Frontline NHS staff should be trained to tackle alcohol misuse
...the authors suggest closer liaison between general practitioners and local voluntary alcohol agencies, wider availability of alcohol workers, and alcohol clinics in general practices. They also suggest that all general hospitals should have a senior consultant with an interest in alcohol misuse. Yet a recent rev...Study demonstrates successful HIV-prevention program for Latino youth
...al risk behavior," Villarruel said. "It also gives practitioners evidence for how to guide and support adolescents in sexual decision-making." The research involved 553 adolescents (249 males and 304 females) self-identified as Latino who were recruited from three northeast Philadelphia high schools and communit...Tailored HIV-prevention program effective for Latino youth
...conclude. "It is an important effort in providing practitioners an evidence base from which to guide and support adolescents in sexual decision making. Much more research is needed with Latino adolescents to address the health disparity in HIV and AIDS."(Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:772-777. Available pre...Longer needles best for infant immunization
...lished on bmj.com today. In the UK, primary care practitioners administer infant immunisations at 2, 3 and 4 mont...for use of a wide-long (23G, 25mm) needle, many UK practitioners immunise infants using a narrow-short (25G, 16mm) needle and uncertainty has arisen because of insuf...Commonwealth Fund commission says the US health care system needs thorough transformation
... more organized systems of care so that individual practitioners and hospitals can have: A structure within which to implement known quality and safety improvements; a structure to invest in and support appropriate information technology advances; a sufficiently broad base to enter into pay-for-performance...Scots medical researchers link up to share knowledge
...se and other healthcare issues as well as ensuring practitioners keep up to date with the latest techniques and discoveries in diagnosis and therapy." Professor David Webb, Director of the Education Programme at the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (WTCRF) said: "We are delighted to receive this support...Whooping cough 'endemic' among UK school children
...nisation results in lifelong immunity. Yet general practitioners in the UK seldom diagnose or even consider pertuss...a pertussis, say the authors. They urge general practitioners to be alert to a potential diagnosis of pertussis in any child who presents with a persistent cough....Patient care threatened by workforce shortage
...es like physician assistants have developed. These practitioners work under the supervision of doctors performing routine diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative health care services and undergotraining separate to other medical professionals. In Australia many States, such as Tasmania, have already introduced ...What leads to obesity in rural communities?
...e importance of community leaders, researchers and practitioners from the fields of public health, urban planning and transportation collaborating to design communities that encourage a healthy lifestyle, she adds. About a quarter of the population in the South and Midwest live in rural towns. Obesity and a more ...Ferracane to receive Wilmer Souder Award from IADR
...of Restorative Dentistry at OHSU in 2003. General practitioners have also benefited from the numerous continuing education presentations he has made on various topics in dental materials. He has served as a member of NIH Study Sections and on the editorial boards of several journals. Dr. Ferracane has been an out...Assisted dying: Should it be legal?
...ients will consent to further palliative care, and practitioners are not entitled to impose their own views on patients, no matter how strongly and sincerely held". Thus, she claims, patients should be able to choose this option if they so wish. Conversely, Dr David Jeffrey, former chair of the ethics committee...Male sexual abuse survivors struggle in relations with health care providers -- study
...abuse face unique challenges that many health care practitioners do not recognize and understand as well as they should. Canadian researchers have found that although both male and female childhood sexual survivors have similar anxieties and fears about their encounters with health care professionals, there are ...The risky business of having a baby: why birth interventions are on the rise
...hat such a diverse group of researchers and health practitioners have come together to focus on Australian maternity policy and practice."...REM sleep behavior disorder at young age linked to antidepressant use
...these findings will create a greater awareness, as practitioners generally would not link medications with RBD." There are no treatments available for those prescribed antidepressants to prevent them from later developing RBD, but the condition is generally quite treatable once identified, he says. It is uncerta...SAEM endorses Institute of Medicine report on the future of emergency care in the US
...ning in EM/Pediatric EM is the "gold standard" for practitioners in EDs. Increased funded GME slots are necessary to address a workforce deficit. Residency training in emergency medicine provides an excellent foundation for fellowship training in critical care medicine. Currently, the majority of critical care f...Outcomes of patients in trials; Better blood pressure treatment; Snake bites, and more
...improve treatment of high blood pressure General practitioners (GPs) are more likely to treat high blood pressure with the most highly recommended medication when they receive education by pharmacists plus computerized reminders than when they only receive a guideline, according to a clinical trial in Norway pub...Female nursing home residents at lesser risk of osteoporotic fractures
...osis clinic, and more direct contact with general practitioners who in turn received additional advice on osteoporosis management. Preedy and colleagues focused exclusively on 789 high-risk women who completed the osteoporosis clinic and who were available for follow-up one year later. Among this group, the mean...Diets with group support may help keep weight off longer
...se by dieting," they write. "These data could help practitioners in managing patients' expectations of weight loss targets." An accompanying editorial suggests that the challenge to researchers is to take weight loss studies to the next level by evaluating long term health outcomes, cost effectiveness, and novel s...Are antibiotics for suspected childhood meningitis harmful?
...tioner in an accompanying editorial. But frontline practitioners will be keen to hear a view from the Meningitis Re... we should also remember the contributions general practitioners can make, including educating parents, early diagnosis, and rapid transfer to hospital with optimum ......ortant consideration for oncologists, primary care practitioners and mental health professionals treating older adult long-term survivors," said the researchers, who pointed out they may be linked to depression which is suffered by as much as 17% of the older population....