Who gets heart failure? Race takes back seat to diabetes and high blood pressure
....D. According to Lima, an associate professor of medicine and radiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart Institute, these early results add to other interesting findings from the so-called Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). The study, started in 2001, is monitorin...Study finds coronary procedure adds no benefit over 'optimal medical therapy' alone
...l and Millard Fillmore hospitals, and professor of medicine and public health at the University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. According to Peter Liu, MD, scientific director of the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, "The findings suggest that if a p...General physicals prompt needed cancer screenings
...enton, assistant professor of family and community medicine at UC Davis. "Our study suggests they are. If people over 50 have checkups every year or two, they're more likely to go ahead and get the cancer screenings they need." Fenton and his colleagues focused their study on patients ages 52 to 78 years...Pain control after surgery reduces days of hospitalization
...ting. "If they know that specialists in acute pain medicine can help to minimize the pain associated with surg...the institution of a formalized postoperative pain medicine program, called the acute interventional postoperative pain service, between July 1, 2004, and Aug. ...Contrast agent puts new light on diagnosing breast cancer
...ohn Frangioni, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and radiology at Harvard Medical School, have developed a contrast agent that selectively targets and highlights malignant micro-calcifications in the breast, while ignoring similar micro-calcifications found in benign breast conditions. Details of...Studies highlight advances in diagnosis, medical therapy
...the regimen," said Dr. Gregg Stone, a professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and chairman... Gregory Thomas, a clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of California Irvine and director of nuclear cardiology at Mission Internal Medica...Embargoed March/April Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...the practice. The lawsuit occurred after a family medicine resident and a patient shared the decision about w...e findings do not support the premise of defensive medicine whereby the threat or experience of adverse litigation alters clinician behavior. How Physicians Ap...Government's reliance on free market economics makes essential drug prices too high for the poor
...h care needs in Malaysia itself. The costs of each medicine were collected from government hospitals, private pharmacies, and dispensing doctors. The researchers noted both the prices of the "innovator brands (made by the original patent holder) and of "generic" brands (an equivalent drug produced by a differ...Loperamide therapy for acute diarrhea in children
...ws A key part of the evidence-based approach to medicine is the use of systematic reviews, which seek to bring together and assess the findings of all the research that has been conducted on each specific medical question. Some 2500 systematic reviews are now being published every year. However, research b...Cancer-fighting foods, supplements explored in day-long symposium, March 25
...ner, Ph.D., a researcher and professor of internal medicine at the university. (AGFD 008, Sunday, March 25, 8:45 a.m.) Blueberries contain chemical that may help prevent colon cancer A compound found in blueberries shows promise in animal studies of preventing colon cancer, according to a joint study ...iPods help docs improve stethoscope skills
...ael Barrett, M.D., clinical associate professor of medicine and cardiologist at Temple University School of Medicine and Hospital, set out to test the technique on practicing physicians. During a single 90-minute session, 149 general internists listened 400 times to five common heart murmurs including aort...Sutent achieves first line EAU approval for kidney cancer
...ons than IFNα.Fewer patients discontinued the medicine because of treatment-related adverseevents (8% vs. 13%).2 Sunitinib malate's side effects in clinical studies for the treatment of mRCC weregenerally mild or moderate. The most common treatment-related adverse events of anygrade were fatigue, gastro...Research agreement to advance new imaging technology
...eement, the raw data from the University's nuclear medicine gamma cameras will be run through the T.I.E.S. software so that scientists can compare it with the image generated using standard technologies. The technology is applicable to other types of scanners as well. The company plans to have its first im...American College of Cardiology and Epocrates deliver customized mobile software to ACC members
...ite of 50 commonly used formulas in cardiovascular medicine developed by Dr. Chi-Ming Chow. The application was designed to provide a way to perform day-to-day calculations associated with echocardiography, EKG, epidemiology, exercise stress test, general medicine, hemodynamics and unit conversion (SI and US)...Traditional Chinese medical beliefs still relevant in Beijing
...nd a sore throat, they sought 'purging fire herbal medicine from the pharmacy or visited the dentist. TCM doctors regarded the concept of huo (fire) as excessive or deficient and described the consequences of patients taking inappropriate medication for huo. Chinese dentists often teach themselves TCM concept...March 30 public briefing on PEPFAR's Progress
...es, Mona, Jamaica CHARLES CARPENTER, professor of medicine and director, AIDS Center, Brown University, Providence, R.I. REPORTERS: OBTAIN COPIES OR REGISTER TO ATTEND by contacting the National Academies' Office of News and Public Information at tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu . Advance copie...Emergency responses greatly increase risk to firefighters of dying on duty from heart disease
...tiani, senior author and professor of occupational medicine and epidemiology in the Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology at HSPH, examined data on all U.S. on-duty firefighter deaths between 1994 and 2004, except for those deaths associated with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. They a...Baum to receive IADR Oral Medicine & Pathology Award
...and significant contributions to the field of oral medicine and oral pathology. He has conducted sustained cutting-edge research focused on the pathogenesis and management of salivary gland and related oral medical disorders. Specifically, Dr. Baum has made major scientific contributions in the following six ...ACP hosts 'Internal Medicine 2007' in San Diego
...ering the latest advances in the field of internal medicine and its subspecialties such as cardiology and gast... involved in the direct care of patients. Internal medicine physicians provide care for both acute and chronic diseases. More than half of the nations adults co...IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis to be held for first time in Asia
...ogists, gynaecologists, endocrinologists, internal medicine specialists, orthopaedic surgeons, radiologists, nurses, rehabilitation professionals, public health personnel, epidemiologists, pharmacists, pharmaceutical industry representatives and media professionals. ...