Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...g this gap could be an important step in fostering fair allocation of resources in difficult cases." (Arch Intern Med. 2005; 165: 639 644. Available post-embargo at www.archinternmed.com .) Advertising in Academic Medical Centers To contact Robin J. Larson, M.D., M.P.H., call Anselm Beach at 802-295-93...Minorities, poor, uneducated bear the burden
...nations, and had the highest prevalence of poor or fair health. Data from the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) showed the median prevalence of obesity was 39.2 percent for American Indian men and 37.5 percent in women, compared with only 2.9 percent in Asian/Pacific Islander men a...Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
...des. "Since many athletes, who are already under a fair amount of stress in competitive situations, also use spit tobacco, the blood pressure and heart rate increases need to be recognized and understood. And since spit tobacco not only raises blood pressure but also blunts the body's normal defense respo...Heart surgeons publish death rates
...sential to stratify surgeon outcomes by risk to be fair to surgeons and prevent them from taking on only the easiest and least severe cases," say the authors. "The public is now able to see the outcomes of individual surgeons and can be reassured that all are performing to satisfactory standards." This ty...Older women can benefit from chemotherapy to treat breast cancer
...mber of trials that suggest that older patients in fair to good health tolerate standard chemotherapy regimens, and even more intensive regimens, almost as well as younger patients," the researchers write. "A sobering finding from this analysis is the observation that only 8 percent of patients entered i...New guidelines conclude all aerosol therapy devices equally effective
...recommendations for device selection. To achieve a fair comparison, RCTs were selected only if the same drug was used in the different delivery systems tested. Due to the limited number of published RCTs of inhaled corticosteroids, the majority of the studies reviewed and selected were RCTs of bronchodil...Mayo Clinic finds restless legs syndrome in children linked to family history, iron deficiency
...ldren with difficulty falling asleep, you'll see a fair number have restless legs. Thus far, there have been sporadic case reports, but nobody has studied a larger group of children, looking at children with insomnia complaints as a whole to see how many had restless legs syndrome." Dr. Kotagal and his c...Genetically targeted therapies create opportunities to do business in new ways
...t the costs and benefits of change are shared in a fair way among all industry participants. The co-authors are members of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics and its Program in Pharmacogenomics, Ethics, and Public Policy. PEPP seeks to clarify the ethical, economic, legal, and regulatory impacts...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, Dec. 21, 2004
...ce plans are to cover these treatments, it is only fair to hold [them] to the same scientific standards we expect of conventional care." * * * 2. Veterans Health Care Scores Well on Overall Quality Compared with National Sample A new, comprehensive study of the quality of health care provided by...Fair decisions more important when hospitals face crisis like SARS
...onclude that procedural requirements, particularly fair and ethical priority-setting, are even more import...ick decisions override the need for legitimate and fair decision making? Upon resumption of normal hospital operations, there was considerable pressure to ...News briefs from the Journal CHEST, December 2004
...a and FMD were significantly more likely to report fair or poor general health, frequent physical distress, frequent activity limitations, frequent anxiety, and frequent sleeplessness. The study appears in the December issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians....Add an 'E' to the alphabet for identifying melanoma
... Cancer Society. Excessive exposure to sunlight, a fair complexion, a family history of melanoma, and numerous moles, among other factors, place people at higher risk for developing the disease. With early detection and prompt treatment, however, melanoma is highly curable. ...Using celebrities to market drugs and diseases: whats the problem?
...t the airtime is practically free, and there is no fair balance to worry about." This lack of balance can be damaging to the public's health, argues Moynihan. There is no "formal requirement for stars or media outlets to spell out drug side effects." Another problem with celebrity marketing is that "t...ESA at the world's largest medical exhibition
At MEDICA 2004, the medical trade fair taking place in Dsseldorf, Germany, from 24-27 November 2004, the European Space Agency will introduce highly progressive methods in space medicine and their application on Earth. Over 4000 exhibitors from 67 nations will showcase state-of-art produ...Vioxx should have been withdrawn 4 years ago
...dying Vioxx did not do more to raise concerns is a fair question that needs to be answered. But in doing so, we must not diminish the importance of the covenant of trust that society has established with powerful commercial and governmental institutions. For with Vioxx, Merck and the FDA acted out of ruth......inistry of Defense and Department of Health. It is fair to say that we have taken PCR out of the research lab and into the field where it is most needed." The PCR process heats and cools samples using an enzyme to generate billions of copies of segments of DNA, enabling many research and clinical a...Melanin makes skin vulnerable to harmful ultraviolet rays
... he had been curious why people with dark hair and fair skin were not as vulnerable to skin cancer as fair skinned blondes and redheads. "I wondered if it was related to the melanin," he said. Brash's labora...Prof: Local health campaigns not reaching adults with bad habits
...ntion or nutritional campaigns organizing a health fair or news conference, they should invest their money to buy cinema screen advertisements on comedies and sports programs, for example. He also says that campaign planners should partner with national organizations, producers, writers, directors and act...Philadelphia hosts health fair Aug. 25 for women and children
...s is the theme of an interactive health awareness fair for women and children on Wednesday, Aug. 25, noon...ty Other organizations participating in the health fair are the American Cancer Society, The Susan G. Komen Foundation, the National Ovarian Cancer Coalitio...Antioxidant controversy: Scientists seek measurement standards
...You don't know what you're getting, and that's not fair to consumers." One of the most heated issues at the meeting concerned the identification of the most reliable values for antioxidant measurements. Finley estimates that there are currently between 25 and 100 different methods used to measure antioxid...