Hospitalist care destined to become dominant model of inpatient care in the US, say UCSF researchers
...tients and can generally see patients only briefly once a day, said Wachter. The model appears to have achieved its minimum goal of improving efficiency without adverse effects on quality, teaching, or patient satisfaction, said Lee Goldman, MD, chairman of the UCSF department of medicine and co-author ...College freshmen more politically liberal than in the past, UCLA survey reveals
...rcentage of students who pray or meditate at least once a week (from 67.7 percent in 2000 to 65.7 percent in 2001). A new survey question asked students to rate their level of religiousness as compared to the average person their age, with results of 31.7 percent rating themselves above average or in the ...Road skills hint at 'motion blindness' of Alzheimer's
...nd healthy, says Duffy. In people with Alzheimers, once they begin losing their memory, the nervous system...ead rely on their perception of self-movement. But once their ability to detect motion goes, theyve lost all the tools in their tool chest for finding their...Urinary incontinence of rural older women dramatically improved by behavioral techniques
...y to use behavioral strategies work well, and that once women know about the techniques, many can manage their own continence. She also pointed out that Since urinary incontinence is a leading reason for persons in rural areas to move to a nursing home, controlling this disorder means better control of q...Some patients not seeking rapid heart attack care
...kely to experience delays in hospital arrival, and once in the hospital, delays in receiving treatment wit...25 percent). Between 1990 and 1997, treatment time once patients were in the hospital improved by 18 minutes (66 minutes to 48 minutes); however, patients a...A few drinks a day do no harm to the alcoholic heart
..."there seems to be no damage to the heart. Yet, once that level is crossed, trouble begins to appear." He believes that this study is the first to demonstrate a threshold phenomenon for alcohol and heart damage. Dr. Rubin speculates that other organs may have similar alcohol damage thresholds, but they...Stroke teams double access to fast care without higher costs
.... Thrombolytics were administered 12 times (about once each month) in the year without a stroke team; tPA use increased to 25 times (about 2.1 times each month) in the year with the specialized team. Having a dedicated stroke team available also made it possible to help neighboring hospitals evaluate ac...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
...nt). Most participants (79 percent) reported that once stroke signs were recognized their first action would be to call 9-1-1. A 2001 nationally representative survey conducted by the American Stroke Association found that 41 percent of respondents could not correctly recall any stroke warning sign. Ma...'Use it or lose it?' study suggests mentally stimulating activities may reduce Alzheimer's risk
...ay and the lowest point to engaging in an activity once a year or less. During the follow-up period, 111 people in the study developed AD. In comparing the levels of cognitive activity with diagnosis of AD, the researchers found that the frequency of activity was related to the risk of developing AD. Fo...Medical experts unite to raise awareness of risk, threat of blood clots
...requency of missed diagnoses. Although dangerous, once diagnosed, DVT is easily treated. DVT FREE Screening The Council will act as the steering committee for the DVT FREE screening program, the largest and most comprehensive observational registry of patients suffering from DVT ever undertaken in the Un...Alcohol preferences among pregnant Native and African American urban women
...her clinics will use our computerized intervention once we have the results of the trial, in ano!ther two years or so."...Alcoholics may be more injury prone than illicit drug users
...ily mean that the alcoholics had relapsed and were once again drinking alcohol. In fact, he said, "the follow-up high prevalence of injury came as a bit of a surprise. Our hypothesis that injury at follow up would be significantly associated with ongoing alcohol consumption was not shown to be a strong ...'Bird brains' take heart-our feathered friends are no slouch at cognition
...nd doing the same with vocal labels. Such behavior once thought exclusive to humans, great apes, and monkeys, according to Pepperberg. "The simultaneous emergence of both vocal and physical combinatorial behavior was thought to be a purely primate trait, derived from primate brain area. The fact that we ...Cycled light promotes growth in pre-term infants
...hree groups: cycled light from birth, cycled light once they reached 32 weeks postconceptual age (equivalent to gestational age if the baby had not been born pre-term) and cycled light at 36 weeks postconceptual age. Infants in all three groups were similar with respect to degree of prematurity and birth ...Physical activity is key to maintaining normal weight after weight loss
...ll subjects were sedentary and exercised less than once per week. One year later, the women were admitted to a clinical research center for a 4-day period during which their body composition, physical fitness, energy exercise economy, and muscle strength were assessed. Two groups of women were identified,...Study shows weight loss with an antidepressant medicine in combination with lifestyle intervention
...ement (Slim-Fast)* during the first 24 weeks, then once daily for the second 24 weeks. In addition, all subjects recorded food intake and physical activity in a daily diary and attended 12 visits to a clinic where lifestyle goals were reinforced. *Slim-Fast is a registered trademark of Slim-Fast Foods C...Steroid nasal spray more effective against hay fever
... two groups. One group (29) received fluticasone once a day, plus placebo pills. The other group (31) r...lacebo nasal spray plus loratadine and montelukast once a day. Two weeks later, the nasal spray group reported a greater reduction of allergy symptoms -- ...Burnout of young doctors affects careers, recruiting and patient care
...y reported giving suboptimal patient care at least once a month. Another article in the March 5 Annals reported the results of a survey of residents in all 415 internal medicine residency programs in the United States (Perspective, p. 384). About 4,130 residents returned information on financial, emotio......ry Eye Center, has found that atropinedrops, given once a day to treat amblyopia or lazy eye -- the most c...he drug atropine,when placed in the unaffected eye once a day, can work as well as eyepatching and may encourage better compliance. Compliance is an importa...