No greater risk if physician delivers fewer babies
...nded primarily by family physicians at a Vancouver teaching hospital, Michael Klein and colleagues found no association between adverse outcomes for mothers or newborns and family physicians who make few deliveries. The finding is important the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada and the Co...Outstanding scholars set to improve geriatric social work in U.S.
...s and workshops to further enhance their research, teaching and leadership skills, and will conduct a research project focused on improving geriatric health care outcomes. Each Scholar will be paired with a National Research Mentor and a school-based sponsor who will support the Scholar's professional leader...Episiotomy rates decreasing, but procedure still overused
...tional Center of Excellence in Womens Health and a teaching hospital dedicated to the care of women and infants. From 1995 to 1999, Dr. Weber and her colleagues found an overall episiotomy rate of 54 percent, according to the Magee-Womens Hospital Outcomes of Mothers and Infants database. Women who underwent ...UCSF scientists may have found link to early childhood tooth decay
...00. If we can make an impact on the population by teaching them directly how to care for their infants before the damage is done, we can save the children from the pain and society from the costs of repairing the decay. Most people dont realize the importance of baby teeth, Ramos-Gomez said. They affect the...Nations only National Healthcare Outreach Mapping Center established
...umers. Examples of these outreach efforts include, teaching consumers to quality filter the web, supplying information access tools to ruralhealth care providers or working with local community groups to establish health information centers. The center is being established through a five-year contract with th...Cedars-sinai surgery dept. implements innovative surgical training tool to reduce medical errors
...lications are discussed, analyzed, summarized into teaching points, and disseminated via e-mail to residents and participating attending staff, who are subsequently tested on the material. According to Cedars-Sinais Associate Director of Surgical Education Leo A. Gordon, MD, FACS, Cedars-Sinais M & M Matr...Edmund Pellegrino, MD, to receive award recognizing service, devotion to Catholic ideals
... and women to grow academically and spiritually by teaching them to live the Catholic faith and preparing them...egrino has been a powerful witness to the Catholic teaching on the dignity of the human person, the sacredness of human life, and the right of every person to a...Dr. Stephen Stahl to receive international prize for education in psychiatry and neurology
...d disease interactions, and has managed to develop teaching materials that present the essential concept of ps...ze various disease and drug concepts, he developed teaching materials that include icons and animation. In addition, he designed a Powerpoint multimedia presen...First multimedia resource to give patients their own voice
...tient clinics, support groups, medical schools and teaching hospitals for use by patients, carers and health professionals. Dr McPherson believes that it will have just as valuable a role for the health professionals as for patients. "The medical training syllabus has highlighted the need to listen to what pa...Majority of parents schedule child's first dental visit two years too late
...e measures as fluoride treatments are required and teaching parents to better understand and care for their ch...ision of Child Brushing Although parents can begin teaching their children to brush at age three, they should continue to supervise brushing until age 11. Of th...School-based program effective in lowering teens' HIV risk
...g to a new study. The research also indicates that teaching young people about safe sex does not lead to an in...transmitted diseases can be conducted with regular teaching staff at a very low cost, about $2.22 a student. The educational program was conducted at inner-city...Relaxation techniques ease side effects for cancer patients in treatment
... relaxation training, the time professionals spent teaching the technique and how often relaxation was done. Relaxation therapy eased symptoms of anxiety more than it did any other side effect, regardless of the type of cancer treatment given the patient....Disability scholar named Science Fellow
...rs, totaling $24 million. He has received numerous teaching and research awards and has published 15 books. Hi...bilitation Research, is being used as an essential teaching and research resource for disability studies around the world....'Bird brains' take heart-our feathered friends are no slouch at cognition
..., as well, according to Bond and Kamil. They tried teaching two types of jays, from a social species and a non-social species, this type of reasoning. They trained the birds to choose A over B, B over C, and so on, in order to obtain a reward. The researchers found that social birds were significantly better ...New protocol for administering pneumonia vaccine could save lives, dollars
...suits. Working at one such instutition -- a public teaching hospital in Atlanta -- Ray and her colleagues examined the impact of an alternative system. The researchers added screening for pneumonia vaccination to the nursing staffs routine admitting procedures and added preprinted vaccine orders to patients c...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
... use CT to diagnose stroke. An hour of structured teaching allowed emergency physicians to dramatically impro...and participated in a one-hour session of scripted teaching before being tested again. After 45 days, the physicians were retested. Hemorrhagic stroke was cor...$3 million gift from Purdue Pharma to support MGH Pain Program
...ain along with the educational tools and effective teaching methods they need. Other efforts involve sponsoring continuing medical education courses for medical professionals and developing and distributing educational materials such as books, pamphlets, posters, slides and presentations. Pain management is ...'Telephone Medicine,' guide for physicians published
...n and Stevens, who have developed a curriculum for teaching telephone medicine to residents and have spoken ab...Internet for patient information. A curriculum for teaching telephone medicine is included. The American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Med...Blood sugar control partially a function of beliefs
...managed over time. In addition, they indicate that teaching self-care behaviors will have a greater positive impact on [blood sugar control] when combined with interventions aimed at improving self-efficacy, Johnston-Brooks notes....Hospitalist care destined to become dominant model of inpatient care in the US, say UCSF researchers
...nths. Preliminary evidence indicates that resident teaching evaluations of hospitalists are significantly high...ward attendings. In addition to their clinical and teaching roles, academic hospitalists are also making important research contributions in reducing medical er...