Many postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease don't use lifesaving aspirin therapy
...s. They must be mindful always of the patient and strive to treat each patient individually, without regard for the patient's socioeconomic status, insurance type or race," he said....Association publishes blueprint to strengthen stroke care from prevention through recovery
...d the statement. The stroke systems of care would strive to give each patient seamless transitions from one stage of care to the next with the highest quality at each step, he said. "There is increasing recognition that stroke care is fragmented in this country with many different groups and institutions p...Clinicians report missing patient information is common
...the daily practice of medicine. Just as physicians strive to communicate effectively with patients, equal effort must be made to communicate effectively with all those involved in the care of patients," they conclude. (JAMA. 2005;293:489-490. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com )...Complementary and alternative therapies and conventional medical therapies
WASHINGTON -- Stating that health care should strive to be both comprehensive and evidence-based, a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies calls for conventional medical treatments and complementary and alternative treatments to be held to the same standards for demonstrati...Physician response to conflicts between faith and medicine
...h conflicts are not uncommon, that most physicians strive to accommodate the demands of a patient's faith, but that certain types of conflict tend to push doctors over a threshold toward negotiation, persuasion, and appeal to other authorities. "There is often a tension between respecting the patient's reli...Is it ethical to use enhancement technologies to make us better than well?
...ter?" He argues that it is in our human nature to strive for self-improvement and he sees real value in using technology to "enhance our vision, memory, learning skills, immunity, or metabolism." What's more, says Caplan, "putting the brakes on biologically driven human betterment would have real conseque...Advances emerging in hepatitis management
...dofsky, M.D., lead author of the study. "While we strive to improve the efficacy of treatments for this large patient population, we also believe in the importance of helping patients maintain a better quality of life."...ESC highlights need for screening and global risk management as statins move over the counter in UK
... campaigns and specific targets for individuals to strive for". Professor Bassand continues, "Statins are notoriously under-prescribed and any initiative to improve access to at-risk populations is a step in the right direction, provided that these individuals are appropriately screened and monitored and ma...When it comes to allergies, Americans don't make the grade
...lan.com . "When it comes to our health, we need to strive to do better than average," says Mike Tringale, director of marketing and communications at AAFA. "To raise the allergy grade, Americans need to learn how to manage symptoms so allergies do not impact their quality of life, by disrupting daily activ...Study: National medical privacy law makes health research harder, more expensive
...tecting patient privacy, while at the same time we strive to learn about the best methods by which to treat patients after certain types of conditions and/or treatments, is delicate," says Kim Eagle, M.D., clinical director of the U-M Cardiovascular Center and senior author on the study. "If long-term patie...ESC in partnership with EU to strive for European consensus on CVD treatment and prevention
...p of its health agenda and working with the ESC to strive for European consensus on cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention. Cardiovascular disease is Europes biggest killer, causing more than four million deaths per year, 1.5 million of which are in current EU Member States. Whilst the ESC works ...Genomics research: New genetic 'hit list' may underlie susceptibility to sudden cardiac death
...nt care. Its scientists and clinical investigators strive to turn laboratory discoveries into beneficial therapies as quickly as possible. Patient privacy and confidentiality in research studies are ensured....Sept/Oct Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...indicate a financial incentive for health plans to strive to achieve continuity of care. They assert that policy makers working to develop a cost-effective health policy should choose systems that allow for provider continuity through structured primary health-care systems. Provider Continuity in Family M...UW-Madison receives $10 million for cancer communications research
..." at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that will strive to improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families, particularly those from underserved populations. Researchers from several schools and colleges at UW-Madison, including the College of Engineering, the College of Agricultural an...UF study: Adolescent girls who set goals too high may risk anorexia
...esearchers. "We want adolescents to find things to strive for that they think are important and want to work hard for but when they set unrealistic goals, it leads to problems." The study also found that girls who showed some bulimic tendencies, such as binge eating and occasional purging, were more like...Cigarette marketing can undermine good parenting
...ne. "It is possible that adolescents whose parents strive to keep them from engaging in risk behaviors, such as smoking, comprise a high-yield market segment for the tobacco industry. If true, it would appear that cigarette advertising and promotion strategies are designed to undermine recommended parenting...Drug combinations reduce HIV levels in untreated patients
...sidered high enough to need treatment; physicians strive to reduce patients' viral loads to below the limits of detection. "Our preliminary results suggest that even patients with advanced HIV infection can benefit substantially from currently available therapies," said Bartlett. "The challenge to resea...CWRU/University Hospitals of Cleveland researchers investigate new cancer treatment
... radiologists and others in the medical field that strive to improve the therapeutic outcome for cancer patients. "Dr. Haaga will lead the clinical trials at the University Hospitals of Cleveland when we advance to that stage," Gao said....Medical press releases may exaggerate results and fail to include study limitations
... interest are acknowledged. While medical journals strive to ensure accuracy and the acknowledgment of limitations in articles, press releases may not reflect these efforts, say the authors. Medical journal press releases are perhaps the most direct way that journals communicate with the media. Although rel...Two-drug therapy is best for symptomatic prostate enlargement
...ion. "This is the kind of clear-cut result we all strive for when we launch a clinical trial," says Leroy M. Nyberg Jr., Ph.D., M.D., whose urology research program at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) funded the study. "The evidence supporting combination therap...