and therefore it would be unwise to take them too seriously. Positions in ranking can alter radically year on year, but this does not necessarity mean that a significant change in ...Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior
...itted diseases (STDs): men and women in public STD clinics and womenattending public primary health care clinics. Sixty-eight percent of the participantswere African American and twenty percent were Hispanic; most were single, unemployed, and treatedpreviously for STDs, and all wereat high behavioral risk f...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
... the women and 15 percent of the men seen in these clinics wereHIV-positive.2 "We saw up to a 50 percent reduction in risk behavior in six months, and therewas a clear difference in individual behaviors after counseling," he said. "Forthe couples, the behavior changes depended on whether the partners were th......y participant. The clinical trial tookplace at 17 clinics in 15 states; the sites included Planned Parenthoodaffiliates, university hospitals, and free-standing clinics. The sampleincluded African-American, Asian, Caucasian, and Hispanic women. Focus groupswith providers also were conducted at all partici...New Short-Acting Anesthetics Cut Recovery Time
...enters tocommunity hospitals and clinics, and from clinics to private doctors offices,said Apfelbaum. That shift is already underway. At the meeting, Apfelbaum presented aUniversity of Chicago study involving five community hospitals or surgi-centerstrained to implement the newer forms of anesthesia, using s......ion of persons living with HIV attending sixpublic clinics in non-urban Alabama communities. Within the study group,sexually active patients being treated with protease inhibitors wereapproximately two and a half times more likely to engage in risky sex (usecondoms less than half the time while having sex) ...First Drug Shown Effective For Treating Chronic Forms Of Major Depression
...61 patients treated atoutpatient psychiatric clinics at 10 academic medical and two clinical researchcenters. Before entering the study, the patients had responded positively tosertraline in a 12-week trial and had continued to respond well in a four-month extended treatment. In the s......l costs:the price of multiple visits to doctors or clinics to receive inoculations, theprice of the vaccine itself, the cost of storing extra vaccines that areeventually discarded, and the cost associated with medical staff. To demonstratethe model, the CDC estimated that the expense of each visit was $40, e...Nurse Practitioners Reducing Costs, Expanding Care
... awaiting list. "Because of the very intensive clinics involved, we can only take 15 to 20students at a time in the traditional classes, and they filled up immediately,"Wilkerson says. "Our office fielded at least 62 inquiries before the courseswere even advertised." Similarly, enrollment in a new di...Heart Valve Abnormalities Examined In Relation To Duration Of Diet Drug Use
...n three months was gathered from 33 different diet clinics around of thecountry. Among other conclusions, the researchers found: no significant difference in the incidence of aortic valveregurgitation in people who used the drug for three to six months, compared tothe control group; no signi...Vinegar Offers Dependable Test For Cervical Cancer
...rican women for cervical cancer at 15 primary care clinics in Zimbabweusing both the vinegar/visual inspection method and Pap smears. The womenranged in age from 25 to 55 and were not pregnant. Although all were sexuallyactive, fewer than 15 percent had ever been screened for cervical cancer. Colposcopy (h...Who Cares For You When You're Ill
...aintenance organizations (HMOs) and multispecialty clinics (MSCs). Physicianswere also interviewed, most of ... largely determined by theprocedures of individual clinics and departments where they worked. There are limits to what NPs and PAs are authorized to do. They ...Higher Doses Of Methadone May Do The Trick, New Study Says
...ist Eric C. Strain, M.D., who led the study. Some clinics havedaily maintenancedoses of less than 30 mg, while in others the average dose jumps to 60 mg,Strain says. "Thisprobably stems from uncertainty brought about by clinical trials' long historyof controversial orconflicting results." To avoid t...Community Plays Key Role In Preventing Teen Suicide, UF Scientist Says
... "Previously, we had only used data collected from clinics orgathered on a post-mortem basis. Few studies have assessed risk factorsrelated to suicidal behaviors among a 'normal,' or community, sample ofadolescents. "So this is a different way of looking at suicide." Adolescence is a time fraught with danger...Irritable Bowel Syndrome The Focus Of Three UNC-CH Reports At Digestive Diseases Conference
...naire responses of 389 patients atgastroenterology clinics in Washington and North Carolina. All forms of abu...pts. Prior studies using intensiveinterviews in GI clinics have identified a history of early sexual abuse inabout 45 percent of IBS patients. IBS is character...New gene therapy may allow patients to 'grow' their own bypass around blocked leg arteries
...tients and handles150,000 outpatient visits at its clinics and outpatient facilities. Withwell-respected programs in cardiology and cardiac surgery, pulmonary medicine,orthopedics and sports medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, OB/GYN, organtransplantation and gastroenterology, Temple's network of physicians,...