British hospitals need clinical ethicists
...owledge of medical ethics is essential to the good practice of medicine, yet conclusive evidence exists that doctors need help with ethical problems, writes Daniel Sokol of Imperial College London. About a fifth of NHS acute trusts currently have a clinical ethics committee. Although these provide a valuable ...UMaine study looks at infants and chronic nighttime crying
...leep. Later, most infants stay with the parents, a practice termed "co-sleeping," which makes the child more accessible to the parent during the night. For a small percentage of infants, sleep occurs in a separate crib-like bed away from the parents but in the same room. The study's findings suggest a critic...UNC study: Most N.C. family practitioners engage in unrecognized community service
...g a 20 percent random sample of those in community practice and all who served as family medicine faculty memb...id. "More than 85 percent of faculty and community practice family physicians reported participating in volunteer service in the previous year." On average, fam...Hausman to give keynote address at 'Breastfeeding, Motherhood and Feminism' symposium
...s a part. If it is not possible to incorporate the practice into her daily schedule, she will probably not do it. Recent national data show that most women introduce formula early and do not breastfeed for very long, thereby decreasing the health benefits of the practice. Hausman's main research interests are...March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...on makers in other fields. They call for tailoring practice improvement efforts to the different cognitive styles of physicians. Opening the Black Box: Cognitive Strategies in Family Practice By Robert E. Christensen, M.D., et al...Physicians may not be accurate in their confidence levels of their diagnoses, says Pitt study
...atest concern when one thinks about how to improve practice using information technology," Dr. Friedman said. "While this was a study performed in the laboratory and not in the clinic, the apparent prevalence of overconfidence represents a major challenge to designers of decision support systems--if the advic...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...ing editorial. "The same study also suggested that practice volume, translating into less time available for e... when we entered medicine, and we must continue to practice with professional attitudes and behaviors no matter what the pressures we face. I believe strongly ...Corrected metabolism leads to health benefits and weight loss
...enal function. Dr. Morin has worked in general practice for more than 30 years and is medical consultant to SureSlim Canada, which administers the Metabolism Correcting program. When he began consulting for the company five years ago, SureSlim was known primarily as a weight loss clinic, where clients...Hepatitis C and health-related quality of life
...cale. "This value can be used in everyday clinical practice and in clinical trials," the authors suggest. "For example, physicians can measure patient outcomes by administering the 6-item SF vitality scale during office visits. If a patient fails to achieve an increase of 4.2 points over time, then it implies...Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
...out heart disease prompted Dr. Kapuku to leave his practice in the Congo, complete training in clinical cardiology and cardiovascular physiology in Japan and three research fellowships, including one in interventional cardiology at the Montreal Heart Institute and two at MCG. He joined the MCG faculty in 2001...Specific test key to determine whether or not allergy symptoms are really allergy-related
... from their primary care physician if managed care practice guidelines encouraged the use of the test. The sav...he study's lead author and a professor of pharmacy practice and administration at Ohio State University. And most people with allergy symptoms first seek help f...Extreme exertion, emotion can spark repeat heart attacks
...some of these issues can be managed within cardiac practice and consider referring patients with severe psychological issues to appropriate specialists....Definition of persistent vegetative state available from American Academy of Neurology
...he Terri Schiavo case. In 1995 the AAN published a practice parameter about the assessment and management of patients in the persistent vegetative state. This parameter includes definition and diagnosis information. It is publicly accessible at www.aan.com . The direct link opens as a .pdf file: http://www.a...New self-help technology set to combat eating disorders
... real potential to be utilised in routine clinical practice - especially as a first step to care." Only three short sessions of 20 minutes of clinician time is required to introduce the use of the CD-ROM, compared with a typical individual treatment time of 12 hours. The intervention has considerable potenti...Strengths and failings of U.S. health care 'system' are driven by embedded vested interests
...d care chains versus hospital chains, and clinical practice guidelines after a public backlash against managed care. The researchers detail the ways in which organizational, cultural, and professional forces shape the health and medical markets, even as corporate interests transform health care and the health...Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
...bout alcohol relapse post-transplant have made the practice somewhat controversial, especially in light of the...of donor organs. To offset this risk, it is common practice to establish a 6 month period of abstinence from alcohol before listing a patient for liver transpla...Public policy should address the social factors behind ill health
...nks between poverty and health seem obvious but in practice they can be complex and paradoxical. As Marmot points out, there are countries with a gross national product of US$10,000, which have a higher average life expectancy than others with a gross national product of over $30,000, and some social groups w...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...lems in women and increase the quality of clinical practice across Europe"....Liverpool to lead 20M Department of Health initiative to develop medicines for children
... support clinical research and embed good clinical practice and quality in all trials. This will include a national information technology system for research data capture, storage and retrieval, based in Liverpool. The Co-ordinating Centre will establish local research networks across the UK that will suppo...Cardiologists underestimate racial and ethnic disparities in care
... that improving quality of care through the use of practice guidelines can play an important role in addressing racial and ethnic disparities," the researchers note. The American Heart Association already has such a program in place: Get With the GuidelinesSM (GWTG), a quality improvement program focused on ...