Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
...at doctors and hospitals need to recognize thatthe era of "scorecards" for medical professionals is here to stay, and if theywant to make sure they are rated accurately, they should develop standardizedways of reporting patient data. "As physicians, we already devote a large amount of time to do...Acceptability Of Alternative Health Care Growing In U.S.
... will fare in competition with biomedicine in this era of health reform isan open question and one that should be studied by geographers and other social scientists,"Gordon said. "The question of equity has an ambiguous answer. We can see gains in overallavailability and accessibility, but there may be l...UB Plants "Seeds" By Investing In Research Projects; Researchers Leverage Investment 14 Times Over
...e quality of their proposals," he continued. In an era of shrinking federal dollars for research, internal funding will become more and more important, particularly because funders expect to see some of the research already done, Beachley explained. "Faculty don't have extra money on grants to try to get...Asthma-Airways Clinic Improves Lives, Reduces Medical Costs
...mise of changes now transforming health care. "The era of hospital-centered care is over," he says. "The trend is now towardthe maturation of the health care system and more self-management by patients." Men and women in the U-M study both experienced benefits from the asthmaclinic's self-management pri...Only Eight Percent Of San Francisco HIV-Positive Urban Poor Receive Protease Inhibitors
...eople are able to adhere to therapy. "Even in the era ofprotease inhibitor therapy, the priorities for this population remain housing,prevention of tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections, and treating drugdependency and mental illness," he said. The UCSF group outlined this issue in "Protease ......they can do to mitigate thesituation." The era of physician as god has ended. But the era of patients takingresponsibility for controlling their blood pressure, cholesterol, weight andgenera...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
...NSF's acting deputy director. "We are entering an era in which insight into complex problems will be more readily garnered." This is an age of global intellectual and commercial environments "in which knowledge will be available to anyone, located anywhere, at any time." KDI will help keep the "inform...Elderly Patients May Be Undertreated For High Cholesterol, Wake Forest Doctor Says
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- In an era when many physicians believe thatelderly patients are overmedicated, a new study in Winston-Salem and elsewherefinds that many elderly patients with high cholesterol levels are undertreated --even those who had a history of coronary heart disease. ......re they facethe risks of direct patient care. The era of -- see one, do one, teach one -- islong past." Data from the study will be used to evaluate steps already taken at UCSF toreduce possible exposures and to guide educators in the next steps to furtherreduce the rate, said Maxine A. Papadakis, MD, U...Millions Of Americans With Glaucoma Could Save Sight With Early Detection, Treatment
...nosis is optimistic. "I feel blessed to live in an era wherethese types of treatments are available -- it's truly phenomenal what medicalscience can achieve."...Study Finds Clot-Busting Drug Ineffective Or Even Harmful If Not Used Soon After A Stroke
...t foruse against strokes in 1996, has opened a new era in stroke treatment. Usedwithin a 3-hour window after a stroke, the drug improves the chances for a fullrecovery from 33 percent to 50 percent. But a new study confirms that beyondthat 3-hour window, the drug can be ineffective or even harmful to pat...Low-Tech Treatment Proves A Life-Saver In Research Breakthrough
...ive care patients. This is important news." In an era of tight budgets for medical research it is interesting to note thatthis simple treatment study required a large-scale, long-term clinical trialwhich, according to Matthay, "would never have been done if it had to rely onbiotech industry support." Th...NICHD-Funded Researchers Show Estrogen Effects On Brain After Menopause
...tment lengths and washoutperiods, may herald a new era in efforts to understand the effects of estrogenon cognitive function in postmenopausal women," the researchers wrote.......ers if the technical gains in the "medicosurgical" era can'tallow more room for the proven gifts of more compassionate caregiving. As the book reaches the present day, Risse offers a chapter chronicling thesuperb skill, insight and persistence of the pioneers in the field of organtransplantation. He foll...ENBREL (Etanercept) Receives FDA Approval For Treatment Of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
...hritis. Theapproval of ENBREL for JRA opens a new era of hope for these children,teen-agers and their families." Prior to this approval, ENBREL was already approved by the FDA for thetreatment of moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis in adults. ENBREL has been granted orphan drug d...Information technology is key to decreasing surgery costs, UI researcher finds
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- In the era of managed health care, controlling costs hasbecome crucial. Some health care economists have suggested that achievingfinancial savings in the operating room could mean patients in the future willhave to wait longer for elective surgery -- as much as......ls for better detection methods as well. "In the era of HAART, a lot of the new technologies in laboratories need to be more generalized because now in many cases you're dealing with low levels of virus." The researchers looked at people taking HAART, a combination therapy of protease and reverse tran...People from large families may have greater risk of Alzheimer's
...9t the case. But many farming families during this era experienced economic difficulties and left their farms for jobs in the city. We weren't able to separate out those who grew up on successful farms and those who came from families that lost their farms, so we weren't fully able to test that h......ing historian Thomas N. Bonner: "No school of this era was without its 'horror stories' of nightly raids on cemeteries, a provoked and outraged citizenry and violent attacks on the offending parties." Yet there are also many examples of distinction in the U-M's 150-year history, especially its scientific...Dr. Paul Janssen honoured for over 40 years pioneering new therapies for severe mental illnesses
... a Flemish general practitioner, and grew up in an era without many effective treatments for even the most common of diseases. In 1953 he established Janssen Pharmaceutica which today has developed more than 75 compounds worldwide, four of which are recognised by the World Health Organisation as essenti...