Focus on opticians shows chain store pricing policies can save independents
...re likely to have more independent outlets. But he points out that while independent retailers are more likely to be located in areas of higher income, chain stores provide important choice for consumers on lower earnings and therefore, to a degree, support public health policy. When it comes to the form...Health professionals should be trained to be wary of pharmaceutical promotion
...gle clinical trial with cardiovascular disease end points had ever been done. In the hope of reducing the adverse influence of pharmaceutical promotion on health professionals, the organizations recommend that health professionals should be: Educated explicitly about decision making and evaluation of e...Mental health problems threaten the knowledge economy
...uccess factor of an organisation. Weehuizen also points out that this is not only an issue for rich countries such as the Netherlands. Many developing countries are facing poverty and conflict - major stress factors that are leading to mental health problems and a lack of self-efficacy. "People learn t...Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate in ADHD phase 3 data presented
...lly, the children had an average reduction of 26.9 points which represents an average improvement of more than 60 percent. ADHD-RS-IV, the primary efficacy measurement tool for the study, is a standard test for assessing symptoms of ADHD. The scale, which contains 18 items, is based on the ADHD diagnostic...Global warming and your health
...n earth are located at sea level on coasts, Parker points out. "As sea level rises, there go our medical institutions, water treatment plants, emergency response units such as fire departments and ambulances. The bulk of the services designed to keep us healthy are almost all located in our larger cities, w...New study shows the benefits of eating fish greatly outweigh the risks
...ence decisions about fish intake." The study also points out that only 9% of the PCBs and dioxins in the U.S. food supply come from fish and other seafood; more than 90% comes from other foods such as meats, vegetables, and dairy products. There is great public confusion over the risks of eating seafood. ...Sensory feedback during speech: The brain attunes to more than just sound
... altered the path of the jaw's motion at different points during speech, but did not significantly disrupt t...ers were able to manipulate jaw motion at specific points during speaking and were thereby able to specifically target vowel or consonant sounds to study whet...Prescribe exercise for older adults for better health
... McDermott, who is also a licensed nutritionist, points out that fewer than half of older adults report ever having received a suggestion to exercise from their physicians. "Clinicians shouldn't feel like they have to be fitness experts to discuss exercise with their patients," she says. "These guidelines...People should be paid for donating an organ
...te in medical research do so for financial reward, points out the author Amy Friedman, associate professor of surgery at Yale University School of Medicine in the USA. "If it is reasonable, legal, and ethically justified to motivate someone using monetary reward to participate in human research, then by e...Scientists show drug can counteract muscular dystrophy in mice
...phy in mouse models," says Dr. Sartorelli. Yet he points out that the drug is only promoting muscle regeneration it is not curing the defect that causes muscle deterioration. Further studies are needed to determine how long the drug works and if it works in larger animals with bigger muscles, such as dogs...Long-term effects of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
...t the study, along with previously published data, points to the necessity of studying the risk of increased cardiovascular deaths in NASH patients. They conclude that treating NASH is a "major unmet medical need," and that strategies for screening patients with risk factors for liver disease, including obe...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for October 3, 2006, issue
...s. Most errors occurred at four main "breakdown" points in the diagnostic process: failure to order an app...r not keeping appointments. An editorial writer points out that most patient safety efforts to date have focused on hospitals (Editorial, p. 547). The writ...Study identifies part of brain responsible for tone deafness
...elle Peretz of the Universit de Montral. "The data points to the integrity of white matter tracts in right frontal brain areas as being key in acquiring normal musical competence." "We used a technology called voxel-based morphometry (VBM), which is a computerized and automated procedure that allows one t...Tibotec Therapeutics announces start of largest US study on HIV treatment in women
...e ongoing antiretroviral therapy. The following points should be considered when initiating therapy with PREZISTA/rtv: Treatment history and, when available, genotypic or phenotypic testing should guide the use of PREZISTA/rtv. The use of other active agents with PREZISTA/rtv is associated with a great...What affects the survival of patients with tuberculosis?
...experience with TB. In a related commentary, Long points out the many challenges that TB treatment presents and calls on public health departments to define the roles and responsibilities of physicians, regions, clinics and provinces with respect to the prevention and management of patients with active TB....Teenage alcohol and drug use: At best, parents know about it only half of the time
...ism (COGA) as well as co-author, this "disconnect" points out the importance of talking to both parents and children about the child's behavior and symptoms. "In terms of a child's substance use or substance-related problems, however, parents may be unaware of what's going on with their children, or simply...Emotional control circuit of brain's fear response discovered
... in fear response, we decided to explore the finer points of the neurocircuitry of fear how it is regulated and controlled in the brain, said Dr. Hirsch.facial expressions. To study emotional regulation, Dr. Etkin collaborated with Tobias Egner, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Hirschs lab, who has use...Same mortality but higher suicide rate among women with breast implants
...ly good health to undergo breast implant surgery," points out Dr. Brisson. "Also, women who receive breast implants tend to be of higher-than-average socioeconomic status. Thus, women who undergo breast augmentation surgery are more likely to be in better health than the general population." To put this ex...MRIs made safe for people with modern defibrillators and pacemakers
...els are made of titanium, a non-magnetic metal, he points out, and they are smaller and more lightweight and have better protection from the radiofrequency energy of the MRI scanner. Using a single scanner, a 1.5 Tesla by General Electric, the Hopkins group was able to help plan artery-opening procedures ......hich can damage the kidneys. An editorial writer points out that the probability of CAD can be as high as 50:50 after a negative multi-slice CT (Editorial, p. 466). Current recommendations are to do invasive coronary angiography when there is a high probability of finding blockages that will require rep...