ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
The process for prioritizing heart and lung transplant candidates and determining the treatments they receive while awaiting donor organs is under review by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) during its Annual Meeting and Scientific Session this...More research funding needed to improve cancer care, oncologists say
...esults of this survey are particularly helpful for prioritizing future activities," Prof. Ludwig said. "ESMO and political decision-makers can base their considerations on the measures needed to be taken to improve the quality of cancer care on the information obtained in the survey." To compare the views of onco...Aspirin-a-day advice unheeded by those who need it, Stanford study finds
... study found that U.S. physicians are increasingly prioritizing a class of drugs known as statins as the primary drug strategy for preventing heart disease. Statins, while as effective as aspirin in preventing heart attacks, cost substantially more. The researchers speculate that the heavy marketing of statins in...Stanford study of owls finds link in brain between sight and sound
... Nature, the researchers show that a mechanism for prioritizing information - previously reported only in primates - is also used by birds. "What our experiment demonstrates is a fundamental principle of how the brain pays attention," said the paper's senior author, Eric Knudsen, PhD, the Edward C. and Amy H. Sew...Influenza pandemic will pose tough choices for use of mechanical ventilation
...Medicine, outlines a sample set of guidelines for prioritizing the use of a piece of equipment likely to be in short supply in a pandemic: mechanical ventilators. Drs. John L. Hick and Daniel T. O'Laughlin of University of Minnesota propose a concept of operations and a set of suggested guidelines for triage of...Jan/Feb Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...he authors conclude that competing demands require prioritizing and sometimes deferring services to follow-up visits to improve quality of diabetes care. Encounters by Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Complex and Demanding: An Observational Study By Michael L. Parchman, M.D., M.P.H., et al Treatment for depression ...Projected costs of stroke in the United States top $2 trillion dollars
...he study's findings help public health planners in prioritizing resources and setting research agendas." In determining cost estimates, researchers considered ambulance services, initial hospitalization, nursing home costs, rehabilitation, outpatient clinic visits, drugs, informal care giving, and potential los...Planning guidebook to help make walking safer and more convenient
...apters covering the vision and goals, planning and prioritizing projects, pedestrian facility funding, Georgia pedestrian laws, pedestrian safety and educational strategies, and land-use and zoning policy. It also cites some examples of successful pedestrian facility projects and provides a listing of other pedes...Study recommends strategies for distributing flu vaccine during shortage
...ter the outbreak is underway, the study recommends prioritizing vaccines for those people in high-risk groups who can experience the greatest complications due to the disease. Meyers and her colleagues based their contact network models on information from Vancouver, British Columbia. While other mathematical mo...Economic pressures can lead to unequal treatment of patients
...pport interventions could help to prevent bias and prioritizing in patient care....Rutgers College of Nursing professor to examine Latinas' attitudes towards exercise
...J., will identify issues concerning exercising and prioritizing family responsibilities. This information will be used to design a culturally appropriate physical activity intervention that will be tested among 80 women. "This is a unique study because it is an example of community-based participation research,...Preparing for an influenza pandemic: A triage protocol in the face of limited resources
...thical principles to develop a triage protocol for prioritizing access to critical care resources, including ventilators and antiviral medications, during a pandemic. This protocol is intended to provide guidance for making triage decisions during the initial days to weeks of an influenza pandemic if the critical...Public meeting Jan. 4 on research priorities on EHS aspects of engineered nanoscale materials
...ons will be considered by the NSET Subcommittee in prioritizing EHS research needs. Input from multiple stakeholders with various interests will be valuable to the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), especially with regard to strategic and interim goals for filling the EHS information needs gaps for enginee...Teens overlooked in cancer research
...Review Group whose sole purpose is identifying and prioritizing the scientific, medical and psychosocial barriers facing adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients. They plan to develop strategies to better the odds for this age group. "The Lance Armstrong Foundation is very keen to advocate for young pe...Flu experts call for mandatory shots for health care workers
...onal partners. Update plans for distributing and prioritizing anti-flu supplies. During a pandemic, there may not be enough flu-fighting supplies for everyone who is sick or at risk. If so, who should receive them? This question needs to be answered in a transparent and ethical way well before a pandemic hits. ...Health professionals would prioritize spending on the young over the old
In prioritizing health care spending, health professionals rank childhood immunization highest and cancer treatment for smokers lowest, according to a new international survey published in PLoS Medicine. The survey found that health professionals generally priorit...