African-Americans receive less aggressive heart attack treatment
... no conclusive reasons for the disparity." Bertoni states that patients' knowledge of treatment options may be one way to further ease disparities. "If African-American patients are more informed, they can have improved dialogue with the medical team deciding how to care for them." The study was supported b...Inpatient smoking cessation counseling is associated with early differences in mortality
...rivation for a brief period after discharge." Many states are already beginning to pay for anti-smoking counseling. The Centers for Disease Control encourage physician intervention to encourage patients to give up smoking. This study will add strong support to those efforts. The study is reported in "Post-m...Unsafe water and poor sanitation causes 4000 children to die each day
...rrorism, and weapons of mass destruction combined, states a paper published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The article is the fifth in a series of papers summarising the key conclusions of the Millennium Project - a three-year independent advisory effort commissioned by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan...Disease testing for immigrants: Discrimination disguised as public health policy
...on public fears, and do not protect public health, states an editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet .... of the most immediate risks. The former communist states of eastern Europe have some of the highest rates of TB in the world. But visitors from these countri...Major review of subway systems suggests potential for significant health and safety hazards
...ds, both naturally occurring as well as man-made," states Dr. Gershon. The Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia's Mailman School, Dr. Irwin Redlener, says he is concerned because "subways have been the target of terrorist attacks, such as the sarin gas attack in the Tokyo...Infectious microorganism linked to kidney stones and other diseases
...putative nucleic acid has not been completed yet," states lead researcher Neva Ciftcioglu, Ph.D. However, the group's research provides additional clues to understanding NB and its link to pathologic calcification-related diseases. "Hopefully, eradication or treatment of these diseases will be possible i...Don't let your spouse become your caregiver
... risk for long-term negative outcomes. The article states that potentially harmful caregiver behavior can be an early warning sign of even greater elderly abuse or neglect. Surprisingly, previous research has shown that abusive caregivers are quite willing to admit to their behavior in interviews....Mayo Clinic researcher calls for improved newborn screening
...t the state level means that children born in some states will not be diagnosed until it is too late, Dr. Rinaldo explained. In nearly all cases, immediate treatment for recognized genetic diseases can improve or cure infants' conditions. If undiagnosed in the first few days after birth, some conditions can...The courage to change the rules: A Proposal for an essential health R&D treaty
...shing this essential R&D agenda. Individual member states of the WHO "would need to periodically evaluate targets for priority research and make adequate recommendations towards needs-driven R&D."...Chlamydia testing in pharmacies: Questions that need addressing
...chlamydia, and STIs in general, must be addressed, states the editorial. The Lancet comments: "Although pharmacists are experts in providing medicines and guidance about their use, will adequate training and staffing be available to explain the testing process and the meaning of the results, be they positi...New test improves detection of bladder cancer
..., private practice, and veterans' facilities in 10 states which enrolled 1,331 patients at elevated risk for bladder cancer (history of smoking and certain symptoms) from September 2001 to May 2002. Patients at risk for malignancy of the urinary tract provided a urine sample for analysis of NMP22 protein a...Faster, less expensive test proven more effective in detecting bladder cancer
..., private practice, and veterans' facilities in 10 states who enrolled patients into the clinical trial that examined the effectiveness of these different diagnostic tests. Patients enrolled in the trial were suspected of having bladder cancer because they had evidence of blood in their urine and met some o...Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
... people coming to Northwestern Memorial from other states as far away as Florida and California to have cardiac surgeries. That speaks volumes about what the team at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute has accomplished in just nine months." Neil Bluhm, president of JMB Realty Corp., and principal of Wa...South Africa in denial over number of deaths from HIV/AIDS
... of the social stigma associated with the disease, states an editorial in this week's issue of THE LANCET. ...rnment needs to face the truth about HIV mortality states the editorial. The Lancet comments: "Earlier this year, Nelson Mandela stepped into the limelight a...Bone density returns when teens stop using Depo Provera, Group Health study finds
...e a black box warning on Depo-Provera. The warning states that the drug is associated with bone loss that "may not be completely reversible." While Scholes and her colleagues found that Depo-Provera use in women aged 14 to 18 was associated with continuous bone density loss at the hip and spine, they also f...Abnormal brain activity during the observation of others' actions
... of motor, sensory, or affective (e.g., emotional) states in others activates corresponding representations in the observer. In the new work, researchers Hugo Thoret of the University of Montreal and Harvard Medical School and Alvaro Pascual-Leone of Harvard Medical School show that in some particular insta...Parents have complex opinions about notification laws for minors' access to contraception
.../Archives journals. "Since 2000, more than a dozen states have considered repealing or modifying laws that allow minors to consent to reproductive or other health care or have considered restricting access to confidential care for minors," according to background information in the article. Although health ...Yale opens Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) in India
...k groups in the four southern and two northeastern states of India with the highest HIV prevalence: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Manipur, and Nagaland. The project's goal is to reduce HIV prevalence among highrisk populations such as sex workers, truckers, and injection drug users by ...States find alternate routes to health coverage
..., State of the States is an important resource for states to learn from one another how to improve and expan...in several years that financial conditions in many states showed signs of improvement. However, the fiscal crisis that began in 2001 remains palpable. "State ...... Feb. 2 African American men who live in southern states are at significantly higher risk of dying from str...ave shown that people who live in the southeastern states that comprise the "stroke belt" are more likely to die from stroke. This study found that the comb...