6 out of 10 doctors aren't frustrated that patients can't lower cholesterol
... ... Doctors told the...Cedars-Sinai researchers present new endocrine findings at 2 international conferences
... At The Endocrine Society meeting, Shlomo Melmed, M.D., director of the Burns and Allen Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and one of the worlds experts on human growth hormone and the pituitary gland, will be presenting The Year in Pituitary, an overview of new research in the field including innovative insights lin...Clinical decision support tool improves doctors' diagnostic skills in just one minute
Isabel, a web-based clinical decision support system, prevents diagnostic errors and improves the quality of treatment decisions made by clinicians. A study published today in the open access journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making reveals that consulting Isabel prompted pediatricians to make an important change to their diagnosis in 12.5% of cases analysed. Consulting Isabel added on...Doctors able to predict recurrence of high-risk breast cancers
International researchers have developed a prediction model to assist doctors in determining the chance of recurrence of cancer in high-risk breast cancer patients who have undergone a mastectomy followed by radiation therapy. The study was published in the April 2006 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO, the American Society for...Doctors fail to recommend colon cancer tests for low-income patients
Fewer than nine out of 10 low-income, medically underserved minority patients at risk for colorectal cancer receive a recommendation for colorectal cancer screening by physicians at government-supported community health centers, according to a study by Northwestern University researchers. ... The researchers subsequently found that 7 percent of underserved minority patients at risk for developi...Doctors can halve dose of radiation and still cure Hodgkin's
Doctors in Germany have determined that patients suffering from early-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma can receive a reduced dose of involved field radiation therapy, combined with chemotherapy, and still retain a high survival rate, according to a study presented October 17, 2005, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 47th Annual Meeting in Denver.... If caught early, Hodgkin'...MRI helps doctors select best treatment for early breast cancers
Breast magnetic resonance imaging enhances patient selection for accelerated, partial breast irradiation by detecting previously unsuspected, microscopic lesions within the breast, according to a study presented October 17, 2005, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 47th Annual Meeting in Denver. The study shows that almost 10 percent of patients who had a breast MRI b...Cedars-Sinai endocrine researchers to discuss gene that may be linked to polycystic ovary syndrome
... ... Women with PCOS have many small cysts on the periphery of the ovaries and suffer from symptoms that include me...Doctors have key role in preventing and detecting child neglect and abuse
... Professor Howard Dubowitz, Chief of Division of Child Protection, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA, and Dr Susan Bennett, University of Ottawa, Canada reviewed data from various medical databases to compile the Seminar. They investigated definitio...Doctors conclude temsirolimus is effective new treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma
... A total of 626 patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) were enrolled in the study and received one of three treatments a new drug called temsir...Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
... ... We always want to come up with something that im...NY-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center doctors present at 2007 AUA Meeting
... ...Authors: Harry Fisch, M.D., Ithor S. Sawczuk, M.D., et al. ... Investigators assessed the prevalence and risk factors of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in uro...New doctors' test kit to help prevent debilitating osteoporosis
... ... "We have shown that a tendency to...Italian doctors get their information on medicines from drug company sales reps
... Lorenzo Moja (Italian Cochrane Centre, Milan, Italy) and colleagues say that Italian doctors still rely heavily upon the pharmaceutical industry for their information needs. For example, a recent survey showed that general practitioners in Italy receive eleven visi...Approved medical resident hours still resulting in sleepy doctors
ATS 2007, SAN FRANCISCO -- Medical residents working within the mandated maximum of 80 hours per week experience severe sleepiness, a finding that may have implications for both patient care and resident safety, according to a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Sunday, May 20. ... Previous studies have shown that sleep-deprived residents perfor...GPs should lead chronic disease fight -- Top doctor
... "General practice needs to stop complaining that nobody likes us. Rather, we should get on and take up a leadership role in reducing the potential for chronic illness to become a disastrous health issue. They'll be able to apply the growing disease-oriented knowledge base to patients and their individual needs. GPs can and will play an important role in ensuring the world is...MTAS will cause irreparable harm to 10,000 junior doctors
... ... It says:...Africa's doctors' access assessed
... An international group from five countries in Africa and the UK set out to assess how effective open access publishing initiatives are in Africa. The researchers surveyed...Doctors ill equipped to confront parent smoking
... ... However, minimal formal medical training exists regarding how pediatricians can effectively speak to their...Gerontological Society of America awards new Hartford Doctoral Fellowships
... Each of the Hartford Doctoral Fellows receive a $50,000 dissertation grant plus $20,000 in matching support from their home institutions, which enables recipients to more fully concentrate on their dissertation research projects over the next two years. Fellows also receive supplemental...Did drug reps encourage doctors to prescribe gabapentin for nonapproved uses?
... In the USA, before a company can market a drug to doctors for a specific "indicat...Drug company sales visits influenced doctors, study finds
... ... At the time of the visits, gabapentin was approved only for secondary treatment of a c...Drug reps use friendship to influence doctors
... ... The specific strategy used by a drug rep to manipulat...US Senate introduces bill to train more preventive medicine doctors
Washington, D.C., April 16, 2007 U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) joined together today to take a major step toward stemming the tide of America's eroding preventive medicine and public health workforce. Their landmark bill, the Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Act, introduced in Congress today, will ensure the...iPods help docs improve stethoscope skills
...... After demonstrating last year that medical students greatly improved their stethoscope skills by listening repeatedly to heart sounds on their iPods, lead inve...Using morphine to hasten death is a myth, says doctor
... ... Mrs Taylor's request to use morphine to make her unconscious under the principle of double effect is a puzzling choice, writes Claud Regnard, a consultant in palliative care medicine. The principle of double effect allows a doctor to administer treatment that hastens death,...AHA statement recommends doctors change approach
Many doctors should change the way they prescribe pain relievers for chronic pain in patients with or at risk for heart disease based on accumulated evidence that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), with the exception of aspirin, increase risk for heart attack and stroke, according to an American Heart Association statement published today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart...U of MN doctors uncover treatment for advanced ALD patients
Continuing with more than a decade of research, doctors at the University of Minnesota have discovered a treatment to help patients with advanced cases of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a rare disorder affecting the nerves. The results are published in the late February issue of Bone Marrow Transplantation. ... ALD is a progressive degenerative myelin disorder that affects young boys. Myelin is...Doctors test effort that helps people understand health risk information
... We wrote the primer because, while people are bombarded with messages about health risks and treatment benefits, little is done to prepare them to understand these messages, says Steven...Drug reduces unscheduled trips to doctor for childhood asthma attacks
... ... Colin F. Robertson, M.D., of the Department of R...What prevents doctors from counseling their patients to lose weight, exercise and quit smoking?
Israeli doctors believe that part of their job is to encourage their patients towards a healthier lifestyle, better nutrition, exercise and avoiding smoking, but new research conducted by the School of Public Health at the University of Haifa found large gaps between this idea and its actual implementation. While 99% of the doctors surveyed said that they believe that educating their patients to...NOVA to air two-hour documentary on pioneering African American chemist
... Entitled "Forgotten Genius," the film, in the words of Jim Shoffner, Ph.D., a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society, honors a man who "was an inspirational and motivational figure for many young men and women. Although this was...Doctors neglect insomnia in older patients
... That's the finding of new research from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. When patients 60 years and older visited their primary care doctors, physicians did not note sleep problems in the patients' charts. This was significant because independent social workers, who interviewed those same patients after their doctors' visits...Mistletoe is not an anti-cancer drug, say doctors
... ... Some patients with cancer inject themselves mistletoe extract in the hope of improving their condition, writes complementary medicine expert, Professor Edzard Ernst in an accompanying editorial. In continental Europe, at least 30 different mistletoe preparations are available and in Germany, the insurance...Options improving for patients with acromegaly and gigantism, says endocrinology expert
... In the article, Shlomo Melmed, M.D., senior vice president for Academic Affairs and director of the Burns and Allen Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai, provides an...Obesity could bankrupt the health system, warn doctors
... ... So, can we reverse the rising trend in the prevalence of obes...Doctors' extended duration work shifts are associated with medical errors and adverse events
... The study, published in PLoS Medicine, which was led by Charles Czeisler and Laura Barger from Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, included 2737 medical residents, who completed 17,003 monthly reports. In months in which residents worked even one long shift-of 24 hours or more -they were three times more likely to report a fat...RAND study shows little public money spent on health care to undocumented immigrants
... ... The report which appears in the November edition of the journal Health Affairs estimates that in the United States about $1.1 billion in federal, state and...... ... ... This would...STANFORD, Calif. - Give emergency room doctors a nap, and not only ...will they do a better job, they'll also be nicer to you, according to ...a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine. ... The findings, to be published in the November issue of Annals of ...Emergency Medicine, showed improved mood, a higher alertness level ...and the ability to complete a simulated I.V. insertion m...