Foundation to honor physicians and community health initiatives around the world
...east afford it, The Foundation enables the ACCP to realize its vision of being the leading resource for the improvement in cardiopulmonary health and critical care worldwide. For more information about The CHEST Foundation, please visit http://www.chestfoundation.org ....Department of Energy announces new agreement with USC, national labs and private company
...ship role will allow USC and Doheny researchers to realize our aggressive goal of building a retinal prosthesis within the next five years that will allow patients mobility, as well as goals for the near future, which include reading and face recognition vision. We're really on our way now." ...Whooping cough makes a national comeback
...arely discussed at healthcare visits. Few parents realize that the protection from the pertussis immunization wears off after five to 10 years, leaving teens vulnerable to whooping cough," said Dr. Amy Middleman, assistant professor of pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine Section, Baylor College of Medicine. "Pa...Techniques for making Barbie dolls can improve health care
...e end of the decade, the health care industry will realize that operations research, IT, and other advanced techniques that manufacturers have been using for 15 years to reduce the cost of making items like toys and computer chips will also improve health care delivery," said operations researcher William P....Therapy, medication combination superior for children with obsessive-compulsive disorder
...OCD really get on board with the CBT treatment and realize that the treatment is freeing them from a very difficult and distressing disorder. We must train more mental health professionals in becoming proficient in delivering CBT for pediatric OCD." Currently, there are few providers who are well-trained ...Implanted defibrillators cut heart patients death risk, some more than others
...ICD implantation. "Physicians need to realize that once they implant an ICD, they can't relax -- the patient isn't home free," says Chan. "We need to ensure that patients receive established cardio-protective medications that can add to the benefit delivered by the ICD." But, he adds...Women wait longer for emergency heart treatment
...er than a heart attack, in part because they don't realize their own risk for a heart attack. "Contrary to what our society seems to think, heart attacks can happen to women just as to men," says Moscucci. "We all need to work harder to make sure that women get the same immediate attention and c...Heavy drinking raises the risk of early death after heart attack
...ver the course of a week," Mukamal said. "When you realize that most of the binge drinking episodes that occu... may be good for you. But it is very important to realize that going beyond that one drink a day may totally eliminate any benefit that alcohol may confer." T...Researchers recommend vaccinating adolescents against whooping cough
...as mild as a persistent cough, adults may not even realize that they are infected. The Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI), an international group of pertussis researchers, has formulated several recommendations to help control the disease. The goal set for North America is to enhance immunity to whooping c...Generic drug use varies widely by state, study reveals
...ng prescription benefits for 100,000 members would realize an estimated $25 million in savings over three years using GenericsWork. Express Scripts also offers a Zero Dollar Generic Copay program, which allows a plan to waive six months worth of prescription copayments for members who switch from using a hig...Assessing the season: LSU hurricane experts learned lessons during Hurricane Season 2004
...ext several years. "One thing that people need to realize is that the last 30 to 40 years have been relatively quiet when it comes to hurricanes, at least compared to the previous 30 or so years," said Keim. "In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, there were more storms than we are accustomed to now, so, by standards o...UT Southwestern researchers find calcium intake contributing factor in formation of kidney stones
...ntake because of the risk of bone disease, we also realize that urinary calcium has about the same influence as urinary oxalate in calcium oxalate stone formation, and we may want to recommend calcium restriction in patients who have moderately to severely elevated intestinal calcium absorption and urinary c...Lifestyle changes especially effective at preventing type 2 diabetes in adults aged 60 and older
...vin III, Chair of the NDEP. "Older adults may not realize that they still have time to prevent diabetes, or that diabetes prevention is even possible. That's why the 'It's Not Too Late' campaign is so important." HHS' Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a recent study involving Americans from all over the c...Activity not out of the question for people with chronic pain
...in. But what they don't report and possibly don't realize is that they can sustain some level of activity without increased pain. "We've probably been thinking about fibromyalgia incorrectly," Clauw says. "This group was impaired, but they weren't impaired in the way they thought they would be. This is go...Olson family donates $1 million to Arizona Cancer Center
...n. This gift is an important first step in helping realize our shared vision." A member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Olson is in his 32nd season as a college head coach and his 22nd at Arizona. Olson has a career record of 726-252 (.742) and has led his teams to one national championship...UC Irvine's undergraduate research programs receive $900,000 funding boost
...allenges of interdisciplinary research and also to realize the benefits of analyzing the same topic from different angles," said Daniel Stokols, co-principal investigator of the NIH grant and director of the UCI Health Promotion Center. The program is a joint endeavor of UROP, the School of Social Ecology an...Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
...y be handling the feeling of uncertainty when they realize there are different, legitimate answers to the questions they encounter in clinical care settings. "Students may feel unsettled. However, medical ethics is not only about asking and exploring questions but also about decision-making. Choices have to...Brain-scanning technologies need standards, according to Stanford researcher
...said. Another issue that research subjects may not realize is that if a benign tumor is found during a scan and listed on their medical records, it could alter health insurance rates. Illes recently co-chaired a meeting at the National Institutes of Health intended to establish standards for how research gro...Parents who quit smoking may influence their offspring to quit as young adults
...s the children," Bricker said. "We need parents to realize that if they quit smoking, they may be helping their young-adult children to quit smoking in the future." Parents who would like to quit are encouraged to contact their primary physician for smoking-cessation guidance, Bricker said. Resources for fre...... of warning to patients. "Too often, people don't realize that the herbal remedies and dietary supplements they take are not regulated and monitored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the same way that prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines are," he says. "Research on drug-drug and drug-...