When minority patients have insurance and a medical home, their health care improves
...nts report that community health centers (CHCs) or other public clinics are less likely to have all four ch...private doctors offices. The main reason CHCs and other public clinics do not function as medical homes is because patients say they have more difficulty ge...UCLA, Italian chemists move closer to solving Lou Gehrig's disease mystery
...ties similar to misfolded proteins associated with other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimers and Pa... prevent protein misfolding work against these and other diseases" These are avenues for further investigation by researchers. When Valentine first began w...Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid
...do not show resistance to Gatifloxacin, unlike for other fluoroquinolones. "We have shown that Gatifloxacin may be better than an established drug used by many doctors around the world," says Dr Basnyat. "There is currently no resistance to the drug, and at just over US$1 dollar for a seven day treatment...Early-morning Friday classes may prevent students from getting sloppy on 'thirsty Thursdays'
...hes involving drinking drivers 18 to 24 are people other than the drinking driver." In 2002, a national tas... day of the week that they use for consultation or other research. I would think that this day could just as easily be more evenly distributed across the we...Emergency department guidelines enhance quality patient care
...rst one was developed, guidelines for more than 20 other conditions, such as pneumonia, ischemic stroke, diabetes and gallbladder disease, have been added. Nearly 40 instructional discharge sheets for patients are on the site, as well as common medical forms and procedure guidelines. Guidelines can be ve...Smoking may interfere with alcoholics' neurocognitive recovery during abstinence
...ally, chronic smoking may impact neurocognition in other conditions where is it a prevalent behavior, such as schizophrenia-spectrum and mood disorders. Further research is imperative....Intensive-care patients with alcohol problems are more likely to require mechanical ventilation
...nical ventilation for a longer duration. Whereas other studies have focused on single-disease entities such as pneumonia, sepsis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome, said de Wit, this study supports and extends previous findings to a heterogeneous group of medical illnesses. So, excessive alcohol c...Personal comments by physicians distract from patient needs
...the only way to deepen the relationship" There are other ways. We can have empathy. We can encourage our patients. We can praise them -- things that make a person feel valued. McDaniel hopes physicians use the article to examine the way they conduct their practice and consider whether self-disclosures ar...Students with symptoms of mental illness often don't seek help
...dying a university setting lends insight into what other factors besides affordability keep people from seeking help. U-M is a national leader in efforts to reach students and educate them about resources available, Eisenberg said. The University recently developed a mental health assessment instrument t......systems and to prevent the nonspecific adhesion of other materials. Molecular dynamics simulations indicate...be possible to design dendrimer nanoparticles with other biological ligands such as proteins and antibodies to image and target various biological systems. ...Experts predict Tamiflu could halve the pandemic influenza death toll versus no intervention
...ion in the US alone versus no intervention. Adding other strategies such as school closures further reduces the attack and death rate and provides a health benefit at a reasonable cost. The research also showed that pre-pandemic vaccination programmes would play an important role but their effectiveness wo...Taking animals out of laboratory research
...ling, cell and molecular biology, epidemiology and other methods, they will one day be able to completely remove animals from medical research while still maintaining crucial work to defeat diseases that affect millions of people. The new FRAME Alternatives Laboratory, within the Universitys Medical Sch...New mangosteen research establishes xanthone measurement standard
...form, as presented in XanGo Juice. There are many other phytochemicals found in the fruit that have beneficial effects which are lost in extraction or jeopardized when the natural balance of the fruit is manipulated." XanGo Juice is produced through a proprietary whole fruit formula based on a puree of t...Parents of chronically ill kids are helped by better access to federal and employer leave
... or had access to paid leave were more likely than other parents to miss work to care for their children. ... is being closely watched as a potential model for other states and the federal government. Paid Family Leave Insurance is a major attempt at change and C...Smoking rate has plummeted in New York City
... 18-24) have declined twice as much as rates among other adult age groups Among 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% sinc...Stevens Roundtable: Health, Technology & Society, July 11
...er burden the ability to deliver care. These and other topics relating to healthcare services for the growing number of elderly in the US will be examined during a Stevens Institute of Technology Health, Technology & Society Roundtable discussion, July 11, 2007, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The discussion will...Millennium development goals: Are we on track?
...one target area does not guarantee progress in the other areas, says Webb. Focusing on just one aspect of t...meeting of Member States, UN System Organizations, other major institutional stakeholders, as well as non-governmental organizations, academics and foundatio...Award winning book co-edited by Rutgers College of Nursing Dean updated with new information
...(AJN), which was also a Choice awardee. Lashleys other books have also received AJN Book of the Year awards, including the first and second editions of her book, Clinical Genetics in Nursing Practice, The Person with AIDS: Nursing Perspectives, and Women, Children and HIV/AIDS. Her book, Tuberculosis: A ...STAMP system can help professionals to identify potentially violent individuals
...t and it was important to differentiate these from other cases. Tone and volume of voice was associated...at them. Violence towards healthcare staff and other professionals such as police officers and social security staff are an increasing part of daily life...Predicting danger of flu pandemic rests on differences in affected population, says O.R. Forum
... for socially active people who interact with many other people on a given day, and we allow for relatively inactive people who interact with few others, he writes. We provide for highly susceptible people who are more likely to become infected once exposed to the virus, and we include those who are less s...