One-third of all physician assistants work in hospitals
... practice medicine as members of a team with their supervising physicians. PAs deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. As part of their comprehensive responsibilities, PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret ...McMaster University researchers find simple handgrip exercise lowers blood pressure
...diovascular disease," noted Maureen MacDonald, the supervising professor for both studies at McMaster. After the eight-week IHG exercise regimen, blood pressure decreased significantly, while the artery's capacity to dilate increased. Improved capacity to dilate in an artery in the heart results in improvement...Transvaginal ultrasound superior to transrectal ultrasound for staging rectal cancer in women
...he rectovaginal pouch," said Stephanie Wilson, MD, supervising author of the study and head of the ultrasound division at the Toronto General Hospital. The study will be presented on May 3 during the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, FL....Physician assistant profession ranked third fastest-growing profession
...ractice medicine as members of a team working with supervising physicians. PAs deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. As part of their comprehensive responsibilities, PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret ...Increasing number of physician assistants handle more than 190 million patient visits in 2003
...ractice medicine as members of a team working with supervising physicians. PAs deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. As part of their comprehensive responsibilities, PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret ...Criminalising medical mistakes is questionable
... who was sentenced to eight months in prison after supervising the mistaken injection of a drug into the spine of a teenager with cancer, Jon Holbrook argues that he was not seeking to harm his patient. In fact he was intending to further his recovery. His "crime" was that he made a mistake; he confused a drug t...Repeated alcohol detoxifications can impair cognitive function
...asure executive function, which is responsible for supervising the production and execution of responses based on demands from the environment. The four tasks included a maze, which measured the ability to follow goals; a color-naming task; a vigilance task, which measured the ability to pay attention and disin...AAPA survey shows physician assistants increasingly employed in medical practices
...ractice medicine as members of a team working with supervising physicians. PAs deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. As part of their comprehensive responsibilities, PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret ...Study shows people with Alzheimer's can benefit from exercise combined with caregiver training
... combined with caregiver education and training on supervising exercise improved the physical and emotional health of individuals with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease. "Through programs of exercise and caregiver training, such as the one demonstrated in this study, people with Alzheimer's may be able to m...Bad role models lead junior doctors to regret choice of career
...pondents were asked to describe an exchange with a supervising consultant that had seemed important or interesting and to tell the researchers how they felt about it. In 59 per cent of cases the described exchange was positive, with the house officer being praised, taught, given career advice, support or offered...Hebrew University student developing drug to treat epilepsy, migraines, chronic pain
...isenberg Professor of Pharmacy Meir Bialer, who is supervising Ms. Isoherranen's work together with Pharmaceutical Chemistry Prof. Boris Yagen, said that they hope to sign a contract with a pharmaceutical company that will allow them to begin clinical trials on the new medication in the next few years. So far th......imothy Weihs , an associate professor who had been supervising tooth enamel research, offered Braly a place in his lab. Initially, Braly wanted to compare healthy teeth with those taken from people suffering from acid reflux. This disorder causes stomach acid to back up into the mouth, where it can come into con...... at least as effective. In addition, staff supervising and observing the children during thetrial, who were blinded to the treatment regimen, preferred Adderallthree-to-one over Ritalin as a continuing treatment. Results of the study, led by William R. Pelham, Ph.D., professor ofpsychology in th...