Elder's death at airstrip: Research exposes deeper issues
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...lational research, and the authors lay out the key recommendations from the task force....Vitamin D supplements should be given to Asian children for two years from birth
...d with 12% so treated in 1995. This is despite recommendations from the government Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutritional Policy (COMA), which suggest that infants and young children should be given vitamin D supplements for at least the first two years of their lives, and more recent advice from t...Analysis of Spanish flu cases in 1918-1920 suggests transfusions might help in bird flu pandemic
...perts "to consider H5N1 plasma therapy and to make recommendations for a research strategy and possibly treatment guidelines if therapy is required before the research is completed." John J. Treanor, MD, says, in an accompanying editorial, that the idea that "passive serotherapy" might be useful in treating H5N1 v...American College of Physicians expresses support for executive order on health care transparency
...the ACP has provided the White House with detailed recommendations on introducing transparency in health care decisio...y, 2006 ACP provided the White House with detailed recommendations on how to structure programs to inform consumers about the quality and cost of care provided by indi...New objective criteria improve PET scan reliability in detecting breast cancer metastasis
...nt clinical observations. The group's findings and recommendations appear in the August issue of Archives of Surgery. The spread of breast cancer cells to lymph nodes under the arm is a significant indication of the stage of the disease and the patient's prognosis, and lymph node biopsies or even surgical removal ...Consensus reached on new guidelines for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death
... is to update and combine the previously published recommendations into one source approved by the major cardiology o...nymous. The new ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines outline recommendations on the evaluation and treatment of patients who have or may be at risk for VA. Evaluation includes ...International AIDS Vaccine Initiative calls for new measures to search for an AIDS vaccine
...re impeding the AIDS vaccine search; Bold new recommendations for overcoming these challenges. The Blueprint calls for a new vaccine development model to move more novel candidates targeting different immune responses into the pipeline and to speed feedback on their immunogenicity. The required components ar...Schools should take the lead in increasing kids' activity
...t stop at PE class." The policy and practice recommendations are: 1. Schools should ensure that all children and youth participate in a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity during the school day, plus the option of extra-curricular and school-linked community programs. 2. Schools ...Panel updates guidelines for treatment of adult HIV infection
...ational AIDS Society USA Panel has issued updated recommendations for the treatment of HIV, according to a report in...f Physicians and Surgeons, New York, presented the recommendations of the report today at a JAMA media briefing at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto. In t...Nurses should play larger role in helping smokers quit
...d practical approaches for clinical use, including recommendations from 42 researchers, clinicians, educators and representatives from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Cancer Institute. "This information represents a call to action for nurses, health care providers and policy-makers....Mayo Clinic: New recommendations for use of bisphosphonates in treatment of multiple myeloma
...tes to prevent or treat bone disease in MM. Their recommendations address several controversial issues, including th...shared knowledge." The Mayo Clinic team provided recommendations for the myeloma patients for whom bisphosphonates are indicated. They said pamidronate should be th...Two UCSF faculty named fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
... achievement." Fellows are selected based on the recommendations of current fellows and evidence of significant con...arch priorities for Alzheimer's disease, providing recommendations from a nursing perspective that continue to help guide research today. She was a member of the NIH P...Routine use of Hib vaccine could lead to virtual elimination of killer disease in Africa
...s (SAGE) and Africa's Task Force on Immunization's recommendations for global implementation of Hib vaccine and suggests that routine use could help reach the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015. ...Children and teens taking antidepressants might be more likely to attempt, complete suicide
...mind, the present findings are consistent with the recommendations for careful clinical monitoring during the treatment of depressed children and adolescents with antidepressant medications," they conclude. "In practice, physicians face the difficult challenge of balancing safety concerns against evidence that depr...Elders suffer disproportionately during heat waves, other disasters
...School of Health therefore outlines several policy recommendations to combat this problem. His research offers such suggestions as using census data to identify locations of vulnerable people and utilizing social support networks to assist in evacuations. ...Longer needles best for infant immunization
...immunisations at 2, 3 and 4 months of age. Despite recommendations for use of a wide-long (23G, 25mm) needle, many UK...ers and national policymakers use this evidence in recommendations for infant immunisation. With increasing parental attention focused on the safety rather than the...Stroke risk should determine anti-clotting treatment
...ially large and disabling. "Incorporating existing recommendations on anti-clotting therapy from the stroke primary p...n guidelines will streamline patient care and make recommendations clearer for physicians," he said. In the United States and Europe, hospital admissions for AF have...UK recommendations on the availability of common painkillers are being contravened
... other outlets in south London suggests that these recommendations are being contravened. The researchers questione...London, but on the evidence of their research, the recommendations appear to be being contravened. ...UCLA study shows altering fatty acid levels in diet may reduce prostate cancer growth rate
...need to be conducted in humans before any clinical recommendations can be made." Scientists used a special mouse model for hormone-sensitive prostate cancer that closely mirrors the disease in humans. Researchers fed one group of mice a diet comprised of 20 percent fat with a healthy one-to-one ratio of omega-6 to...