Pain drives Canadian youth to seek alternative medical treatment
... may find themselves having a child in pain, with persistent problems the availability of options is different for well-off kids than it is for poorer kids." Also on the team are Alison James (Centre for Health Services and Policy Research), Diane Davies (Canadian Adolescents at Risk Research Network), Michel...Physician pay-for-performance programs may produce little gain in quality
...ull potential of pay-for-performance to reduce the persistent gap between evidence-based and actual practice will require that payers adapt their incentive strategies as evidence to support best practices accumulates. The principal lesson we derive from this experience is that incentive design matters. The accu...US kidney failure rates stabilize, ending a 20-year climb
...rs Ph.D., NIDDK's co-director for the USRDS. "But persistent disparities are sobering." Credit for recent gains likely goes to clinical strategies proven in the 1990s to significantly delay or prevent kidney failure: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-inhibitors) and angiotensin receptor blockers ...International study finds one in five heart patients continue to smoke
...lar results. Of the 5,551 patients, 21% were still persistent smokers 39% of those under 50, 26% of those aged 50-60 and 14% of those aged around 60. Men and women had similar prevalence. Nearly all (99%) of the 2,244 pre-heart event smokers had been advised by a health professional to stop, and 48% had done s...Annual report to the nation finds cancer death rates still on the decline
... percent annually in women from 1987 to 2002. The persistent increase in overall cancer incidence rates for women can be attributed to increases in rates for breast and six other cancers: non-Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma, leukemia, and thyroid, bladder and kidney cancer. However, according to more recent data f...Sharper picture of major depression and alcohol disorders
... one major depressive episode (at least 2 weeks of persistent depressed mood accompanied by at least five sympto...l major role obligations at work, school, or home; persistent or recurrent alcohol-related interpersonal, social, or legal problems; and/or recurrent drinking in ...Heavy smokers who cut their smoking in half may reduce their risk of lung cancer
...ercent and 50 percent, respectively, compared with persistent heavy smokers," they continue. "Risk of lung cancer among the stable ex-smokers was 83 percent lower than among the heavy smokers, but still significantly higher than among the never smokers." The authors point out that their study results indicate ...Polar explorer delivers rare snow-depth data to ESA for CryoSat validation
...out to be a big challenge. A healthy population of persistent bears live near Cape Arctichesky. On three occasions we had to explain to a polar bear that it had to go. Despite the expedition being cut short, how much data did you manage to collect for CryoSat validation purposes? In the end we only did 300 km o...National study shows black immigrants' health erodes the longer they live in US
...roups by home region. "These findings point to the persistent black/white health gap in the United States," said Emerson, the Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Sociology and director of the new Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life. "Whatever health advantage black immigrants have when they arrive is...Nation's experts to answer questions about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
... a neurological brain disorder that manifests as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable age and maturity. Untreated ADHD may have long-term adverse effects on academic performance, vocation...Anxiety disorders can compromise success of alcohol-dependence treatment
... at treatment follow-up. Having 'panic disorder' persistent 'panic attacks' or episodes of intense anxiety and arousal at the outset of alcoholism treatment was the best predictor of a relapse to dependence at treatment follow-up. This pattern suggests that panic disorder is a risk factor for a major rela...Anti-tumor activity also plays a critical role during eye development in the embryo
...g eye to grow to its normal size--a disease called persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous. Children with this ... might help guide the development of therapies for persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous." The discovery of the role of Arf in curtailing growth of blood vess...Delirium associated with premature death
...es ranging from increased morbidity and mortality, persistent functional decline and increased and costlier hospital stay to higher rates of nursing home placement, increased caregiver burden, and overall higher health care costs, the researchers said. Previous studies demonstrated an increased risk of mortali...FDA expands indication for ADDERALL XR (CII) confirming safety and efficacy in adolescents
... a neurological brain disorder that manifests as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impuls... is a neurobiological disorder that manifests as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity more frequent and severe than typically obse...Parasite genome sequences offer hope for new drugs and vaccines, Science studies say
...intestinal or neurological damage after decades of persistent infection without disease symptoms. Leishmania species cause a spectrum of human diseases in Central and South America, southern Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa and are transmitted by tiny sand flies. The researchers sequenced the genome o...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July 2005 (first issue)
...n patients with respiratory disease. COPD involves persistent obstruction of the airways caused by severe emphys...d blocked. Also, bronchitis victims suffer from a persistent cough that produces sputum. Long-term smoking is the root cause of each of the two illnesses involv...Johns Hopkins scientists use gene therapy to prevent heart arrhythmias from stem cell transplants
...s Hopkins believe they have figured a way around a persistent barrier to successful adult stem cell therapy for millions of Americans who have survived a heart attack but remain at risk of dying from chronic heart failure. Two clinical trials since 2002 using transplanted adult stem cells successfully led to ...Thyroid-cancer test reveals recurrence early
..., Ohio A blood test for thyroid cancer can detect persistent or recurrent disease even before doctors can find any trace of a tumor, according to a new study. The findings suggest that people treated for the disease should be examined regularly for early signs of recurrence. The study, by researchers at The O...Endocarditis infection commonly related to health care factors, increasingly due to staph
... vancomycin, to be infected with MRSA, and to have persistent bacteremia. "The finding of S aureus as the leadin...latively common cause of IE and is associated with persistent bacteremia. Future investigations are required to identify better treatment and prevention strategie......esearchers base their findings on 59 patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. The patients included those w...lso significantly higher among those patients with persistent atrial fibrillation than those with spasmodic episodes of irregular heart rhythm. H pylori is a very...