July/August 2003 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...or patients, through in-person visits or telephone contacts with providers or counselors, increased the propor...or patients, through in-person visits or telephone contacts with providers or counselors, increased the proportion of women continuing to breastfeed for up to s...Substantial increase in breast cancer risk from combination hormone replacement therapy
...o use the opportunities arising from their regular contacts with patients taking HRT to discuss treatment-related risks, to give advice about stopping, and to offer alternative support. There is a great need for a public information campaign, led by the medical professions, stating the current evidence in cle...Lens replacement material holds prospect of 'young' eyes for people over 40
...ouis could eventually mean the end of bifocals and contacts for millions of middle age and older people who suffer from presbyopia literally "old vision." The material, which could be used to replace old hardened lenses in patients, including those with cataracts, was described today at the 226th national me...Fashionable, nonprescription contact lenses may pose a danger to your eyesight
...tion may harm your eyes, Dr. Cavanagh said. Buying contacts in this "one size fits all" manner without a presc...f over-the-counter contact lenses are arguing that contacts are only medical devices when they are used to correct vision and, therefore, should not be regulate...Study shows Joslin's 'Care Ambassador' program helps kids with diabetes better manage the disease
...ed to, the care ambassador performs 'outreach' and contacts the family pro-actively. The care ambassadors also help to streamline communication between the family and their child's healthcare team when questions arise about blood sugar levels, insulin dosages, diabetes management in the school, or whatever el...SARS outbreak in Beijing spread rapidly, was controlled fairly quickly
... SARS cases (2,521 probable cases) and their close contacts observed in Beijing between March 5, 2003, and May...ns were quarantined. Among 2,195 quarantined close contacts in 5 districts, the attack rate was 6.3 percent, with a range of 15.4 percent among spouses to 0.36 ...Advice for designing reliable nanomaterials
...require especially close attention. As the size of contacts decreases, he notes, stresses will become more concentrated, "increasing the potential for irreversible damage and premature failure at ever-lower critical loads."...Researchers add new drug prophylactic option against flu
... whom were shown to be influenza-infected, and 812 contacts aged 1 year or older. In all households, the ill i...ir treatment. In one-half of these households, the contacts received post-exposure prophylaxis with once daily oseltamivir for 10 days; in the other half, the h...Call for increase in flu vaccination among young children
...sation of infants aged 6-23 months and their close contacts should be encouraged as much as possible because of the substantially increased risk of influenza-related hospitalisations. Third, children with recurrent acute otitis media [middle-ear infection] or respiratory-tract infections, and healthy children...System can predict disease spread
...ut are becoming more of a risk with the increasing contacts between crowded human populations and the natural world." Understanding the probable spread and potential risks of an emerging disease, the researchers said, may help significantly in targeting control efforts....Targeted antiviral prophylaxis of flu case contacts could successfully contain pandemic influenza
...vented if antiviral agents were given to the close contacts of those with suspected cases of flu until adequat...ople. If antiviral prophylaxis was given to close contacts of 80% of suspected influenza cases, however, in a strategy that the authors call "targeted antivira...Two journalists selected for American Academy of Neurology 56th Annual Meeting Fellowships
... and treatment for neurological disorders and make contacts with experts in the field. The on-site Press Room of the Moscone Convention Center will offer several media briefings and assistance with arranging interviews. "I'll look for the latest research in the areas I often cover including autism, Alzheimer'......osed cases, smallpox control additionally requires contacts of cases to be traced and isolated. In contrast, p...on and isolation of infected individuals and their contacts would be sufficient to stop the spread." The researchers developed a mathematical model of infectiou...Study: Dementia often undiagnosed in clinical settings
...ts, increased emergency room visits, falls, family contacts with the doctor about a patient's condition, missed appointments or frequent phone calls by the patient to the doctor. These can, of course, be caused by conditions or factors other than dementia, so unless the doctor carries out a full inquiry into ...Getting relief from pain can be shocking
...ble system with an increased number of stimulation contacts and flexible programming options. The data published is from a multi-center study on the use of a new neurostimulation system. This new system is unique in its use of a current-shifting programming technique for spinal cord stimulation. The changing ...Privacy rule builds biomedical research bottleneck
...ipating. Under HIPAA regulations, however, patient contacts now must be initiated by their physicians busy people whose understandable priority is the practice of primary or specialty patient care. Epidemiologists such as Dr. Ness and many other scientists and physicians who do clinical research involvi...Prescriptions for antibiotics to prevent anthrax uncommon after the 2001 anthrax attacks
...electronic medical records of outpatient telephone contacts and clinic visits at a large, primary care practic...bioterrorism: 92 (0.6 percent) of 14,917 telephone contacts and 152 (1.0 percent) of 15,539 office visits. Average patient volume was higher from October to De......patients, and out-of-home caregivers and household contacts of children aged under 6 months.' 'So, how bad are Chiron's manufacturing troubles for potential recipients of influenza vaccine? The company was to have supplied about 2 million doses to the UK (about a fifth of the doses needed), and MHRA [Medicine...New hope for ALS seen with genetic techniques, growth factors
... neurons, which are stricken by ALS, make physical contacts with muscle fiber cells. There, they release chemical messengers that tell the muscles to contract. This point of contact is called the neuromuscular junction. They used a virus to deliver the gene for VEGF to muscle cells, resulting in increased ex...New insights into hormone therapy highlight when estrogen best aids brain
...associated with neuron repair and the formation of contacts between neurons. The work was done by Mary McAsey, PhD, Robert Struble, PhD, and colleagues at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine; Craig Cady, PhD, of Bradley University ; and Britto Nathan, PhD, of Eastern Illinois University. After fi...