Patient privacy at risk in hospitals' hallways, lobbies, cafeterias
...y also was violated when the public could overhear phone conversations with insurance companies or other medical consultants in which patients' phone numbers, addresses and Social Security numbers were given. In one extreme example, a receptionist ev...Study: Dementia often undiagnosed in clinical settings
...tient's condition, missed appointments or frequent phone calls by the patient to the doctor. These can, of course, be caused by conditions or factors other than dementia, so unless the doctor carries out a full inquiry into the reasons for these adverse events, he or she may not think to evaluate for possi...July/August 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...s confidential (requiring the reporter's name and phone number) and anonymous the researchers found that the confidential reports' greater detail added to their ability to understand errors and design interventions to decrease them. Subclinical Hypothyroidism and the Risk of Hypercholesterolemia By Wi...Short term memory's effectiveness influenced by sight, sound
...--such as seven grocery items or seven digits of a phone number--but new research from the University of Rochester has shown that this magic number varies depending on whether the language used is spoken or signed. The results in the cover story of the latest issue of Nature Neuroscience have important imp...New data show SPIRIVA significantly reduces COPD exacerbations and related health resource burden
...gnificantly fewer unscheduled physician visits and phone calls to physicians per patient per year (-41%, p=0.0106 and -53%, p=0.0122 respectively) Hospitalizations were reduced per patient per year (-27%, p>0.05) Significantly fewer patients required additional respiratory medications for their exac...Smallpox vaccine can be diluted and still be effective, expanding supply if needed
... in one- and two-month evaluations and a six-month phone interview. Of all the vaccinated individuals, 99.4 percent had successful vaccinations, defined by a vesicle or pustule at the inoculation site six to 11 days after injection. For subjects receiving an undiluted vaccine (n = 113), there was a 100 per...Researcher looks at racial identity as part of healthy lifestyle
...while," Resnicow said. Even the methodology of the phone interviews is delicate, Resnicow said, because of ...and Henry Ford Health System of Detroit to conduct phone interviews in Detroit. "These are HMOs that are on the cutting edge," Resnicow said of the...Smart lights, nonstick implants and 100th birthday of electronics at science & technology meeting
...r 15-18, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The pressroom phone number will be 714-765-2030. Reporters can fill out a form to receive a complimentary registration badge by visiting http://www2.avs.org/symposium/anaheim/pressroom.html . Please make your request for a registration badge by November 5, 2004 if poss...Prescriptions for antibiotics to prevent anthrax uncommon after the 2001 anthrax attacks
...thrax. There were 30,456 total patient visits (via phone or in person) between September 11 and December 21, 2001. Of these visits, 244 involved patient-initiated discussion about bioterrorism: 92 (0.6 percent) of 14,917 telephone contacts and 152 (1.0 percent) of 15,539 office visits. Average patient vo...Mobile phone use and acoustic neuroma
...tet, Sweden, found that 10 or more years of mobile phone use increase the risk of acoustic neuroma and that...ase was confined to the side of the head where the phone was usually held. No indications of an increased risk for less than 10 years of mobile phone use wer...Using over-the-counter drugs to treat upper respiratory infections may save $4.75 billion annually
...ts, impact on work productivity, physician care by phone and in office, emergency department care, antibiotic use and side effects, hospital admission for complications of upper respiratory infection and hospital admission for complications of antibiotic use. Under baseline assumptions, OTC use was less e...PCRM asks ACS to cancel fundraisers
...ber 29. PHONE NUMBER: The toll-free phone number to call is 866-837-9782; the conference name is Cattle Barons Ball. An operator will ask for the caller's name and affiliation and will announce this information once all the callers have joined the press conference. The caller will then be ab...Hospitalization and restricted activity can lead to disability among elderly
...ified by the presence of physical frailty. Monthly phone interviews for up to five years with 754 New Haven residents, age 70 or older, were used to determine exposure to intervening events and the occurrence of disability.The team found that disability developed among 55 percent of participants, 49 percen...First US SARS vaccine trial opens at NIH
...l. For more information on the SARS vaccine trial, phone the Vaccine Research Center's toll free number 1-866 833-LIFE. Chinese researchers began human testing of a SARS vaccine in May of this year. The Chinese vaccine trial uses an inactivated SARS virus vaccine developed through conventional vaccine tech...Small band of nurses plays key role keeping germ threats at bay
... Secretary Barbara Mahoney fielded more than 1000 phone calls and e-mails from people who wanted the flu shot, and she scheduled nearly 300 callers for appointments. Then a team of nurses and doctors led by Diane O'Brien, clinical coordinator of the unit, and John Treanor, M.D., professor of medicine and ...Study explores antibiotic misuse
... antibiotics. Each center also conducted follow up phone interviews with 50 of the patients asking questions such as whether they were satisfied with their visit, thought they needed antibiotics and understood why the doctor didn't prescribe antibiotics if he didn't. Year two recently started and is ...Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego funds commercialization of lung, shock, other devices
...lub heads) and in consumer electronics (e.g., cell phone cases and antennas). The material under development by Vecchio at UCSD has substantial potential for these any many other applications, including biomedical implants, transformer cores, and so on. In addition, it is much cheaper than LiquidMetal, bec...Researchers map the sexual network of an entire high school
...sity, said this network could be compared to rural phone lines, running from a long main trunk line to individual houses. As a comparison, many adult sexual networks are more like an airline hub system where many points are connected to a small number of hubs. "We went into this study believing we would fi...How the stories of ordinary people could give them more say over planning decisions
...ntroversies over GM foods and the siting of mobile phone masts have clearly demonstrated. "Ordinary people's accounts, in their own everyday language, are an essential ingredient in the whole process of drawing up plans and making important environmental decisions." Professor Pidgeon argues that people's ...