OTC statins: A bad decision for public health
...e, 2005, should be fast-tracked to provide updated guidance on statin prescribing. If the Government is serious about preventing heart disease, then privatisation of that prevention is not the answer. And if the UK public is to be used in an OTC experiment, then the evidence must be collected and used for the...Oral History Research Office and NYU Child Study Center receive grant for oral history project
...wn Community Television are providing professional guidance to help youth develop audio and visual recordings, literary journals, photography, and exhibitions. The students also receive training in digital photography, bookmaking, theater, storytelling, and creative writing to help them create their own artif...E-patients are a valuable resource
Many patients say that the medical information and guidance they can find online is more complete and useful than they receive from their clinicians, according to an editorial in this week's BMJ. The authors argue that "a major system upgrade" in our thinking is needed, in which e-patients are recognised as a...Clerks control healthcare access for uninsured patients, study finds
...le to pay the balance in full. However, it gave no guidance on what to do if the patient couldn't afford even the 50 percent. Those kinds of ambiguities left decisions on healthcare access to the front-desk staff. These staff were often advocates for indigent patients, going out of their way to argue that a ...Obesity reversed in mice by destroying blood vessels that service fat cells
...n deficiency," says Pasqualini. "The ligand - the guidance system - brings the therapeutic drug to the prohibitin receptor, where it locks on, and then is internalized into the blood vessel cell," she says. "It selectively destroys these blood vessels." In a series of experiments, the investigators found tha...UNC study may help predict premature infants at risk of total blindness
...ery common condition. For now, this study provides guidance to the ophthalmologist monitoring infants who received laser treatment for severe ROP as to when surgery may be necessary to prevent progressive stage 4 ROP, total retinal detachment, and blindness."...Are NICE guidelines too passive?
... week's issue of THE LANCET. NICE issued its first guidance on procedures and technologies to the National Hea...s Ryan and colleagues assessed the effect of NICE guidance on NHS practice for two surgical procedures: extraction of impacted wisdom teeth and the selection o...American Academy of Neurology guidelines for treating of epilepsy
...ugs, doctors are comfortable using them. They need guidance in how and when to use the newer drugs. "There has been an explosion in the field of epilepsy research in the last decade," said Dr. French. "Eight new drugs have been added to the five previously approved drugs commonly used for the treatment of epi...American Academy of Neurology and American Epilepsy Society guidelines for treating of epilepsy
...ugs, doctors are comfortable using them. They need guidance in how and when to use the newer drugs. "There has been an explosion in the field of epilepsy research in the last decade," said Dr. French. "Eight new drugs have been added to the five previously approved drugs commonly used for the treatment of epi...Supplement use growing among children and adolescents
... 'safe,'" Kemper said. "Parents should seek expert guidance when considering the use of CAM practices, and they should inform their child's pediatrician of any herb or dietary supplement their children take. "Unlike drugs, herbal products have not been scrutinized by the FDA, so it is truly a case of buyer be...Seal of approval scheme needed for complementary and alternative websites
... to the HON code, which would give the public some guidance on the reliability and status of the information on CAM sites."...OHSU researchers, collaborators make recommendations to self-treating physicians
...so, physicians who self-doctored missed out on the guidance and support that they might otherwise have gotten from their own doctor." An example of this lack of support was demonstrated in the comments of one study participant. The physician decided to review the results of her CAT scan while working a shi...23rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society to be held May 6-9 in Vancouver
... The focus at the APS meeting will be on providing guidance to physicians, patients and policy makers regarding appropriate use of opioid medications. Media Registration Journalists interested in attending the meeting should contact Chuck Weber to receive media credentials and advance registration at 847-70...SOS Rx: National medication safety group organized
...lack a dynamic resource to which they can turn for guidance on safe practices to be followed when prescribing certain medications. The clearinghouse would also contain a consumer-friendly version of the safe practices. The development and promotion of a personal medication record, a self-recorded list of pr...Breast cancer patients with BRCA1 or 2 mutations twice as likely to have double mastectomy
... in our study found that testing provided valuable guidance as they navigated their way through treatment options." Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 alteration may choose to manage their increased risk of breast cancer by undergoing increased screening with frequent clinician performed breast exams, mammograp...National Academies news: Clinical research involving children
... also says that the government should offer better guidance and in more accessible formats to clinical resea... traced to three underlying problems: insufficient guidance about interpretation and implementation of regulations; inadequate attention by scientific investiga...Emerging threats in health and medicine
...s and other medical providers with information and guidance for responding to a variety of emerging threats to our nation's health and safety. This activity will provide updates on timely issues, such as: SARS World Trade Center Disease and Bioterrorism Virological Pathogens Obesity and Heart Disease Geri...Study: National medical privacy law makes health research harder, more expensive
...udy during that voluntary compliance period, using guidance from U-M clinical research officials about what they would have to do to comply with HIPAA. "The balance between protecting patient privacy, while at the same time we strive to learn about the best methods by which to treat patients after certain typ...St. Jude Medical announces CRT patients showed improvement in the RHYTHM ICD study
...he study. St. Jude Medical reaffirms its previous guidance that it expects FDA approval of the studied devices by the May 2004 NASPE/Heart Rhythm Society meeting. Heart failure is one of the most widespread cardiac afflictions, affecting approximately five million people in the United States. About 550,...St. Jude Medical announces PAVE and DINAMIT clinical trial results
...on cases. St. Jude Medical reaffirms its previous guidance that it expects FDA approval of this system by the May 2004 NASPE/Heart Rhythm Society meeting. There were about 37,000 ablate and pace procedures for AF in the United States in 2003. Health Research International predicts an annual growth rate...