UCSF study finds shortage of California dentists in rural, poor, minority communities
... of dentists in many communities may contribute to poor access to dental care for many California rural, low-income, and minority residents, according to a new study by UCSF researchers at the Center for the Health Professions. We have a crisis in access to care in our state. The numbers of children with...News tips from the care and outcomes meeting
...rams are often high, and low attendance is tied to poor results. To identify factors that might influence...ospitalization for patients with heart failure and poor left ventricular function. But has the latest research changed medical practice? The National Hear...... of adherence, researching indicators that predict poor adherence to warfarin therapy in an anticoagulation clinic. Outcomes from this project should help develop a predictive index that will allow healthcare workers to identify which patients are at risk for medication errors before they begin therapy. T...Studying growth, poverty and well-being in Africa
...utional and natural constraints that keep Africa's poor from prospering in the context of growth-oriented reforms," says Sahn. In addition to the research projects, the AID grant will fund technical assistance from the collaborating universities and a series of small grants to support U.S.-based researche...Study: Dental sealants for children on Medicaid can reduce dental costs
...inion. When you can save money, however, and spare poor children at high risk a lot of pain from toothaches at the same time, sealants become an important preventive measure. The results also highlight the need for further research to find good ways to identify high-risk children to reduce overall cost...Acupuncture calms nerves, improves heart function
...on in heart failure patients and associated with a poor prognosis because it forces the weakened heart to work harder and predisposes the heart to potentially lethal heart rhythms. There is an ever-increasing interest in alternative medicine. But until now, no one had looked at acupunctures effect on the...Stanford study investigates treatment cost effectiveness after heart attack
...ined, for example, that 8 percent of patients with poor left ventricular function and 1 percent of patients with more normal left ventricular function had a sudden death within the first year, Sanders said. A computer model next simulated the costs and outcomes that would have resulted from giving the...Electrical brain stimulation reduces Parkinsons symptoms
...s in Parkinson's motor symptoms such as tremor and poor balance, called the "on/off" phenomenon. Electrical brain stimulation increased the "on" motor function when medication was working by 29 percent, and improved the "off" motor function by 38 percent in the study. The process, also called deep br...Women & asthma: New survey reveals heavy toll on health, emotions and lifestyle
...edications more than twice a week may be a sign of poor asthma control, but the survey found that nearly one in three women (32 percent) use quick-relief medications daily. Women also appear unsure about what their asthma medications do: many confuse the quick-relief medications (e.g., albuterol) that pr...7-day-on, 7-day-off regimen could reduce cost, toxicities of HIV therapy
... drugs, important issues in both resource-rich and poor countries," notes lead author Mark Dybul, M.D., NIAID assistant director for medical affairs. "It is important to stress, however, that the results of randomized, controlled clinical trials - currently under way - are needed to prove the benefits of...People in low social classes delay seeking treatment for schizophrenia
...y, explain why people in low social classes have a poor outcome, add the authors. Efforts to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis through earlier detection should be particularly focused on people in lower social classes, they conclude....Study: many poor children live in pain because barriers to dental care too great
...t in any given year. As a result, they and older poor children, whose visits are not much more frequent, often live with strong physical and emotional pain, according to a unique new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study. Cavities can hurt a lot -- disrupting sleep and meals -- and other chi...Testing for alcohol problems in the workplace
... "multi-factorial" issues, "influenced not only by poor health, but also by factors such as the social insurance system, the work environment, attitudes, commitment to work, and other medical, social and psychological factors." Finally, he said, "neither long, continuous periods of sickness absence nor ab...Depression raises heart failure rate in elderly women
... system, or through behavioral mechanisms, such as poor adherence to drug regimens. The lesser association between depression and heart failure among men in this elderly cohort may have been due to the tendency of men to develop heart disease much earlier than women. Another possible explanation is that w...Mayo Clinic researchers identify gene for inherited kidney and liver disease in young children
...sts in the kidney, fibrosis in the liver and often poor lung development and neonatal death. "Identifying the causative gene is a major step forward, as the progression of the disease can now be studied. It improves the prospects for gene-based diagnostics," says Peter C. Harris, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic nephr...Mayo Clinic study finds radioactive drug samarium hopeful new treatment for osteosarcoma
...oma because patients with this cancer still have a poor prognosis if the cancer cannot be adequately controlled through surgery and chemotherapy. Osteosarcoma belongs to the sarcoma group of cancers, uncommon malignant tumors that begin in bone and form bony tumors. The majority of these patients are teen...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
...tar.ca . 5:30 p.m. #P172 Hyperglycemia linked to poor stroke prognosis. Animal and human studies indica...ed with larger areas of brain-damaged tissue and a poor prognosis. In this study, researchers analyzed the outcomes of patients who had hyperglycemia befor...Childhood stroke deaths drop, but still higher among blacks
...ant for strokes in adults, such as hypertension, a poor diet or diabetes, and apply them to kids. Although childhood strokes are far less common than adult strokes, they, too, can kill or leave survivors disabled. Only a few small studies have examined childhood stroke deaths, according to Fullerton, ...Stunting in infancy linked to childhood cognitive impairment
... due to giardia infection could be associated with poor cognitive function in children at 9 years of age, ...marked by stunted growth, has been associated with poor cognitive function. Douglas Berkman from the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, USA, ......ing unsteady gaits, problems with coordination and poor sensation. The idea that they are 'risk takers' with impulsive behavior, or may have depressive symptoms which may influence injury, needs to be further investigated." Samet said that the continuing high incidence of injury did not necessarily mean ...