Pharmacists likely to play direct role in future diabetes management
...ellness and obesity, supporting healthy ageing and keeping healthcare affordable....The Society of Hospital Medicine and Wiley to launch InfoPOEMs for hospitalists
...e highly regarded for their utility and quality in keeping clinicians up-to-date on the latest and most relevant evidence published in the medical literature. "Hospitalists are on the front line of clinical care and are early adopters of best practices such as evidence-based medicine and clinical decisio...Two-thirds of nursing students believe it's wrong to lie to patients, twice as many as in 1983
...students in both surveys were unsure about whether keeping the truth from a patient was acceptable. (18 per cent in 2005 and 20 per cent in 1983). 54 per cent of the 1983 students felt that a good nurse should be prepared to change shifts at short notice to help out. By 2005 this figure had fallen to 2...Better designed roadway intersections can boost older drivers' performance
...consideration, can really benefit older drivers by keeping them on the road longer. Future research should include tests of the federal guidelines under other conditions such as in bigger cities, rural areas or at night, Classen said. In addition, ongoing driving simulator studies led by Orit Shechtman, Ph...Tobacco companies obstructed science, history professor says
...g cancer, such as pollution, asbestos and even the keeping of birds. Denying the case against tobacco was "closed," they called for more research as a tactic to delay regulation. Drawing from his experiences as an expert witness in tobacco litigation cases, Proctor says that industry lawyers often claim th...Study finds antibiotic resistance in poultry even when antibiotics were not used
...ation techniques washing your hands regularly and keeping other foods away from raw chicken, for example to minimize the risk of illness. "All foods have the potential to contain pathogens all of them," Lee said. "There's no substitute for good food handling and preparation." ...New project to analyze why Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and insulin resistance are so closely linked
...ssues (such as fat and muscle) to take up glucose, keeping glucose levels in the bloodstream normal. In people with insulin resistance, normal amounts of insulin are not adequate to produce a normal glucose response, meaning that levels of insulin in the bloodstream need to be higher to achieve normal blood ...Jefferson scientists find that drug-eluting stents are disappointing in bypass grafts -- sometimes
...HIA) -- While drug-eluting stents are effective in keeping open bypassed heart veins that arent too diffuse (... Medical College shows that they fare less well in keeping open bypassed veins with longer blockages. The researchers suggest that doctors think twice before i...Jefferson scientists find that plavix appears to be safe during and after heart bypass
...utcomes for patients undergoing bypass surgery and keeping the new bypass grafts open is a critical issue. One possible strategy is to use clopidogrel, but there have been safety concerns, particularly regarding the risk of bleeding after surgery." The researchers used data provided by the University Heal...New asthma inhaler propellant effective, but costlier
...dicine is left. For that reason, Hendeles suggests keeping a backup inhaler handy if physicians prescribe a device without a counter. "There isn't any reliable way of estimating when they're going to run out," said Hendeles, who also serves as a consultant to the FDA. The review also reports that some HF...Low education predicts lower quality of life for prostate cancer patients
...eaks, and get enough rest when youre worried about keeping your job. Knight stresses that, thanks to todays effective treatments, men with prostate cancer can live a long time. If these problems go unaddressed, these men will have a much worse time over the course of their lives. The researchers caution ...Researchers discover gene crucial for nerve cell insulation
...ng material that coats an electrical cord or wire, keeping nerve impulses from dissipating, allowing them to travel farther and faster along the length of the nerve cell. The researchers discovered how a defect in just one copy of the gene, known as early growth response gene 2 (EGR2) affects the normal co...Speeding 'fingertip' discovery -- 20 years of protein info in 1 place
...techniques by breaking up proteins more gently and keeping chemical modifications like phosphorylation intact. Previous spectrometry methods were just too rough on the delicate protein alterations and sheared them right off, he says. We had to guess where they might be and nobody wants to chase false leads ...Syphilis rate on rise in US gay, bisexual men
...alk about how medications are doing a great job of keeping AIDS patients alive. "Weve been seduced by these amazing drugs and weve fallen behind in our prevention efforts," Ghanem said. "We have to get back on track with prevention messages. Thats the only way we will curb this outbreak."...New blood test can diagnose and monitor treatment of Parkinson's disease
...idate drugs are having an effect on the disease by keeping alpha-synuclein levels close to normal," Prof Horne said....Study puts us one step closer to understanding the function of sleep
... could open a new window into the role of sleep in keeping humans healthy, happy and able to learn. The brain function in question, called slow wave activity, is critical to the restoration of mood and the ability to learn, think and remember, Tononi says. During slow wave activity, which occupies about ...Biofeedback on abnormal mechanics lowers risk for stress fractures, pain under kneecap
...s on their legs, to a normal angular curve. By keeping their knees apart, not letting them collapse inwar...n in place in front of a mirror and concentrate on keeping their knees apart." In the meantime, back at the laboratory, she is continuing to recruit patients...Cause of gender differences in blood pressure, kidney damage under study
...the kidneys. The body has natural mechanisms for keeping free radicals in check, including endogenous antioxidants. "But if you get increases, it can overwhelm the natural ability of the body to take care of it," she says. When she looks to see the toll all this takes on the kidneys, she finds about a 5...RAND study finds alcohol advertising and marketing associated with adolescent drinking
...," Collins said. "Parents can make a difference by keeping promotional merchandise from their kids. My guess is that many parents think it's harmless: your kid has a Budweiser T-shirt, it's just funny. But it probably is a subtle communication to kids that beer drinking is cool." Researchers also found th...The difficulties of keeping the food supply chain in a worldwide network of food producers, processors and distributors are highlighted in an Editorial in this weeks special gastroenterology edition of the Lancet. Health officials in the USA are currently investigating how m...