New research finds high prevalence of smoking among physicians in China
...percent prevalence in the general population. This rate is also higher than in Japan (20.2 percent), where the smoking prevalence in the general population is 33.8 percent. IMPACT: The findings are noteworthy because physicians who smoke are significantly less likely than their nonsmoking counterparts ...It's time to look at health risks in a new light, authors say
...ed among 100 people who took medication, the death rate would be 1 percent. If two people died among 100 people who did not take medication, that death rate for that group would be 2 percent. The difference between these death rates, found by subtracting 1 ...U of M report says early-childhood intervention improves well-being through young adulthood
...ng high school compared with a 63.7 percent finish rate among those in the non preschool group. Those who attended preschool also were more likely to have health insurance with 70.2 percent having insurance compared with 61.5 percent of those not in preschool. Those children in the program also had lower ...Many heart attack patients still not getting emergency clot-busting treatment
...test from the first time period to the second; the rate of increase leveled off from the second time period to the third. Correspondingly, the number of patients receiving medication-based reperfusion dropped over the study period. This is an appropriate shift, says Nallamothu: shifting patients from c...Study shows radiofrequency ablation highly effective in treating kidney tumors
...a second treatment, for a total 93 percent success rate for all 125 tumors. The results, reported in the A...lead author on the study. The results a high cure rate and low complication rate establish that at institutions with experience doing this procedure, this...Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
...ghting the disease. The overall five-year survival rate is less than 5 percent; most patients die within t...can be successfully removed, however, the survival rate is 100 percent if a precancerous lesion is found and 50 percent for a stage 1 cancer. Using endosc...New grant fulfills wish of late Baltimore Orioles team photographer
..., MCC is very deadly. Its 5-year relative survival rate is just 60 percent, compared to 91 percent for melanoma. The number of Americans diagnosed with MCC has grown rapidly in the past 15 years to about 1,400 cases per year, a number that is expected to grow in the future. MCC usually appears as a firm...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...persons blood pressure, temperature or respiration rate the minute a person steps into his or her house then transmit it immediately and automatically to doctors or family. That could eliminate the need for many doctors visits, which are often difficult for the elderly or sick. By enabling regular upda...New algorithm matches any tumor cells to best possible anti-cancer treatments
...eness using COXEN should greatly lower the failure rate of clinical trials testing new compounds. Likewise, as the drug discovery times are decreased in research laboratories, the cost of drugs also will come down. Basically it brings the chemists making the drugs much closer to the clinic, saving time. ...Investigating the causes of Parkinson's disease
... Parkinsons is a very individual condition and the rate and nature of progression varies from person to person. Dr Bedford said: I have been involved in Parkinsons disease research for the last five years so I am delighted to get this Career Development Award. This novel model of Parkinsons will be cruc...6 out of 10 doctors aren't frustrated that patients can't lower cholesterol
...st likely to be happy with the 47% patient success rate statistic, while doctors in Finland were least happy (48%). Prescribing statins (cholesterol lowering drugs) and recommending lifestyle changes was the most popular overall course of action, recommended by 46% of doctors. This was followed by...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
...uly 4. There are many reasons for Americas high rate of rural crash deaths. Head-on collisions and driving off the road crashes both of which are disproportionately deadly are common on the two-lane, undivided highways prevalent in rural areas. Rural roads, with lighter traffic and pleasant scenery, ...U of M researchers assess effectiveness of computerized physician order entry system
...re is a lot of work to be done in the future. The rate of medication errors experienced by hospitals has ...pitals, CPOE systems were most beneficial when the rate of medication errors was more than 12 percent. The Institute of Medicine has already identified med...Intensive-care patients with alcohol problems are more likely to require mechanical ventilation
... United States, even though the hospital mortality rate for ventilated patients can approach 50 percent. ...ents have AUDs. Other researchers have reported a rate of more than 30 percent in their medical intensive-care unit. De Wit and her colleagues examined ...Shoulder tapping -- Young males are most willing to purchase alcohol for underage youth
...y selected adults, said Grube. The actual success rate is probably higher because youth are most likely selective in who they approach and where. Furthermore, added Toomey, one in five young men entering alcohol establishments in this area would have been breaking the law if our requesters had actuall...Women's mortality rates for cardiovascular disease differ widely among hospitals
...ls have a 39 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality rate when compared with women at the nation's poorest-performing hospitals, according to the fourth annual HealthGrades Womens Health Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals study, released today. The study also found that, for women, the largest quality gaps betwee...Experts predict Tamiflu could halve the pandemic influenza death toll versus no intervention
...hool closures further reduces the attack and death rate and provides a health benefit at a reasonable cost. The research also showed that pre-pandemic vaccination programmes would play an important role but their effectiveness would be dependent upon how well the vaccine was matched to the virus.1 The W...Smoking rate has plummeted in New York City
New York Citys smoking rate has plummeted since a comprehensive program agains...idity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The 2006 rate was nearly 20% lower than the 2002 rate -- a decline that represents 240,000 fewer smokers. The City...Award winning book co-edited by Rutgers College of Nursing Dean updated with new information
... diseases that continue to increase at an alarming rate around the world. Written for a wide range of health professionals, particularly nurses, this second edition, published by Springer Publishing Co., provides a comprehensive overview of these diseases, their epidemiology, clinical manifestations, pr...Reduced greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid dangerous increases in heat stress
...nean by the end of the 21st century if the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions continues. The study found France would be subjected to the largest projected increase of high-temperature extremes. The study also showed a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions could reduce the intensification of dange...