Study finds that coordinating care of chronically ill patients does not increase liability
...are not more likely to sue. Also, courts will not hold primary care physicians automatically responsible ...cian is coordinating the patient's care. "Courts hold doctors responsible only for what the doctor does, and not what other doctors might do wrong," Hall ...NIH state-of-the-science panel calls for 'demedicalization' of menopause
...d to answer the conference questions and they must hold no financial interest in an entity that could be benefited or harmed by the conference findings. Their statement represents an impartial assessment of the scientific evidence available to date on management of menopause-related symptoms. The panel i...Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
STANFORD, Calif. - A protein that normally helps hold the skin intact is also needed by skin cancer cells as they spread to other regions of the body, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered. Identifying this protein's role opens the door for stopping the spread of this...Brain imaging study may hold clues to onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk
CHAPEL HILL -- Images of brain activity may hold clues to the onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk for the disease, according to a study headed by psychiatry researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. The new findings appear in the March issue of the...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...izophrenia disorders overcome negative beliefs and hold paid employment. The program, the Indianapolis Vocational Intervention Program (IVIP), requires participants to work up to 20 hours per week at a paid work placement while attending weekly group and individual CBT sessions. The IVIP manual helps peop...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
... a working memory task, which tests the ability to hold important information in short-term memory to use it for accurate response, and also in a task that measures how well an individual can withhold a response, which under the circumstances is inappropriate. These two latter effects were more pronounce...Medical molecules designed to respond to visible light that can penetrate tissue
...ch have designed supramolecular complexes that can hold and, when signaled by light (photoinitiatied), will generate pharmaceutical compounds that can cleave DNA, such as in a tumor cell. "The challenge has been that tissue blocks light so we can't signal molecules deep within the body to deliver drug the...2005 H. Trendley Dean Memorial Award
...rograms in Dental Public Health, and his graduates hold significant academic and public health practice positions throughout the world. Three themes run through Dr. Roziers distinguished research career. First, he has been devoted to developing methods and epidemiological findings to help facilitate basic...... order entry systems are, indeed, very helpful and hold great promise; but, as currently configured, there are at least two dozen ways in which CPOE systems significantly, frequently, and commonly facilitate errors and some of those errors can be deadly." As reported in today's Journal of the American Me...Most advanced CT scanner improves imaging of heart, avoids need for surgical inspection
... procedure would require a 20- to 30-second breath hold in the time it takes to perform the scan. This lengthy, more complicated test really restricted use of CT to experimental purposes."...Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) biennial meeting
...iety for Research in Child Development (SRCD) will hold its biennial meeting in Atlanta, April 7-10, 2005, at the Marriott Marquis and the Hilton Atlanta. More than 5,000 leading national and international experts will be attending the meeting to hear and present the latest research in child development. ...UIC offers new weight loss surgery for obese teens
...ear in adult patients and we believe the same will hold true for teens," said Dr. Santiago Horgan, director of minimally invasive surgery at the medical center, who has performed more than 650 LAP-BAND procedures. "The use of the LAP-BAND provides significant weight loss with lower morbidity and mortality...Female sex hormones play a vital role in defense against sexually transmitted diseases
...accine trial against HSV-2 and if the mice results hold true for women, they could suggest vaccination protocols under combination hormone therapy to get the best benefit from the vaccine. Work in this area is important because one in every four sexually active adults is seropositive for HSV-2 and women a...Young blood revives aging muscles, Stanford researchers find
...mice and humans. In older mice the satellite cells hold the same position, but are deaf to the muscle's cry for help. In the Nature study, Rando and his group first attached old mice to their younger lab-mates in a way that caused the two mice to share a blood supply. They then induced muscle damage only ...Doctors need to prepare for blood shortages now
...t hospitals need to reduce the stock of blood they hold and use blood more effectively. For instance, elective operations with more than a 20% chance of requiring blood are the first to be cancelled. Reducing transfusion errors is also an important step, although this a major undertaking in large hospital...Public interest advocates question NIH Enhanced Access policy
...lliance for Taxpayer Access emphasized the need to hold NIH accountable for achieving the stated goals of sharing taxpayer-funded research with the American people and fulfilling the intentions behind the original Congressional mandate. They called on HHS to report to Congress and the public in the near t...NHS Trusts meeting government target on stroke units 'in name only'
...d three or fewer. Almost one in five (18%) did not hold weekly multidisciplinary meetings, and of those that did, a similar proportion were not attended by physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, or senior doctors. Staffing levels and available skills also varied widely within the units, and th...Researchers map the sexual network of an entire high school
... chain, going far beyond what anyone could see and hold in their head." Outside of this large component, there were numerous other smaller components in the network at Jefferson High. There were 63 simple pairs two individuals whose only partnership was with each other.All told, only 35 percent of the ro...Ethics of neuroimaging research to be focus of NIH/Stanford meeting
...t ways. Some try to address all cases while others hold the view that when people volunteer for a research study they shouldn't expect additional medical care. Illes said she tried to include the full range of opinions in putting together the meeting. "The idea is to come up with solutions to protect our ...Small band of nurses plays key role keeping germ threats at bay
...to the shot. "Everyone put their holiday plans on hold and worked together to do what was necessary to complete the task," says O'Brien. "It's not as if we just lined up 278 people and gave them flu shots. This had to be conducted under the same good clinical practices as any research study. The staff he...