July/August 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...rehypertension as a new risk category. The expert panel recommended lifestyle modifications for all prehypertensive people, defined as those with systolic blood pressure levels between 120 and 139 mm Hg, or diastolic blood pressure levels between 80 and 90 mm Hg. Analyzing nationally-representative data ...Armed forces search for ways to improve survival in the combat zone
...s. In the first phase of the study, LSRO's expert panel reviewed and ranked 59 research pre-proposals for ...tem. In the second phase of the study, the expert panel examined the forms and processes by which the military obtains and reviews information related to sc...Healthy weight means healthier blood lipid profile in children, study finds
...ature. Dr. Gutin was a member of a recent national panel of experts, convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that said school-age children need an hour or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity daily. Dr. William B. Strong, Section Chief of Pediatric Cardiology Emeritus at MCG, ...UT Southwestern professor supports development of report cards on hospital infection rates
...in data. In Texas, legislators created an advisory panel in their June session to study the issue. Every state is likely to have some standard within the next couple of years, predicted Dr. Siegel, a co-author of the journal's Perspective article. Consumers Union, which initiated public reporting of hospi...Experts discuss use of human stem cells in ape and monkey brains
An expert panel of stem cell scientists, primatologists, philosoph...ates. Writing in the July 15 issue of Science, the panel reports its recommendations for minimizing the chances that experiments with human stem cells could ...Accessible technology and rehab medicine help Americans with disabilities in today's work force
...York University Medical Center in New York City. A panel of medical and technology experts will discuss workplace issues confronting people with physical and sensory disabilities caused by injury, disease or aging, with a focus on ways that accessible technology can help mitigate these issues. "Our economy...Quality measures need to be field-tested, researchers find
...ecessary, as some indicators approved by an expert panel proved unworkable in daily practice. Antibiotics a...c evidence to determine how well each performed. A panel of experts then judged the indicators' relevance to patient health, reduction of drug resistance and...Screen everyone at risk for HIV and all pregnant women
...etween 1978 and 1985. The USPSTF is an independent panel of experts in prevention and primary care. The Task Force has no authority to implement or mandate that their recommendations be followed, but many physicians, clinics, insurance companies and professional medical organizations, such as the American ...USC researchers link cellular stress to drug resistance in tumors
... "We further show that GRP78 is overexpressed in a panel of human breast cancer cells that has developed resistance to a variety of drug treatment regimens," the paper's authors add. Finally, Lee and her colleagues showed that tumor cells in which the GRP78 gene is suppressed are unable to mount a resistan...Weight-loss surgery produces unexpected drop in heart disease risk, Stanford researchers find
...ss surgery, adding three new tests to the standard panel of cholesterol and triglyceride assays. They saw improvements in all cardiac risk factors, with the most significant improvements for triglycerides and one of the new tests: C-reactive protein. "Medication with statins - the most effective non-surgic...TBJ celebrates 10th anniversary
... the scientific information between the public and panel of experts in the field, then is closed with a gala dinner event, not-to-be missed. Dinner will be served in the majestic reception rooms of the magnificent Mairie de Paris (Paris City Hall) where the seat of the Paris City Council is held. Located...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
...because the ethical challenge rated highest by the panel is rarely in the public eye, compared to issues su...e survey involved four rounds of response from the panel to reach consensus. The other top 10 ethical challenges: 2) Priority setting related to medical wa...New guidelines: Common drugs can calm essential tremor
...es of people with essential tremor." The guideline panel reviewed 211 articles to make evidence-based recom...rongly as it was recommended for limb tremors. The panel also found supporting evidence for other medications to be considered for limb tremors. Sotalol or a...More training and supervision needed to cut meningitis deaths
...ched by age from the same region of the country. A panel of paediatricians reviewed each case to assess the promptness and quality of emergency medical care provided in the first 24 hours after admission, according to published protocols. A total of 143 cases and 355 controls were included in the study. Fa...Drugs for blood pressure and seizures among treatments recommended for essential tremor
..., essential tremor runs in families. The guideline panel reviewed 211 articles to make evidence-based recom...trongly as it is recommended for limb tremors. The panel also found supporting evidence for other medications to be considered for limb tremors. Sotalol or a...Northwestern Memorial neurologist is lead author of comprehensive stroke center recommendations
...an intensive care unit and a stroke registry. The panel noted that there are no data yet on a cost-benefit analysis for a CSC. "Individual hospitals will have to develop business plans that consider the volume of stroke patients, payor mix, average costs and revenue per case and future growth plans," the...Panel calls for a new look at treatments commonly used for chronic insomnia
...g-term use, according to an independent scientific panel convened this week by the National Institutes of H...ny patients, insomnia can persist for decades. The panel also stressed that many chronic insomnia sufferers could benefit from currently underused behavioral...Many drugs prescribed for chronic insomnia are not approved for that purpose
... and Behavioral Medicine, told a special consensus panel at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that he could find no evidence that randomized controlled clinical trials had ever been conducted for five of the 10 pharmaceuticals prescribed most often for chronic insomnia. None of the 10 are currently a...Children need 60 minutes of daily physical activity, expert panel says
...trategy, they say.Recommendations of the 13-member panel are published in the June issue of The Journal of Pediatrics. Panelists were convened by the Constella Group, Inc., a professional health services company headquartered in Durham, N.C., contracted by the Divisions of Nutrition and Physical Activity a...Children need 60 minutes of daily physical activity, expert panel says
...rategy, they say. Recommendations of the 13-member panel are published in the June issue of The Journal of Pediatrics. Panelists were convened by the Constella Group, Inc., a professional health services company headquartered in Durham, N.C., contracted by the Divisions of Nutrition and Physical Activity a...