Fat protein cuts blood vessel inflammation, may help heart, Jefferson scientists find
... led by Barry Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases and Rosario Scalia, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, both of Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelph...Treatment outcomes of patients with HIV and tuberculosis
...to have a reoccurrence than those r who took their medicine daily or who were treated for longer periods. The study also found that the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during TB treatment was associated with a faster Mycobacterium tuberculosis negative culture conversion, and an improved...Study: Who claims to be a pediatrician?
...atus. Recertification is equally important because medicine is constantly changing, and it is a means to keep ... to their child, many will instead choose a family medicine practitioner to handle their child's and even the entire family's medical needs. Freed says physic...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...Efficacy of selected complementary and alternative medicine interventions for chronic pain, pg. 195 We revi...rch on commonly used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches to treating chronic pain. Our findings show that CAM therapies, as a group, have a ...Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
.... Shou Jiang Tang, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern who specializes in therapeutic endoscopic and endoscopic innovations. According to the American College of Gastroenterology, approximately 19 million people have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which is caused by stomach ...Elsevier partners with European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics
...t electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information....UCLA pediatrician honored with prestigious achievement award
...al chemistry at the University of Wisconsin and in medicine and pediatrics at the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco....Dynamic sonography accurate in diagnosing muscle tears
...tion free imaging modality available in all sports medicine emergency rooms. It is a very important tool to diagnose, follow-up and document muscle tears for proper management," said Ashok Kumar Nath, MD, lead author of the study. Of the 50 patients, 46 had muscle tears and/or hematomas in the thigh and cal...Choice is a key element in success for smokers who want to quit
...rcher Dr. Geoffrey Williams associate professor of medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, will unveil new findings at a Toronto conference this month that demonstrate patient involvement in a quit plan leads to smokers who are more motivated to quit because they genuinely wa...Both alcohol and neighborhood characteristics can affect intimate partner violence
...d William Fals-Stewart, professor in the school of medicine at the University of Rochester, "this study is among the very first to examine IPV within the societal context of where it occurs. The way the authors described the neighborhoods in terms of social disorder and how these characteristics might, indee...Hepatitis C negatively impacts HIV
...g to senior author Jeffrey Samet, MD, professor of medicine at BUSM and chief of General Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC), this study has important implications for understanding the optimal management approach for co-infected patients. "Our results suggest that HCV infection may adversely im...Hepatitis B patients' understanding of infection and treatment deficient
...r. Steven-Huy Han, associate clinical professor of medicine and surgery in the division of digestive diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a consultant for both Idenix and Novartis. The study was based on responses from 301 adult chronic hepatitis B patients on antiviral therapy. Of th...New device for stroke patients improves walking
...Dr. Michael O'Dell, acting chief of rehabilitation medicine and medical director of the Inpatient Rehabilit...ornell. He is professor of clinical rehabilitation medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. The device, manufactured by Bioness Inc. of Santa Clarita, ...Disadvantaged TB patients urgently need social support to make medical treatment more effective
...ore than a third anticipated problems taking their medicine and 30 per cent had no-one to remind them, suggesting a lack of social support. 48 per cent were admitted to hospital during their treatment, with hospital admissions for homeless people being longer and costing two and a half times more than adm...Boston University School of Medicine faculty member receives honorary degree from alma mater
...elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He was an intern in medicine at the former Boston City Hospital, an assistant resident in medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and a resident in neurology and neuropathology at the Massachuset...NY-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center doctors present at 2007 AUA Meeting
.... Dr. Daniel P. Petrylak, associate professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and associate attending urologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia....Moderate drinking lowers women's risk of heart attack
...h.D., associate professor of social and preventive medicine in the UB School of Public Health and Health Professions and first author on the study. Women seem to have a quicker reaction to a smaller amount of alcohol, she noted: "Overdoing it is harmful, and what is too much depends on each individual. I...'Supersize me' mice research offers grim warning for America's fast food consumers
...Brent Tetri, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine at Saint Louis University Liver Center, and colleagues studied the effects of a diet that was 40 percent fat and replete with high fructose corn syrup, a sweetener common in soda and some fruit juices. The research is being presented at the Digestive...GI screening: Racing time or wasting time?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 22, 2007) Preventative medicine and technology are some of the great benefits in this ever-changing age of health care technology. Operations that once required major surgery and in-patient stays are being replaced with minimally invasive procedures with quick recovery times. Amo...Inhaled steroids may not be enough for some children with asthma
...he medicine; 35% said they intermittently used the medicine and 21% said they didnt use it at all. The majority of children with mild asthma are less likely to have symptoms as they get older and may not need to be on daily steroids, Dr. Sawicki said. The flip side is that if a child has poor asthma control...