Is government health policy based on evidence or assumption?
...rnals, at seminars, and in the media without close reference to the original source material. If these three studies had concerned an issue not so eagerly espoused by many in central and local government and public health, and by the public too, and if the issue had been more contentious, the authors suspect t...'Jolly fat' hypothesis doesnt carry weight
...han the general public; Roberts and his colleagues reference 16 such studies. They found that in seven of those studies, obesity had a negative effect on mental health; in six, there was a positive association between obesity and mental health; and in three, no association was recorded. Roberts notes that this...Sutter Health announces plan to deploy Bridge MedPoint error-prevention system
...han 3,000 drugs. Pharmacists can access electronic reference material to aid review of medication orders, but until systems like MedPoint offered nurses similar data bank access at the bedside, nurses were generally kept in the dark. Bridge helps pharmacists feel more confident in their organization's ability ...Simple method to diagnose the abdominal compartment syndrome following trauma
...available silk tape to the drainage tubing so that reference points of 1 centimeter increments can be marked. This creates a simple fluid-column manometry device when the bladder is filled with sterile saline and the tubing is elevated from horizontal to vertical. Intra-abdominal pressure is "estimated by the ...South Asian patients are missing out on cholesterol drugs
...e level of the individual patient, with particular reference to South Asian patients, is also required.......th or readmission to hospital than patients in the reference group (people discharged on Wednesdays). Among the more than 2.4 million eligible patients, the authors controlled for potential confounders including age, sex, comorbidities, prior nonelective admissions, length of stay, whether a procedure was perf...Studies call for quality assurance in selecting candidates for herceptin trials
...ecommend that HER2 testing be done at large-volume reference laboratories," the authors note. Since the studies, both trials have modified their eligibility criteria to require central laboratory testing to confirm HER2 status in patients being considered for the trial. In an accompanying editorial, Jo Anne ......clinic offices or distributed to patients for easy reference when decisions are made. Because the charts give people a sense of how much smoking adds to their chance of dying at every age, they may also be useful in smoking prevention and cessation efforts." The Dartmouth team used the Multiple Cause of Death...Research at Great Lakes meeting shows more vitamin C in organic oranges than conventional oranges
...aid. "These statements are generally made without reference to any comparable standards." Clark added that he chose oranges to begin the assessment because they are high-profile fruits. "The orange is the traditional source of vitamin C, and it is highly commercialized, but no one to our knowledge has though...American kids poor food choices: Fewer than 15 percent eat recommended fruits and vegetables
...m fat Seventy-five percent do not meet the daily reference intake for potassium Top five sources of calories, in order, are whole and chocolate milk, pizza, soft drinks, low-fat milk and cold cereal. The analysis of NHANES III data was conducted by Block Dietary Data Systems of Berkeley, Calif., and was ...Stroke survivors have brittler bones, more likely to fracture
...e likely in stroke patients than in an age-matched reference population. Another study reported a more than four-fold increased risk of hip fracture for stroke survivors in the immediate post stroke period compared with the general Swedish population. In Pooles report, researchers who investigated the mechani...American Chemical Society to honor Albert Szent-Gyrgyi
... the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid." In later years he and his collaborators achieved world renown in the field of the biochemical mechanism of muscular contraction. From 1948 until his death, he worked in the United States where he was a...Firstborn: First risk for heart disease?
...most double the prevalence of 29.3 percent in the reference population. Primogeniture was unrelated to age, gender and all but one of the major risk factors considered. There were no significant differences between firstborns and their sisters and brothers in terms of family history of CHD, hypertension, dys...Genetic 'bar codes' predict effect of statins
...L-C and triglyceride levels after treatment. For reference DNA, researchers determined the variations of the CETP gene in a group of Caucasian, African-American, Asian and Hispanic-Latino people. They examined the relationship of each persons CETP gene SNPs and haplotype to his or her response to statin ther...Alcohol-based disinfectant hand gels could increase infection in hospitals
... four alcohol-based hand rinses in comparison to a reference disinfectant (2-propanol 60%); the reference disinfectant meets European requirements for antiseptic efficacy (known as EN 1500 requirements. Non...Checking in on BCs reference-based pricing experiment
... policy change. They also note that independent of reference pricing, low-income patients were more likely than...ve therapy. This did not change after the start of reference pricing.In a related commentary, Aslam Anis cautions that the substitution effect will cause offsett...Study succeeds in closing gaps in heart attack care
... reminders, checklists, stickers, standard orders, reference cards and educational materials that made it easie...w.acc.org. Samples of the toolkit items, including reference materials that physicians can print and keep in the pockets of their white coats, are all included i...Concerta approved for ADHD in first European market
...s. In the European Union, the UK is serving as the reference state for the mutual-recognition approval procedure. The product will be marketed in the EU and elsewhere by Janssen-Cilag, which has a long track record in developing and marketing treatments for central nervous system disorders....... public health agencies, hospital laboratories and reference laboratories in the United States and other countries. The new test can identify the presence of anthrax in less than one hour instead of days. "The first thing people want to know in a case of suspected exposure is whether the agent was in fact ant...Patent rights stimulate R&D, but fall short in helping poor countries obtain lifesaving drugs
...he use of cheap prices offered to poor counties as reference prices for government purchases of drugs in rich-country markets; Identifying the true marginal costs of production in the absence of generic production and in the absence of full knowledge of the industry's R & D costs; Maintaining sustainable f...