Specialist care gives better rate of survival
...ative care," said Dr. Paul Armstrong, professor of medicine in the University of Alberta's division of cardiology, and one of the study's authors. The researchers discovered that patients discharged after their first hospital stay for heart failure had significantly better outcomes if they received regular ca...Community-based care beats standard clinic in lowering heart
...lth researcher in the division of general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore. "A mainstream model of medical care may not be the answer for eliminating disparities in this population," she said. The study included 364 people who had brothers or sisters with a history of pre...Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...ad author of the summary and professor of internal medicine and cardiology at University of Texas Southwestern...sts alone cannot solve them. But the community of medicine and science, when challenged and mobilized, can be a powerful force that can help to implement chang...Health care report cards may increase racial/ethnic disparities in bypass operations
...study's first author and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia and staff physician at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. "One implication of our study is that report cards work in ways that are more complicated than we assumed, ...New study shows how very low-carb diets take off the pounds
...nited States. ACP members include 116,000 internal medicine physicians (internists), related subspecialists, and medical students. Internists specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults, reflected in the organization's trademarked phrase Doctors of Internal Medicine. Doctors f...Drug companies and governments must act on fake drug problem
...round the world. The authors, who include tropical medicine experts Professor Nick White and Dr. Paul Newton f...nistration and Control said, "We will issue a fake medicine warning even if we find it in only one shop. We don't defend companies. We are defending the people....Growing your own replacement teeth? Not science fiction!
Baltimore, MarylandDental medicine is on the brink of profound change due, in large measure, to unprecedented advances in science and technology. Advances in stem cell biology will improve our understanding of degenerative diseases and assist in developing therapies for replacing dama...Northwestern Memorial Hospital honored with one of the nation's top awards for quality
...ng patient safety and quality." "As technology and medicine continue to evolve, so will Northwestern Memorial Hospital," says Harrison. "While we're extremely proud of this award and the progress it symbolizes, we know this recognition is a milestone on a journey and our goal is for Northwestern Memorial to ...New scale predicts recovery of consciousness from coma after brain injury
...der Pape, assistant research professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and her colleagues described the measure, called Disorders of Consciousness Scale (DOCS) in a two-part series in the January/February 2005 issue of the Journal of Rehabilitati...How effective are herbal supplements in reducing illnesses in children?
...portant therapeutic plant in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for the common cold, flu, and other respiratory infections. One study evaluated children who were given A. paniculata supplements for three months. Although no evidence of the supplement's effect was observed in the first two months, a 70% reductio...Cockroach allergens have greatest impact on childhood asthma in many US cities
...Rebecca Gruchalla, associate professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and lead author of the study. "We also discovered that the levels of both of these allergens were influenced by housing type," noted Gruchalla. "Cockroach allergen levels were high...Student identifies electrical changes preceding heart failure
...e laboratory of Gordon F. Tomaselli, professor of medicine and vice chair for research in the Department of M...ld love to have the freedom to pursue questions in medicine that I may have through research." On March 10, Steven Knapp, university provost and senior vice pre...Cigarette smoke worsens respiratory infections in infants
...ding to Mario Castro, M.D., associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine and principal investigator of the RBEL study. After the children were treated at the hospital and recruited into the study, Castro and colleagues looked at medical records and measured the ch...Pet scanning better for heart disease diagnosis, management
...Joseph Oliverio, UB clinical instructor of nuclear medicine who is a certified nuclear medicine technologist. Both also are affiliated with the Heart Center of Niagara at Niagara Falls Memorial Me...Laughter helps blood vessels function better
...Maryland Medical Center and associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "At the very least, laughter offsets the impact of mental stress, which is harmful to the endothelium." The study included a group of 20 non-smoking, healthy volunteers, equally divided between men...Severe injuries on the rise among children and adolescents riding motorbikes
...-road use," says Wendy Pomerantz, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Cincinnati Children's and the study's lead author. "Riding motorbikes is dangerous because the rider's body is fully exposed and there is very little protection during a crash. Fast vehicles, combined with immature skeletal systems, stre...Beta-blockers may help broader group of patients with heart problems
...G. Pai, M.D., professor of clinical cardiovascular medicine at the Keck School and the study's senior author, explained that catecholamines-the hormones released in the body in stress situations such as heart failure and mitral regurgitation-are toxic to the heart muscle. Beta-blockers keep catecholamines fro...St. John's wort amplifies effect of blood thinner Plavix
...ys Eric Bates, M.D., a professor of cardiovascular medicine who is senior author on the study, "The interesting thing is that by taking this herb, drugs that need to be activated by the CYP3A4 enzyme, such as clopidogrel, perform better. Unfortunately, more drugs are metabolized by this enzyme, so those drugs......s to spread to this day. An honorary doctorate in medicine has been awarded to Sir Richard Doll, for his rem...idable causes of cancer. An honorary doctorate in medicine has been awarded to Margaretha Wallenius-Kleberg, whose generous donation has enabled the building ......id Gail D'Onofrio, M.D., acting chief of emergency medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and associate professor of surgery at Yale School of Medicine. "Patients with alcohol use disorders, which is estimated to be 20 percent of the population over the age of 12, are more likely to be seen in emergency rooms th...