Needs of people dying of heart failure not being met
... coordinated. Many patients with end stage chronic illnesses do not receive appropriate services because their multi-dimensional needs are not understood, and their prognosis is uncertain, say the authors. They argue that all patients with advanced serious illness should be afforded the same priority for palli...University of Pittsburgh to lead first-ever NIMH-funded genetic study of anorexia nervosa
...esearch studies that identify the genetic basis of illnesses such as anorexia nervosa will undoubtedly help to reduce unfair stigma toward the mentally ill," said Harry A. Brandt, M.D., head of the department of psychiatry at St. Joseph Medical Center, Baltimore. According to Wade Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D., prof...Consortium awarded CDC grant to coordinate national health system 'radar' to catch bioterror events
...tion (DACP). "Initially, most bioterrorism-related illnesses have symptoms, like coughing, that can't be distin...hborhood to determine if a high number of reported illnesses are coming from one particular town or office. The consortium will collaborate with the CDC, state a...Surprise: Pharmacists care program boosted patients satisfaction, but also hospital, ER visits
...reated program for patients with breathing-related illnesses improved their lung function only slightly. On the other hand, the effort resulted in more, not fewer, visits to emergency rooms and hospitals. Researchers at Indiana University and Veterans Affairs hospitals conducted the research at 36 cooperating...Duke and federal government partner to create innovative health care model
...in their care and to help them focus on preventing illnesses most likely to cause them great harm. We need to get physicians and health care systems to think and act prospectively. Designing individualized health plans for patients and providing the means for preventing disease is an important start," said Ral...Fogarty International Center announces first awards for international tobacco and health program
... to combat the growing incidence of tobacco-caused illnesses and death in the developing world. FIC led the development of the International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program in close collaboration with five NIH institutes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Can...Smokers infections increase risk of early atherosclerosis
...smoking are mediated in part by chronic infectious illnesses in smokers," says lead researcher Stefan Kiechl, M.D., professor of neurology at Austria's Innsbruck University Hospital. Previous research has shown that smoking is linked to respiratory infections, gum infections and chronic ulcer infections. The...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, September 3, 2002
...ists in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses that primarily affect adults....Annals of Internal Medicine Aug. 20 tip sheet
...all adults not just those over 50 or with chronic illnesses can benefit from a flu shot (Article, p. 225). Analyzing previously published data using a statistical decision model, researchers found that the costs of giving flu vaccine to healthy, working adults, aged 18 to 50, appear worth the benefits in ter...Long-term interruption of HIV treatment may be safe in certain patients
...None of the patients had HIV-related infections or illnesses during the interruption. All of the patients had increases in virus levels and drops in infection-fighting CD4 cells. Patients with lower virus levels prior to treatment and stronger immune systems responded more favorably during the interruption. W...New research brain abnormalities appear early in psychoses
... imaging might fundamentally alter the approach to illnesses such as schizophrenia. "We can now see that differences in brain structure and function are present at a very early stage," he said. "The findings also suggest that brain imaging could become a powerful predictor of future illness. Psychiatrists may ...Students join scientists in search of asthma triggers
...thma. "Asthma is one of the most common chronic illnesses that cause children to miss school, and Baltimore City school children suffer from some of the highest asthma rates in the country," says Carol Blaisdell, Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy at the University of Maryland Hospital for Children ...Largest study of Hmong shamanism prompts new patient care guidelines
...estern health care practitioners for such physical illnesses as hypertension, intestinal conditions and diabete...eport that the type of questions asked about their illnesses and religious tradition, and the listening skills of practitioners affect the quality of their visit...American Thoracic Society news tips for June (first issue)
...asthma, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. These illnesses should be considered first despite what appears to be even more "obvious"causes such as smoking or chronic interstitial pneumonia. According to the experts, atroublesome cough can be due to more than one condition 93 percent of the time and more tha...Obesity and smoking increase asthma risk
...e United States and one of the most common chronic illnesses of children in the U.S. It is also responsible for an estimated 14 million school days lost annually. Asthma is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15. An estimated 26.3 million Americans have been diagnosed wi...Study finds full breastfeeding for six months boosts baby's resistance to respiratory illnesses
... months are less likely to suffer from respiratory illnesses than babies fully breastfed for only four months, according to research conducted by investigators at UC Davis Childrens Hospital, the University of Rochester and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Center for Child Health Research. The research find...UCLA study shows many parents not getting antibiotic message
...om parents. We know that patients with respiratory illnesses receive antibiotics 30 percent of the time. Howeve..., 55 percent of antibiotic prescriptions for these illnesses are not needed. There have been several nationwide health campaigns to educate people that antibioti...Male/female health differences during life's final season
...y life threatening and not-at-all life threatening illnesses that befall them. Dr. Carol H. Gold, Penn State re...complex approach we found an important category of illnesses and conditions with no gender differences the somewhat life-threatening health problems and this ca...Cancer center study shows state's workplace smoking laws are effective
... protecting children from asthma and other serious illnesses that can be triggered by secondhand smoke, explained Gilpin. The UCSD report is based on analysis of the large, cross-sectional California Tobacco Surveys conducted by the Cancer Center periodically throughout the 1990s for the California Department...NIMH awards new grants in response to terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
...cale studies on prevention and treatment of mental illnesses resulting from exposure to mass violence. RAPID grants were awarded to: David Vlahov, Ph.D., and Gerry Fairbrother, Ph.D., at the New York Academy of Medicine, to conduct surveys of the New York metropolitan area to determine what effects the 9/11 ...