Conventional prognostic factors fail to explain better prostate cancer survival in most Asian men
... The study should help physicians more accurately apply prognostic factors to their prostate cancer patients. The authors conclude, these results argue that traditional prognostic factors for survival from prostate cancer (stage, grade, treatment, age, year of diagnosis, and socioeconomic status), do not...Patient-centered approach can backfire
...nt-physician relationship." The findings already apply to patients. Christensen said it's a good idea for patients to look for doctors who match their style, either by reputation or word of mouth, or by setting up a "get acquainted" visit and being upfront about their expectations. "If there's a take-h...Test project of patient-centered medical home model endorsed by American College of Physicians
..., said, The UHG test project provides a vehicle to apply the PCMH concept in the real-world environment and to determine how practices can best use the capability and payment that supports it to improve patient care and demonstrate value for the healthcare system. Dr. Dale also noted that, ACP is pleased ...Penn study finds pro-death proteins required to regulate healthy immune function
... cells, the team thinks their findings will likely apply to many different cell types. When a cell receives signals to increase metabolism, it increases mitochondrial activity and energy production. That leads to the production of more energy than the cell can deal with, and consequently, the release of RO...Penn researchers discover novel pathway for increasing 'good' cholesterol
...t that the same pathway for controlling HDL-C will apply to humans. The next step is to study how the genes for the PCs, EL itself, and ELs inhibitor are regulated. In addition, Jin and Rader plan to test whether variation in blood levels of PCs and EL activity in humans, as well as genetic variation i...States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
...nd New Jersey until age 30. Most of the state laws apply to all young adults but laws in Idaho, Rhode Island, and South Dakota only apply to students. Most of the laws were passed between 2005 and 2007; the Utah legislation was passed in ...Quality of treatment guidelines
...e researchers suggest, it would help clinicians to apply guideline recommendations appropriately to their individual patients....'SCHIP funding levels too low' ACP tells Senate Finance Committee Leaders
...n Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service (FFS) and apply the savings to SCHIP and halting the Medicare physician payment cuts. Paying Medicare Advantage plans more for the same patient than what would be paid under FFS contributes to higher expenditures, higher budget deficits, and Medicare insolvency. ...Physician-researchers often less successful in obtaining NIH funding
...rage of 67 percent of individuals with an M.D. who apply annually for a first R01 grant application pursue clinical research. The percentage is much lower for physicians who also have a Ph.D. (43 percent) and for investigators with a Ph.D. only (39 percent). The annual percentage of applications by individ...Snoring in children might be an allergic type disease
... the observed associations with risk factors could apply to the general population where previous studies have also found strong associations between allergic or inflammatory diseases and snoring. Snoring can be an early manifestation of more serious sleep-disordered breathing, so its not necessarily a ...More rib fractures, but better survival rates
...ed that most of the untrained people simply do not apply enough force, said Leslie Geddes of Purdue University, one of the authors of the study. The success rate for CPR ranges from 5 percent to 10 percent, depending on how quickly it is administered after a person's heart stops. "This is important becau...Urgent need for guidance on mobile phone use in clinical care
...m that an email has been received. The same should apply to SMS messaging, the authors recommend. Advice on telephone consultations is relevant but additional issues, such as loss of reception, conducting calls in inappropriate circumstances (such as a noisy or public environment) and the potential for m...Dr. Eli Peli of Schepens Eye Research Institute elected SPIE fellow
... the 1980s. He was one of the first researchers to apply digital image processing to analysis of nerve fiber layer in Glaucoma and for the measurement of drusen and their changes in age related macular degeneration or AMD. His work on electronic and optical devices for impaired vision has led to several pr...Experimental gene therapy 'abolishes' arthritis pain and lessens joint damage
...llow-up study currently underway, researchers will apply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for permi...vide the proof of principle needed for the team to apply for phase I human clinical trials, perhaps within 18 months, Kyrkanides said. Early results, while n...Medical, high-energy physicists collaborate to improve PET scans
...rk is part of an international scientific trend to apply high-energy physics technology to biomedical imaging techniques. While medical physicists look for disease, high-energy physicists seek to identify what types of subatomic particles they produce in collider experiments. The identity of many such pa...GPs should lead chronic disease fight -- Top doctor
...come a disastrous health issue. They'll be able to apply the growing disease-oriented knowledge base to patients and their individual needs. GPs can and will play an important role in ensuring the world is a healthier and happier place." Professor van Weel, from the Netherlands, will take up his role as ...UPMC performs first beating heart transplant procedure in the US
... "This study presents an exciting opportunity to apply the latest medical technology to help patients receive lifesaving transplants. By maintaining the organ in near perfect physiologic state, the OCS will reduce injury and help extend the life of these organs, which also will improve patient outcomes w...Chemical maps hint at drug's effects on schizophrenia
...ens in the brain," Kaddurah-Daouk said. "If we can apply these findings to the mysteries occurring in the brain, then perhaps we can finally unlock the secrets of these devastating diseases." Kaddurah-Daouk believes that this and other studies that explore metabolism at the global level have the potentia...Neglected epidemic of chronic lung disease; childhood conditions affect adult progesterone levels
...ds to be changed; this attitude does not appear to apply to the same extent to ischemic heart disease, diabetes, or obesity." Citation: Barnes PJ (2007) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A growing but neglected global epidemic. PLoS Med 4(5): e112. PLEASE ADD THE LINK TO THE PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN O......nstrating that Dr. Tilly's findings in mice do not apply to women," Dr. Keefe said. "Dr. Tilly likely was s...resemble eggs. Another reason his findings do not apply to women could be because mice eggs are more resilient than women's eggs. The bottom line is that w...