Researchers develop way to track quality of home health care
... virtually every sector of the health care system, efforts are under way to improve the quality of care provided, increase the cost effectiveness of service delivery, facilitate the identification and adoption of best practices, and enhance the public accountability of service providers. These changes are oc...If you suffer from pain, your doctor should consider it a disease
...management of chronic pain, and increased research efforts toward the discovery of novel treatments," state the authors. While there has been some initial resistance to the idea of this classification, the idea is catching on. The article points out that chronic pain is "clearly a very widespread condition ...A comprehensive response to HIV could prevent 10 million AIDS deaths in Africa by 2020
...r countries will only be sustainable if prevention efforts are strengthened at the same time. As the authors say: "Treatment can enable more effective prevention, and prevention makes treatment affordable. Sustained progress in the global fight against HIV/AIDS will be attained only through a comprehensive r...Simple sputum test for confirmation of childhood tuberculosis
... for tuberculosis and HIV research and the current efforts in developing new diagnostics for tuberculosis. The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), an independent not-for-profit foundation launched in 2003 by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease with funding from t...Injury toll in US homes tops 12 million yearly: UNC, other experts call for action
... The importance of fire safety and fall prevention efforts and ensuring that hazards in the home, such as poisons and firearms, are stored safely should not be underestimated, Runyan said. Improving injury data collection to reveal the full size of the problem and to monitor trends is needed. "Too ofte...Making emergency contraception readily available does not increase unprotected intercourse
...rding to background information in the article. In efforts to increase access to EC, six states (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Maine, New Mexico, and Washington) have implemented pharmacy access legislation whereby women can obtain EC directly from pharmacists without having to see a clinician or obtain a pres...Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt ranked 8th in nation by 'Child' magazine
...Jr., who is a driving force behind thefund-raising efforts to build the new hospital, "This ranking is proofto the community that we've made the right choice for our children."...Government solutions won't cure kids' obesity, survey says
Most Americans endorse public efforts to reduce childhood obesity but don't want to do so through taxes or regulation, a new survey reveals. Almost 91 percent of those surveyed thought parents "have a lot of responsibility" for childhood obesity, with only 16 percent saying the governme...Web-based tool to help clinicians make schizophrenia treatment decisions
...iatric disorders. In 2000, Meltzer joined in their efforts and organized a group to develop the algorithms for schizophrenia treatment. "The idea was that we would come up with evidence-based medicine for schizophrenia, providing clinicians with a resource as they make decisions in standard situations, as w...OHSU researcher says FDA could broaden access to results of clinical drug trials
...er national clinical registry and results database efforts already under way, said Erick Turner, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, and physiology and pharmacology in the OHSU School of Medicine. Turner, a former clinical reviewer of psychotropic drugs for the FDA, put forth his recommendations in the...Drivers with epilepsy are on the road again
...mber article in the journal Epilepsia outlines the efforts and procedures taken to reinstate driving rights t...or Yushi Inoue, MD, PhD. These are key factors in efforts to modify restrictions for PWE driving rights worldwide. According to Dr. Inoue, there are several c...ASTRO patient education campaign wins award
...h as radiation therapy. It's an honor to see these efforts recognized." In the fall of 2003, ASTRO conducted focus groups to discover how much the public and cancer patients knew about the different treatment options. What they found was that the public knew very little about radiation therapy and had troubl...Discovery of key protein's shape could lead to improved bacterial pneumonia vaccine
... the shape of CbpA will guide researchers in their efforts to use part or all of this protein as the basis of a vaccine against S. pneumoniae. "CbpA is a very large protein," Tuomanen said. "Now that we know what it looks like and how it's put together, we can pull it apart to see if smaller pieces of it can...Assessing the season: LSU hurricane experts learned lessons during Hurricane Season 2004
...ing state emergency officials in their preparation efforts and adding to their growing knowledge on the storms and their effects: Marc Levitan, director of the LSU Hurricane Center and expert on wind-effects on buildings, spent time in Florida after Hurricanes Charley and Ivan, examining and assessi...Free nicotine patches increase short-term smoking quit rates
...acement therapy has really changed tobacco control efforts in a good way. It is clear that if smokers use nicotine replacement therapy longer, they have a better success rate," said Anthony J. Alberg, PhD, MPH, lead author of the study and an assistant professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Dep...To help your mind, take steps to help your heart, study says
...hey found significant benefits. They conclude that efforts to treat cardiovascular risk factors, especially high blood pressure, may be more effective than memory drugs in protecting brain function. Still, the authors note that more studies are needed to give doctors a full picture of mixed dementia...USC researchers highlight disparities in cancer rates among racial and ethnic groups in California
...y to identifying how successful our cancer control efforts are, and tells us a lot about the causes of cancer, and how to prevent it," says Myles Cockburn, Ph.D., assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. A sampling of trends includes the following: Prost...Research by scientists affiliated with the Earth Institute at Columbia University
...occurs. De Sherbinin and colleagues present recent efforts to integrate global spatial datasets and survey mi...urring arsenic from sediment into groundwater, and efforts to prevent this groundwater from seeping out of this landfill. When several methods of removing the ...Supporters of NIH policy see publishers' gambit as possible diversion
...program." Johnson added, "We applaud all authentic efforts to make medical research universally and freely available. The movement toward open access deserves more allies and more leaders. However, the purpose, scope and timing of this development are all questionable at best." Patient advocate Robert Rein......CEF clearly has a pivotal role to lead the world's efforts to make children a global priority. Under Bellamy's leadership UNICEF is presently in a poor position to do so. Her distinctive focus has been to advocate for the rights of children. This rights-based approach to the future of children fits well with...