March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...nd that a significant proportion of general health status can be attributed to family-level influences. Depe... 26.1 percent of the variance in individual health status was derived from the family, with the shared characteristics of income and health insurance accounti...Do minorities survive hospitalization better than others?
...val advantage for women was even greater after DNR status was included in the models. Failure to capture DNR in the model could misrepresent the component of outcome that is due to disparities in the delivery of medical care. Furthermore, DNR may be a confounder in other studies of risk factors for mortalit...Advertising by academic medical centers may risk eroding public trust, says study
...pparent mismatch between academic medical centers' status as prominent and trusted sources of information and their use of emotional appeals and promotion of unproven services to generate revenue," said co-author Dr. Steven Woloshin, associate professor of medicine and of community and family medicine and a...Oral bacteria may predict pregnancy outcomes
... this potential important link between periodontal status and prematurity." This issue of the JOP included another study, Periodontal Diseases and the Risk of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight: A Meta-Analysis. Findings from this study indicate that periodontal diseases in the pregnant mother significantly...Massive weight loss conference Dallas April 1-2
...the media. The ASPS/ASAPS meeting will address the status of obesity in the United States, advances in bariatric medicine, innovations in plastic surgery procedures after massive weight loss, the psychological impact of major weight loss, treatment options, expectation management and patient safety consider...Sudan surveys show high rates of death and malnutrition among displaced population
...displaced persons to assess health and nutritional status for the relief efforts in those area. At each s...ults and children, and nutritional and vaccination status of children aged 6 months to almost 5 years were assessed. A questionnaire detailing access to food...Employment prospects good for most cancer survivors -- but not all
... interviewed about their employment and disability status two to five years later. All types of cancer survivors were included, except for those with common skin cancers and most patients diagnosed at an advanced stage. The researchers found that similar numbers of men and women stopped working during can...New studies show mixed results on epilepsy drugs and birth defects
...tal distress, and the severe epilepsy state called status epilepticus where attacks occur in rapid succession may cause catastrophic damage to the brain of the fetus," she said. More studies must be done to understand how valproic acid works to affect fetal development. "Without good animal models, the mech...Success of liver transplantation may be most influenced by three risk factors
...he United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) urgency status (1 or 2A versus 2B or 3), age and the cause of liv...emia time of 12 hours or more and urgent recipient status were independent risk factors for shortened graft survival and for shortened patient survival. "Five...New technique shows promise for improved straightening of crooked nose
...ho was not informed of the pre- and post-operative status of the patients in the photographs. There were no cases of infection. "This procedure is safe, effective, and reliable," the author concludes. "The use of porous polyethylene grafts ensures that an ideal graft size and shape can be used regardless o...TB Alliance announces new drug discovery program with GlaxoSmithKline
...isms of action. Briefings from the TB Alliance on status of TB drug pipeline and discussion with GlaxoSmithKline, patient and public health groups. A Q&A session for journalists follows. Who: Dr. Maria C. Freire, Global Alliance for TB Drug Development Dr. Mel Spigelman, Global Alliance for TB Dru...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
...g for alcohol and determination of college student status of all persons who die from falls, drownings, poisoning, homicide, suicide, and any other kind of injury, we lack the most dependable yardstick by which to measure the magnitude of alcohol-related fatal injuries among college students, and whether th...Public policy should address the social factors behind ill health
...(University College London, UK) writes that health status should be a concern to all policy makers, not just those within the health sector. Initiatives that focus on addressing poverty and controlling infectious diseases must not ignore the social determinants. The circumstance in which people live and wor...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
...pectancy do not take into consideration the health status of people currently alive. Longevity predictions are crucial for health policy and for economic policy as well. "One of the consequences of our prediction is that Social Security does not appear to be in nearly as bad a shape as we think," Olshansky ...Specialist care gives better rate of survival
..."There are more opportunities for deterioration in status to be detected, for medications to be altered, and for therapies to be reinforced. Congestive heart failure is suffered by up to two per cent of North American adults, and despite advances in treatment and therapy, still holds a poor prognosis; 30 to...Minorities, poor, uneducated bear the burden
... defined by race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status or geography. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed national health surveys to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and overall quality of life of U.S. adults age 18 and older and found a wide range o...Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...mericans, regardless of their race, socio-economic status or where they live, need to have access to evidence-based cardiovascular care. To educate the public and the government, the report supports the American Heart Association's and other public health entities' in their continued emphasis on cardiovascu...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
..., are the root of the racial disparities in health status in the United States. For one year, the researchers analyzed how well patients followed their physicians' advice by tracking regular visits, changes in lifestyle routines, use of medications and health outcomes in more than 350 black American adults ...Study shows acrylamide in baked and fried food does not increase risk of breast cancer in women
... reported by the women in 1991; the women's health status was tracked via national health registers until the end of 2002. The average daily acrylamide intake among the participants was 25.9 micrograms per day. Less than 1.5 percent of the women consumed more than 1 microgram of acrylamide per kilogram of ...Balance and better interactions between primary-care and specialist physicians improve US health
...number of specialists would not improve the health status of the U.S. population when compared to other industrialized countries. The study is published as a Web exclusive on Health Affairs' website March 15, 2005. "Decisions about the physician supply should be made on the basis of evidence for their utili...