Doctor report cards not always clear when comparing quality of care
...an Journal of Managed Care. Albert W. Wu, MD, MPH, senior author of the study and associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, explained that grading physicians can be difficult for a variety of reasons. "If all physicians receive the equiva...AGI and USGS provide unique tsunami disaster relief
... atlas you have on your shelf," says Paul Hearn, a senior scientist with the USGS Regional Investigations Team, which has already sent copies of the Global GIS DVD-ROM to the Department of State. AGI, who through a development CRADA with the USGS helped complete the DVD-ROM and provides distribution of the ...Multiple therapies curb declining ability to learn with age
...oxidants had on a beagle's ability to learn as the senior dog grew older. The first group had a regular diet and regular experience; the second received a regular diet and enriched experience; the third group a regular experience and an enriched diet; and the fourth group an enriched diet and an enriched ex...New network of gastrointestinal immune cells discovered
... MD, of the MGH Gastrointestinal Unit, the study's senior author. The investigation focused on dendritic cells which are found in tissues in direct contact with the external environment, such as the skin, lungs and digestive system. Characterized by long extensions called dendrites, dendritic cells cont...MGH researchers find way of regenerating cells key to hearing
..., DPhil, of the MGH Neurology Service, the study's senior author. "It also shows that cells that have been considered incapable of regeneration like most nerve cells can reproduce under the right conditions, which may have applications to neurodegenerative diseases." Named for the hair-like projections ...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...ustrial and systems engineering, and David Belson, senior research associate and lecturer in the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering -- first identified care-giver perceptions of the most critical issues they face while serving patients. "For instance, we talked to triage nurses to fi...Institute of Medicine advisory: Jan. 12 Briefing on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...ersity of California, San Francisco DAVID NERENZ, senior staff investigator, Center for Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit REPORTERS: OBTAIN COPIES OR REGISTER TO ATTEND by contacting the National Academies' Office of News and Public Information at tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news...Doctors must consider potentially inappropriate medications when treating elderly
... physicians in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia's senior plans between a treatment and control group and sent all of doctors a packet of information on prescribing for the elderly. The packet included an educational letter, the brochure, "The Challenges of Prescribing to Seniors," and the Beers criteria l...Secondhand smoke linked to cervical cancer
...ervical cancer," said Anthony J. Alberg, PhD, MPH, senior author of the study and an assistant professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology. "Our study of two large cohorts found that women who lived with smokers had a 40 percent or greater risk of developing cervical neop...Birth simulator helps physicians I.D. least forceful way to manage problem deliveries
...types of deliveries," says Robert H. Allen, Ph.D., senior author of the study and a senior engineering lecturer at Hopkins. "Our device provides an opportunity to simulate birth complication...Study finds heavy drinking linked to higher stroke risk
...ing of their alcohol use." Study coauthors include senior author Eric Rimm, ScD, Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, Alberto Ascherio, MD, DrPH, Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, and Meir Stampfer, MD, DrPH, of the Harvard School of Public Health; Murray Mittleman, MD, DrPH, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Katherine ...Ethics of neuroimaging research to be focus of NIH/Stanford meeting
... for their brain imaging studies. Judy Illes, PhD, senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, who is chairing the meeting, said she realized the scale of this issue in 2002. At that time, she, radiology professor Scott Atlas, MD, and others at Stanford published a study showing th...Study links sexual behavior, genetic factors to increased risk of kidney infection in women under 50
...y infections. Lead researcher Delia Scholes, PhD, senior investigator at Group Health Cooperatives Center for Health Studies and colleagues found that, like bladder infections, kidney infections in women under age 50 are linked to: Frequent (more than three times per week) sexual intercourse in the previ...Heart failure patients treated for diabetes with insulin have increase in mortality
...gher mortality rate. AUTHORS: Dr. Gregg Fonarow, senior study author; professor of cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; and director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, is available for interviews. JOURNAL: The research appears in the January issue of the peer reviewed American Heart...Getting pregnant while on the pill: Yet another health hazard of being overweight
...cted in collaboration with Delia Scholes, Ph.D., a senior investigator at the Center for Health Studies at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle. "The results of our study represent yet another reason why obesity is a health hazard," Holt said. "Overweight and obese women have a significantly higher risk of g...Mice with depression-like behaviors reveal possible source of human depression
...bility to sense glucocorticoid in the brain," says senior author Louis Muglia, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics, of molecular biology and pharmacology and of obstetrics and gynecology. "To test this, we developed an animal model that would tell us if changes in glucocorticoid receptor function could...Holidays, birthdays and postponement of cancer deaths
...prehensive Cancer Center, along with Erinn Hade, a senior consulting research statistician in the OSU Center for Biostatistics, examined all death certificates in the Ohio Department of Health for the twelve-year period between 1989 and 2000, a total of over 1.2 million records. They selected for specific s...Genetically targeted therapies create opportunities to do business in new ways
...ay start to question that rule," said Dr. Evans, a senior scientist in the Indiana University School of Medicine's Department of Medicine. She is an economist and attorney has been heavily involved over the past twenty years in restructuring of regulated industries in the U.S., Russia, Central Asia, and the...Race may be factor in doctor-patient communication style
...health disparities," said Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, senior author of the study and an associate professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's departments of Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management. The researchers analyzed audiotapes and questionnaire data from 458 patients who visited 61 physic...Discovery of key protein's shape could lead to improved bacterial pneumonia vaccine
...member of St. Jude Structural Biology. Kriwacki is senior author of the EMBO Journal report."The fact that we now know the structure of this important protein means we can begin to develop a vaccine that is more effective in children than those that are currently available," Kriwacki said. Elaine Tuomanen,...