Springer and the Society of General Internal Medicine announce partnership
...a publisher that could bring the excellent journal content to the widest possible international audience and increase its impact on the medical community. In Springer, we have found an outstanding publishing partner capable of meeting those goals." SGIM President Dr. Barbara Turner commented, "Springer's onl...Hypnotherapy helps relieve chest pain
... region of the brain which processes the emotional content of a painful stimulus. And hypnotherapy can also cut levels of gastric acid produced by the stomach. The authors acknowledge that hypnotherapy is labour intensive and therefore expensive, but so too are the many investigations and drugs given to pati...Little difference between human insulin and faster-acting drugs
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. The Cochrane reviewers, several of whom have studied short and long-acting insulin analogs on behalf of pharmaceutical companies that sell the drugs, analyzed 49 studies involving 8,274 diabetes pati...Two surgeries for nearsightedness equally effective
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Typically, the nearsighted eye is longer than usual from back to front. This shape causes the eye to focus on light from distant objects in front of instead of directly on the retina, the part of the...Calcium supplements may be little help for healthy kids
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing trials on a topic. Winzenberg's team gathered results from 19 studies that added extra calcium to the diets of girls and boys ranging in age from 3 to 18. The calcium boost was delivered in different ways including tablets and...Inhaled steroids preferred over cromolyn to treat asthma
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. The consensus still leaves room for cromolyn treatment, according to William Storms, M.D., an allergist at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and director of the William Storms Allergy...What is pharmacology's place in finding alternatives to alcohol?
...n of alcohol, such as removing or reducing alcohol content in drinks sold, especially beers and lager, and offering tax incentives for low alcohol or alcohol-free drinks. These papers also discuss the scope for further pharmacological investigation into a chemical that can be substituted for alcohol without...JCI Table of Contents, April 3, 2006
...e over the course of 810 weeks of development, the content of cortisol dropped by approximately 50%. Further, the authors found that individual adrenal glands from first trimester fetuses were able to produce several different androgens, including testosterone, and that this androgen production was responsiv...Mature-rated video games often include content not specified on warning labels
...profanity or substances not included in the games' content warning labels, according to an article in the Apr... Board (ESRB) assigns age-based rating symbols and content descriptors that appear on video game boxes to inform consumers about game content, according to bac...M-rated video games contain unlabeled violence, sexual themes, substances, and profanity
...random sample of Mature-rated video games included content that was not noted on the game box. This is the fi...st independent, quantitative study to characterize content in M-rated games related to violence, blood, sexual themes, substances, profanity, and gambling obse...Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine theme issue on children and the media
...an Children and Exposure to Food, Beverage Ads A content analysis of after-school programming indicates tha...isements, only 8.2 percent featured health-related content and 9.4 percent addressed physical activity. "Given the increase in the number of African American ...5 finalists compete for Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research
...h suppliers (airlines, hotels, etc.), managing web content and expanding into more profitable lines of business. Using O.R., Travelocity Revenue Management and Sabre Research Group collaborated to improve Travelocity's performance through modeling of customer behavior, product pricing and analyzing supplier...Cystic fibrosis research could benefit from multi-functional sensing tool
...eptor that, among other functions, monitors oxygen content in the blood and helps control respiration.) Chronic oxygen stress too much or too little oxygen during early postnatal development can lead to a deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues in premature infants and newborn animals. Bu...Top cancer organizations launch first online portal of Asian language cancer information
...n materials that have been reviewed for scientific content and translated into more than 12 Asian and Pacific...NCI-funded Community Networks Programs contributed content or provided support for the Web portal: 'Imi Hale, the Native Hawaiian Cancer Network, Honolulu, Haw...Penn study shows smokers assume false sense of safety from ads for low nicotine Quest cigarettes
...45% of smokers made false inferences about the tar content of Quest cigarettes. Also, smokers who felt less v...hat smoking any cigarettes regardless of nicotine content can have deleterious health effects," said co-author Andrew Strasser, PhD.This research was funded ...Research team sweeps the board with intensive care innovations
... stage further, allowing people to add multi-media content to the virtual diary from anywhere in the world at any time - and empowering a patient's loved ones to contribute to their recovery." The team will now go forward to represent the UK's higher education community in the global final of the competition...Women with breast cancer who choose preventive mastectomies
...men who had the preventive mastectomy were equally content with their quality of life as women who didn't." The study is reported today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. It was conducted by six health care systems that participate in the National Cancer Institute-funded Cancer Research Network, whose goal...Newspaper coverage of neurologic conditions incorrect 20 percent of the time, study shows
...general health care coverage. The study involved a content analysis of 1,203 newspaper articles published during 2003, with researchers analyzing whether stigmatizing language was used in U.S. newspaper coverage of neurologic diseases. Also performed was fact checking of sources and stories for medical error...Sodas and energy drinks can supply a surprising caffeine jolt
...nsic Medicine, said the surprisingly high caffeine content in some beverages could present problems for pregn...la beverages, though it does not regulate caffeine content of these drinks. And although the agency requires the presence of caffeine be disclosed, it does not...Body image relates to sexual risks taken by men and women differently
...ive body image among young men should also include content to help them develop healthy sexual attitudes and respect for women." The study is detailed in a paper, "Does Body Image Play a Role in Risky Sexual Behavior and Attitudes?," published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence in the current On Line Fi...