Future of clinical medicine research is at risk, warns professor
...ointed under the new consultant contract will have fewer opportunities to be involved in clinical research, he will say. In his inaugural lecture, Professor Greening, will highlight the key role of the academic clinician in helping to translate basic research into clinical application, as well as convertin...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
... which means they will stay longer and you'll have fewer beds for newly admitted patients." The researche... will be able to triage and schedule patients with fewer delays and provide new patients with more accurate estimates of wait times. In parallel with n...Carefree people care less about cancer symptoms, endanger health
...ide their symptoms were serious, as did those with fewer years of education compared to those with more education. Action appraisal time was considerably shorter than symptom appraisal time among all the patients, having a median of one week. Action appraisal time was not affected by the patients' psycholo...Colorectal cancer screening underutilized
...iagnosed with colorectal cancer. The authors found fewer than half (44 percent) of patients had received at least one screening test more than six months prior to diagnosis, and most often that test was FOBT. While colonoscopy was the most common test overall (63 percent of patients), most were done within...The sustained benefits of very early treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with anti-TNF-alpha therapy
...t 24 weeks, the infliximab group had significantly fewer new telltale signs of joint erosions than the placebo group. Throughout the course of the study, up to week 104, remission rates were greater among those patients prescribed infliximab plus methotrexate. 7 out of 10 of the patients had met the ACR ...New CAD system detects colon polyps in colons previously obscured by contrast-enhanced fluid
...tient of having such a system as an option is that fewer polyps will be missed and the patient's risk of developing colorectal cancer will be reduced, Dr. Summers said. For the study, the researchers analyzed 17 patients who each had at least one proven colon polyp that was submerged in contrast-enhanced f...Sex habits of young women unchanged by morning after pill, UCSF study finds
...s we are still not influencing young women to take fewer risks in their sexual behavior," said Raine. "Given that only a fraction of the women having unprotected sex used emergency contraception, it seems we need to spend our energy trying to make it easier for these women to get contraception, not harder....Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, Jan. 4, 2005
...(Article, p. 1). Self-management patients also had fewer major complications (including death) and minor hemorrhages. The self-management patients measured the levels of anticoagulant medications with a portable device and adjusted the dose of the medication. An editorial writer says that patient sel...Homes need more protection against falls
...o use more of these devices. Rental households had fewer grab bars or handrails in the bathroom than privately owned homes. In homes with stairs and small children under age 2, 65 percent reported using safety gates on stairs. This percentage shrunk, however, as the children got older. In homes with childr...Social development program in childhood aids in positive functioning as an adult
... years vs. 3.85 years), and reported significantly fewer symptoms of social phobia and fewer suicidal thoughts. The arrest rate for men in the full-intervention group was significantly lower th...Exercise combats metabolic syndrome in older adults
...rcise improved overall fitness, but the 23 percent fewer cases were more strongly linked to reductions in total and abdominal body fat and increases in muscle leanness, rather than improved fitness. The researchers' findings raise the importance of physical exercise in treating both men and women with the ...New test possible aid to overcoming barriers to colon cancer screening
...espite national guidelines recommending screening, fewer than half of American adults aged 50 years and older have had a recent examination for colorectal cancer at the proper interval according to Centers for Disease Control. "There are many reasons why people don't get screened for colon cancer," said ...Race may be factor in doctor-patient communication style
..."Additionally, if black patients talk less and ask fewer questions when seeing physicians, that could explain why they are less likely to report positive experiences in health care. Past studies have shown that patient-centered communication is associated with better patient recall of information, treatmen...Old T cells cripple immune function in the elderly
...right location in the spleen of the mice, but have fewer of the surface proteins that send stimulatory signals to B cells....Medicare HMOs fail to control costs of colon surgery in elderly patients
...s out-of-pocket costs, tend to be younger and have fewer chronic illnesses than their counterparts who stick with traditional Medicare coverage. "Medicare HMO patients typically have shorter hospital stays and less secondary illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and pulmonary diseases," Dr. Murr said. "Yo...Scientists identify protein critical to melanoma growth
...ug would leave normal cells unharmed and have many fewer side effects compared to standard chemotherapy. Working with melanoma cells grown in the laboratory, the researchers, led by David E. Fisher, MD, PhD, Director of the Melanoma Program at Dana-Farber and the paper's senior author, showed that adding ...Few Americans are aware they have chronic kidney disease
...incidence of kidney failure, but they suggest that fewer patients may be dying and more may be progressing faster to dialysis. "Given the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease, we need to increase awareness, diagnosis and treatment if we are going to reduce the rate of progression and complications. Mo...Few Americans aware they have chronic kidney disease
...chers can't explain this paradox, but suggest that fewer patients may be dying and more may be progressing to dialysis faster. "Given the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease, we need to increase awareness, diagnosis and treatment if we are going to reduce the rate of progression and complications. Mo...Drinking without food may set you up for high blood pressure
... as lifetime abstainers, those who reported having fewer than 12 drinks in their lifetime or in any one-year period; non-current drinkers, participants having more than 12 drinks during their lifetime or in any one year but no drinks during the past 30 days, and current drinkers, participants having consum...Inadequate sleep in late pregnancy may influence labor and delivery
...y than women who reported having poor sleep two or fewer days per week. Women who reported having poor sleep five or more days per week were 5.3 times more likely to have a cesarean delivery. "These findings need to be replicated in other studies, but results suggest clinical assessment of sleep quality an...