Primary-care based program reduces thoughts of suicide among older depressed patients
...depression screening of randomly sampled patients; enrollment included patients who screened positive and a random sample of screened negative patients. This analysis included patients with a depression diagnosis (N=598). The intervention focused on two major components of care. First was physician knowledge, a...Patients needing dialysis prefer 'peritoneal' method rather than hemodialysis
...itiating dialysis. The study included a survey at enrollment of 736 patients who started dialysis at 37 dialysis centers participating in the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for End-stage Renal Disease (CHOICE) study, a national multicenter study of dialysis outcomes, from October 1995 to June 1998. Of ...A novel way to boost childhood immunizations: Use baby pictures on personalized calendars
...munization dates. At the end of the nine month enrollment period, 82 percent of the babies whose parents received the "ABC Immunization Calendar" were up to date with their recommended immunization schedule. However, among families that did not receive calendars, only 65 percent of the children were up to d...Study on toxic exposures in urban environments
...dolph Academy, a public high school in Harlem with enrollment from four of the five NYC boroughs, participated during the winter and summer of 1999. Air samples were collected over 48 hour time periods from rooftop sites in Harlem and Rockland County, New York and from inside and outside of each student's home...Stevens' Cattabiani helps link doctors, hospitals worldwide
...cross the Hudson River from Manhattan, has a total enrollment of about 1,740 undergraduates and 2,600 graduate students. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens-tech.edu. For the latest news about Stevens, visit www.StevensNewsService.com ....Emergency cardiac monitoring strategy tested in ambulances
... positive outcome, it will take five years and the enrollment of hundreds of patients to determine whether Popovich' s case is the exception or the rule. "It would be irresponsible to spend the money necessary to equip thousands of ambulances with the system unless it can be shown that, overall, outcomes such a...M. D. Anderson, African-American churches team up for prostate cancer prevention study
...he third leading cancer killer in men. Increasing enrollment of African-American men is important because they ...kground. "SELECT Sunday was developed to increase enrollment of African-American men because the study is below its national target of 20 percent enrollment for ...Major prostate-cancer prevention study to launch awareness campaign in churches nationwide
...ive on Cancer II, seeks to double African-American enrollment in SELECT, an international, National Cancer Insti...h partnership as positive step toward bridging the enrollment gap. "The medical community needs to do a better job of educating minority and underserved communiti...Heal thyself: Patients' bone marrow cells restore failing hearts
...r heart's geometry. These exams were given before enrollment and three months later. Four to eight days after the patients' heart attacks, doctors obtained bone marrow cells from members of the treatment group. Stem cells were isolated from the marrow, cultured overnight, and transplanted the following day. A...Who enrolls in clinical oncology trials?
...ounger ages demonstrated a trend towards increased enrollment (3.5 percent for patients younger than 70 year versus 1.5 percent for patients 70 or older). However, gender and type of insurance were not predictive....NHLBI study finds hostility, impatience increase hypertension risk
... participants were aged 18-30 at the time of their enrollment in the study. Enrollment took place from 1985 to 1986. Participants were followed through 2000 or 2001, and had periodic physical examinations, which included blood pressure measurements and self-administered psycho-social questionnaires. Fifteen ...M. D. Anderson expands peer counseling program for African-American breast cancer survivors
...ation, with the volume of calls already coming in, enrollment for the program will not be a problem. "The enthusiasm and high level of involvement of the women in this study breaks down the prevailing perception that African-American women are unavailable or unwilling to participate in clinical trials a false...Sept/Oct Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...le hospitalizations, lasted up to three years from enrollment in a health plan. Together with studies showing de... found no significant relationship between year of enrollment and the likelihood of receiving a PAP test. The authors surmise that the absence of effect for PAP t...Extended, progressive physical therapy aids stroke survivors mobility
...bicycled an average 0.16 minutes longer than their enrollment times. Patients in the intervention group walked an average 61.61 meters (about 200 feet) farther in six minutes compared to their baseline; and usual care participants walked an average of 33.59 meters (110 feet) farther. The difference in gains...Some autistic children make remarkable progress with intensive behavioral program, study suggests
...eliminary results of three students one year after enrollment in this study. All three had made more gains in IQ scores: 4 points, 8 points and 30 points, respectively. Seven of the eight students had made significant gains in adaptive behavior, such that they are ready for mainstream schools. This means t...UCLA report shows disparities in children's health
...surance. The report states that targeted outreach, enrollment and retention efforts are needed to extend health insurance to more children and develop policies and programs to fill existing gaps. The study also found that many preschool-age children spend no time in structured preschool settings. There are larg...Study: Hurricane Floyd boosted long-term use of N.C. emergency rooms, outpatient services
...uly 1998 to December 2000 N.C. Medicaid claims and enrollment data. They were most interested in learning how stricken counties compared with those spared by the storm following the initial crisis. A year after Floyd, they found no major changes in Medicaid enrollment, but they did find a surprising overall $13...Trends in private Medicare+Choice plans provide warnings for Medicare debate
...on #6: Medicare+Choice plan design can discourage enrollment by high-risk beneficiaries. Medicare+Choice plans ...ly show an interest in risk selection, encouraging enrollment by healthier beneficiaries. In particular, increases in cost-sharing for some services by some plans...Children achieve sustained ADHD symptom improvement with long-term, once-daily use of Adderall XR
...study medication between the short-term trials and enrollment in this long-term extension study (i.e., they were not receiving medication at the baseline visit for the long-term study) showed significant improvement (>35 percent) from their initial average CGIS-P score their final average score (P 35 perce...Study showed the number one prescribed Alzheimer's treatment beneficial in vascular dementia (VaD)
... with probable AD. VaD patients were eligible for enrollment based upon research criteria developed NINDS-AIREN (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Associate Internationale pour la Recherche et l'Enseignment en Neurosciences). Patients were randomized to receive ARICEPT 5 mg/day (VaD patie...