Prevalence and severity of mental illness in the United States
...ntions to the child and adolescent years and, with appropriately balanced considerations of potential risks and benefits, to focus on early interventions aimed at preventing the progression of primary disorders and the onset of comorbid disorders." (Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005; 62:593-602. Available post-embargo a...Penn study documents access to trauma centers in the United States
...the geographic need of the surrounding population, appropriately locate medical helicopter bases to provide outlying communities with access to trauma centers, and establish more agreements that allow residents injured in one state to use the trauma centers and ambulances in another. "A concerted effort between ho...Location, access to trauma centers often inadequate, inefficient
...selecting trauma centers based on geographic need, appropriately locating medical helicopter bases, and establishing formal agreements for sharing trauma care resources across states should be considered to improve access to trauma care in the United States," the authors conclude....Patients with metabolic syndrome, moderate coronary calcium have greater risk of blocked arteries
...ighest risk for heart attack to be identified and appropriately treated."...ARVO Foundation and Alcon announce significant gift
...RVO organization for more than three decades. I'm appropriately proud of Alcon's contributions to ARVO and to the support of eye research and look forward to the advances that will result from these new programs initiated by the ARVO Foundation and Alcon."...ESC releases new chronic heart failure guidelines
...mplantable Cardiac Defibrillation (ICD), which are appropriately represented in the update with practical recommendations. Furthermore, studies such as CHARM and VALIANT have demonstrated the efficacy of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARB). ARBs are increasingly used in routine management and reflect the impact ...Other highlights in the May 18 JNCI
...are correctly developed, rigorously evaluated, and appropriately applied. In a commentary, Andrew N. Freedman, Ph.D., of the National Cancer Institute, and colleagues report on a 2004 workshop sponsored by the NCI in which experts identified the strengths and limitations of cancer and genetic susceptibility predic...Keyhole surgery set to become the new gold standard for colon cancer treatment
...ectal cancer. However, this trial suggests that in appropriately selected patients who are operated on by experienced surgeons, keyhole surgery for colorectal cancer may be the new gold standard."...Nutritional advice improves health of children in developing countries
...demonstrated, but there is now clear evidence that appropriately designed interventions can work."...Substituting nurses for doctors results in high quality care, few savings
...bilities can be safely transferred from doctors to appropriately trained nurses, says a new review of evidence. Yet...nt says. Overall, the review findings suggest that appropriately trained nurses can produce the same high-quality primary care as doctors and achieve similar health ...Direct-to-consumer advertising may influence physicians' prescribing decisions
...sicians may require additional training to respond appropriately to patients' requests in clinically ambiguous circumstances."...Better referral training for emergency doctors helps improve patient care
... The authors say: ''Education about how to refer appropriately and how to accept referrals sets clear markers enabling the team working practices for which we strive. 'Communication difficulties cannot be allowed to compromise patient care. Telephone referrals can be the source for misunderstanding and difficul...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (second issue)
...urred when clinicians failed to listen and respond appropriately and directly to comments made by family members. Sometimes, the doctors involved answered a different question than that posed by the family member. The study appears in the second issue for April 2005 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewe...Golfers' yips may be movement disorder
...among some golfers that describes the inability to appropriately complete a golf stroke, usually during putting or chipping and worsening with anxiety--may be a task-specific movement disorder similar to writer's cramp and musician's cramp, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Ne...IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
...NIH), IOM today found that the study was conducted appropriately and ethically, although there were some problems with data collection and record keeping. However, IOM said those errors did not bias the results of the study: that single-dose nevirapine cuts the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV nearly ...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
...The Manchester University, created a new approach, appropriately named "PLATO." PLATO helped ATHOC use a systematic, rational, repeatable method; evaluate key resource requirements rather than relying on past examples; and become a more agile organization that evaluated alternative solutions to emerging problems. ...