Psychiatric disorders greatly underdiagnosed in hospital emergency departments
...rgency department physicians. The physicians cited lack of psychiatric expertise, a belief that many mental disorders are relatively unimportant threats to health, and the inability to provide continuity of care for their patients as major reasons that may contribute to underdiagnosis. As emergency medic...Lack of specific collagen type leads to osteoarthritis
...eoarthritis is not yet clear, it suggests that the lack of type VI collagen negatively impacts the ability of the cartilage to respond properly to the mechanical stresses and pressures on the joint." The experiments would not have been possible without the custom-built "microaspirator," which could extrac...Diabetes a bigger heart disease risk for women than for men
...t sex-specific results), misdiagnosis of diabetes, lack of information on an individuals' medical treatment, no information on menopause status or on whether subjects had Type 1 diabetes, due to the body's inability to produce insulin, or Type 2 diabetes, initially caused by the inability to use the insul...Gene signature can predict breast cancer spread
...t when comparing these there is virtually complete lack of agreement in the genes included. Dr Jenssen comments: "Faced with alternative gene signatures for very similar prediction problems, we are left with the obvious questions of which to trust and why they differ. Although Wang and colleagues present...Vaccine may complement conventional treatment for chronic leukaemia
...rjee concludes: "Given the ease of administration, lack of toxicity, and early promise of efficacy, vaccine development against the fusion protein or other CML specific antigens appears to be a reasonable avenue for further investigation. In the meantime, we will eagerly await the results of disease free-...No increase in C-sections when epidural analgesia given early in labor
...cantly lower after spinal-epidural analgesia. The lack of association between early labor neuraxial analgesia and an increased cesarean delivery rate suggests that request for analgesia, or greater analgesia use, may be markers for other risk factors for cesarean section, Wong said. Another clinically i...Small increases or 'blips' in HIV levels do not signal mutations leading to drug-resistant HIV
...e assayed twice in independent laboratories. "The lack of any consistency among the tests performed on blood samples confirms that there is no danger from these blips in viral load," says study lead author and infectious disease specialist Richard Nettles, M.D., an assistant professor at Hopkins. "These ...Another look finds promising proteomics test is not biologically plausible
..." Baggerly asks. "Given issues in technology and a lack of standards, I think it will be a few years before we can know what works."...Alcohol's damaging effects on adolescent brain function
... as persistent, impulsive and aggressive behavior, lack of adherence to societal norms, etc. may be a marker for underlying problems in emotional reactivity and related impairment in frontal limbic processes. This underlying dysfunction in central processes serving emotional reactivity, seen as poor sel...Cardiology losing out as women 'turned off' by family unfriendly specialty
Heart specialists increasingly fear that the lack of women in cardiology, despite growing numbers of...e being "turned off" cardiology by the long hours, lack of flexible training and part time consultant posts, and the absence of role models. And sexism may ...Stem cell therapy for spinal injury
...eurogenin-2-bearing stem cells corresponded to the lack of growth of pain axons. The greater number of oligodendrocytes that were produced by the neurogenin-2-bearing stem cells also corresponded to a greater volume of white substance, i.e. myelin coated nerve fibres, in the damaged area. With the help of...PCBs, fungicide open brain cells to Parkinson's assault
...n no longer produce the brain chemical dopamine. A lack of dopamine is what causes patients to experience tremors, stiffness in the limbs and trunk, and impaired movement or balance. In the 1990s scientists reported that the brains of Parkinson's patients contained elevated levels of PCBs and certain pe...Physicians call for increased funding for federal infectious disease programs
...re vital to the nation's health to stagnate due to lack of funding. "Although we recognize that fiscal constraint is necessary during a time of war and significant federal budget deficit, we urge the Administration and Congress to acknowledge the need for a sufficient investment to protect Americans again...Milk, fruits and vegetables may help reduce disability risk
...ire some nursing home care. "We know that obesity, lack of physical exercise, alcohol consumption and smoking are modifiable risk factors for disability, but little is known about the role of diet," said Houston, a registered dietitian. The researchers believe this is the first study to report on an assoc...Why North America is not a rhythm nation
... who have much less experience listening to music, lack these perceptual biases and thus respond to rhythmic structures that are both familiar and foreign. Although we know that young infants perceive speech in a manner that is language-general, our findings are unique and important in suggesting that the...Services for children: Training needed to tackle complexity of new labour's joined-up approach
...ciplinary and multi-agency work. And it identifies lack of training in effective management of multi-agency teams and managing change as two key issues which must be addressed. Researchers investigated five multi-agency teams operating in children's services in England, covering youth crime, mental health...Methamphtetamine's ruinous effects on children documented in Midwest study
...ionals and caregivers who pick up the pieces often lack the knowledge or resources to deal with the children's trauma and its consequences, the study found. "These kids are at a very high risk for mental health and substance-abuse disorders, and yet we have very little descriptive information about their ...Least protection offered to those most at risk of sudden cardiac death
...hree main explanations - overall funding issues, a lack of staff to perform the procedures, and that eligible patients are not being identified or referred. All of the centres also expected to see increasing demands for ICDs in the future. Better planning and greater resourcing of ICD centres are needed ......ties for women generally combined with low pay and lack of early years provisions. Among the themes to be ...for funds annually. Many are going to the wall for lack of funds. Area based or individual/group distribution of resources. Does focusing on the former ge...Public interest advocates question NIH Enhanced Access policy
...Member, Robert Reinhard, expressed concern for the lack of incentive for researchers to provide prompt access: "The potential 12 month delay does not improve much, if any, upon the status quo. NIH guidance also should encourage pursuit of alternative publication venues that commit to free dissemination of...