Chronic pain treatments more effective when taken together, new study shows
... the bench to the bedside." Although the research focused on two specific types of neuropathic pain diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia the methods used in this trial could be employed in studying other chronic conditions such as cancer, spinal disk disease, and the pain experienced after chemo...Hepatitis C and health-related quality of life
...panel of experts convened to consider all the data focused on patient-reported vitality as most relevant to HCV-related quality-of-life effects. They established a minimally clinically important HRQOL difference (also called the "MCID") of 4.2 points on the vitality scale. About 4 million Americans are infec...Benefits of lung cancer screening with CT questioned
...ll die from the disease. While recent studies have focused on the benefits of early detection, the Mayo researchers looked more closely at the negative impact of CT screening, including over-diagnosis, expense, changes to quality of life, unnecessary surgical procedures and mortality. The study, funded in pa...Mental health service costs offset by savings in other public sectors
...ces Administration (SAMHSA). The Penn State study focused on one of these communities in Stark County, Ohio, and compared it with a non-system-of-care community in Mahoning County, Ohio. The researchers found that expenditures for juvenile justice, the child welfare system and inpatient mental health syste...Can you read my mind? W.M. Keck Foundation funds innovative brain research at Carnegie Mellon
...e they trained their software, the researchers had focused on nouns. They now will turn their attention to nouns and verbs in combination to determine how different parts of the brain are activated to comprehend verb phrases and sentences....New studies suggest airborne SARS transmission is possible
...health care setting. In the Hong Kong study, which focused on the 2003 SARS outbreak at the Prince of Wales Hospital, 41 percent of patients admitted to the ward in which the first SARS patient was staying became infected. Proximity to the bed of the first case seemed to be strongly linked with incidence of ...Strengths and failings of U.S. health care 'system' are driven by embedded vested interests
...gh objective and comprehensive overview as well as focused research articles. Made possible by sponsorship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this special issue of JHSB--titled "Health and Health Care in the United States: Origins and Dynamics"--examines the efficacy of U.S. health care in the world ...Genes for alcohol consumption identified
...information on their drinking habits. The research focused on a key gene that controls chemical signalling in the brain. Different versions of this gene may affect the balance and effect of signalling molecules and in turn help to shape individual drinking habits. Scientists do not know precisely why particu...Epidemiologist Trichopoulos receives $5.8 million Department of Defense 'Innovator Award'
...clinical, and epidemiological research, which have focused on adult life exposures and experiences," said Trichopoulos, Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention in the Department of Epidemiology at HSPH. "A possible explanation for the slow progress is that a window of opportunity for the prevention...Yale authors raise concerns regarding regionalized heart attack care
...m for the regionalization of heart attack care has focused on what its upsides may be, without adequately considering how realistic some of these benefits are or the potential negative implications of such a policy, " notes Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., professor of internal medicine (cardiology) and Epidemiolog...Single mothers at higher risk for depression
... the University of Kentucky College of Nursing was focused on 205 volunteer women with children between the ages of 2 and 6 who were at high risk for depression. Participants' survey results showed that more than 75% scored in the mild to high range of depressive symptoms based on well-know measurement sc...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
...observed. For example, part of the RNA molecule he focused on--the code for the protein synaptotagmin, a key player in neuronal chemical signaling--looks like a knot in fruit flies, but a loop in butterflies. These molecular knots and loops bring regulatory regions of the RNA together with sites destined for...Cardiologists underestimate racial and ethnic disparities in care
...GuidelinesSM (GWTG), a quality improvement program focused on patients with ischemic heart disease, stroke o...recently launched a quality improvement initiative focused directly on reducing disparities. "In the long run, no single intervention is likely to reduce or el...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
...evaluating disparities in cardiac care have mostly focused on disparities in the use of heart catheterization between blacks and whites, this study takes a closer look at a wide range of recommended treatment options. These include newer recommended medications, heart catheterizations, and discharge recomme...Drug therapy may be comparable to invasive cardiac procedures for elderly patients with heart attack
... the effort to reduce this high mortality rate has focused on invasive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions." The authors continue, "Noninvasive, inexpensive, medical management, including aspirin, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors [ACE inhibitors], and beta-blockers [medications used to treat hi...Philanthropist Paul F. Glenn launches labs for aging research at Harvard Medical School
... be used to recruit two additional faculty members focused on aging research and to build out the labs with a...gh important relationships with other institutions focused on understanding the molecular biology of aging and mechanisms that govern the pace at which normal ...Houston meeting kicks off collaboration to advance cancer research
... calls for the establishment of a research program focused on identifying new molecular targets for cancer diagnosis and treatments that the two institutions will carry out over the next few years. Both are internationally renowned for their commitment to and excellence in translational medicine, which drive...2005 H. Trendley Dean Memorial Award
...four US Federal agencies). Most of his efforts are focused directly on having an immediate but lasting impact on the publics health. In the area of preventive dentistry, Dr. Rozier and his collaborators have studied various aspects of community water fluoridation, sealants, fluoride mouthrinse, fluoride supp...2005 Basic Research in Periodontal Disease Award
...ch Conference. Professor Curtis' research group is focused in two areas: microbial protease function and the mechanism and role of glycosylation of bacterial virulence determinants. Bacterial protease research concentrates on characterization of the structure and genetics of proteolytic enzymes of the period...Computerized order entry systems can increase risk of medication errors
...s up to 81 percent. Few researchers, however, have focused on the existence or types of medication errors facilitated by CPOE. Ross Koppel, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, and colleagues conducted a study of CPOE-related factors that enhance risk of prescription err...