First large doctor-patient e-mail study finds positive attitudes on both sides
...update on their condition or events like emergency room visits or medication side effects, says researcher Casey White, Assistant Dean for Medical Education at the U-M Medical School. White analyzed the content of a random sample of 359 of the 1,629 messages received by the EMAIL account. This kind of us...Insulin pump effective for infants, children
...er month." The frequency of physician or emergency room visits remained the same before and during the use of the insulin pump. The frequency of parental contacts with medical staff, however, declined precipitously after pump therapy began, dropping from one contact every 5.9 days to one contact every 46....Study raises questions on widespread prescribing of diabetic footwear
... risk factors buy special "depth" shoes with extra room in the toes. Since Medicare adopted the Therapeutic Shoe Bill in 1993, the cost of these shoes, along with insertsup to $318 per yearis covered for certain patients who do not have severe foot deformities. "The evidence suggests that a shift in the...Study: ER docs can give stroke clot-busters safely, but patients need to get to ER faster
ANN ARBOR, MI Emergency room physicians can deliver clot-busting drugs to appro...d that they must call 911 and get to the emergency room as quickly as possible, he says. And, once theyre there, they should ask the doctor to give them clo...New hearing test simulates noise of real world
...these echoes, but Litovsky says the acoustics of a room can greatly affect this ability. "The results from these tests lead to interesting questions about the acoustical architecture of classrooms," she says. Litovsky will present more of these findings Thursday, June 6, at the annual Acoustical Society...Study finds half of rape survivors do not receive recommended medical treatment
...l care of sexual assault survivors using emergency room data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) for the years 1992 to 1998. Using this data, they created a nationally representative sample of rape survivors and calculated that 91,974 rapes occur in the U.S. each year. The f...Tiny wounds on eye may lead to big problems in certain cases
... old cells slough away to make room for new cells. But sometimes too many cells are shed, providing a gateway for bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms to enter the eye. "The abrasions usually heal in less than 24 hou...NYU Medical Center selects Siemens as strategic partner
...iemens 7 Tesla magnet* that will require a special room reinforced by some 300 tons of steel. Siemens will additionally install two 3 Tesla high field magnets to conduct imaging research of the human brain, metabolic studies of the brain, liver, kidneys and prostate as well as other advanced MR imaging s...Gene linked to testicular cancer
... "Because of its small genome, Drosophila only has room for genes with essential biological functions, such as those that are important for stem cell production. So, by working with fruit flies, we have effectively narrowed down the search for important stem cell genes to one-third of the human genome, ye...Beta-blockers protect brain during bypass surgery
...beta-blockers for surgery, there is certainly much room for improvement in this area." The results of the Duke analysis were published today (June 13, 2002) in the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the American H...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, June 18, 2002
...In Guadalajara, the sauces were usually sitting at room temperature on the restaurant table. In Houston, the servers brought all the sauces to the table after researchers were seated, and the sauces were cool, indicating that they probably had been refrigerated. Simple test can detect people with periph...Innovative 'soap opera' project aimed at teaching Spanish to health professionals
... 8 with scenes taking place first at the emergency room at UNC Hospitals and then during a patient home visit and at a local dance club. The completed film will be offered as part of an elective course in spring 2004 to UNC students in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health and social work...Seven of ten cured of rectal cancer
...re the policy instruments applied. "There is still room for improvement", remarks Project Manager Arne Wibe, senior medical officer at St. Olav's Hospital in Trondheim. Should operate at least 10 patients per year "We see there are still differences between hospitals. About 20 to 30 per cent of the ho...Breakthrough! UNC scientists' research promises improved X-ray machines using carbon nanotubes
...es is that machines incorporating them can work at room temperature rather than the 1500 or so degrees Celsius that conventional X-ray machines now require and produce. "If this works as well as we think it will, we can make such machines a lot smaller and cooler and be able to turn them on and off much f...Quick blood test for heart failure proves successful in multinational trial
...50 percent. When patients arrive at the emergency room with shortness of breath, doctors must first determine the cause before they can prescribe effective treatment. They must rule out for instance, lung disease or kidney failure. Before the BNP test, they had to wait--sometimes up to three hours--fo...Investigational mesh 'jackets' studied as an experimental therapy for heart failure
...heart transplant. While watching TV in the waiting room of a laboratory one day, she saw a CNN "Access Health" story about the "heart jacket." She later asked her son to download any information he could find. She called Access Health and Acorn's corporate offices. She eventually learned that Cedars-Sinai...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for August (first issue)
...vision who show up daily in the hospital emergency room with an acute opportunistic infection. For many patients, that acute opportunistic infection is their first clue of an HIV infection. Dr. Masur said that the U.S. needs to do far better in terms of educating the at-riskpopulation and providing them...Female physicians more emotionally focused and 'patient-centered' when communicating with patients
...we uncovered were not large in magnitude. There is room for both men and women to improve their interview styles and to be open to education efforts. Other research demonstrates that physicians can be trained in their interview style. These differences in communication are a product of our society, but th...Female physicians more emotionally focused and 'patient-centered' when communicating with patients
...we uncovered were not large in magnitude. There is room for both men and women to improve their interview styles and to be open to education efforts. Other research demonstrates that physicians can be trained in their interview style. These differences in communication are a product of our society, but th...Laser procedure effective in correcting nasal blockages associated with deviated septum
...assic operations for reducing morbidity, operating room times, and the economic impact of time lost from work."...