March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...eluctant to take on expanded care coordination for fear of increased exposure to medical liability. In fact, a representative sample of 1,238 practicing physicians found that 49 percent listed legal liability as one of the two main barriers to care coordination. In a new study that combines legal research...Pitt marks 50th anniversary of its Salk polio vaccine with reunion, scientific symposium
... Future of Vaccine Development." In some ways, the fear of polio was as terrifying as the disease itself, ...he pilot trials at local schools, who recall their fear of the long needles but their greater fear of the disease the vaccine was designed to prevent. Child...NIAID initiates trial of experimental avian flu vaccine
... may have occurred. However, public health experts fear that the virus may evolve into one that is more easily transmitted between people. If this were to happen, a worldwide pandemic could follow. Influenza pandemics are global outbreaks that emerge infrequently and unpredictably and involve strains of ...Aircraft cabin ventilation influences the transmission of diseases in-flight
...l are an important public health issue. Heightened fear of bioterrorism agents has cased health officials to re-examine the potential of these agents to be spread by air travel. The SARS outbreak of 2002 showed how air travel can have an important role in the rapid spread of newly emerging infections and ...Study examines consequences of Thailand's 'war on drugs'
...lly reported their injection drug practices out of fear of the government's war on drugs. This could lead to increased risky syringe behaviors, which contribute to the spread of HIV. More research is needed to monitor the effects of Thailand's drug policy," said Susan Sherman, co-author of the study and a...Study: Two brain systems regulate how we call for help
...rvival, says Kalin, a psychiatrist who has studied fear and social attachment in monkeys for two decades i...nce increased amygdala activity is associated with fear and stressful states. It would be logical to expect that the animals that were most vocal would also...Job satisfaction? Not much for Britain's hard slog 'robot' workers
...faction. In Germany through most of the 1990s, the fear of job loss was increasing, unsurprisingly given the rise of unemployment throughout that period, and insecurity partly accounts for the decline in job satisfaction. But, says the study, when the whole period, 1984 to 1998 is analysed, job insecurity...New laparoscopic hysterectomy offers quicker recovery time than traditional surgery
...ing the support that the pelvic structure gives or fear losing sexual function, this is an excellent alternative," Dr. Thompson said. UT Southwestern surgeons are among only a few in Dallas who are using this technology. "Physicians in the women's center are experts in this surgical procedure," said Dr. ...Molecule important in cell construction also critical in learning and memory
...d normally. However, the mice were impaired during fear conditioning and memory exercises. "We were hoping to find a mechanism that cells use to make short term changes in nerve cell communication permanent, but we were surprised that losing -adducin made such a big change in both the nerve cell communica...Americans support most uses of reproductive genetic testing, report on US attitudes reveals
...ated the study. "But we also found that Americans fear a world where using genetic technologies may compr...onses in more depth, revealed that Americans don't fear the technologies per se, but rather fear that "unrestrained human selfishness and vanity will drive ...Cardiology losing out as women 'turned off' by family unfriendly specialty
Heart specialists increasingly fear that the lack of women in cardiology, despite growing numbers of female medical students, will bring down standards of practice and research in the specialty, reveals a British Cardiac Society report. Published in the journal Heart, the report sugges...'Broken heart' syndrome: Real, potentially deadly but recovery quick
...ding news of a death, shock from a surprise party, fear of public speaking, armed robbery, a court appearance and a car accident. Eighteen of the stressed patients were female, between the age of 27 and 87, with a median age of 63. The results were then compared to seven other patients, all of whom had ...Physicians call for increased funding for federal infectious disease programs
...vere acute respiratory syndrome), and many experts fear we may see it with avian influenza. Add to this threat the risk that microbes resistant to existing antibiotics could be developed by terrorists or by mother nature, and the value offered by strong public health prevention and control and infectious ...Abandoned bones suggest TB wiped out leprosy in battle of killer diseases
... decided to look for signs of leprosy - a cause of fear and stigma at the time - in addition to the tuberculosis which we had already found to be present. Dr Helen Donoghue says: "After finding both diseases in the body, we re-examined other samples from sites around ancient and mediaeval Europe and reali...HIV-infected parents report limiting physical contact with their children
...e hugging or kissing, with their children due to a fear of transmitting the disease or of contracting an i...curring in people with weakened immune systems), a fear of infection may affect parent-child interactions. Mark A. Schuster, M.D., Ph.D., from RAND Corpo...Parents have complex opinions about notification laws for minors' access to contraception
...port for PNLs may arise from other factors such as fear of unknown others making decisions about their children's health, the desire to monitor their children's activities, and global beliefs about the appropriate role or parents," the authors write. "Educating parents about the potential negative consequ...New breast cancer test could save lives
...ll enable women to be tested regularly without the fear of over-exposure to radiation, a problem with existing X-ray tests. Currently, in order to detect cancer at an early stage which is extremely important for successful treatment - many women are dependent on self-examination which can prove unreliab...Phobic anxiety increases heart disease death risk among women
..., Feb. 1 Women with phobic anxieties, such as the fear of crowded places, heights or going outside, are a...questions were used: Do you have an unreasonable fear of being in enclosed spaces such as shops, lifts, etc.? Do you find yourself worrying about getting...Lottery funding to aid research into superbugs
...kept apart from others with the same condition for fear of the spread of life-threatening lung infections. This means that many patients are forced to live in isolation and unable to share their experiences with other CF sufferers. The scientists will investigate the spread of 'superbugs' and aim to impro...The mysteries of the emotions: The Good, Bad, and the Learned
...e latest studies say about the brain's reaction to fear and its ability to get rid of unwanted emotional memories? How can our minds control our emotions, and what role do the hippocampus and amygdala play in anxiety and depression? To present the latest findings in this field and to discuss their imp...