The coming crisis of long-term care
... configure or restructure long-term care, first by examining their social and ethical values and public policies on care of the elderly. The subtitle of a WHO report on long-term care poses a compelling place to start: "What does justice require?" The question is on the table: now the imperative is to find an ...Other highlights of the May 21 JNCI
...2, linking them to tumor-targeting antibodies, and examining their ability to induce tumor vascular permeability. One fragment, permeability-enhancing peptide (PEP), had the same vasopermeability activity as IL-2 but lacked cytokine activity, suggesting that the vasopermeability and cytokine activities of IL-2...Alcohol consumption increases HIV disease progression of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy
...n those who do not drink. "Part of our interest in examining the relationship between alcohol use and HIV infection was based on clinical experience," explained Jeffrey H. Samet, professor of medicine and public health at Boston University, and the study's first author. "In the urban setting where I work, a s...Placebo study indicates lower doses may effectively treat ADHD
...o-year study, involving 150 children with ADHD, is examining the effectiveness of a conditioned placebo treatment, in which decreasing doses of stimulant medications are paired with distinctive placebos. "This initial study examined the feasibility and potential effectiveness of using placebos along with unus...Judging performance impact of IT: Don't overlook actual usage, says O.R. study
...s that focus on technology investment only: merely examining the dollars spent, they say, may not accurately re...thors measured actual usage of the strategic IT by examining the total number of reports executed by a user; Central Processing Unit (CPU) time, which indicates ...Reducing the number of walk-in patients won't help solve emergency department overcrowding: Study
...asured overcrowding in the emergency department by examining how often the department diverted ambulances to other hospitals in 1999. They found that, on average, the department diverted ambulances 41 per cent of the time. To identify the factors contributing to overcrowding, the researchers studied the number...UCB's pharma sector announces promising first results of a new antiepileptic drug candidate
...eptogenic properties of ucb 34714 were assessed by examining its ability to inhibit kindling in mice. Kindling is a process of brain sensitisation to repeated stimulation with an initially subconvulsive electrical stimulation resulting in intensified seizure activity, culminating in generalised seizures. Inhi...UCLA study finds surgeon experience level critical
... of this study confirm findings of similar studies examining the impact of surgeon experience on radical prostatectomy and surgery for other diseases. He also emphasized the studys substantial policy implications: In the late 1980s and early 1990s there was tremendous pressure to decrease health care costs. N...New study provides molecular-level understanding of common anti-malarial drugs
...ng development, and demonstrates the importance of examining biophysical crystals as drug targets." The World Health Organization estimates that between 300 and 500 million new cases of Malaria arise each year, and that more than one million people die from the disease annually. Although eradicated in many ...Jefferson surgeons turning to light therapy for advanced lung cancer
... Kimmel Cancer Center, is leading a clinical trial examining the effects of light, or more specifically, photodynamic therapy (PDT), on this type of advanced NSCLC. Such patients have cancer that has "broken out of one lung and seeded the lining of the chest cavity," he explains. In PDT, a nontoxic photosensi...New data examines effect of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on survival in patients with COPD
... -- The findings of a retrospective database study examining the effect of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on survival in COPD patients1 were presented today at the American College of Chest Physicians CHEST 2002 Annual Conference in San Diego. The investigators identified male and female patients, ages 40 and o...Brain differences in sheep linked to sexual partner preference
...." The sexually dimorphic nucleus was measured by examining the extent and level of expression of aromatase, a key enzyme in a hormonal pathway that is involved in the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics. Additional groups of neurons within the hypothalamus thought to be involved in other...New technology separates cancer from benign tumors
...n are followed closely today, but when it concerns examining the breast tissue in younger women, MR images may be superior in giving a more precise diagnosis than ordinary mammography. It can also be of benefit in cases where mammography is not accurate enough. The MRS method monitors treatment "MR spectro...Smoking may change type of lymphoma into more lethal form of cancer
...patients with transformed follicular lymphomas and examining tumor DNA to derive information about the frequency and spectrum of p53 mutations that are present in smokers and nonsmokers. They also are studying transformed lymphomas from both smokers and nonsmokers for the presence of microsatellite instabilit...Obesity study focuses on after-school hours
...niques for the larger study. Numerous GPI studies examining the role of physical activity on fitness and fatness have provided good information about the types of activities children enjoy and expend a lot of energy doing. Every day after school, the children will have a period of warm-up and skill instruct...Periodontal examinations could save lives
...d man from an unexpected stroke or heart attack by examining and diagnosing a malignant lesion on his gums. Unforeseen complications after the removal of a cancerous tumor lead to the subsequent diagnosis of protein S deficiency, a disorder whereby the body's natural- occurring anticoagulants are not able to p...$2 per dose vs. $1500 per dose: One doctor develops new therapy for macular degeneration
...ate. Recently the 12-month data from a pilot study examining injections of anecortave acetate at 6 month intervals showed that a 15mg dose, but not a 3 or 30 mg dose was associated with decreased loss of visual acuity in treated patients as opposed to controls. Treated patients still lost acuity, just less tha...St. Jude to receive multi-million dollar grant for sickle cell program
... The proposal also includes a multi-center project examining the effectiveness of the drugs hydroxyurea and magnesium used in combination to combat the clinical complications of sickle cell disease. As a result of the grant, St. Jude sickle cell patients will have more opportunities for new therapies and parti...UNC study uncovers increasing shortage of pharmacists with growing population
...test in rural counties, researchers conclude. "By examining the relative growth of the population between 1991 and 2000 -- up 19 percent -- the number of retail prescriptions dispensed per capita, which is up 52 percent and the number of retail pharmacists per 10,000 population, which is down 3 percent, it is...Consortium awarded CDC grant to coordinate national health system 'radar' to catch bioterror events
... general principles. The computer systems begin by examining daily patient complaints and diagnosis codes, which indicate the illness that's being treated. The systems then search for upper and lower respiratory illnesses, rashes, fevers, neurologic events, and sepsis, health conditions that are early symptoms...