Michigan-CDC study supports value of social restrictions during influenza pandemics
...enter for the History of Medicine. Now we know the answer is yes. Markel adds that in todays world, implementing these measures in a layered, sustained fashion would also provide a cushion of time for the development and distribution of effective vaccines and antivirals, while reducing the crush on essen...Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...without knowing the business it is in. It says the answer is not in structures but in a re-focusing of the organisations energy and ways of working: This means learning what it is like to be a manager if you are a doctor, and what it is like to be a doctor if you are manager. Among its recommendations ar...Medical residents score poorly in diagnosing and managing tuberculosis
...ious Diseases, 131 medical residents were asked to answer 20 basic questions about the contagious lung disea...en TB and HIV infection, physicians gave the right answer (with a median score of 63 percent for both questions.) Despite the poor results for trainees, p......uss said. Surprisingly, many scientists assume the answer is obvious, but people have different reasons for having sex, some of which are rather complex. ...Chemical in brain acts like a fuel gauge
...niversity of Southern California provide a partial answer in the July 4 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Their study, highlighted by the journal on its news page, identifies a chemical that sends a low blood sugar message to a part of the brain that can do something about it. The neurotransmitter n...ACP supports improved access to information on relative strengths and weaknesses
...ta at this time is to help clinicians and patients answer the question of what works best for each patient and for clinicians to partner with patients in an informed and shared decision-making process when considering alternative treatment options, a key element of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). ...Old memory traces in brain may trigger chronic pain
...ir injuries have actually healed" The definitive answer -- and an effective treatment -- has long eluded scientists. Traditional analgesic drugs, such as aspirin and morphine derivatives, havent worked very well. A Northwestern University researcher has found a key source of chronic pain appears to be ...Benefits of school-based fitness programs fade after summer
...ffectiveness analysis (CEA) is the method that can answer this question because it compares various interventions in terms of their costs per unit of benefit. Legislators and others should be wary of acting without the results of such analyses, he continues. While I appreciate that obesity seems to be the...E/Tablet technology may provide benefits to patients, researchers
...blets to enter information about themselves and to answer survey questions about the user-friendliness of th...ulders," Abernethy said. "With E/Tablets, they can answer a question and then move to the next screen." E/Tablets can also be used to provide information --...Dentists need more training in oral cancer detection
... of early lesions. Many, however, were not able to answer those questions correctly. Moreover, dentists la...risk factors is least important, the most frequent answer was age -- which is actually an important factor, LeHew said. "Some dentists incorrectly identifie...Choice is a key element in success for smokers who want to quit
...ng positive for your mate, does it matter why" The answer is yes according to Patrick's research. She found that both small sacrifices, like doing the dishes for your partner, and big ones, like moving across the country for a new job he or she really wants, mean more if you do them because you genuinely wa...UW study to clarify safety, effectiveness of hormone therapy during menopause
...onsin School of Medicine and Public Health hope to answer in a federally funded nationwide study, the first ... the country. The main objective of KEEPS is to answer questions at the center of the hormone therapy debate. Originally, it was believed with certainty t...Next generation of Latino drug abuse experts at UH to learn, teach
...e and the National Institute of Mental Health will answer questions and lead discussions about new research. In addition, experts will discuss Drug Use and HIV/AIDS, Identifying Research Needs and Gaps on Hispanic Drug Abuse, Latinos and HIV/AIDS and Community Based Research on Drug Abuse and Latinos. W...Web-based program could ease treatment decisions for prostate cancer patients
...program. "These men will go to the Web site and answer questions like who they feel should be responsible for making treatment decisions their doctor, themselves or a combination of the two and the program will provide video examples of how to approach those discussions with their care providers," Dr. ...Students devise oral quick-dissolve strips for rotavirus vaccine
...a basic textbook problem, where theres an expected answer and you dont necessarily have to think as broadly or as creatively."...Online education program better source of information for patients
... registered to use Heart Profilers were invited to answer an Internet questionnaire. Their responses were compared with a randomly selected control group who had not used the Heart Profilers. "Patients who used the Heart Profilers, particularly those with HF and AF, reported a greater understanding of thei...Novel catheter technique successfully patches holes in the heart
...gery, Dr. Martinez said. "Surgery is the long-term answer for some patients," he said. "In such cases, the VSD occluder successfully bridges the patients to surgery." After a follow-up that averaged more than 1 year, patients were feeling markedly better and were much more active, even able to climb a fli...Fish oil may help kidney disease sufferers
Fish oil, it's been touted as an answer to Alzheimers, arthritis and even weight-loss but now a Queensland University of Technology researcher will test its health benefits in people with chronic kidney disease. Dietitian Rachel Zabel, from QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innova...Are higher doses of cholesterol drugs worth the extra money? Only sometimes, study says
... or what doctors call acute coronary syndrome, the answer is yes, the researchers say. But the picture is less clear for those patients with known heart blockages who have stable symptoms. For them, the usual dose of their statin may provide adequate heart-protecting benefit, and the higher cost of high-...Diet and lifestyle -- In the cancer fight, eating well is the best revenge
...lation, she says that this one study cannot firmly answer the question of whether flavonols can prevent development of pancreatic cancer. "Further epidemiological studies in other populations and geographic regions are needed to confirm our findings," she said. The study also is the first to examine prosp...