Educational expenses for residents equals significant amount of salary
...arch and May 2006) were given a questionnaire that asked them to document the number and source of financia... to them by their programs. The questionnaire also asked them to cite the funding source for the radiology board examinations. Of the 176 questionnaires give...RAND study finds alcohol advertising and marketing associated with adolescent drinking
...king. But the RAND study is unique because it also asked adolescents about advertising in magazines, radio and elsewhere, along with whether they owned any promotional items from alcoholic beverage companies. "Parents may be aware that advertising may promote drinking among early adolescents," said Rebec...Children from low income families more likely to have sleep problems
... The children were 4 to 10 years old. Parents were asked to fill out a survey, which examined amount of sleep, sleep anxiety, night awakenings, night terrors, bed wetting, sleep walking, sleep disordered breathing, daytime sleepiness, bedtime resistance, and the time it took their children to fall asleep. ...Research demonstrates link between domestic violence and asthma
...w in one of 18 Indian languages. Respondents were asked if anyone in the household suffered from asthma, and were also asked about a personal history of experiencing or witnessing domestic violence. Researchers also accounte...Health gap between social groups widens in later life
...grade was measured each time and participants were asked to classify their employment status (employed or retired). The results show that physical health declines with age in all groups, while mental health tends to improve with age. However, physical health declined more rapidly with age in the lower ...Decision making by the growing elderly population is uncharted territory
...tion drug options. In one study, participants were asked to pick the lowest co-payment among four insurance policies. A simple chart showed the plans, monthly premiums and co-payments, but more than 40 percent of 80-84 year olds failed to choose $5 from options ranging from $5 to $15. With aging people b...No data to support leaving small colon polyps in place
...al colon during optical colonoscopy. The AGA has asked the National Institutes of Health to pursue a study to establish the clinical significance of diminutive polyps ( The need to define the natural history and biological significance of small polyps is central to refining colorectal cancer screening,...Hay fever can send work productivity down the drain
... diagnosis of allergic rhinitis. Participants were asked about the severity and type of allergy symptoms they had, and whether or not they had seen a physician for treatment. The researchers placed participant responses into one of three groups: 240 patients received care from a family physician; 172 pat...SCHIP has been successful overall, should be expanded says new health care opinion leaders survey
...rrent level of services provided under SCHIP. When asked how additional SCHIP expenditures should be financ...n. FUNDING Health care opinion leaders were asked about their attitudes toward the programs funding level, state allocations and structure. SCHIP fund...Did drug reps encourage doctors to prescribe gabapentin for nonapproved uses?
...n produced by a market research company, which had asked doctors visited by Parke-Davis representatives to fill out a standard form after each visit. The researchers focused on data relating to visits made by a single representative to a doctor or small group of doctors, and collected 116 forms. The resear...Clinical trial coordinators need more financial conflict-of-interest training
...pants, and 28 percent of the coordinators had been asked by participants about potential financial conflict... also participated in the presentation. "When we asked the coordinators what they felt were the major barriers to providing financial information to patien...US critical care delivery system in critical condition
... selected from each of the stakeholder groups were asked to fill out a survey aimed at identifying problems in the organization and delivery of critical care services. Respondents then attended a two-day conference held in the Washington, D.C. area, where current data on organization and management of crit...First nationwide child health and air pollution study commences
...ng tests and an allergy test. Parents will also be asked to fill in a questionnaire about the child's health and home environment. Test results for each child will be available on the day of testing. ...2 Rutgers College of Nursing professors study patients with prostate cancer
...dergone prostate cancer treatment. The men will be asked how they managed symptoms while they underwent treatment. In the second phase of the study, the intervention, which will include a video tape and a symptom management booklet outlining self-care strategies, will be developed based on focus group da...1 out of every 3 arthritis sufferers is affected in ability to work
...llion individuals have AAWL. Respondents were also asked about their physical activity, the presence of chronic co-conditions, limitations not related to work, the severity of their joint pain, their work status and disability payments, and their health access and utilization. The results showed that am...Long-term aspirin use associated with reduced risk of dying in women
...again every two years through 2004, the women were asked if they used aspirin regularly and if so, how many tablets they typically took per week. At the beginning of the study, the women had no history of cardiovascular disease or cancer. A total of 45,305 women did not use aspirin; 29,132 took low to m...Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at risk for alcohol problems
...nts without childhood ADHD. All participants were asked about their drinking behavior and negative life events; in addition, parents reported their drinking histories. "One of the reasons that children with ADHD might be at risk for alcohol problems is that alcoholism and ADHD tend to run together in fa...Gender and age can be determined from face silhouettes
...e black and white images. Study participants were asked to determine the gender and age of the individuals in silhouette. Results showed that people can extract information from silhouetted face profiles about their front-view counterparts. Male silhouettes were classified as male 83.3 percent of the ...Position of car indicator lights affects safety -- designers should take note
...They were shown pictures of the fronts of cars and asked to press a button on the left of the keyboard as quickly as they could if the light on the left of the car flashed, and a button on the right if the right light flashed. [See Figure 1 - attached] The students responded significantly faster to cars......tients' brains were being scanned, the researchers asked them to perform a simple task to determine their a...ght visual fields. Specifically, the patients were asked to indicate whether they could see an asterisk presented on the right or left side of a computer scr...