Study says 43% of US adults at risk of heart disease are not utilizing aspirin therapy
...pirin to their increased-risk patients as a way to manage their risk of heart attack or stroke. This inconsistency between consumers and healthcare professionals with regard to communications about aspirin therapy may explain why there is a significantly smaller percentage of increased-risk respondents rep...AGI and USGS provide unique tsunami disaster relief
...can take the reference directly into the field and manage the data without having to access individual maps, books, or online archives....More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
... In parallel with new and improved procedures to manage patient flow, engineers in the Viterbi School will also develop a collaborative educational program with County/USC Hospital, which will include student placement in the hospital and a new course in industrial engineering on patient flow improvement....New programme will train the next generation of health leaders
...eed to be armed with key competences to be able to manage this effectively." Senior figures in medical organisations are often doctors who, though highly qualified in their field, do not have training in health management strategies. The course will address this by focusing on developing the teaching and le...New 'ITN Scholars Program' provides junior faculty opportunity to develop clinical trials expertise
...gulatory requirements of clinical trials, plan and manage single and multicenter trial implementation and monitoring in the fields of transplantation, autoimmunity or asthma/allergy. The ITN Scholars Program is open to those holding an MD or equivalent degree and a faculty appointment at instructor le...Study finds that adherence to diet, not type of diet, more important factor for losing weight
... found these diets to be too extreme. To optimally manage a national epidemic of excess body weight and associated cardiac risk factors, practical techniques to increase dietary adherence rates are urgently needed," the authors write. "One way to improve dietary adherence rates in clinical practice may be t...Society of Hospital Medicine selects John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to publish The Hospitalist Newsletter
... outside specialists to help us more expeditiously manage many of the functions that we previously handled internally," said Laurence Wellikson, M.D., chief executive officer of SHM. "Both Wiley and PMI have the breadth of capability and the level of professionalism that we can count on today and in the fut...Heart failure patients treated for diabetes with insulin have increase in mortality
...advanced heart failure patients who use insulin to manage diabetes. "Further studies into what is the best strategy to control blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes and heart failure are urgently needed," said Fonarow. Researchers assessed the history of diabetes and insulin treatment in 554 patie...McMaster researchers develop test for rare bleeding disorder
...tant lessons for hematologists who investigate and manage patients with bleeding disorders by providing new insights into this condition. "The use of quantitative measures of bleeding symptoms will allow for greater understanding of the interactions of multiple common inherited traits on the risks for exces...FDA approves Enablex for treatment of overactive bladder
...ons to people with overactive bladder to help them manage this condition," said Nancy Muller, executive director, National Association for Continence. In total, Enablex has been studied in 98 clinical trials involving more than 10,000 people. In clinical trials, the most frequently reported adverse even...Hypertension: On the Pill? Tell your dentist
...want to educate the public to pay attention to and manage their blood pressure before complications occur." Studies show that damage to arteries--and the risk for heart attack and stroke--actually begin to rise at 115/75. Medical experts issued new blood pressure guidelines: If systolic (top) pressure is le...NIH panel issues State-of-the-Science statement on end-of-life care
... certain therapies such as radiation that may help manage symptoms. The panel identified in its statement several limitations of the current body of end-of-life research, which, when addressed in future studies, will advance this relatively young area of investigation. Among the panel's other conclu...Endocrine Society calls for clinical guidelines on androgens for women
... outlined the steps that physicians should take to manage the treatment of women on androgen therapy. They include clinical monitoring, biochemical evaluation, radiographic assessments and possibly testosterone measurements. As part of clinical monitoring, skin should be checked for acne and hirsutism, wh...Student nurses need better understanding of poverty-stricken patients
...smoking for example, might be coping strategies to manage the stress experienced by the poor in their daily lives," Dr. Reutter said. Misconceptions about poverty that lead to insensitive care may prevent the poor from seeking the help they require from front-line health-care workers, according to Reutte...Scholarship to attract 'top students' for optometry
...t support foundation of UHCO, helping generate and manage funds for optometric study. "FERV is critical to the growth of optometry in Texas by recruiting top students to be the best possible optometrists and conduct top research," Hopping said. "Without FERV, the UH College of Optometry would rely on...Humble Planaria worm offers ideal model for drug withdrawal research
...gs together to multiply the pleasurable effects or manage the undesirable effects-for instance, using alcohol with cocaine. Because each type of drug affects the body differently, withdrawal is more complicated when more than one is involved. It would be impossible to conduct controlled scientific research ...Location of body fat may be important in disability risk
...ly living (ADL), as well as their ability to cook, manage their money and do household chores, known as instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). "Even among normal-weight participants, having higher levels of fat in the abdomen was associated with IADL disability," said Houston. "We found that total ...Patients who are intubated prior to hospital arrival fare worse find Pitt researchers
... findings indicate that we need to reassess how we manage these cases," he added. The researchers note that additional studies are needed to determine if out-of-hospital intubation is the optimal treatment for patients with severe head injury and to determine the root cause of why patients who receive out-...Northwestern Memorial Hospital testing new procedure for patients with major depression
...ed to antidepressant medications during efforts to manage their depression. "Through this trial we hope to prove the effectiveness of TMS as a treatment alternative for major depression," said Dr. William Gilmer, psychiatrist at Northwestern Memorial, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science...Study shows inadequate psychiatric care in assisted living facilities
...uggests that "AL staff may not be well prepared to manage mental and behavioral disorders, resulting in greater expenditure of resources and less favorable outcomes." Essentially, this inadequate care can lead to poor quality of life. Rosenblatt relates the study to the increasing frequency of AL as a w...