It's time to look at health risks in a new light, authors say
...s Hopkins. Rifkin is president of an environmental consulting firm in Baltimore. The book includes a chapter on The Physicians and Patients Perspective, written by Bob Sheff, a radiologist who trained at UCLA and Johns Hopkins. The researchers said they wrote the book because they believe that the average per...TV ads may spur more stroke victims to get help sooner
...ead investigator of the study and an Ontario-based consulting epidemiologist for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Because the warning signs of TIA are temporary, many people dont seek immediate medical attention, she said. Getting more people with TIAs to emergency departments is a critical opportu...One pill may be better than two for treating patients with high blood pressure
...of IMS Health Inc), a health outcomes research and consulting firm in Falls Church, Va.Researchers used a treatment approach and a population similar to the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial Lipid-Lowering Arm (ASCOT-LLA), which demonstrated the benefits of adding atorvastatin to high blood pressure tr...New treatments needed for irritable bowel syndrome
...ntially increased health-care costs, with patients consulting their primary-care physician twice as often as non-IBS patients. A third of IBS patients are referred to secondary care and also onto sometimes unnecessary specialties. Professor Spiller says: "Most IBS patients require reassurance, explanation an...Eggs promote weight loss and help close nutrient consumption gap
...y conducted by the Washington, DC-based scientific consulting firm Exponent concluded that eggs' contribution to coronary heart disease risk is insignificant. 7 The study evaluated the relative risk of heart disease associated with egg consumption compared to other risk factors, including age, genetics, diet...Clinical trial coordinators need more financial conflict-of-interest training
...sts of the trial and its personnel, a researcher's consulting contract with a company that has a vested interest in a trial and an investigator's ownership of stock in a sponsoring company. Clinical trial coordinators usually conduct most of the informed consent process by explaining to potential participants s...Majority of state Medicaid programs have or plan to have 'pay-for-performance' programs
...The Kuhmerker Consulting Group, LLC, a health care consulting firm. "Medicaid is a major source of funding of health care in every state and, therefore, has a significant influence on the health care system," said Thomas Hartman, Vice President for Health Care Quality Improvement for IPRO and co-author of the...Opening windows may be the best way of preventing transmission of airborne infection
...spiratory wards, general medical wards, outpatient consulting rooms, waiting rooms, and emergency departments with 12 mechanically ventilated negative-pressure respiratory isolation rooms built after 2000. Even at the lowest of wind speeds, natural ventilation exceeded mechanical ventilation. Facilities buil...Opening windows effective way of preventing transmission of TB
...spiratory wards, general medical wards, outpatient consulting rooms, waiting rooms, and emergency departments. They compared these with 12 modern mechanically-ventilated, negative-pressure respiratory isolation rooms. The study found that natural ventilation when windows and doors were opened was more than d...NIH-funded program co-directed by Mailman School of PH faculty to expedite clinical research process
...ool?s already distinctive Biostatistics Department consulting service," noted Allan Rosenfield, MD, dean of the Mailman School. "I truly am delighted that one of the Mailman School?s outstanding faculty members in Biostatistics is co-directing this important new initiative at Columbia." As a member of the Mai...November/December 2006 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...throat patients, the three most common reasons for consulting their physician were to find out the cause of the symptoms, pain relief and information about the course of the illness. Additionally, a patients desire for pain relief was a strong predictor for their hope of receiving an antibiotic. The authors s...Policy makers, networking agencies told to get their act together for nanoscience
...crative business. According to Frost & Sullivan, a consulting company, drug discovery in the nanotechnology market in Europe has generated $174.2 million in 2005 and is expected to reach $545.4 million in 2012. The figure is definitely encouraging but the reality is that nanotechnology-based solutions in drug...Park your car and walk to store, school, work
...so directs Transtria, a public health research and consulting company. "The number of hours we spend in our car everyday detracts from our physical, social and mental health," she says. "People are increasingly becoming aware of it. Our dependence on the car is overwhelming." Brennan Ramirez and her colleag...New medication appears effective in helping smokers kick the habit
...jamamedia.org .) Editor's Note: Dr. Johnson has consulting agreements with Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., Alkermes Inc., Sanofi-Aventis, and TransOral Pharmaceuticals Inc. This study was supported by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholi...Menopausal women don't get enough guidance on treatment options, Stanford survey shows
STANFORD, Calif. - Few women are consulting their doctors before opting to use herbal therapies and soy products to treat their menopausal symptoms, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found. The trend is of particular note because growing numbers of women are turnin...Stevens Institute of Technology Roundtable
...g organization, due to an employee and third-party consulting respectively, is alarming and reinforces the above finding via the conducted survey. Concerning the theft of medical data, it is surprising to note that in Colorado, it is considered only a Class 6 Felony, ranking it slightly higher than a misdemeano...New long-distance wireless networking developed at UC Berkeley brings eye care to India
...rse, then spend about five minutes on a web camera consulting with an Aravind doctor. If the doctor determines that a closer examination or an operation is necessary, the patient is given a hospital appointment. Typically patients receive glasses, medicine or remote diagnoses for more serious problems that oft...How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change
...ch as China, India and Brazil need many people and consulting firms to do that same thing at the level of an industrial facility or apartment building, for example, to identify energy efficiencies across the board and exploit large-scale energy use reduction opportunities, and enlightened banks to finance them....Embargoed materials for Complementary & Integrative Medicine Conference
...to prescription and over-the-counter drugs without consulting their physicians, there is an increasing concern about potential drug-herb interactions in patients. To assess the situation in patients with osteoporosis, researchers conducted a study on the prevalence of potential drug-herb interactions among part......his award continues Tunnell's history of providing consulting services to more than two dozen government agencie...linical evaluation Tunnell has a long history of consulting in the life sciences field and strong experience in the vaccine business and antiviral drug producti...