General physicals prompt needed cancer screenings
...d cancer screening when indicated, and physicians' recommendations have been consistently associated with timely cancer screening."...Preventive health exams may provide opportunities for cancer screening
...d cancer screening when indicated, and physicians' recommendations have been consistently associated with timely cancer screening." Joshua J. Fenton, M.D., M.P.H., University of California, Davis, Sacramento, and colleagues assessed the association between preventive health examinations and screening for colorecta...Loperamide therapy for acute diarrhea in children
...search published in PLoS Medicine supports current recommendations that pregnant women who live in areas where malaria is common should sleep under insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs). The researchers reviewed evidence from five trials (four of them conducted in Africa) and found that women who sleep under ITNs...Study of leukemia survivors gives hints for better care
... for future children with ALL and health screening recommendations for long-term survivors." Hudson is a co-author of the paper. ...Research has shed light on the computer frustrations that plague older adults
...completed the exercises. The study gives a list of recommendations to help even the playing field for older adults such as increasing font sizes to accommodate vision problems, ensuring that verbal instructions are delivered at an appropriate volume with minimal noise distractions and giving demonstrations of the ta...Americans still not eating enough fruits and vegetables, according to 2 recent studies
...eases in public awareness of the importance of and recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption are yet to be accompanied by increased intake, demonstrating the need for a reinvigorated effort to promote fruit and vegetable consumption. On March 19, 2007 Fruits & VeggiesMore Matters will be launched. This eff...Pacifier use may lower risk of SIDS
...ier. This advice follows the release of updated recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Task...age. "Its important to note that the AAPs pacifier recommendations are not unique," says author Elizabeth Damato, Ph.D., RN. "A variety of studies have indicated that ...Many Americans at high risk of vision loss do not have access to eye care
...ld help endure rational clinical and public health recommendations for the prevention of ARM."...New study cautions states on changes to Medicaid
...ild health care services, at a minimum, conform to recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics Supplement "benchmark" benefits plans with additional benefits to meet the developmental needs of low-income children Create integrated systems of early childhood programs at the state and community level Unde...Sunny days pose risk of 'flicker illness' for a few airlifted patients
...ilepsy, a condition that Erba studies and has made recommendations to help prevent. "Almost 10 years ago in Japan, more than 700 children were hospitalized after watching a cartoon explosion on a show called Pokemon," Cushman said. "And with numbers like that, theres more at play than the mere two in 10,000 patie...Hot tubs hurt fertility, UCSF study shows
...can be comfortably added to that list of lifestyle recommendations and things to avoid as men attempt to conceive." Dry heat exposure, for instance, as presented with fevers or through applied external heat, is a well-documented cause of impaired sperm production in both animals and humans, according to Turek. Thi...Emory algorithm improves kidney transplant chances for sensitized patients
...ocation system. The committee is expected to make recommendations this year, according to Mark Stegall, MD, a transplant surgeon at the Mayo Clinic who chairs this committee. Dr. Pearson also sits on the committee. "I hope the algorithm process will become national policy as part of an overall kidney allocation...Task force recommends greater use of exercise testing in chronic disease
...uated the technology and its benefits and provided recommendations on its use for clinicians. Clinical exercise testing measures the functioning of the heart, lungs and muscles during exercise and is very sensitive to changes in performance important in chronic conditions where improvements can be small and very ...RAND study finds walking more likely in neighborhoods with more 4-way intersections
...t is one of the first to test whether urban design recommendations for creating walkable communities may help achieve their goal. "Our findings may provide some guidance to designers and urban planners as they try to create communities where people are encouraged to walk instead of always traveling by car," said R...Drug safety recommendations lack scientific evidence
...tute of Medicine (IOM), recently released it final recommendations for reforming the U.S. drug safety system, but an editorial published today in Health Economics by Tomas Philipson and colleagues at the University of Chicago finds little evidence of a drug safety crisis and no scientific evidence to back up the IOM...Penn researchers find that chronic dizziness may be caused by psychiatric and neurologic illnesses
...ad to better diagnoses and more specific treatment recommendations for the many patients with chronic dizziness who have not found a cause for their symptoms and those who have been given diagnoses that have not brought them relief," says Staab....Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk
...hin 10 years.) The new guidelines include expanded recommendations on lifestyle factors such as physical activity, nu...on and smoking cessation, as well as more in-depth recommendations on drug treatments for blood pressure and cholesterol control. Furthermore, guidelines on hormone ...Sleep disturbances affect classroom performance
..., added Pagel. Teens are advised to follow these recommendations to getting a good nights sleep, which will help lead to better school performance: Get a full nights sleep on a regular basis. Do not stay up all hours of the night to "cram" for an exam, do homework, etc. If extracurricular activities at sch...Better designed roadway intersections can boost older drivers' performance
... drivers. Released in 2001, the guidelines include recommendations for four categories of roadway design. The UF rese...river Research and Training Center, focused on the recommendations for intersections in urban areas because of the high prevalence of crashes associated with them. T...What prevents doctors from counseling their patients to lose weight, exercise and quit smoking?
...is a good chance that they would accept a doctor's recommendations and change their health-related behaviors. Dagan's research revealed a few reasons why doctors feel more or less confident in their ability to bring about behavioral changes in their patients. "If, as part of his education, a doctor were to get tr...