Doctors steer sick patients away from capitated HMOs
...apitated payment plans undermined their ability to offer a quality of care equal to that of other types of managed care reimbursement. One-third of the surveyed doctors said capitated care was of lower quality and were twice as likely to steer sicker patients away from capitated plans. Although quality co......american and African studies, and of history, will offer commentary. Foster rose to national attention after his article, "Jefferson Fathered Slave's Last Child," was published in the journal Nature. Some researchers have challenged the findings, prompting discussions of how new biological techniques aff...Rollins family gives $4.2 million to establish new Office of Public Health Preparedness at Emory
...) and doctoral level. In addition, the Office will offer training opportunities to local and state public health workers through the existing Career MPHprogram as well as short-term training courses for public health laboratory workers, health department and hospital personnel, and others. Public servic...IUD still on the shelf for most women, survey shows
...ore obstetrician-gynecologists would be willing to offer this method of contraception to more women....Medical education lacks emphasis on adverse drug reactions, Georgetown research finds
...tudy found that 53% of the medical schools did not offer training in clinical pharmacology or adverse drug reactions to third- and fourth-year medical students, and of those schools at which such training was available, only 8% of these rotations were mandatory. While more than 60% of residency programs of...$3 million gift from Purdue Pharma to support MGH Pain Program
...t the MGH include development of courses that will offer educators in the health professions up-to-date information about pain along with the educational tools and effective teaching methods they need. Other efforts involve sponsoring continuing medical education courses for medical professionals and deve...Robotic physical therapy improves movement long after stroke
...t and versatile. Although it can be programmed to offer some resistance to strengthen a patients movements, it can also help a weaker person complete difficult exercises, she says. MIT-Manus was first used for inpatient therapy at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York, in two studies wit...Antidepressant provides a cool choice for hot flashes
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...difficulties facing people who are overweight, but offer some strategies that might help reduce the surge of obesity in the nations population. In the United States, the prevalence of obesity increased from 12 percent in 1991 to nearly 18 percent in 1998. A study of self-reported weight, weight goals and w...New low-cost vaccine offers better protection against cholera
...ust immune responses". The vaccine was found to offer elicit high levels of immunity in children, for whom the risk of endemic cholera is highest, as well as in adults. These responses were comparable to those elicited by a Swedish-made vaccine that has already been licensed for use in several European ...Medical experts unite to raise awareness of risk, threat of blood clots
... in the diagnosis and management of DVT and PE and offer medical counseling skills for treating at-risk patients. For more information, patients and physicians can call 1-800-CLOT-FREE. About Deep-Vein Thrombosis Deep-vein thrombosis involves the formation of a blood clot in one of the large veins of the...Alcoholics may be more injury prone than illicit drug users
...ification of the detoxification center as place to offer prevention is a unique contribution to the field," said D'Onofrio. "This may include educating patients about the risks of injury as well as including assessments of their living conditions to prevent falls and subsequent fractures and dislocations....UCSD researchers find raloxifene is not associated with early cardiovascular harm
And may offer benefit to women at increased cardiovascular risk UCSD School of Medicine researchers have found that the osteoporosis therapy raloxifene HCl was not associated with early cardiovascular harm and reduced the risk of cardiovascular events by 40 per...Cancer doctors could benefit from training in communication skills
...roper funding of communication-skills training. To offer such training only as part of the undergraduate medical school curriculum is not sufficient. The most credible role models for juniors are their senior colleagues, so postgraduate training is vital. The senior doctors in cancer medicine and surgery w...Dutch study highlights short-term and long-term options for treatment of tennis elbow
...sue of THE LANCET conclude that steroid injections offer the best short-term treatment for tennis elbow, with physiotherapy offering marginally better long-term results than a wait-and-see policy. Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) affects 1-3% of the adult population; symptoms usually last between 6 m...Enrol for successful weight loss
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...hysicians to determine the purpose of the industry offer and ask what patients and colleagues would think if they knew of the offer or relationship. ACP-ASIM says that it might be acceptable for physicians to accept inexpensive gift...Many patients with coronary artery disease still fail to use aspirin therapy
...mphasized the substantial benefits aspirin use can offer these patients. "Too many patients without contraindications to aspirin fail to take it regularly. The health care system currently lacks effective methods to ensure that patients who have coronary artery disease have adequate follow-up concerning a...