Anxiety disorders surprisingly common yet often untreated
... seven-question, self-administered screening tool, identifies patients with undiagnosed generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, post traumatic stress disorder or social anxiety disorder. The new study, which looked at 965 patients in 15 primary care clinics, found anxiety to be as prevalent as depression,...Researchers hot on the trail of brain cell degeneration
...usly toxic level of over-stimulation. The study identifies a new factor provoking cell degeneration. It is more than likely that future research will uncover more such factors interacting with each other. Investigating these will benefit new forms of treatment and advance research that aims to alleviate symp...ACP hosts 'Internal Medicine 2007' in San Diego
...topics outside of their subspecialties. This track identifies a series of sessions covering many of the core topics in internal medicine that are useful to all internists, independent of specialty.The Hospitalist Track includes medical consultation, end-of-life care, patient safety, and teaching house staff. T...Lung cancer screening regimen provides opportunity for cure
...K, Ill. Annual computed tomography (CT) screening identifies a high proportion of patients with early-stage lung cancer, according to the latest findings of the New York Early Lung Cancer Action Project (NY-ELCAP) published in the April issue of the journal Radiology. The regimen of screening determines ho...Child and adolescent psychiatrists could improve their screening for dating violence
...trategies that reduce suicidal behavior unless one identifies it and the frequent co-occurring disorders (such as depression), explains Brown. Screening is the first step in identification, diagnosis and proper treatment; it will lead to a reduction in further dating violence and proper treatment for reactio...Managing and preventing obesity in Canadian adults and children
...rovides a critical overview of the guidelines. She identifies gaps in our knowledge of obesity management and prevention and calls for large, long-term trials to address them. ...RAND study finds school playgrounds can help fight childhood obesity
...f that are often unclear," Scott said. "This study identifies locked schools as great points of policy intervention where gains in the fight against obesity could potentially be made." More research is needed, Scott said, noting that the study did not measure whether the girls in the study actually used the s...Speeding 'fingertip' discovery -- 20 years of protein info in 1 place
...s into small fragments, separates them by size and identifies the fragments based on their mass - their size and weight. The process improves on previous techniques by breaking up proteins more gently and keeping chemical modifications like phosphorylation intact. Previous spectrometry methods were just too rou...Jefferson pharmacologist says biomarker discovery bodes well for better cancer diagnostics
...the causation and progression of cancer, and which identifies new potential molecular targets that we can direct therapeutics against." Yet, he cautions, "There is a great distance between biomarker discovery and application in the doctors office." Validating such biomarkers require "well designed, prospecti...Highlights from the May 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...micronutrient adequacy during the school-age years identifies a critical time point for nutrition intervention," the researchers write. "It is important for clinical care providers to emphasize the importance of nutritious and consistent meals and snacks in maintaining adequate dietary intake." Additional res...Smoking and sleep top the list of lifestyle factors impacting oral health
... in the May issue of the Journal of Periodontology identifies lifestyle factors that have the most impact on periodontal health. The study followed a group of 219 factory workers in Japan from 1999 to 2003 in an attempt to evaluate the effect of different lifestyle factors on the progression of periodontal dise...News from American Psychiatric Association 2007 Annual Meeting
...ours after dosage. An SOT protocol objectively identifies abnormalities in patients' use of the three sensory systems that contribute to postural control: somatosensory (perception of sensory stimuli from the skin and internal organs), visual and vestibular (balance system having to do with the auditory org...Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
...tested the new RFID device to see that it properly identifies simulated stomach acids in a test tube and that the transmitter can send the results through human tissue. The sensor is designed to detect stomach acid, gas and water so doctors can determine whether the presence of those substances coincides with f...Exercise test may help predict mortality risk in heart failure patients
... physiologic principal of exercise intolerance and identifies a novel marker to assign risk," said Vinay Thohan, M.D., associate professor of cardiology and director of the heart failure service at Wake Forest Baptist. "This measure has been validated in patients with systolic heart failure and this form of tes...'Energy Up' demonstrates success as obesity intervention program for inner-city girls
...behaviors are harmful. Instead, this novel program identifies why teens engage in unhealthy behaviors, specifically overeating, and acknowledges that many young people overeat when they know it is bad for them. "Energy Up" looks at causes, as opposed to being reactionary. The program frames overeating within ...MUHC-led international team identifies gene responsible for blindness in infants and children
Montreal, June 4, 2007 -- A MUHC-led study identifies a gene responsible for Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), the most common cause of congenital blindness in infants and small children. The study, partly funded by the Foundation Fighting Blindness in Canada (FFB-C), is published in todays issue of Na...May/June Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...FERENT PATHS TO HIGH-QUALITY CARE This case study identifies three approaches primary care practices take to achieve high-quality care. While the nine practices studied use many of the same improvement strategies, the way the improvements are organized define three distinct archetypes: the Technophiles, the M...National Academies Advisory -- June 8 public briefing on LANL groundwater protection
...tion program at Los Alamos National Laboratory and identifies technical issues the laboratory should address to enhance the program's effectiveness. Groundwater contaminants at the 36-square-mile site stem from nuclear-weapons work that was done there during the Cold War. New Mexico state law says LANL must eva...New mangosteen research establishes xanthone measurement standard
...sis to create an analytical method that accurately identifies xanthones from the rind of the mangosteen fruit. According to Walker, an 80:20 acetone/water mixture was used to extract the xanthones from dried, ground whole mangosteen fruit rind. A total of six xanthones were purified by preparative HPLC, ut......tudy, highlighted by the journal on its news page, identifies a chemical that sends a low blood sugar message to a part of the brain that can do something about it. The neurotransmitter norepinephrine travels from the hindbrain, which receives warnings of low glucose levels from the body, to the paraventricul...