Patient-centered approach can backfire
...nt-centered approach. According to the UI study, recently published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, patients are most satisfied with care and most likely to follow treatment plans -- like taking medication or making diet changes -- if they see a doctor whose attitudes toward patient-physician roles ar...States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
...p, the authors say. The SCHIP reauthorization bill recently passed in the House of Representatives would allow...als, including the SCHIP reauthorization bill that recently passed in the House include provisions that would allow states to increase access to Medicaid and SC...Miniature implanted devices could treat epilepsy, glaucoma
...psy, known as CURE. Irazoqui's research group also recently received a two-year grant from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation to further develop the technology. "We are planning on doing human testing in two years," Irazoqui said. "Epilepsy affects about 1 percent of the global population, and of that 1 perc...Backache sufferers who fear pain change movements
...omas and Christopher France examined 36 adults who recently had experienced lower back pain. They split them into two groups: one that confessed a high fear of aggravating the backache and another that was less afraid of reinjury. The researchers next asked the participants to perform a series of three rea...World's largest respiratory health study launches next phase
...hesponsors of the original survey in 1968 and also recently provided the TAHS with $50,000 ofadditional funds to continue the laboratory follow-up of the original participants. The follow-upsibling study is being funded by a $852,563 grant from the National Health and Medical ResearchCouncil (NHMRC). The AFT ...Study shows radiofrequency ablation highly effective in treating kidney tumors
...in liver tumors since the early 1990s and has more recently been adapted for treatment of RCC. Renal cell carcinomas that are smaller than 3.7 cm in diameter can be reliably and safely eradicated with percutaneous RFA, Zagoria and his colleagues conclude in the report. This result is regardless of the ...Medical residents score poorly in diagnosing and managing tuberculosis
...basic questions about the contagious lung disease, recently made the subject of international concern when a traveler was believed to have its most severe form. According to researchers, the overall median test score for the training physicians, with one-half scoring higher and the other half scoring lowe...Takeda responds to the FDA advisory committee recommendation
...h ACTOS. The ACTOS Prescribing Information was recently revised by the FDA to include this reassuring cardiovascular safety data. ACTOS is the only thiazolidinedione (TZD) with safety data from a cardiovascular outcomes trial in its label. Although drugs may be in the same class, they also can have diff...UGA study explains why anti-smoking ads backfire or succeed
...od reasons. Advertising professionals have only recently become involved in anti-smoking campaigns, she said. We need to develop more sophisticated appeals....UD scientists invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue
...o future developments for the hydrogels. Schneider recently began working with Dr. Joseph Bennett, a surgeon at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center who resects liver tumors. Both Schneider and Pochan attribute this new collaboration to the Center for Translational Cancer Research, a collaboration of Christian...Helicopter flight trials for EGNOS
Successful trials have recently been conducted at Lausanne, Switzerland, using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) to guide a helicopter as it approached and touched down at an emergency medical service landing pad in the city. The Lausanne trials were p...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...exing CT scanners for several years. The team very recently created a 25-pixel multiplexing CT scanner, but engineering difficulties lie in front of the ultimate goal, a scanner with approximately 1,000 x-ray pixels. According to team leader Jian Zhang (jzh@physics.unc.edu), the cost of these machines would n...UT study reveals inaccuracies in cardiac PET-CT imaging, finds fixes
...the most accurate results. For patients who have recently had a PET-CT and been diagnosed with coronary artery disease, Gould recommends they seek a second opinion and request review of their PET-CT scans for these errors in matching the PET and CT images. Alternatively, traditional or pure PET without t...Do people listen to heat warnings?
...d by the Environmental Protection Agency, Sheridan recently conducted a study on how effectively heat warning systems have been implemented in four cities, including Dayton, Ohio, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Toronto, Ontario. Specifically targeting residents 65 and older, Sheridan found that almost 90 percent ...Hib vaccine: A critical ally in Asia's effort to reduce child deaths
... benefit from the expanded protection. Bangladesh recently applied for funding from the GAVI Alliance to introduce a DTP-Hepatitis B-Hib pentavalent combination which they hope to introduce into the routine childhood immunization program in 2008. Despite a growing body of evidence, only 26% of the worlds c...U of M researchers assess effectiveness of computerized physician order entry system
...chers at the University of Minnesota. The review, recently published in the online journal Health Services Research, analyzed 12 studies conducted between 1990 and 2005 that compared the number of handwritten and computerized medication errors made by hospital physicians. Medication errors, which include pre...Students with symptoms of mental illness often don't seek help
...esources available, Eisenberg said. The University recently developed a mental health assessment instrument that will be used by a national network of counseling centers, conducted a stigma reduction campaign called "Real Men, Real Depression," developed a mental health resources web site, and hosts a Depress...Future therapies for stroke may block cell death
...idly multiplying cells. The molecule known as SAHA recently received approval by the Food and Drug Administration for use in cancer therapy and is the first of the histone deacetylase inhibitors to be marketed. "The use of histone deacetylase inhibitors in medicine would thus appear to hold tremendous promi...ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating sea ice
...ggering 2 000 km trek across the Arctic Ocean were recently guided through hazardous conditions using observat...called 'leads', are to be expected. However, they recently faced a potential dangerous additional challenge as their expedition neared the Greenland coastline ...