UCSF Hospitalists May Be Key To Shorter, Less Costly Hospital Stays
...more direct supervision byindividuals who are more experienced in this attending role, more skilled in itand for whom this role is a larger part of their professional identity," saidRobert M. Wachter, MD, UCSF associate professor of medicine and epidemiology. Wachter is associate chairman of UCSF's Department o...New Radiation Procedure Targets Liver Malignancies
...ed in the previous study, and only one patient has experienced a radiation-related complication. "This is probably the most aggressive non-surgical treatment a patient can receive for liver cancer in this country," McGinn says. A paper detailing the U-M findings will be published in the June issue of the Journ...... fights and disorganization are among the problems experienced infamilies whose children have difficulty following treatment instructions givenby a physician. "A real red flag is conflict in the family," Bender said. General family disorganization can be another indicator of the type of familysituation that le...ACE-Inhibitors Score High In Reducing Heart Attack Deaths
...e who were youngerand with fewer medical problems, experienced four fewer deaths per 1,000 treatedwith ACE-inhibitors. Grazia Franzosi recommended two strategies for using ACE inhibitors. One is totreat people who do not have clear reasons to avoid the drug, such as systolicblood pressure under 100 millimeters......e mostprevalent side effects were similar to those experienced with spontaneousabortion: cramping and bleeding. Many women also had gastrointestinal sideeffects, particularly nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. About a third of thewomen reported headaches at some point during the two-week observation period. Seri...New Elementary School Program Lowers Cardiovascular Risks In Children
... both classroom-wide and small intervention groups experienced relatively similar reductions in cholesterol, blood pressure, and body fat, as well as increases in health knowledge. When compared to the control group not receiving an intervention, however, the positive differences for both intervention groups we......rticipating healthplans, program participants also experienced significant clinical improvements. The percentage of members with diabetes receiving an eye exam rose 74 percent,from 23 percent in the baseline to 40 percent in follow-up. Plan members withdiabetes receiving foot exams rose 1150 percent, from 2 per......mps in 5 percent, and one out of250 women per year experienced blood clots. "Raloxifene and other SERMS are an exciting class of compounds but we need tolearn a lot more about how they can best be used," said Dennis Black, MD, UCSFprofessor of medicine and epidemiology and one of the co-authors of the study. "Th...... an option. More than 1,200 women who had already experienced at least one spinalfracture took part in the five-...n-salmon nasal spray (one spray of 200 IUs perday) experienced 36 percent fewer new spinal fractures than those takingplacebo. All participants took supplemental c......mor bearing animals receiving BNP7787 andcisplatin experienced an increase in complete tumor remissions and reducedtoxicity compared to animals receiving the same dose of cisplatin alone. Thesestudies have also shown that a single dose of BNP7787 substantially protectsagainst cisplatin induced suppression of th...UNC-CH Studies Show Medicine Can Reverse Osteoporosis From Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis
.... 18), found that patients treatedwith Pamidronate experienced about a 10 percent reversal of bone loss caused byimmuno-suppressant drugs. Drs. Robert M. Aris, assistant professor of medicine; David Ontjes,professor of medicine; and Gayle E. Lester, research associate professor oforthopaedics, all at the...Serious Crime Victims Risk PTSD, Multiple Disorders
... 4). About three quarters of the women had experienced at least one crime; 23 percent had been the victim...bout 6 percent had been robbed, and 13 percent had experienced aburglary while at home. Crime victims were more likely than non-victims to suffer currently...Cedars-Sinai Surgeons Present TeleSurgery
... said Dr. McKenna, who is one of about 20 surgeons experienced in theprocedure. He said there still are some skeptics who question whether the thoracoscopicapproach is a standard, complete lobectomy, and he hopes his involvement in theTeleSurgery conference will help resolve the issue. Though the therapeuticre...Medication Offers Hope For Relief From Burning Mouth Pain
...lsant. Her sample consisted of 30 patients who had experienced BMS for anywhere fromone month to 12 years. One su...r experiencedsignificant pain relief or until they experienced untoward side effects, especially drowsiness,"Grushka reports. At the conclusion of the study, 43 pe...Low Socio-Economic Status Heart Patients Need More Than Just Aggressive Cardiac Procedures
...ickerthan high SES patients, and while both groups experienced small but markedimprovements after either revascularization procedure, the functional status oflower SES patients remained significantly impaired one year after treatment. "We expected all patients to feel bad at the beginning, but we alsoexp......sk and otherwise healthyzanamivir-treated patients experienced relief from symptoms two and a half dayssooner than placebo treated patients, a highly significant difference in theotherwise healthy group (p<0.001).1 Dr. Douglas Fleming, Birmingham Research Unit, Royal College of GeneralPractitioners, UK, and ......overy,several of those enrolled in this trial have experienced noteworthy anti-tumoreffects. "When you consider t...ir new, improved T-helper cells, some patientshave experienced fevers and lethargy while their T-cell counts continue to rise.Over the following weeks and months, ......in their first remission withMaxamine Therapy have experienced a substantial increase in leukemia-freesurvival, highlighted by the following updated clinical results as of September1, 1998: 58% (15 of 26) of all CR1 patients treated with Maxamine remained inleukemia-free remission. A prior study (Swansbury, et.......tients and, as a result,incur some of the risks of experienced physicians, Federman writes. The editorial praises UCSF's leadership in developing programs to preventneedlestick exposures. Federman cites as -- outstanding -- a week-long course inneedle safety required of all UCSF students and praises UCSF's crea...