Embargoed Jan./Feb. Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ics, while the most effective course of treatment, coming at a greater cost, was seven to 10 days of amoxicillin. The analysis finds that the additional cost per patient for a course of amoxicillin is $22.90, which would result in an additional $311 million in annual health care expenditures if each of the...Can epilepsy patients predict their seizures?
...ow likely they were to experience a seizure in the coming 24 hours. Fifty-seven patients experienced seizures during the study. Of these patients, the study found they correctly predicted about 32 percent of their seizures, and 83 percent of their seizure-free days. Seizures were twice as likely to happen...Dental researchers test no-needle anesthesia, no-drilling cavity care
...e upper arch." The second study, set to begin in coming months, will test the use of ozone to kill bacteria in a decayed tooth and its potential to eliminate the need for the dreaded drill, at least to repair simple cavities. Researchers at UB and two other U.S. dental schools will conduct the research, w...New Congress should focus on covering the uninsured, reducing health costs, according to new survey
...care would be effective, with the greatest support coming from business/insurance/other health industry leaders (83%). Other approaches health care leaders think would be effective in reducing costs are: use of evidence-based guidelines to determine whether a test or procedure should be done (70%), increase...Brain studies reveal the mechanisms of the voluntary control of visual attention
... of our lives, we are deluged with sensory stimuli coming from multiple directions," Woldorff and study co-i...t of the brain, preferentially process information coming from locations or objects in the visual field where attention is directed. Those studies have addit...Why are Danes the world's happiest nation?
...nes are very satisfied, their expectations for the coming year are rather low. In contrast, Italy and Greece, which rank low on life satisfaction, rank high on expectations for the year to come, together with Swedes and Finns. The causes of the stolid depth of Danish wellbeing are undoubtedly multifactori...Prediction markets accurately forecast influenza activity
...shares representing increased levels of flu in the coming weeks and sell shares representing decreased activity. The prices at which these shares trade reflect the group's consensus on the future event. Prediction markets have accurately forecast the outcomes of a wide range of future events including presi...Researchers identify genes that allow brain cancer-causing stem cells to resist treatment
...not only to destroy a tumor but to prevent it from coming back."...Congressional action strengthens internal medicine ACP says
...Dr. Kirk. "The potentially huge cuts that could be coming in 2008 would be devastating to Medicare patients access and quality. Our patients need a long-term solution, not another temporary reprieve."...Hajj pilgrims should get flu jab to avoid pandemic
...obably far worse among the large numbers of people coming from the economically developing world, add the authors. Given this fact and the risks of a pandemic originating from the Hajj, mandatory influenza vaccination for all pilgrims should be considered, they write. Meningococcal vaccination for Hajj is...New Inteleos features gives users the ability to tailor information
...ll us this is an area of critical need." In the coming months, Inteleos will enhance services for BizInt customers by enabling the export of Inteleos data into BizInt Smart Charts....Telemedicine improves breast screenings for rural Indian reservations, U-M researchers find
...omen who live in North Dakota and South Dakota are coming to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center for their mammograms without ever leaving the reservation. U-M radiologists sought to improve delivery of traditional mobile mammography, in which a large truck equipped with mammography mach...VCR -- FDA approves home discharge for US patients
...his approval will be a catalyst for recruitment in coming weeks, and is a key step on the path towards meeting our previously announced milestone of commencement of enrolment in the US Bridge To Transplant (BTT) Pivotal Trial in early 2007," Mr Crosby said. The FDA approval is conditional on the company m...RAND study shows little public money spent on health care to undocumented immigrants
...pent on undocumented immigrants, with $1.1 billion coming from publicly supported health services....Sunscreens with benzophenone-3 unsuitable for children
...be found in the urine of adults several days after coming home from a holiday in the sun. A doctoral thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy has recently presented these results. Benzophenone-3 provides effective protection against both UVA and UVB radiation. The substance has been available since the 1980s....Under-18s spell out what they need to enjoy quality of life on a ventilator
...hock because everyone was so looking forward to me coming home and we didn't think about what it would be like when I actually got home" said one teenager after a serious accident. "I tried to go back to school, I went back for two days and I just couldn't do it. I was just so upset that everything had chan...Daily weighing and quick action keeps pounds off
... taught participants how to keep those pounds from coming back - regardless of what method they used to lose the weight in the first place. Led by Rena R.Wing, PhD, Director of the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center at The Miriam Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown Med...High-energy clamp simplifies heart surgery for atrial fibrillation
...o offer this curative operation to almost everyone coming for heart surgery who has chronic atrial fibrillation," Damiano says. Other devices exist to create the Cox-Maze lesions -- these use microwaves, lasers, ultrasound or freezing. Damiano believes that the type of device used at the School of Medicin...One-third of breast cancer patients unhappy with cosmetic outcome of lumpectomy
...ving a woman's breast. But many of these women are coming to plastic surgeons for help, saying it isn't so." In the study, 28 percent of the breast cancer patients stated they were dissatisfied with the cosmetic result of their lumpectomy. Of those patients, 46 percent stated their physical appearance was...Science of healthy foods subject of grant aimed at university students
... phytochemicals and antioxidants that are just now coming to the forefront." Patil cited citrus as an example of a fruit that may be used in a food-processing lab to show students how to isolate and analyze phytochemicals . Those phytochemicals might then be examined in a medical/nutrition research lab to...