Study says 43% of US adults at risk of heart disease are not utilizing aspirin therapy
...g caveats apply to this survey. First, many of the questions asked of both the consumer and healthcare professi...ivity has "ever" been done or discussed. Follow-up questions were not included to quantify the frequency with which these actions are taken. Secondly, the risk c...Communication between primary-care physicians and patients can reduce medication-related problems
... opportunity for doctors to prevent harm by asking questions regularly about medications and medication-related problems, and by taking patients' comments seriously." Weingart and his colleagues are currently exploring whether technological tools, such as e-mail reminder messages, can encourage patients to rep...More studies on risks and benefits of COX-2 inhibitors published in Archives of Internal Medicine
...004 by its manufacturer, Merck & Co., "raises many questions concerning drug policy, scientific evidence, and treatment alternatives. Several of these questions are raised by articles in this issue of the ARCHIVES." "Several lessons can be learned from the 5-...Routine use of nose-to-stomach tube slows recovery from abdominal surgery
...l trials on a topic. "Some Cochrane reviews answer questions so definitively that you think, 'Let's put this issue to bed,'" says Nelson. In the case of routine tube use, Nelson says the lack of benefits is so clear one has to ask, "Why do it?" Dr. Neil Hyman of the University of Vermont College of Medicine ...Hospital admissions for asthma more likely for ethnic minorities in the UK
...s of care to white patients. "Our findings prompt questions about whether ethnic minorities receive less preve...ncy treatment than their white counterparts. These questions urgently need further and critical examination and research."...Study shows strengths, gaps in quality of care for kids in California's public mental health clinics
...y studies. "Findings from this study raise serious questions about the documentation of the child's response to medication treatment and the adequacy of medical monitoring" said Dr. Bonnie T. Zima, principal investigator and professor in residence of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the UCLA Neuropsych...Editorial urges 'black-box' warning for Bextra and Celebrex
...ssociation meeting in November. "These data raise questions about the safety of the drug in other patients who have heart conditions, but who aren't having surgery," said Furberg. "In the absence of evidence of safety, it is prudent to avoid the use of Bextra altogether or use it only as a drug of last resort...Authors warn of inaccuracies concerning use of race in health & social science research
... genetic research will be limited in answering the questions related to biological and psychological difference... the DNA-phenotype relationship is understood such questions should remain in the realm of nescience the unknown and the unknowable not science. Rather than p...New rights to access, but for most transparency is still as clear as mud
...o ensure that ministers here are not tripped up by questions from MPs and journalists. Alasdair Roberts will be among the speakers at the workshop being held on Friday (January 14) at the British Academy in London. The aim of the research programme Director, Christopher Hood, Gladstone Professor of Government...Heart patients treated by non-cardiologists less likely to receive medications
...peak to the hospital pharmacist whenever they have questions about their medicine," explains Jean A. Patel, Pharm. D., clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and lead author of the study. The study was co-authored by Michael A. Fotis, B.S. Pharm, manager of drug information service at Northwes...Researchers develop way to track quality of home health care
...es will be most cost effective. As well, there are questions about how the outcomes of home care should be evaluated, what role family members should play in care provision, and how a home care system that involves multiple service providers can be accountable....Institute of Medicine advisory: Jan. 12 Briefing on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...tend may listen to a live audio webcast and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org . (The webcast requires RealPlayer software, available free at http://www.real.com/player . For more information on setup and hardware requirements, see the Real.com site.) Advance copies of the...Study determines commonly used contrast agent safe for 'universal use' in CT
..."We undertook the study to clarify some unresolved questions about intravenous contrast agents and to have a be...ts and attempts to answer some of those unresolved questions regarding CT contrast agents," added Dr. Mortel. The study appears in the January 2005 issue of the ...National Academies Advisory: Jan. 11 public briefing on perchlorate in drinking water
...to a live audio webcast of the briefing and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org . (The webcast requires RealPlayer software, available free at http://www.real.com/player . For more information on setup and hardware requirements, see the Real.com site.) REPORTERS:Obtain ...New findings on patient safety at children's hospitals
...e Johns Hopkins Children's Center and AHRQ, raised questions about the safety of certain care, and noted in particular that hospitals had high levels of birth trauma and other safety concerns for newborns and infants. The new study used data from the NACHRI Case Mix Comparative Database, which contains inform...Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt ranked 8th in nation by 'Child' magazine
...or in their local hospitals." The survey included questions pertaining to survival rates for childhoodcancers, heart surgeries, organ transplants, and premature births. Also,questions were asked about staff qualifications; nurse-to-patientratios; research funding and the number of clinical trials; theavailabi...Study explores antibiotic misuse
...up phone interviews with 50 of the patients asking questions such as whether they were satisfied with their vis...r respiratory ills to a doctor, then asks the user questions such as whether antibiotics kill viruses. The correct answer: "No." The third year will det...Research finds people with migraine headaches report more angina, but not more heart disease
..., Washington County, Md., and Jackson, Miss. Among questions asked were whether subjects periodically suffered ...e' angina based on how they respond to a series of questions about chest pain in response to exertion," she said. Not all exertional chest pain meets the criteri...Race may be factor in doctor-patient communication style
...ionally, if black patients talk less and ask fewer questions when seeing physicians, that could explain why they are less likely to report positive experiences in health care. Past studies have shown that patient-centered communication is associated with better patient recall of information, treatment adherenc......gs will be used in-house, and raise constitutional questions about the right to medical treatment for arrestees. Kevin Fiscella, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of Family Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine and a former medical director of a methadone program, is lead author of the study, which...