Less experienced surgeons performing new techniques in coronary surgery on black patients
...G surgery and the growing pressure for surgeons to adopt the technique. See below: 0701JHSRPRacialVariationsCABG.pdf 0707JHSRPRacialVariationsCABGEditorial.pdf...Reduced dietary fat intake may decrease breast cancer recurrence
... researchers calculate that 38 women would need to adopt such a dietary fat reduction plan to prevent one breast cancer recurrence. "Women in the dietary intervention group had a 24% lower risk of relapse than those in the control group," the authors write. Their data also suggest that women with hormon...Importance of personal health records draws support of American College of Physicians
...s (and their families when appropriate). Practices adopt a whole person orientation, commit to enhancing the quality and safety of care delivered, and report on nationally accepted quality measures of quality. Health information technology, such as electronic health records, registries, and personal healt...Frazer welcomes Federal Government decision on Gardasil
...'m delighted the Federal Government has decided to adopt the recommendation of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), to implement a comprehensive program for introduction of the HPV vaccine that Dr Jian Zhou and I helped develop to prevent cervical cancer," Professor Frazer said. "Im als...Sports cheats beware -- new test detects previously undetectable drug
... identifies it. "If the drug testing authorities adopt this new test it will close a gap in the current drug testing system, and mean that athletes will no longer be able to get away with this form of cheating," says lead author Mario Thevis, who works in the Center for Preventive Doping Research Instit...ACP commends CMS plan to increase values assigned to evaluation and management codes
...10 years. "We're pleased that CMS has decided to adopt the proposed increases for E/M work RVUs," said Dr. Lynne M. Kirk, MD, FACP, president of ACP. "We agree with Leslie Norwalk, CMS's Acting Administrator, that by paying physicians more for the time they spend talking with patients about their health...Civil society movement calls for transparency in the WHO director-general elections
...om corporate interests and their allies for WHO to adopt a weaker position on health promotion and protecti... to make human rights a pillar of WHO's work. "To adopt a bolder, broader, and more progressive public-health agenda, WHO will need a charismatic, wise, and...How much influence do medical publications have on your doctor? A great deal, says new SLU research
...wn to improve survival, it takes doctors longer to adopt them into practice," he says. Likening it to the effect articles in Vogue have on the fashion industry, co-author Mark Schnitzler, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at Saint Louis University, says articles in major medical journals have tremen...Physicians slow to integrate information technology into patient practice
..., yet the medical profession has been very slow to adopt these tools for clinical care," says Richard Grant, MD, MPH, of the MGH Division of General Medicine, the paper's lead author. "We were shocked at the very low rate of basic IT use, particularly among solo-practice and non-academic physicians. I'm ...For super-obese patients, duodenal switch beats gastric bypass
...se patients. But surgeons have been hesitant to adopt the duodenal switch for several reasons, he said: "greater technical complexity of the operation, particularly when performed laparoscopically; greater potential for nutritional deficiencies; and need for life-long medical follow-up." "Given these...Schools should take the lead in increasing kids' activity
...g to a year 2000 study. "It's important that kids adopt active lifestyles," Pate said. "The list of negative health outcomes associated with physical inactivity including heart disease and type 2 diabetes is growing." The scientific statement takes a comprehensive look at the state of physical educat...Breast cancer survivors change lifestyle after diagnosis
...pears to serve as an impetus for some survivors to adopt healthy behaviors, while others do not," says Rabin. Researchers assessed breast cancer survivors within three months of the survivor completing all surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation treatment for cancer and a second time three months later. ...Mayo Clinic: New recommendations for use of bisphosphonates in treatment of multiple myeloma
...r use beyond our institution. We hope others will adopt them as well as continue researching other solutions." This consensus statement was a multidisciplinary effort, in which the myeloma group worked closely with periodontists and oral/maxillofacial surgeons to assess risks and benefits. Besides Drs....Routine use of Hib vaccine could lead to virtual elimination of killer disease in Africa
...uld be averted in Africa if more countries were to adopt the vaccine as part of their national EPI programs." This is the first published study in East Africa to document the significant benefit of routine Hib vaccination in protecting young children against the devastating effects of a leading cause o...Focus on weight undermines motivation for healthy lifestyle changes among people of all sizes
...hose messages may actually undermine motivation to adopt exercise and other healthy lifestyle habits. Published in the June edition of the peer-reviewed journal Obesity, the cross-cultural study finds that women are more likely to categorize themselves as overweight than men, both overall and within eac...Adopting multiple healthy habits may significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease in men
...the study shows that middle-aged and older men who adopt a healthy lifestyle, including men taking antihypertensive or lipid-lowering medications, have a lower risk of CHD. "It's never too late to make changes to become healthier," she said....Smoking and obesity may increase the risk of erectile dysfunction
...efully, these results will help to motivate men to adopt a more active lifestyle to avoid a problem which may be more immediate," he said. (The Health Professionals Follow-Up Study was launched in 1986 to examine diet and chronic disease among male health professionals in the U.S.)...Target women's depression to reduce disability from chronic conditions, suggests study
...ld be is not clear, but the social gender roles we adopt throughout our lives may have some important part to play. "Alongside drugs, other therapies that focus on the behaviours and tendencies associated with depression, such as avoidance and withdrawal, may also be effective in these situations for some ...Health professionals must help tackle climate change
...change than attempting to encourage individuals to adopt green practices, adds Dr Mayer Hillman in an accompanying commentary. Carbon allowances will act as a parallel currency to real money as well as creating an ecologically virtuous circle. Finally, an editorial suggests that, if medicine is about savin...How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change
...rove transmission and distribution efficiency, and adopt more efficient generation technologies. The soaring power demand will necessitate tripling installed generation capacity from 101,000 to 292,000 MW over the next two decades, much of it derived from poor quality coal. Similar demand increases are fo...