Pushy parents can be bad for their children's health
...ntly unhappy with the choice of investigations and requested other procedures for which there was no accepted indication. Two families had their requests granted through referral elsewhere. Twelve families made a formal complaint to the hospital or their MP about some aspect of care. Despite the fact that psy...Half-million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures for Hispanics in 2004 - up 49% from 2000
..." According to ASPS statistics, the most commonly requested surgical cosmetic procedures for Hispanics in 2004... augmentation, and liposuction. The most commonly requested minimally-invasive cosmetic procedures for Hispanics were Botox, microdermabrasion, injectable wrink...New hand-held information system for emergency responders
...e than 1700 copies of the WISER software have been requested and downloaded. A desktop version will be available later this spring, and a web-based version is also being developed. NLM is collaborating with regional and local emergency response organizations and using their feedback as input for future enhanc...ESMO Scientific & Educational Conference (ESEC)
...epresentatives. The Media Registration Form can be requested to the ESMO Communication Dept. ( media@esmo.org ). Details about hotel accommodation are available at www.esmo.org/ESEC/Budapest2005/Accommodation.htm For those who will not be able to come to Budapest, a press kit will be made available upon requ...Orchestra pit no danger to hearing
...ials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME). "We were requested by the union to study if there is a risk to their ...ehearsals. They then tested 67 volunteers who were requested to wear a noise dosimeter a small cigarette-sized instrument used to measure sound during 18 sessi...CAS science spotlight identifies most requested article
... CHIRALITY in 2002 was the scientific article most requested by users of CAS electronic services during 2004, a...g in San Diego, California. Identified as the most requested article was "Toward Catalytic Rigid-rod -barrels: a Hexamer with Multiple Histidines." Research desc...Women In Government report on eliminating cervical cancer
... available." This baseline state assessment was requested by Women In Government's Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force as part of its Challenge to Eliminate Cervical Cancer Campaign, which encourages state legislatures to pass bills and resolutions to improve cervical cancer prevention efforts in their s...Subanalysis finds patient-controlled, transdermal pain management system may be comparable
...e. A similar proportion of patients in each group requested supplemental pain medication during the first three hours of treatment, 18.1% of IONSYS TM patients and 21.2 % of IV PCA patients. Inadequate pain relief resulted in the withdrawal of 8.7% or 12 patients in the IONSYS TM group and 4.4% or 6 patien...New female sterilization technique not only quicker and easier for patients, but cheaper
...sterilization performed on women ages 27 to 45 who requested permanent sterilization atMayo Clinic from January to December 2003. The analysis included 43 cases of hysteroscopic sterilization and 44 cases of laparoscopic tubal ligation. The investigators reviewed billing records using cost algorithms on data f...Case Western Reserve University finds relaxation therapy reduces post-operative pain
... that fewer participants in the "relaxation" group requested pain medicine in the next six hours, and nearly all reported at the end of the study that systematic relaxation reduced their pain and increased their sense of control....Prescriptions for antibiotics to prevent anthrax uncommon after the 2001 anthrax attacks
...4 who discussed bioterrorism with their physician) requested antibiotics or vaccines, and 52 patients (22 perce...e in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks either requested antibiotics or received them," write the researchers. "While we cannot comment on the New York City ...July/August 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...hors point out that nearly 40 percent of the tests requested by patients were inappropriate, and in more than half of the inappropriate tests, the patient did not show symptoms of the disease. They authors assert that inappropriate Lyme disease testing represents an inefficient use of health care resources an......arily more difficult to access, search, and obtain requested documents'. Lead author Richard D Hurt from the ...ion more difficult by delaying document production requested by public visitors and refusing to supply requested documents in an electronic format despite, in th...MDCT angiography can replace angiography in diagnosing suspected arterial injuries
...dy in 48 of 49 patients; a follow-up angiogram was requested in one patient because the MDCT angiography examination was nondiagnostic. In addition, four patients required conventional angiograms for confirmation of findings on MDCT angiography, and four patients needed a conventional angiogram to help guide r...Studies compare hysterectomy vs. other medical treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding
...53 percent) of the women in the medicine group had requested and received hysterectomy, and these women reported improvements in quality-of-life outcomes during the two years that were similar to those reported by women randomized to the hysterectomy group. Women who continued in the medical treatment also r...Argonne licenses Anti-Jet-Lag-Diet software to online company
...ime zone. Hundreds of thousands of travelers have requested copies of the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet from Argonne over the years. Examples include President Ronald Reagan, the U.S. Army and Navy, the U.S. Secret Service, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the ...Inconsistent guidelines lead to wide variation in chaperone use during Pap smears, U-M study finds
...gion was not to use a chaperone unless the patient requested one. I continued to use a chaperone, much to the concern of the medical directors and office business managers." To this day, Ruffin insists on a chaperone during all pelvic exams, even turning down patient requests that the nurse not be present. Ruf...NIA statement on IOM testosterone report
...onducting such trials. One of the reasons the NIA requested this IOM report is because of growing concern about the increase in the number of men using testosterone replacement therapy in the absence of sufficient scientific information about its risks and benefits. This concern remains. This report offers an...New CDC-funded HIV program at UNC integrates treatment with prevention
...ch no one has been able to move." In 1999, the CDC requested that the Institute of Medicine, a component of the National Academy of Sciences, form the Committee on HIV Prevention Strategies in the United States. Among committee members was Dr. Myron S. Cohen, professor of medicine, chief of infectious diseases...NSF considers alternatives for treating ill South Pole worker
..., Colo., NSF's Antarctic logistics contractor, has requested anonymity. NSF is honoring that request. The spec...lometers (800 miles) away. Simultaneously, NSF has requested through the New Zealand Antarctic Program to have C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Royal New Zealand...