RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
... ... Ethnic disparities among those with undiagnosed diabetes essentially disappeared durin...Grandparents, older adults encouraged to seek help for a sleep disorder
... As we get older, our sleep is more easily disturbed, says James P. Krainso...Young children's taste preferences may be influenced by fast-food branding
... Food marketing to children is widespread. The food and beverage industries spend more than $10 billion per year to market to children in the United States, according to background information in the article. By age 2, children may already have beliefs about certain brands and 2- to -6-year-olds can recognize brands and ass...RAND, Health Dialog form alliance to create tools to evaluate health-care quality and efficiency
... The alliance, the first of its kind, unites the capabilities and expertise of two industry pioneers in health care analytics to pave the way for a new provider performance measurement system that will provide best-in-class capabilities for measuring quality and efficiency in the U.S. healthcare market.<...Vicente Fox Center and RAND launch joint program to find policies to combat poverty
... ... Studies conducted by the Fox Center and RAND will be pu...RAND presents first Victor Fuchs Research Award to economists at Carnegie Mellon University
... ... Th...A drug's brand name skews patient treatment choices
... The unexpected finding regarding the strong influence that drug names have on treatment choices emerged from a study undertaken by Dr. Anne Holbrook and McMaster colleagues who wanted to see if certain features of a decision aid i.e., format and graphic presentation of data on benefits and harms of treatment options make a difference. They designed a decision aid for anticoagulant drug th...Researchers begin randomized double-blind trial of airway bypass treatment for emphysema
... Leading pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons at medical centers around the w...RAND study finds women with heart disease and diabetes less likely to receive proper care
... ... All the patients in the RAND Health study had either private insurance or were enrolled in Medicare managed care plans, had been diagnosed with heart disease and/or...RAND study finds alcohol advertising and marketing associated with adolescent drinking
... ... Previous s...RAND study finds school playgrounds can help fight childhood obesity
... The study is a new analysis of data from a national research study called the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls. The data deals with the physical activity of 1,556 girls in the sixth grade in six metropolitan areas: Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Md.; Columbia, S.C.; Minneapolis, Minn.; New Orleans, La.; Tucson, Ariz.; and S...RAND panel identifies key components of public health emergency preparedness
... ... Have a coordinated rapid-response capability. This should include well-defined roles and responsibilities for officials and the public; a cl...RAND study finds walking more likely in neighborhoods with more 4-way intersections
... ... "Our findings may provide some guidance to designers and urban planners as they try to create commun...USP signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council
... The agree...RAND study finds higher quality outpatient care greatly benefits chronically ill patients
... Researchers found that patients whose care more closely followed prescribed treatment guidelines were more likely to maintain good health and had better health-related quality of life, according to a study appearing in the February edition of the journal Healt...RAND study of Los Angeles County neighborhoods and their impact on children enters second phase
... ... The initial phase of the study was begun in 2000 by RAND, a nonprofit research organization...RAND study shows solitary drug, alcohol and cigarette use puts adolescents at higher risk
... ... "Whil...RAND study finds adolescent Asian immigrants improve their good health habits over time
... In a study of California adolescents, the nonprofit research organization found that behaviors designed to prevent health problems -- such as engaging in physical activity and using bicycle helmets, seat belts and sunscreen -- increased among the first two generations of Asians born in the United States....MRI shows brains respond better to name brands
... This is the first functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) test examining the power of brands, said Christine Born, M.D., radiologist at University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. We found that strong brands activate certa...Randomized study indicates that patients with herniated disk improved with or without surgery
... Lumbar diskectomy (surgical removal, in part or whole, of an intervertebral disk) is the most common surgical procedure performed in the United States for patients having back and leg pain. The vast majority of the procedures are elective. However, lumbar disk herniation (protrusion from its no...RAND study finds vaccination of nursing home staff, residents, key to reducing flu outbreak
... ... Researchers defined clusters of influenza-like illness as more than three cases with influenza-like symptoms reported...RAND study shows little public money spent on health care to undocumented immigrants
... ... The report which appears in the November edition of the journal Health Affairs estimates that in the United States about $1.1 billion in federal, state and...The dietary history locked up in strands of hair can help diagnose eating disorders
... Hair grows by adding new proteins to the base of the strand, and pushing the strand up out of the hair follicle. The make-up of these proteins will be influenced by the nutritional state of the person at that moment. This nutritio...Insurance companies deny medically necessary breast reductions based on random, unproven criteria
... "People often think breast reduction is an ele...Randomized trial in Zimbabwe suggests how to make HIV testing and counselling attractive
... These results suggest that this approach could improve uptake of HIV testing in Africa from its current low level. The results also suggest that providing counselling and testing int...Mega-brands have mega influence on dietary behavior
Boston, MA -- Mega-brands, those popular food products that dominate the supermarket shelves and dinner plates of mainstream America, are often under siege by consumer groups because of their ingredients, labeling, and marketing practices. Yet, mega-brands continue to rack up billions of dollars in sales each year. What is the secret to their success? According to James Tillotson, PhD, MBA, profe...Alcohol-branded merchandise associated with early teen drinking
HANOVER, NH Young adolescents who own t-shirts, hats and other merchandise with an alcohol brand name on it are more likely to begin drinking than kids who do not own these items, according to a study by Dartmouth Medical School researchers published in the April issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine....... "This study is a first look at the association between alcohol-branded mer...Brain-scanning technology reveals how we process brands and products
In a groundbreaking new study, researchers from the University of Michigan and Harvard University use cutting-edge brain-scanning technology to explore how different regions of the brain are activated when we think about certain qualities of brands and products. The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Consumer Research, is the first to use fMRI to assess consumer perceptions and has important im...Brandeis study to probe under-representation of women in top positions in academic medicine
Brandeis University, in cooperation with five of the country's leading medical schools, will conduct a landmark study to explore the reasons for the dramatic under-representation of women in senior positions in academic medicine and develop effective solutions to the long-standing problem. ...... ). Linda Pololi, a senior scientist and resident sch...University of Toronto-led ethics network to help guide Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative
How do you adequately consult and collaborate with a community in rural Africa for a study of HIV/AIDS or malaria?... ...What are the cultural barriers in these settings to introducing an intra-vaginal vaccine to stop the spread of sexually transmitted disease?... ...These and other ethical, social and cultural questions will be identified and addressed by a team of experts from the University of...Where your brain wires itself to like (name your favorite brand)
People come to prefer particular foods in large part by learning to associate that food with a predictive representation of the value of that food. Sometimes, those predictive associations can be with something as arbitrary as a name brand.... ...Now, John O'Doherty and his colleagues have traced where in the reward-processing regions of the brain such associations are developed. They described t...Brandeis researchers propose model of neural circuit underlying working memory
Our ability to understand speech or decide which fruit in the store is freshest depends on the brain's dexterity in integrating information over time. The prefrontal cortex, where working memory resides, plays a critical role in helping us make these countless everyday decisions. A novel computational study by Brandeis researchers in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of...Health benefits of a Christmas brandy
Drinking a shot of smooth full-flavoured brandy this Christmas could actually benefit your health, Monash University researchers have found....... Dr Gordon Troup from the School of Physics said that, in moderation, brandy had been shown to have supplementary medicinal health benefits and the better quality the brandy the greater the benefit....... The key to its benefit is antioxidants containe...Research finds cigarette manufacturers target youth market with candy flavored cigarette brands
Boston, MA New research from the Harvard School of Public Health finds that cigarette makers are targeting young smokers with candy and liqueur-flavored new brands that mask the harsh and toxic properties found in tobacco smoke, and in one case, embedding a hidden flavor pellet within the filter. Despite assurances from cigarette makers that they no longer target the youth market, the researcher...American Academy of Pediatrics awards top honors to leading child development expert at Brandeis
Waltham, Mass. Brandeis University Professor Jack Shonkoff, M.D., a leading authority on the application of neurobiology to early childhood policy, will receive one of the most prestigious accolades in pediatrics Oct. 9th when the American Academy of Pediatrics honors his work with the C. Anderson Aldrich Award....... The annual award, established in 1964, is given for "outstanding contributions...UF study: Child raising toughest on young grandmothers
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Age may work in reverse when it comes to raising grandchildren, suggests a University of Florida study that finds younger grandmothers in this role are depressed more often than their older counterparts.... ..."Unlike older grandparents who are frequently retired, middle-aged grandparents face problems trying to balance their newfound parenting roles with other responsibil...Newly discovered 'branding' process helps immune system cells pick their fights
May 17, 2005 -- Scientists have uncovered a new method the immune system uses to label foreign invaders as targets to be attacked. Researchers showed that the immune system can brand foreign proteins by chemically modifying their structure, and that these modifications increased the chances that cells known as lymphocytes would recognize the trespassers and attack them. ......"Now that we know t...Tobacco brands still common in PG-13 movies, despite '98 Master Settlement
HANOVER, NH Seven years after tobacco companies signed the Master Settlement Agreement prohibiting them from paying for tobacco brand appearances in movies, the number of tobacco brand appearances in PG-13 rated movies has not experienced a statistically significant decrease, according to a study by Dartmouth Medical School researchers....... The research, published in the May 18 issue of the Jo...Randomized trial of two therapies for acute lymphocytic leukemia finds survival advantage
Orlando, May 16, 2005 -- A prospective, randomized trial comparing a novel regimen with a standard treatment for adult patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) showed a distinct advantage that continued to show superior results at three-, four-, and five-year intervals in the investigational arm of the trial. The drugs were given as induction therapy, an initial chemotherapy treatment wit...ST. LOUIS -- Fear of falling, once believed to be mostly a senior citizen problem, is striking African-American middle-aged adults with negative consequences to their health, new Saint Louis University research finds. ......African-American middle-aged adults some as young as 50 say they are so afraid of falling that they become less active, which creates a cycle that causes frailty and illness...