Having elevated risk factors in young adulthood raises risk of coronary calcium later on
... NHLBI. Young men and women should work with their doctors to learn about their risk, and then do everything they can to reduce it, such as eating a healthy diet and being physically active, she added. To help prevent heart disease, individuals should avoid smoking, seek to achieve and maintain a healthy w...Global Fund must fund salaries of health workers to deliver HIV, TB and malaria treatments
...uberculosis and Malaria are available, but not the doctors or the nurses to prescribe those medicines adequately." It would be a strategic mistake, say the authors, for the Global Fund to create such a "Medicines Without Doctors" situation. "The Global Fund has an advantage that makes it a key actor in t...Diet and lifestyle -- In the cancer fight, eating well is the best revenge
...on where there are not enough physicians, or where doctors have long waiting lists for those who are not firs... Laiyemo says that "it is important to follow your doctors recommendation based on the nature of polyp removed during colonoscopy, and maintain a healthy weigh...Not just a menopausal symptom -- men have hot flashes, too
...Using a technique called sternal skin conductance, doctors were able to positively identify hot flashes in ma...sures when hot flashes are occurring can help both doctors and patients identify the episodes, and can assist researchers in finding their root cause. "If we...The Clorox company's new personal care product lends a hand
...ene is critical to infection control, not only for doctors and nurses in hospitals and healthcare offices, but for employees of restaurants, hotels, child care centers and cruise ships. As important as hand hygiene is for all of us, the importance for professionalswho have daily contact with large numbers ...Medical students should be taught about rape
...statistic is the inconsistency in the way in which doctors examine people who have been sexually assaulted. ...ape deserve a better response, and teaching future doctors how to respond would be a good start."...Chance of hysterectomy predicted by multi-year study
...so women received differing advice from individual doctors across the country," he added. "Now, for the first...agonist and the so-called "medical menopause" that doctors sometimes prescribe to alleviate severe symptoms. One symptom alone, such as pelvic pain or bleed...Statins linked to lower risk of infection
...dialysis patients should not necessarily ask their doctors to put them on statins until more studies are done to verify their findings. Building on earlier, limited studies that suggested risk reduction in animals and some people, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Welch Center and senior author Neil ...Opportunistic chlamydia screening 'not underpinned by sound evidence'
...nfections continues to increase," write two senior doctors in an accompanying editorial. "Most people who are affected are unlikely to seek sexual health testing and may only be assessed via a proactive approach rather than the opportunistic screening programme currently offered."...Pediatricians rarely provide translation services for patients with little English proficiency
...according to the results of a nationwide survey of doctors led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Ne...l staff members to relay information. In addition, doctors in states where translation services were covered by public health insurance were more likely to use...Teens get needed access to care with state health insurance
... health insurance program (SCHIP), teens see their doctors more often, racial disparities are eliminated and more preventive care is received. This often-overlooked age group also received more counseling from their health care providers about guns, smoking, drugs, alcohol and sexuality all issues that impa...Still some way to go in tackling racism in mental health care
...titutionally racist. In this weeks BMJ, two senior doctors say that, although services are pioneers in moving towards equity, they have some way to go before they meet the challenges of a multi-cultural society. The "Count me in" census, published last week by the Healthcare Commission, makes grim reading...Study sheds light on medication treatment options for bipolar disorder
...(Wellbutrin) or paroxetine (Paxil)or to a placebo, doctors trained in the treatment of bipolar disorder adjusted participants' mood stabilizer doses to optimal levels, ensuring that they were receiving the most appropriate amount. After about 26 weeks, Sachs and colleagues found that 24 percent of those wh...MRI detects most missed opposite breast cancers in women
...hers wanted to determine whether MRI could improve doctors ability to identify these opposite breast cancers right at the initial diagnosis boosting the chances for swift and successful treatment. The results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that for women already diagnosed with can...New asthma inhaler propellant effective, but costlier
...e hopes the review will dispel myths about HFA for doctors and patients. Still, even though HFA inhalers are safe for the environment and effective at treating asthma, some people may feel uncomfortable when making the switch. HFA inhalers spew slower and warmer plumes of medicine than their CFC counterparts...Biopsy may underestimate prostate cancer in obese and overweight men
...whose prostate cancers are incorrectly classified, doctors should conduct biopsies on more areas of the prostate gland, Freedland said. "Performing more biopsy samples will help determine the true aggressiveness of the prostate cancer and will allow treatment to be better tailored to the patients needs," h...Clevidipine during heart surgery improves blood pressure control
...re demonstrating utility in helping emergency room doctors distinguish between lung-related or heart-related ... both emergency and non-emergency settings to help doctors evaluate their patients likelihood of heart disease and treat accordingly." Dr. Mogelvang will pre...General physicals prompt needed cancer screenings
...s patients had during the study period, suggesting doctors may not have time to advocate for cancer screening when they're evaluating a sick patient. Other evidence supports this view: Fenton notes that one recent survey found 97 percent of primary care physicians said they recommend appropriate cancer sc...Contrast agent puts new light on diagnosing breast cancer
...t instead of X-rays, the contrast agent could help doctors diagnose disease within minutes and determine wher...at transmits near-infrared light through the body, doctors can reconstruct a three-dimensional image of tissues deep inside the breast, highlighting areas wher...Light-based probe 'sees' early cancers in first tests on human tissue
...coherence interferometry), might ultimately enable doctors and their patients to avoid removal of tissue for biopsy, Wax said. In other instances, he added, fa/LCI could help physicians pinpoint suspicious cells during a traditional biopsy procedure, making it less likely for a cancerous lesion to escape det...