Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful
...d interventions "focused on increased education in areas requested by the pediatricians, especially recognition of anxiety and depression, increased awareness of community mental health providers, increased communication between pediatricians and mental health providers, and use of a community protocol for...Brain activity reflects differences in types of anxiety
...Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to map the brain areas with heightened neural activity during a variety o...ever, to localize the affected regions to identify areas within each hemisphere that seem to matter. Miller stressed the importance of a related finding: T...Texas aging meeting to feature NIA Interventions Testing Program 1st report
...apes. "This conference will showcase the hottest areas of research in aging, and we are excited to welcome these researchers to San Antonio and Texas," said 2007 AGE President Holly Van Remmen, Ph.D., assistant professor of cellular and structural biology at The University of Texas Health Science Center ...Syphilis screening, lithium fights neurodegeneration, monoclonal antibodies against avian flu
...e rapid testing more cost-effective, especially in areas where it is difficult for women to return to the clinic. Rapid testing was also more effective than treating women based on signs of infection on physical exam. The infrastructure that poor countries are already establishing to screen expectant mot...Early education for the health care team -- Bringing nursing and medical students together
... atundergraduate level." The project will identify areas of the curriculum such as health assessment and care planningwhere final year nursing and medical students can work together as teams during their hospitalplacements. "We want to enhance the student learning experience, improve their understanding of...Tiny newborns face higher risk of death at community hospitals, Stanford/VA study finds
...han 90 percent of the births occurred within urban areas with at least 100 very-low-weight births. The move away from regional centers is growing as increasing numbers of neonatal ICUs spring up at community hospitals around the state. Many of these new neonatal ICUs offer lower levels of care that, althou...Endoscopic procedures advance physician knowledge and patient care
...osis and treatment of the GI tract and surrounding areas is constantly improving due to newer and better endoscopic procedures," said Gregory Ginsberg, M.D., AGAF, University of Pennsylvania Health System. "This translates into both increased knowledge about the GI tract and related diseases and safer and...Indoor smoking bans: Are they creating unhealthy outdoor zones for secondhand smoke?
...bars and restaurants on weekend nights. In select areas outside certain establishments, we believe many of these young people are exposed to elevated levels of secondhand smoke, says researcher Luke Naeher, Ph.D., of the University of Georgia College of Public Health. You can have 40 to 50 smokers in a sm...Malaria 2007 -- Progressing research, persisting challenges
...obally. An estimated 3 billion individuals live in areas of risk and the disease causes more than 1 million deaths annually. Even in the United States, where endemic malaria has been eradicated for decades, an average of 1,200 cases are reported annually. The articles in this issue of JAMA on malaria addre...Article outlines current recommendations for treating malaria in the US
...nt of choice for Plasmodium falciparum acquired in areas without chloroquine-resistant strains. In areas with chloroquine resistance, a combination of atovaquone and proguanil or quinine plus tetracycline ...Soldiers acquired drug-resistant infections in field hospitals
...samples taken from in and around patient-treatment areas in five field hospitals in Iraq and two in Kuwait.... ABC organisms were found in the patient treatment areas of all seven field hospitals sampled. The authors therefore concluded that environmental contaminati...'Star Trek'-type scanning may reveal genetic activity of tumors, Stanford study shows
... To increase the research team's expertise in the areas of genomics and computational biology, Kuo brought in Chang and the paper's lead author, Eran Segal, PhD, in 2004. Chang had been using the gene activity patterns of microarrays to predict cancer outcome. Segal developed algorithms during his doctora...Breast MRI may help determine surgical management of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer
... MRI detected a total of 124 additional suspicious areas in 73 patients. "Breast MRI altered the surgical management of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer in 36 (23.2 percent) of 155 patients," the authors write. This included 10 patients who had a mastectomy instead of lumpectomy, 21 women whose ...Brain research poised to dramatically advance global society
...ntists to discuss their groundbreaking research in areas such as neuroscience, neurobiology, computer science, psychology, robotics and economics. The panel will also explain the urgent need to continue the study of the human mind and the benefits this research could bring to society. "It is our intentio...To get blood pressure under control, combination of medicines may be best
...eurysms and the formation of narrowed and inflamed areas that can lead to clots that can break off and cause heart attacks and strokes. Only 30 percent of Americans who have high blood pressure, and only 60 percent of those taking medicines for hypertension, currently have their blood pressure under con...UCLA imaging study reveals how pure oxygen harms the brain
...can injure the brain and heart. "Several brain areas responded to 100 percent oxygen by kicking the hypothalamus into overdrive," explained Harper. "The hypothalamus overreacted by dumping a massive flood of hormones and neurotransmitters into the bloodstream. These chemicals interfere with the heart...Approved medical resident hours still resulting in sleepy doctors
...sleep-deprived residents perform poorly in several areas like judgment and concentration and are at risk for motor vehicle accidents. There have been several instances where sleep-deprived residents have committed serious mistakes in patient care. This led the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medi...Parents and schools, major factors in China obesity boom
...asy access to fast food and also students in these areas are more likely to spend more time doing homework and have less physical activity." Dr Li added. Parental control of "snacking" was reported to be strongly associated with adolescent obesity, especially in boys. "Parent's expression of nurturing ...A first glimpse at healthy brain and behavioral development
...enrolled at Children's and five other metropolitan areas across the United States. Population-based sampling techniques used U.S. Census data to ensure demographic diversity. A rigorous screening process eliminated children with medical, neurologic or psychiatric disorders, familial risk factors for such d...Innovative education scheme sees fewer rugby players suffering spinal injuries
...the number of spinal injuries in the other contact areas of rugby the tackle, ruck and maul. There were seven instead of the predicted nine spinal injuries in these elements of play between 2001 and 2005. Yet where tackles had accounted for 36% of spinal injuries between 1976 and 2000, between 2001 and ...