Survival differences by race most apparent in advanced stages of breast cancer
.... However, staging disease is complex, taking into account tumor size and regional or distant disease spread. Also, there can be significant differences in survival within each stage. For example, survival at the same stage can vary by 40 percent depending on the number of lymph nodes with disease. Dr. Alf...1 of 2 pediatric kidney disease research centers in world established
... kidney failure on dialysis. These two conditions account for medical costs of more than $19 billion per yea...disease in hypertensive and diabetic patients that account for almost one-third of the adult population....Disability payments may spur drug abuse
...identifying the small subset of aid recipients who account for most of the substance abuse hospitalizations and consider changing the bulk of their aid from cash payments to in-kind support such as food or housing assistance. ...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
... billion." Costs for the care of ESRD patients now account for 6.7 percent of total Medicare expenditures. In recent years, the research focus has been on chronic kidney disease (CKD)loss of kidney function that, in many patients, progresses to ESRD. "The interface between CKD and ESRD, which is very poorl...Hormone regulates fondness for food
...g behaviour therefore means that we must take into account physiological and hormonal pathways and also the brain processes evoked by the sight, smell, taste, or even just the thought, of food. More challenging still is to develop an understanding of the ways in which these two sets of processes the physiol...States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
...ng only 17 percent of the under-65 population they account for 30 percent of the uninsured in that group. Two-fifths (41%) of uninsured young adults ages 19-29 are in families below the poverty level, and 72 percent have incomes below twice the poverty level). The analysis is based on the latest updated Cens...Postpartum hospital discharges -- when is the 'right time?'
...jective and contextual process that must take into account the perspectives of each person involved in the mothers and infants health care experience, Bernstein says. This suggests that the mother and the clinicians caring for her and her infant must make the postpartum discharge decision jointly. Hospita...HealthGrades study: Bariatric surgery patients have fewer complications at high-volume hospitals
... multivariate logistic regression-based ratings to account for age, gender and underlying medical conditions that could increase the patients risk of mortality or complication. ...Physician and congressional leaders convene on Capitol Hill
...te and inequitable financial formula that fails to account for changes in practice patterns, coverage determinations, and new treatment options and technologies....New heart disease risk score will help minimize health inequalities
...imary care data for use in primary care, and takes account of social deprivation to better identify patients most at most risk of heart disease and stroke who are most likely to benefit from treatment. We thank the many thousands of doctors who have enabled this research by freely contributing anonymised d...UT study reveals inaccuracies in cardiac PET-CT imaging, finds fixes
...ithout surgery. The commercial software does not account for movement in the lungs and heart while the pati...derson Cancer Center, by rewriting the software to account for breathing motions and correctly aligning PET and CT images. When done properly, PET-CT produce......es, describe how current research is attempting to account for the differences, and show the opportunity that exists for a beneficial collaboration between baseball and operations research....U of M researchers assess effectiveness of computerized physician order entry system
...em. Illegible handwriting and transcription errors account for more than 60 percent of medication errors. Patient safety is our final goal, said Tatyana Shamliyan, lead review author and a research associate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Evidence from these studies show that compu...Taking animals out of laboratory research
...ble, scientifically proven ways forward which take account of the welfare of both humans and animals, without jeopardising the ground-breaking work on the major healthcare challenges of the 21st century taking place at research centres around the world. The official opening of the new FRAME Alternatives La...Predicting danger of flu pandemic rests on differences in affected population, says O.R. Forum
...y limiting the spread of disease while taking into account the different infection rates among those who might contract the disease. We allow for socially active people who interact with many other people on a given day, and we allow for relatively inactive people who interact with few others, he writes. We ...ACP supports improved access to information on relative strengths and weaknesses
..., and methodologically sound basis that takes into account the different value systems that each stakeholder brings to the table. For these reasons, the College suggests that federally-funded comparative effectiveness research should, at least in its early stages, focus on relative clinical efficacy rather ...UGA study finds that violence costs nation $70 billion annually
...4 years comprise 44 percent of the population, but account for nearly 75 percent of injuries and 83 percent of costs due to interpersonal violence. The nearly 17,000 annual homicides result in $22.1 billion in costs. The average cost per homicide was $1.3 million in lost productivity and $4,906 in medical ...Researchers call for investigation into links between khat use and psychiatric disorders
...onflict and post conflict settings. This will take account of the cultural context, and the socio-economic and psychological implications of khat use. This would allow the formulation of appropriate and contextualised social policy and harm reduction strategies, particularly in the context of maximising impa...Gender impacts colorectal cancer progression
...n California (USC) suggests. Taking gender into account when examining the genetic profile of patients may help to those who will benefit from specific chemotherapy treatments, says principal investigator Heinz-Josef Lenz, M.D., professor of medicine at USCs Keck School of Medicine. Findings from the s...AMPAKINE compounds a new potential treatment for respiratory depression
... respiratory in nature, these serious side effects account for 25%-30% of drug-induced deaths. Opiates and barbiturates are the primary drugs classes responsible for these effects. Opiates include the standard pain-killing drugs morphine, fentanyl, and codeine, as well as related products vicodin, hydrocodon...