Strengths and failings of U.S. health care 'system' are driven by embedded vested interests
...come one of the most inequitable, inefficient, and costly systems among those of western industrialized nations. At the same time, the United States delivers some of the finest health care in the world, and yet with more than 16 percent of Americans uninsured, mostly children, many do not have access to or ...Single mothers at higher risk for depression
...on with employers reporting depression as the most costly illness. Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression....2005 H. Trendley Dean Memorial Award
... addressing dental caries, the most widespread and costly disease of childhood (supported by four US Federal agencies). Most of his efforts are focused directly on having an immediate but lasting impact on the publics health. In the area of preventive dentistry, Dr. Rozier and his collaborators have studied...Cognitive behavioral therapy and medication is effective in the treatment of panic disorder
...s. Panic disorder is one of the most disabling and costly anxiety disorders and is commonly treated in primary care settings, according to background information in the article. This randomized, controlled trial assesses the extent to which the benefits of evidence-based, specialist-delivered, panic disorde...Exercise tolerance is good screening test for chest pain patients
...ns' criteria were able to be evaluated by the less costly method of exercise treadmill testing. Those who we...he hospital and didn't benefit very much from more costly stress imaging testing in the emergency department. The evaluation of patients who come to the emerg...World's biggest study of multi-million pound health problem launched
... "However, we know that not only is the condition costly to health services, it has a major effect on patients' quality of life. People with constipation are often reluctant to leave the house in case they need the toilet, or they may suffer painful bloating or feel tired and depressed. "We hope LIFELAX w...UIC offers new weight loss surgery for obese teens
...he past two decades. "It's clear that obesity is a costly public health issue in the United States when it's estimated that more than five percent of the population is severely overweight," said Dr. Allen Browne, associate professor of surgery and program director for the adolescent bariatric program at UIC...Most episodes of HIV 'blips' not clinically significant in patients receiving HAART
... may raise concerns about drug resistance, lead to costly repeat testing, and sometimes result in changes in medications. A new preliminary communication published in the February 16 issue of JAMA , a theme issue on medical applications of biotechnology, finds most blips in the study population appear to...Clot-busting drugs may help detect potentially deadly leg clots
...imer test also could help some patients avoid more costly and potentially more risky tests, such as a computerized tomography scan with a radiographic dye, he says. Dr. Robinson recently applied for an American Heart Association grant to fund clinical studies in which humans get two d-dimer tests: one with...HIV infection still on the rise
...ioration in services, rising HIV transmission, and costly consequences for tax payers," they conclude....Electronic medical records reduce hours, cut cost
...ovement opportunities in time to avoid serious and costly adverse clinical events. ActiveHealth is based in New York City and employs more than 220 people. The company has additional offices in Chantilly, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois and Cleveland, Ohio....Patients with previous heart attacks may not benefit from pacemaker implant
...ure who are treated with specialized pacemakers a costly and invasive treatment to electrically resynchronize their hearts fail to respond....Good medicine, good economics: African-Americans need equal treatment for pain, SLU study finds
...a fresh start after their injury, not to encourage costly legal wrangling and disability applications." This month's issue of Pain Medicine is devoted to addressing disparities in pain care for racial and ethnic minorities....Vaginal hysterectomy leads to better outcomes than abdominal surgery
...aparoscopic hysterectomies were significantly more costly than vaginal hysterectomies. The Cochrane researchers reviewed data from 27 studies that included 3,643 women, most of whom were between age 41 and 50. Each of the studies included in the analysis was a randomized controlled trial directly comparing ...Study shows drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex were widely over-used long before recent problems
...d, often by patients unlikely to benefit from this costly but innovative pharmaceutical class. In the Janu...h better established safety and efficacy to newer, costly drugs with no real history," said study author G. Caleb Alexander, M.D., M.S., instructor of medicin...Researchers to put changing public services under the microscope
...versity of Oxford. It will examine, in particular, costly and complex services such as healthcare and education. And it will have three inter-linked themes: quality - covering transparency, targets, trust and responsiveness; performance - including rewards, incentives, blame and liability; and delivery - in...Elevated glucose levels and diabetes are associated with increased risk for cancer
...ssue of JAMA . Diabetes mellitus is a serious and costly disease that is becoming increasingly common in many countries, including Korea, the site of this study, according to background information in the article. Recent data show that approximately 150 million people have diabetes mellitus worldwide, and ...Study suggests obesity has lesser financial impact on African-Americans
...tive of the healthcare system, obesity may be less costly among African-Americans than among whites. In white Americans, healthcare spending was dramatically higher for those who were obese than for those in the recommended weight range, but in Africans Americans, higher body weight was not significantly as...Multi-center study finds therapy boosts kidney transplants in 'highly sensitized' patients
...g kidney dialysis several times a week a painful, costly process that extends life but usually results in a diminishing quality of life. Now, a 12-center study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and reported in the December 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ...Colon cancer screening with CT may also identify heart attack risk
...rtual colonoscopy requires no sedation and is less costly than conventional colonoscopy. "With virtual colonoscopy providing a less invasive approach to diagnosing colon cancer, we wanted to measure whether additional information could be gained during the scan," Dr. Davila said. "Because cardiovascular ...