Test project of patient-centered medical home model endorsed by American College of Physicians
...rve, Kay Mitchell, MD, FACP, the other ACP Florida chapter governor, said. The PCMH has great promise for overcoming many of the challenges including quality, patient satisfaction and overall cost of our healthcare system. We are pleased to have the opportunity to contribute toward solutions both immediate...It's time to look at health risks in a new light, authors say
... consulting firm in Baltimore. The book includes a chapter on The Physicians and Patients Perspective, written by Bob Sheff, a radiologist who trained at UCLA and Johns Hopkins. The researchers said they wrote the book because they believe that the average person, who must make critical decisions about hea...New book guides boomers through retirement maze
...ve and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers devotes a chapter to schemes against seniors and on how to avoid falling prey to a scam disguised as an investment opportunity or a charity. According to the authors, the law often lags behind the latest fraudulent schemes. Hegland was motivated to write Alive and Ki...Award winning book co-edited by Rutgers College of Nursing Dean updated with new information
...important new emerging infectious diseases. Each chapter is illustrated with clinical case examples to demonstrate the pitfalls in differential diagnosis and explain proper management and treatment. The book includes appendices that provide critical reference information for each of the bacterial, viral, f...AMPAKINE compounds a new potential treatment for respiratory depression
...AKINE drugs in respiratory depression opens a new chapter in the development of this class of therapeutics, and a potentially significant breakthrough in how medication for pain, analgesia, and sedation are used. "Ampakines may allow for improved safety and a more effective use of opiate analgesics and bar...New edition of medical reference book provides the latest in hematology
...d third edition and companion Web site offer a new chapter on plasma cell dyscrasias, up-to-date clinical vignettes, and a self-assessment test with more than 200 case-based, multiple-choice questions and critiques. Completion of the ASH-SAP provides thorough board and recertification preparation and 50...Urologic diseases cost Americans $11B a year
... interstitial cystitis, urinary incontinence and a chapter on sexually transmitted diseases, contributed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Findings include: Medical care for nearly 12.8 million urinary tract infections in women alone costs nearly $2.5 billion annually. Adding t...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member co-edits book for teens with special needs
...health care as adolescents reach adulthood. Each chapter presents the different facets to this complex mile...linical examples and appropriate vignettes. Each chapter contains real life examples from individuals with health care needs and disabilities, family members...Latest IPCC report highlights need for integrated climate/human behavior models
... This quest for adaptation strategies opens a new chapter in global environmental change research that requires not only continued development of sophisticated climate models (and understanding the processes behind them) but also a new integration of those models with predictive descriptions of human behavi...Leader of the pack: Dog groomer turned UH pharmacy professor honored
...n decisions," said Jon Arends, president of the UH chapter of APhA-ASP that nominated Simpson for the award. ... UH College of Pharmacy and served as the APhA-ASP chapter adviser at UH for 10 years. She also works alongside an endocrinologist at a Houston lipid primary ...American College of Physicians publishes 'Stroke'
...re given throughout the text; Key Points summarize chapter information; and Case Studies provide analysis of commonly encountered clinical dilemmas. Eight other books in the ACP Key Diseases Series are: "Asthma," "Back Pain," "Depression," "Dyspepsia," "Headache," "Hypertension," "Lyme Disease," and "Obesity...Williams Syndrome, the brain and music
...rain works." The current study is just the latest chapter in a story that's been unfolding for quite some time gaining increasing momentum in recent years. It all started when Bellugi reached out across disciplines and assembled a team of experts under the umbrella of a Program Project from the National Ins...Molecular medicine comes to the rescue
...sley's work in a presentation he gave to the local chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. After the talk, Michael Jaffe--a member of the JDRF's executive committee and Lilly's father--approached Philipson and told him about his daughter. Philipson told his colleague Graeme Bell, professor of...A little TLC goes a long way toward reducing high cholesterol
...main treatment for metabolic syndrome. The last chapter of the guide, Learning to Live the TLC Way, offers suggestions for how to make the needed lifestyle changes and get back on track if you fall off the program. A key strategy is to follow TLC with family and friends. Those closest to you can provid...New CD-ROM distills HIV/AIDS information for developing world
...gel. "No internet connection is necessary." Each chapter has been reviewed and, if necessary, revised by its original author to ensure that the CD-ROM contains up-to-date information. Chapter authors are experts who are active in research, patient care, or policy, often in combination. Most hold faculty ap...Sociologists dissect doctor-patient dialogue
...erent aspects of the doctor-patient interview. One chapter examines how physicians record patient medical histories, for example, while another analyzes discussions between a doctor and patient about treatment options. Another chapter, co-authored by Maynard, examines conversations in which physicians anno...New book looks at menstrual disorders in primary care
...ceptive management of women with disabilities. One chapter guides clinicians through the evaluation and management of bleeding disorders, including von Willebrand's Disease. The book also provides an overview of procedures used in managing abnormal uterine bleeding, with old and new treatment modalities incl...Call for countries tackling HIV epidemics to learn from one another on 25th anniversary
...econdly, and for the first time in book form, each chapter combines two perspectives one from health policy experts, the other from HIV specialists thereby providing an analysis, which integrates a 'top down' health system approach with a 'bottom' up HIV-specific perspective. The authors ask vital question...Autism has high costs to US society
...lic Health, authored the study, which appears in a chapter titled, "The Costs of Autism," in the newly published book, Understanding Autism: From Basic Neuroscience to Treatment (CRC Press, 2006). Ganz hopes his research will help policymakers allocate scarce resources to its treatment and prevention as well...UCI researchers examine political participation and health issues facing Hispanics in coming decades
...an many hope, according to DeSipio, who authored a chapter of the report on political participation. "Politically, the Hispanic population is not the sleeping giant that many believe," said DeSipio, associate professor of political science and Chicano/Latino studies. As a group, fewer than half of U.S. citi...