'Sit-down' rounds improve outcomes for kidney dialysis patients
...rategies, says Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., senior author of the study and director of Hopkins' Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research. They are meant to complement a nephrologist's "walk-rounds" from patient to patient. The latter are brief and often focus on urgent issues...Pet scans detect brain differences in people at risk for Alzheimer's
...n caused by Alzheimer's disease," says the study's senior author, Yaakov Stern, Ph.D., of CUMC's Taub Institute and Sergievsky Center. But he and the study's first author, Nikolaos Scarmeas, M.D., caution that more research is needed before it's known for certain if the difference is an early sign of Alzhe...Policy-makers should enhance selection process for Presidential S&T appointments
...that both the presidential appointment process for senior science and technology posts and the process of ap...ntation; furthermore, they should be well-trained, senior employees who are familiar with the importance and nuances of the advisory committee system. They m...Tide of new nurses rises but shortages still loom large
...erhaus, Ph.D., Valere Potter Professor of Nursing; senior associate dean for Research at the School of Nursing, in an article appearing in the Nov. 17 health policy journal Health Affairs. "While R.N.'s over age 50 have provided much of the expansion of hospital employment since 2001, it is striking that in...Imaging study finds a structural difference in the brains of cocaine addicts
...H Departments of Radiology and Psychiatry, and the senior author of the current study. "No one anticipated such a specific pattern of volume reduction in the amygdalas of cocaine addicts pointing to potential problems in a small number of sub-regions of this brain structure." Earlier studies by Breiter's ...Hong Kong think tank calls for pollution standards
...facturing goods for export," said David Streets, a senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory who has studied pollution controls in China. "This includes not only manufacturing facilities, but generating the electricity that goes into the factories and the trucks that transport goods to the ports. This...Computer assisted standing orders improve adult immunization rates
...rtunity for delivery of such vaccines," said study senior author Clement McDonald, M.D., Regenstrief Professor of Medical Informatics, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, and director of the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. The new study took place at an urban public teaching hospital over a 14-month period an...Brain's nicotine receptors also target for anti-depressants
...gy and neurobiology at Yale School of Medicine and senior author of the study. "This finding has implications for those patients who are depressed to the point of being suicidal, and for the 30 percent of people who are not responsive to anti-depressants that are now available." The primary pharmacologic tr...Post-therapy damage in medulloblastoma patients can be mistaken for new tumors
...ly tumors that need further treatment." Gajjar is senior author of the JCO report, which is the first to describe both the finding and the actual incidence of early-onset WMLs--that is, how frequently these lesions occur in patients with medulloblastoma or PNET who have been treated with radiation and high...Gastric bypass works for GERD and obesity in patients with prior surgery, says Pitt study
... Hirsch Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, and senior author of the study. Laparoscopic gastric bypass after antireflux surgery is a technically more difficult procedure, which is reflected in the prolonged operative time (mean 372 min.) and length of hospital stay (mean 4.8 days). "It is important to e...Brain inflammation found in autism
...eneficial, or both, to the developing brain," said senior author Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar, M.D., at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Autism is a disorder of the developing brain that appears in early childhood. It is estimated to afflict between 2 and 5 of every 1000...Study clarifies impact of age on safety of warfarin treatment for atrial fibrillation
...t study is being led by Daniel Singer, MD, of MGH, senior author of the current study, and Alan Go, MD, of UCSF and Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, also a co-author of the current study. Additional co-authors are Yuchiao Chang, PhD, Elaine Hylek, MD, MPH, Jonathan Rosand, MD, and Steven Greenberg...Brain's immune system triggered in autism
...or of neurology and pathology at Johns Hopkins and senior author of a report on the study published early on-line in the journal Annals of Neurology on Nov. 15. Whatever the cause of the inflammation, it may provide a good target for developing new treatments, adds Pardo. Autism is a disorder of the d...Stanford study reveals that cells linked to asthma and eczema also help cure deadly illness in mice
...ast cells in action rather than in a culture dish, senior research scientist Mindy Tsai, DMSc, helped produce genetically engineered mast cells that could or could not respond normally to endothelin-1. The researchers could then selectively transplant these mast cells to mice that lacked the cells and thus ...Poor communities should decide their own priorities for aid
...health priorities avoids inappropriate aid, says a senior doctor in a letter to this week's BMJ. He describes the case of a village that was asked by an aid agency what its priorities for development aid would be, the answer presumed to be a health centre, school or irrigation system. When the villages repl...Generic anti-inflammatory causes significantly fewer GI complications than branded medications
...al medicine at UT Southwestern, a VA physician and senior author of the study published in the November issue of Gastroenterology. "In the 13 years of etodolac's use in the United States, there have been no reports of increases in cardiovascular events associated with this drug either."Etodolac is a non-ste...Heavy, lifetime alcohol users may be toasting metabolic syndrome
...rch and Evaluation, Berkeley, Calif. Russell is a senior scientist at the Prevention Research Center, while Fan is a cardiovascular epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga. "Intensity and frequency of alcohol consumption is important, not just the volume of drinkin...Study shows high-dose vitamin E supplements may increase risk of dying
...0 IU per day," said Eliseo Guallar, M.D., Dr.P.H., senior author of the study and assistant professor of epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. "Additional research is needed to determine the effects, if any, of low-dose levels of vitamin E supplements. As well, there are unresolved quest...Leading tobacco manufacturer conceals links to tobacco research facility
...also from many within Philip Morris, although some senior executives did know." The article also highlights how the published research appears to reflect the interests of the tobacco industry. Professor McKee adds: "The scientists involved appear to have published only a small amount of their research and ...Safer drug prescribing for seniors in nursing homes: Canada leads the way
...n Canada and the U.S. Baycrest geriatrician and senior scientist Dr. Paula Rochon will lead the on-site study in collaboration with principal investigator Dr. Jerry Gurwitz of the Meyers Primary Care Institute of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Drs. Rochon and Gurwitz have extensive exper...