People with chronic eye diseases not getting recommended eye exams
...st change in practice may need to come through our educating internal medicine and family doctors that eye disease is prevalent in the elderly and that eye exams are needed, particularly for any newly-diagnosed adult patient with diabetes and for periodic routine glaucoma screening," Dr. Marmor said. He sugge......he work that the Library has done in recent years, educating the public about environmental risks posed by chemicals in the air, soil and water," explained NLM Director Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg. "Last year, we unveiled Tox Town (http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov), a site that introduces consumers to the toxic chemica...Researchers develop new training aid for nation's soccer stars
...k is leading the way when it comes to coaching and educating young football players. We all want to see more young footballers maximise their potential and perform at the highest level they can attain, and the system will help ensure talented youngsters have the facilities they need to improve their skills, an...Web knowledge empowers patients, researcher says
... information on the Web, however, the challenge is educating patients to help them differentiate unbiased data from commercially tainted or otherwise flawed information....HHS announces research plan to fight autoimmune diseases
...toimmune disease research. The plan also calls for educating the medical community and the public about autoimmune diseases. "This plan highlights many unprecedented opportunities to increase our understanding of autoimmune diseases at the population, individual and molecular levels, with a conceptual focus on...New statement proposes ways to stop deadly drug errors among heart, stroke patients
DALLAS, Nov. 12 Better educating physicians, using computers to order drugs and improving the system for policing inappropriate medication use can help reduce potentially deadly errors among cardiovascular patients, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement ...Leg maneuver may prevent fainting
...eading to fainting. Standard treatment includes educating patients about the causes of the condition, instructing them how to avoid situations that trigger fainting, and maintaining adequate salt and fluid intake. Several drugs have been studied as treatment, but results have been inconsistent. "Leg muscl...About 15 percent of major college athletes may have symptoms of eating disorders, study suggests
...hem," Carter said. "We're also educating coaches, trainers and others about how to identify athletes who may have symptoms of eating disorders." Carter said the university hopes to continue administering the eating disorders surve...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for August (first issue)
...d that the U.S. needs to do far better in terms of educating the at-riskpopulation and providing them with the care they need before they develop an acute opportunistic infection. In most clinical trials directed at evaluating today's drug regimens recommended by HIV guidelines, only 50 to 60 percent of the p...If screening shows osteoporosis, many women may not tell their physician or begin treatment
... therapy," she said. "We have a long way to go in educating women and their physicians about osteoporosis." The results were presented in a poster session at the meeting. Osteoporosis is a serious health condition, associated primarily with aging, in which bones lose mass and become brittle, breaking easily....Study: ER docs can give stroke clot-busters safely, but patients need to get to ER faster
...blem. This shows us how far we still have to go in educating the public that any sudden change in speech, sensation or strength might mean theyre having a stroke, and that they must call 911 and get to the emergency room as quickly as possible, he says. And, once theyre there, they should ask the doctor to giv......ng into a chronic condition. "One of the goals of educating patients is to make them understand that blocking pain is a good thing." People often think that they should tough out pain. Actually, studies have shown that such martyrdom sensitizes neurons and makes the pain worse. Blocking pain as soon as pos...One-off lesson improves teenagers' knowledge of emergency contraception
...ny other factors undoubtedly play a role. However, educating teenagers on the time limits for use of emergency contraception after unprotected sex is more likely to have an impact on behaviour than, say, encouragement to use a condom, they conclude....Mayo Medical School students selected for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholars Program
...repared them to participate." Mayo Clinic has been educating medical professionals since its earliest days, when physicians from throughout the world traveled to Rochester, Minn., to train with the Mayo brothers....American Stroke Association kicks off American Stroke Month
...The association is using a three-pronged approach: educating medical students about stroke; providing hospitals, neurologists and healthcare professionals with protocols to help improve stroke treatment; and promoting guidelines for proper care of stroke survivors. "Any high-risk patient should be strongly dir...UM outreach programs increase kidney transplants among African-Americans
...inate barriers to transplantation and our focus on educating patients about living kidney donation. This focus is important because transplant waiting lists continue to grow, while cadaver organs remain in short supply. Our outreach includes an education program that is sensitive to minority patients and a vid...Simple intervention improves quality of dialysis treatment
...ents. The randomized controlled trial showed that educating physicians and patients about these barriers resulted in a two-fold larger increase in dialysis dose compared to conventional care. The studys method of identifying and overcoming barriers to quality care may also be applicable to other chronic cond...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet, April 16, 2002
...ment that condones aggressiveness and violence, by educating young children about the issue and developing programs for adolescents on dating violence. Diet Supplement Lipokinetix Caused Liver Damage to Seven Californians These case reports and an accompanying editorial were released on the Annals of Intern...UIC awarded $1.25 million for AIDS prevention program in Malawi
... protect themselves and others from infection." By educating hospital and clinic staff first, Norr believes the project will encourage medical professionals to improve health-care services for victims of AIDS, often neglected because their cases are viewed as hopeless, and engage in more community outreach pro......is kind of data on so many people with the goal of educating and thus influencing physician practice,"said Duke cardiologist Matthew Roe, M.D., who with Peterson is co-principal investigator of CRUSADE. ?While the acute MI patients are at higher risk of dying within 30 days of their hospital stay, the patients...