Needle-stick injuries are common but unreported by surgeons in training
... issue of The New England Journal of Medicine say most residents in the survey falsely believe that reporting and getting timely medical attention wont prevent infection. Residents also say reporting takes too much time and interrupts their work. The fact that we have so many residents who fail to unde...When minority patients have insurance and a medical home, their health care improves
...s lacked coverage. In addition to being the groups most likely to go without health insurance, African Ame...e already functioning as models of such care, what most limited a health setting from being designated a medical home in this survey was the ability to disp...UCLA, Italian chemists move closer to solving Lou Gehrig's disease mystery
...e more than two dozen mutant, ALS-causing enzymes, most of which have only one wrong amino acid out of 153, to try to understand their properties and learn what makes them toxic. Some of the mutant proteins are very different from the normal protein, but others are virtually identical to the normal prot...New research spares children the pain of the needle
...ected by pneumonia each year in Europe. Until now, most children have been admitted to hospital and treated with injected antibiotics. The findings suggest that these injections endured by generations of children may be unnecessary and could be replaced with oral doses of the medicine in the majority ...Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid
...NE. Enteric fever, of which typhoid fever is the most common form, is a major disease affecting the deve...d Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyhpi A, the two most common bacteria to cause enteric fever, do not show resistance to Gatifloxacin, unlike for other flu...Early-morning Friday classes may prevent students from getting sloppy on 'thirsty Thursdays'
...bia. "This number jumped to 85 to 90 percent when most students attained legal age in the third year of the study. It appears that this drinking, when it occurs, is heavy." Wood said that men who drank at least one drink on Thursday consumed on average between six to 7.5 drinks as a function of Fri...Emergency department guidelines enhance quality patient care
... memory to utilizing guidelines is challenging for most practitioners, says Wright. We want to prove the CPQE tools can save lives and money and improve the quality of patient care, and then we expect to be able to bring use of our site or a similar system to the national level. ...Intensive-care patients with alcohol problems are more likely to require mechanical ventilation
...rs analyzed all adult patients with one of the six most common diagnoses associated with admission to the intensive-care unit pneumonia, sepsis (severe infections), gastrointestinal hemorrhage, asthma, COPD, and respiratory failure for the years 2002 to 2003. Medical patients who have an AUD are mor...Shoulder tapping -- Young males are most willing to purchase alcohol for underage youth
... success rate is probably higher because youth are most likely selective in who they approach and where. ...s might also work, although it seems probable that most adults already know that buying alcohol for youth is illegal. However, he stressed, it is important...AstraZeneca announces SYMBICORT is now available in the US
...dical Science, AstraZeneca. Asthma is one of the most serious chronic diseases in the U.S. It is estimated that more than 20 million Americans suffer from the condition and, if not properly managed, asthma can be life-threatening. The U.S. availability of SYMBICORT holds great promise for millions of...Women's mortality rates for cardiovascular disease differ widely among hospitals
...003 through 2005. While these hospitals showed the most improvement over the course of the study, their overall performance still lags considerably behind the best-performing hospitals. If all of the 513 study hospitals in the 19 states studied performed at the level of the best-performing hospitals duri...Experts predict Tamiflu could halve the pandemic influenza death toll versus no intervention
...e exposed to infected patients could be one of the most cost-effective strategies for reducing illness and death during an influenza pandemic. According to modelling research presented by Beate Sander, University of Toronto, Canada, a stockpile of Tamiflu sufficient to cover 65% of a countrys population c...New mangosteen research establishes xanthone measurement standard
... The rind of the mangosteen is considered nature's most abundant source of xanthones. Xanthones, a unique class of phytonutrients, possess a range of powerful antioxidant properties....Smoking rate has plummeted in New York City
...all ethnic groups, Asian New Yorkers have made the most progress, with a 30% decline in the smoking rates, though Asian males still smoke at a rate of 16.4% Smoking rates on Staten Island have declined by only 0.4% since 2002, while the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens have seen declines of more than 20% ...Award winning book co-edited by Rutgers College of Nursing Dean updated with new information
...ase specialists, the book includes material on the most recent and important new emerging infectious diseases. Each chapter is illustrated with clinical case examples to demonstrate the pitfalls in differential diagnosis and explain proper management and treatment. The book includes appendices that prov...University research wins royal accolade
...nnovation 2007 on Tuesday July 3. One of the UKs most prestigious corporate accolades, The Queens Award for Enterprise underlines the Universitys reputation as an international centre of excellence in research. The School of Pharmacy is home to teaching and research teams in the UK and Malaysia, deliver...Damon Runyon renews its $2.25 million investment to support young clinical cancer investigators
...rapies for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common pediatric cancer, are effective but have se...), a deadly blood cancer that afflicts some of the most underserved cancer patients. ATLL is caused by the human T-cell leukemia virus and a subset of ATLL...New survey uncovers how insomnia affects job performance and safety
...ples lives, work performance and safety; more than most of us realize, said Dr. Rosekind. Also, effective treatments exist for insomnia. We need to educate people about the risks of insomnia, have them seek treatment when appropriate, and use effective behavioral and medication interventions to improve t...Columbia dentists to improve oral health in sub-Saharan Africa
...g world, and oral health conditions are one of the most common chronic disorders, according to the World H...48 dentists in the entire country of Ethiopia, and most are in the capital, Addis Ababa. Were going to bring dental care to villages where there are no dent...Diabetes professionals join forces to identify gaps in diabetes care and better self care
... make self-care even more complex causing even the most conscientious patients frustration and leading clinicians to think that they are not properly managing their care." For the nearly 21 million Americans who have diabetes1, and estimated 39 million who will have it by the year 20502, the challenge...