Medical mistakes under the microscope
...cience Center. Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., U-M executive vice president for medical affairs, wrote the book's foreword. Omenn chairs the IOM's Committee on Enhancing Federal Health Care Quality Programs, which is currently preparing an independent external review of the quality oversight, quality improveme...Powerful burn-prevention video wins national award
...'t have to endure what they've gone through," says executive producer Fran Victor, who made "In an Instant" with her partner, cinematographer Bill Harder. CINE names Golden Eagle winners in 20 categories twice a year after a juried competition. "In an Instant" won in the non-broadcast division. It was among 5...MTCT-Plus makes HIV treatment a reality for poor countries
...to care, treatment, and support," said Peter Piot, executive director of the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). "The challenge, now, is to mobilize the necessary resources so that this program can be expanded and tens of thousands of mothers, fathers, and children can face the future with hope." The MTCT-...Annals of Internal Medicine: 75 years of medical history
... ACP-ASIM senior vice president for publishing and executive editor of Annals until 2001. The focus of Annals continues to be internal medicine and its subspecialties. Annals of Internal Medicine publishes 120 original research articles a year, and only eight percent of original research articles submitted to...Largest study of Hmong shamanism prompts new patient care guidelines
...ter for Spirituality and Healing; Charles Numrich, executive director of Creative Theatre Unlimited, St. Paul; Deu Yang, L.P.N., case manager at UCare; and two other local Hmong health care providers have completed a two-year study of 32 Hmong patients and 11 shamans, or traditional healers. Researchers wanted...Futuristic system brings vision to blind
...said William H. Dobelle, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer of The Dobelle Institute, developer of the artificial vision system. Dobelle had consulted with the writers of Star Trek: Next Generation, before they created a blind character who used an artificial vision system to see. "As our technology i...First quarter 2002 prescription drug spending: Higher again, but rate of increase drops
...arrett A. Toan, Express Scripts chairman and chief executive officer. The Express Scripts Drug Trend Report, now in its sixth year, provides our clients, policy makers, the health care community and consumers with a better understanding of the dynamics underlying current drug cost increases and future drug cos...New journal series will educate physicians about medical errors
...te chairman of the UCSF department of medicine and executive editor of the new series. "By presenting and analyzing individual cases, we can educate physicians to understand the role of both individual and systems factors that merge to create a medical error." In the first article, "The Wrong Patient," two pa...Fit seniors better able to react when quick thinking needed, study says
...cal activity history on electrocortical indices of executive control in older adults. Kinesiology professor Charles Hillman presented the results of the study in a paper titled "Aging, Physical Activity and Executive Control Function" at the annual conference of the American College of Sports Medicine in St. ...Students invent voice-activated grasping tool for disabled man
...students did a wonderful job, said Jan Hoffberger, executive director of Volunteers for Medical Engineering. They came up with a very creative design for the device. They purposely set it up to move very slowly, so that at any time in the grasping and lifting process, our client can tell it to stop. We believe...Two-drug therapy is best for symptomatic prostate enlargement
...der John McConnell, M.D., professor of urology and executive vice president of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. "In addition, the study clearly demonstrates which patients are at increased risk of progression and most likely to benefit from treatment, which we will discuss at the...Long-term cognitive impairment found in crack-cocaine abusers
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...ished in 1929 by John A. Hartford, who was a chief executive of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. Nearly all of the Foundations grants are directed to its Aging and Health Program, which addresses two major areas: Academic Geriatrics and Training; and Integrating and Improving Services for Elders. Th...Institute will study how worker health affects productivity and profit
...Laurence J. Hagerty, MEDSTAT's president and chief executive officer, says, "Our collaboration with Cornell provides an excellent opportunity to expand our collective research efforts in the area of health and productivity management. This will, in turn, better inform decision makers throughout the healthcare...Heart health should be the front line of diabetes care
...s Scott M. Grundy, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the executive summary and chair of the American Heart Associations diabetes committee. About two-thirds of people with diabetes eventually die of heart or blood vessel disease. We want to make people more aware of the problem of diabetes as a major contributor t...Statement from Spondylitis Association of America
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...n, Jr., M.D., professor of ophthalmology and chief executive officer of the Doheny Retina Institute. The device has been developed by Valencia, Calif.-based Second Sight, LLC. Enrollment for the trial will be ongoing, and will be conducted by physicians at the USC Doheny Retina Institute. The first particip...Genetic 'bar codes' predict effect of statins
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