Yale authors raise concerns regarding regionalized heart attack care
Calls to regionalize the care of patients with heart attacks are premature, and do not accou...ominantly in Europe that suggest that transferring patients from smaller hospitals to larger hospitals so they might receive interventional therapies could redu...Mountaineering doctors hike medicine to new heights with Xtreme Everest
...de climbers is similar to levels in critically ill patients on breathing machines with severe heart and lung conditions, "blue babies" and cystic fibrosis sufferers. The summiteers will also test a prototype closed-circuit breathing system. This type of circuit has only once previously - and unsuccessfully - ...University seeks recruits for arthritis study
... is common in people with arthritis, and arthritis patients are twice as likely to suffer from depression as members of the general population. In addition, previous research has indicated that depression and pain could impair cognitive performance, for example, performance on tasks that require attention and...Specialist care gives better rate of survival
...e study's authors. The researchers discovered that patients discharged after their first hospital stay for hea... one-year mortality. "Unfortunately, we found that patients who were elderly and living in rural areas had less access to specialty care. We now know that only ...Doctor suggested cannabis for pain relief, says one in six medicinal users in the UKMUHC study
...is for medicinal purposes (25 percent) followed by patients with multiple sclerosis (22 per cent), depression ...ey of medicinal cannabis use among chronically ill patients conducted to date" says Dr Ware. "We believe that it presents a broad picture of the current state o...Brain imaging study may hold clues to onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk
...ontal and mid-brain regions. Chronic schizophrenia patients showed a significant drop in activation of these r...bility of the tool to map tiny differences between patients and controls, Belger said. "We need to show that the tool is reliable and that, indeed, it's detecti...Disfigured patients may be forced to forego surgery
...the insurance market is suppressing the ability of patients to get needed reconstructive plastic surgery proce...ome breast reconstruction techniques, which forces patients to make healthcare decisions based on their ability to afford them. Historically, when insurance com...Half-million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures for Hispanics in 2004 - up 49% from 2000
...m 2000. "We see younger Hispanic baby boomers and patients in their 20s and 30s coming in for minimally-invas...Onelio Garcia, MD, who estimates 50 percent of his patients are Hispanic. "These shows are helping Hispanic patients become more comfortable with cosmetic surg...Massive weight loss patients create mass appeal for body contouring procedures
...drive the growth in body contouring; however, more patients are choosing these procedures as awareness grows a...lastic surgeons are treating increasing numbers of patients with dramatic weight loss, and surgeons are applying these newly developed massive weight loss conto...Research suggests possible blood test for multiple sclerosis
...dy, the researchers compared blood samples from 25 patients who were newly diagnosed with MS with blood sample...on. Wake Forest Baptist cares for more than 2,000 patients with MS....Community-based care beats standard clinic in lowering heart
...nment doubled the success rate of African-American patients achieving blood pressure and cholesterol goals, co... a treatment room and a small exercise room, where patients were instructed on how to exercise. The consultation room resembled a small office. "The community...Cardiologists underestimate racial and ethnic disparities in care
...r own hospitals, and only 5 percent said their own patients were treated differently depending on their race o... what they report in their own hospital and in the patients they treat," said lead investigator Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H., the Paul O'Neill Alcoa professor o...Stroke awareness low among women, especially minorities
...ts and reverse the course of an ischemic stroke if patients arrive at a hospital soon after the onset of symptoms. Comparable figures were 84 percent for African-American and 79 percent for Hispanic women. "These data support the need for targeted educational programs on the warning signs of stroke and under...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
...lege of Cardiology joint guidelines recommend that patients with this syndrome undergo early heart catheteriza...asty or bypass surgery. While hospitalized, these patients should also receive aspirin, beta-blockers, newer antiplatelet drugs (including glycoprotein IIb/III...Health care report cards may increase racial/ethnic disparities in bypass operations
... They are designed to improve quality by enabling patients to select high-quality providers and giving provid...eport cards were released, surgeons began to avoid patients they perceived as being high-risk. "In our study we found that health care report cards, as they a...Vitamin E may not prevent cancer or cardiovascular events, but may increase risk for heart failure
...ecember 21, 1993, and April 15, 1999, and included patients at least 55 years old with vascular disease or dia...nters participated in the HOPE-TOO trial. Of 7,030 patients enrolled at these centers, 916 were deceased at the beginning of the extension, 1,382 refused partic...Drug therapy may be comparable to invasive cardiac procedures for elderly patients with heart attack
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... receive a higher radiation dose to the heart than patients with right-sided tumors. However, modifications in radiation techniques over time have been able to reduce the radiation dose to the heart, which may affect the risk of cardiac death. To determine whether the risk of death from ischemic heart disease...Antiretroviral therapy may prevent excess risk of some cancers in people with HIV
... of cancers that will appear in coming years among patients on HAART, who have less severe but prolonged immunosuppression. "Controlling the epidemic and ameliorating the suffering of persons living with HIV/AIDS are more urgent than ever," they write. "Continued study of cancer in people with HIV/AIDS will r...