Direct payments to households in poor countries could improve maternal & child health
...ges in use of health services. The household-level intervention had a large impact (1520% increase) in coverage of antenatal care and well-child check-ups. Childhood immunisation series could therefore be started more opportunely, and the coverage of growth monitoring was markedly increased. The transfer of resou...Some harms of beta-carotene supplementation may persist after discontinuing use
...ing of all disease endpoints even after the study intervention is discontinued." In an editorial, Anna J. Duffield-Lillico, Ph.D., and Colin B. Begg, Ph.D., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, discuss these latest findings and their relation to other prevention trials using beta-carotene. In a...Simple intervention nearly eliminates catheter-related bloodstream infections
...stream infection rate in the ICU that received the intervention decreased from 11.3 infections per 1,000 catheter days in the first quarter of 1998 to zero infections per 1,000 catheter days in the last quarter of 2002. The rate in the control ICU remained the same during the study period. The researchers...University of Utah study suggests cellular waste to blame for a form of blinding eye disease
... next step is to begin working on a pharmaceutical intervention to counteract the effect of the gene mutations," he said. Although one of the three gene mutations in this study was independently reported by a group of researchers at the University of Cape Town and St. Louis University, Zhang says...Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control receives elite recognition from PAHO/WHO
... to convince governments to adopt new policies and intervention programs," he said. Global debates over public smo...kshops, and undertaking tobacco control policy and intervention projects....Research explores why some internationally adopted children excel while others struggle
...ning, primarily tuberculosis and hepatitis. Early intervention and a multidisciplinary approach are required," said Aronoff. In addition to the Temple members, other panel members include Jenny Roberts, Hofstra University, Karen Pollock, University of Alberta, Edmonton, and Sharon Glennen, Towson University. ...Three-year health study of teenage girls is underway at Trenton Central High School
A novel program that measures the effect of intervention on the synergistic relationship between exercise, ...in the state to measure the long-term effect of an intervention on reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease while tracking other measures such as the early ...Researchers show the BEST way to reduce osteoporosis risk
...y Lohman, PhD, Center director and Lauve Metcalfe, intervention coordinator who, along with Bally fitness trainer Nikki Kimbrough and her expert team, will coach guests in the BEST way to improve bone health and help prevent osteoporosis. In remarking on the results of the BEST Study, Dr. Nelson said, "Bone healt...Patients who are intubated prior to hospital arrival fare worse find Pitt researchers
...ves, earlier studies had suggested that this rapid intervention may be more harmful than helpful. The Pitt researchers conducted a retrospective analysis using data obtained from the Pennsylvania Trauma Outcome Study between 2000 and 2002 and studied adult patients with severe head injuries. The primary outcome...Computer assisted standing orders improve adult immunization rates
... to find the patients who need the preventive care intervention and then signal the nurse about them. The nurse can then verify the criteria with the patient and deliver the intervention. This improves the delivery of care and frees physicians to concentrate on more complex and severe patient problems explained ...Compound in apples may help fight Alzheimer's disease
...searchers are increasingly optimistic that dietary intervention using antioxidant-rich foods might help reduce the risk of developing the disease. Other foods rich in antioxidants include blueberries, red wine, red grapes and dark chocolate. Alzheimers affects an estimated 4.5 million people in the United States,...New study shows patients experience asthma variability, despite strict adherence to guidelines
...an NHLBIguidelines-directed clinical and education intervention to minimize barriersto adherence, and ending six months following enrollment. Patients werestratified into two groups: those with high variability in asthma, and thosewith low variability. For purposes of the study, variability was defined asthe nu...New WHO study asks, 'How happy are you with your lot in life?'
... life and work out the potential impact of medical intervention on their everyday lives. This is important because a person's perception of their quality of life can, for example, influence how quickly they recover from an operation or make a difference to the psychological impact they experience when they bec...Very low-carbohydrate diets work for men and upper body fat
...make us believe that some form of low carbohydrate intervention is worth investigating and should be considered by practitioners. The highly negative un-scientific response of critics, if anything, encourages us in this direction."...Intervention boosts activity in kids, especially minorities
...ANS, Nov. 10 A short, moderately intense exercise intervention helped third-graders switch to healthier activitie... Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2004. The intervention focused on moderate to vigorous aerobic activities designed to engage the children. They started ph...Health state values for patients with CAD vary according to the measure used to generate them
...trial in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention prior to hospital discharge and six months thereafter. In these patients, the HUI3 and the SF-6D generated different estimates of utilities. The gain in utilities from treatment was lower when using the SF-6D. Since utilities form the basis for ca...Malnutrition in early years leads to low IQ and later antisocial behavior, USC study finds
...an Ocean," Raine said. "If it's causal, there's an intervention implication there. At a societal level, should parents be thinking more about what kids are eating?" The study also casts antisocial behavior in a light where it may be preventable. "There's more to antisocial behavior than nutrition, but we argue th...Asymptomatic cardiovascular changes are powerful predictor of future heart disease
...obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. More aggressive intervention at the time these changes are first detected could have a positive impact on cardiovascular disease-related illness and death. In a study presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2004 in New Orleans, Lewis Kuller, M.D.,...New magnetic percutaneous system navigates vessels
... Medicine in Houston, Texas. The magnetic-assisted intervention is being introduced in the United States and Europ... He said there is a steep learning curve, but the intervention will become easier to use with experience and upgraded software. Co-authors are cardiology fellow El...$2.8 million public-private partnership to examine how surroundings can encourage active lifestyles
...mpact individual weight management. One practical intervention is to modify the environmental contributors responsible for the majority of the obesity epidemic, such as food availability, sedentary lifestyles and behaviors, and the built environment. "Community design and limited transportation choice often prev...