Study finds that coordinating care of chronically ill patients does not increase liability
...e coordination by physicians does not increase the threat of lawsuits or result in higher malpractice insurance premiums. Care coordination involves establishing and monitoring a comprehensive treatment plan encompassing the recommendations of all specialists "and resolving conflicts among specialists rega...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
... seamount. This latest development poses a renewed threat to the nearby pier of land-attached ice known as the Drygalski ice tongue. The sheer scale of B-15A is best appreciated from space. The bottle-shaped Antarctic iceberg is around 120 kilometres long, with an area exceeding 2500 square kilometres, maki...Minorities, poor, uneducated bear the burden
... justice, 'poor quality health care anywhere, is a threat to quality care for all Americans everywhere.' As a heart specialist, I am aware of the power of prevention and the remarkable advances we've made in the treatment and care of heart disease and stroke. I am always saddened to admit that many ethnic...GlaxoSmithKline receives unanimous favorable recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee for Boostrix
...ted pertussis. In addition to the public health threat pertussis poses, the disease also has economic repercussions. A cost-benefit analysis for the use of a pertussis booster vaccine in adolescents projected that vaccination of people in the U.S. ages 10-19 during a 10-year period would prevent up to 1...Openness is key to winning the war over MMR
...rents began to see the vaccine itself as more of a threat to their children. He believes that the explanation for the reversal lies not with Wakefield or even with parents who took his claims seriously, but with a failure of leadership by health professionals, lack of support for them from policy makers (in...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...ce issues as well as exploding costs have become a threat for future successful conduct of clinical trials. This example illustrates that progress in cancer treatment requires well-functioning international collaborative networks and integrated laboratory-based science. The EORTC also assembled a laborator...Emory Study finds HIV is not an independent risk factor for severe heart disease
...s have suggested that HIVinfection poses a serious threat to the heart -- specifically, that HIV positivity leads to an increased risk for the development ofangiographically severe coronary artery disease (CAD). But Emory research presented by Amar D. Patel, MD, today at the American College of Cardiology (...Study: Two brain systems regulate how we call for help
...ho are less secure and more sensitive to potential threat are likely to have increased amygdala activity that may inhibit their urge to ask for help, which is related to right prefrontal cortex activity," he says. On the other hand, he adds, "When a person feels safe enough in a relationship to express his ...Serum sodium level is a major predictor of a poor prognosis for heart failure patients
...ssion on Monday. Heart failure is a major health threat in this country, resulting in 1 million hospital admissions each year. "These findings illustrate that not all heart failure is created equally heart failure accompanied with hyponatremia is especially dangerous. Levels of serum sodium may prove a...Major review of subway systems suggests potential for significant health and safety hazards
...h hazards as they relate to subways, including the threat of transmission of infectious diseases, either through close person-to-person spread, or indirectly, through contact with contaminated seats or clothing. Importantly, airborne spread of many pathogens is possible, although undocumented in the subway...Physicians call for increased funding for federal infectious disease programs
...ar we may see it with avian influenza. Add to this threat the risk that microbes resistant to existing antib...immunization programs." Equally challenging is the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance. About 2 million people acquire bacterial infections in U.S. hospi...Optimal treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
...y drugs like ibuprofen. In severe cases, with the threat of permanent loss of sensation, the preferred treatment is surgery. Surgery, however, is often recommended to patients before trying less invasive and less expensive treatments. Is surgery always the best course for carpal tunnel syndrome's suffere...New way to block pox shows promise in lab study
...s from mutating its way around a drug attack. "The threat of smallpox virus being used as a bioterror weapon makes it imperative that we pursue not only improved vaccines to prevent the disease, but also novel therapeutic strategies such as this that could be employed quickly in the event of a deliberate re...Privacy rule cuts research recruitment by more than half
...nterpretation of HIPAA regulations remain a potent threat to a wide range of clinical and biomedical research studies, she said. The University of Pittsburgh's Institutional Review Board (IRB), for instance, at first disallowed waivers of the rule. Investigators may seek a waiver to allow them easier access...Article highlights confusion about Homeland Security safety symbols
...using colors, words, and phrases in five different threat levels. Participants in another study conducted at...g the colors and words attributed to the different threat levels of the HSAS system. Based on previous human factors research, much of the confusion about the...Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may increase HIV risk
...my and other criminal activities may be a constant threat to self and self-concept for some neighborhood residents. As it not feasible or desirable to treat large numbers of depressed individuals with therapy or medication, preventive interventions are needed to address impoverished neighborhood residents' ...Carefree people care less about cancer symptoms, endanger health
...sychological tests to measure their sensitivity to threat and disposition toward anxiety. Individuals who score low on these tests tend to be confident, relaxed, optimistic, carefree, uninhibited, and outgoing. Those who score high are usually cautious, tense, apprehensive, fearful, inhibited, and shy. The......eading guidance to physicians, severe reputational threat to one pharmaceutical company (GlaxoSmithKline), a New York lawsuit settled out of court for US$2.5 million, and mounting pressure for an international publicly accessible register of randomised clinical trials. As our nominator wrote: "This study, a...Assessing the season: LSU hurricane experts learned lessons during Hurricane Season 2004
...ile Ivan was in the Gulf and was still a potential threat to the city. There, he conducted emergency pre-strike assessments of the major public hospitals and provided hospital administrators with information on the safest areas in their medical complexes to put patients who did not evacuate. Greg Ston......d Dr. Lavie. "With CAD being a significant health threat among African-Americans, a greater effort is needed to direct health and exercise programs toward this population." "Obesity and physical inactivity have become major health concerns in the United States, being linked to cardiovascular disease, respi...