Community-based care beats standard clinic in lowering heart
...in the community-based program were two times more likely than the traditional clinic patients to have achie... Patients at the community-based clinic were more likely to receive a prescription card, and 13 times more likely to use cholesterol-lowering medication. Us...Cardiologists underestimate racial and ethnic disparities in care
... of minority patients in their practices were more likely than other cardiologists to report that disparities occur often. Females were more than twice as likely to agree that there are disparities compared to males, and black physicians were five times more lik...Stroke awareness low among women, especially minorities
...rk City. African-American women are 1.5 times more likely to have a stroke and 1.3 times more likely to die of a stroke than white women. "Our study documents a knowledge gap between racial/ethnic min...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
...non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome are less likely than whites to receive expensive or newer evidence...k patients were typically younger, female and more likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure, and renal insufficiency than white patients. ...Minorities, poor, uneducated bear the burden
... Also among their findings: Hispanics were least likely to have health insurance, least likely to receive flu or pneumonia vaccinations, and had the highest prevalence of poor or fair health. Da...Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...ed with whites. Furthermore, minorities were less likely to have cardiac catheterization or bypass surgery than whites even after accounting for differences in age, insurance, disease severity or other health problems. "We also wanted to highlight the striking confluence of known risk factors for heart dis...Health care report cards may increase racial/ethnic disparities in bypass operations
... New York patients, blacks and Hispanics were less likely to receive CABG than white patients after the repo...physicians believe that minority patients are less likely to comply with treatment, more likely to refuse treatment, and delay seeking care for additional hea...Drug therapy may be comparable to invasive cardiac procedures for elderly patients with heart attack
... regions, younger and healthier patients were more likely than older high-risk patients to receive intensive...tory capacity; patients in these regions were more likely to receive interventional treatment, regardless of age, clinical indication, or risk profile. The a...Use of potentially inappropriate medications among elderly common in some European countries
...ng to background information in the article. It is likely to increase the risk of adverse drug events, which...85 years or older and those living alone were less likely to receive inappropriate medications. "In Europe, use of potentially inappropriate medications among...Other highlights in the March 16 JNCI
...e advanced stage, have larger tumors, and are more likely to have estrogen receptor-negative disease than wh...st cancers in the African American women were more likely to have the characteristics of poor prognosis tumors than those in other racial and ethnic groups. T...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (second issue)
...eam infections while in the unit were 7 times more likely to die that those who did not develop such infections. In addition, researchers found that the mortality rate among the less severely ill ICU patients who developed a bloodstream infection was higher than that for more severely ill patients. The re...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
...e cards for medications are almost nine times more likely to benefit black Americans at greater risk of hear...l, community care group participants were twice as likely to reach cholesterol and blood pressure levels considered "safe," as measured against national stand...Balance and better interactions between primary-care and specialist physicians improve US health
...nts would be seen by specialists and would be more likely to receive unnecessary tests and procedures. The researchers report that, in the United States, the boundaries between the roles of specialists and primary-care physicians are blurred. In countries other than the U.S., specialists typically work in ...Prostate cancer screening practices examined
... prostate cancer and African American men are more likely to have a biopsy after an abnormal screening result. "These statistics parallel many medical recommendations and reassure us that good judgment is being applied to the evaluation of the initial screen," Andriole says. "We are confident that when the ...Neuronal death and processing of Tau protein in Alzheimer's disease
...les, this observation suggests that this region is likely to be involved in the apoptotic properties of tau. These results are of general interest, since they provide insights into the pathogenetic mechanism of AD....Researchers say breast cancer in Africa may provide clues to the disease in African-Americans
...rer outcomes. African American women are also more likely to get breast cancer at a younger age, and among w...t incidence rates. African Americans are also more likely to be diagnosed with higher stage disease i.e., estrogen receptor-negative, high-grade tumors that ...Malt liquor beers, and the people who drink them, are different
... are priced lower by volume. MLB drinkers are more likely to be homeless, unemployed, receive public assista...tal Research has found that MLB drinkers are more likely to be homeless, unemployed, receive public assistance, and tend to drink more alcohol, more often, t...Medicaid enrollment at late stages may partly explain poor outcomes for cancer
...n Medicaid after diagnosis. These individuals were likely uninsured prior to diagnosis and as such had been on the margins of the health care system for some time. Medicaid requires that individuals have both a disabling condition and low income and assets. Therefore, many of those enrolling in Medicaid aft...Depression may explain higher risk of heart attack associated with antidepressants
...epressants (TCAs) for the first time were twice as likely to have a heart attack within the next seven days ...nin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were over twice as likely to have a heart attack within the next seven days. But the increased risks of a heart attack were mu......e spread generally slowed in the early 1990s, more likely from changes in sexual behaviour than from reduced infectiousness resulting from antiretroviral therapy. The study by UCL, the Health Protection Agency and the University of Oxford statistically analysed the epidemic history of the HIV-1 subtype B s...