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...uld have a well-defined and distinct mechanism for responding to physician inquiries and requests for reconsider...d responsive to the concerns of the physician. In responding to physicians with the results of a reconsideration appeal, payers should state their findings and t...International study finds ways to maximize effective responses after terrorism incidents
...e event. This could lead to insufficient resources responding to the scene or to providers not taking the appropriate precautions against a secondary device. In discussing incident command and triage, it was found that regions that had a pre-defined command structure and triage guidelines that their providers p...MRI contrast agent can detect heart attack in the making
...al patients, and follow patients to see how theyre responding to therapy. For patients with a heavy plaque burden, we can start aggressive treatment to lower low-density lipoproteins and then do a repeat scan to see if the plaque is regressing, says Fisher, who is Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular M...Emergency responses greatly increase risk to firefighters of dying on duty from heart disease
...h is significantly higher during fire suppression, responding to alarms, returning from alarms and during certain physical training activities," said Stefanos Kales, lead author and assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health at HSPH. Kales is also the medical director of Employee Health & Ind...Infection detectives use disease 'fingerprints' to track common infections in children
...so to understand the prognosis and how the body is responding to therapy," he said. Different viruses and bacteria trigger the activation of very specific genes that code for proteins called receptors in leukocytes, the white blood cells that help the body fight infections. Researchers surmised that if they l...Men more likely to benefit from clot-busting stroke treatment
...lacement therapy (HRT), are at greater risk of not responding well to tPA. The study also found those with stroke in the left side of the brain, compared to stroke in the right side, were more than twice as likely to have good outcomes at three months and to survive three months after tPA. "Other studies hav...African scientists will train at Emory University in latest drug discovery techniques
... viable research infrastructure that is capable of responding to global healthcare needs. The fact that several small pharmaceutical companies are beginning to spring up in Africa makes this an ideal time to develop a drug discovery training program," says Dr. Liotta. Dr. Liotta and his colleagues recently fo...Spearmint tea -- A possible treatment for mild hirsutism
...tions such as spironolactone that prevent the body responding to androgen but this study shows that spearmint could be a good natural alternative for women who have mild symptoms," says researcher Mehmet Numan Tamer who acts as spokesperson for the research team. The research was carried out at the Suleyman De...Public health and pandemic flu preparedness to headline Preventive Medicine 2007
...health professionals with first hand experience in responding to recent public health emergencies, who will present the latest guidelines and preparedness plans and share lessons that can be applied to future preparedness planning. Preventive Medicine 2007 serves as the annual meeting of the Washington, DC-bas...Flu experts call for mandatory shots for health care workers
...d vaccines. Build health care systems capable of responding to mass casualty events. National, regional, and local health systems capable of responding to sudden surges of patients are needed. The federal government should develop materials to help tra...Dogs may be responding to psychological seizures, not epilepsy seizures
...esearchers found that in some cases these dogs are responding to seizures caused not by epilepsy, but by psychological conditions. "People with psychogenic seizures need psychiatric evaluation and appropriate treatment, not a specially trained dog for epileptic seizures," said study author Gregory L. Krauss,...Rapid flu testing is associated with decreased antibiotic use in hospitalized adults
...e not indiscriminate with their therapy but rather responding to a perceived increased risk of bacterial infection in an older and frailer group." No significant differences were found between the two groups in the number of days taking antibiotics, the length of hospital stay or complications arising from ant...Rapid flu tests may reduce threat of antibiotic resistance
...o discontinue antibiotics, and some physicians are responding to the evidence. Falsey's team analyzed the records of 166 patients who definitely had the flu when hospitalized. Eighty-six of the patients tested positive with the rapid test, which gives an answer within minutes, while the 80 others either did n...New Congress should focus on covering the uninsured, reducing health costs, according to new survey
...CONGRESS IN NEXT 5 YEARS--RANKING SUMMARY (Percent responding "absolutely essential" or "very important") Expa...9* (64*) Rank based on proportion of respondents responding "absolutely essential" or "very important"; statistical significance of differences cannot be precis...Drug improves tremors, involuntary movements in Parkinson patients
...nvolved 279 Parkinson disease patients who weren't responding well to the commonly used drug, levodopa, to manage their symptoms. The patients were divided into groups that took 25, 50 or 100 mg a day of the drug zonisamide or placebo. Researchers found at least 30 percent of patients taking zonisamide expe...Drug that chokes off tumor blood vessels offers new hope to lung cancer patients
...litaxel and carboplatin had a 35-percent chance of responding to the treatment, compared to 15 percent for patients who received chemotherapy alone. Dr. Schiller is chairwoman of the Lung Cancer Committee for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, which designed and conducted the study. "Twenty years ago, we...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center -- individualizing treatment for multiple myeloma patients
...r cells that should increase a patient's chance of responding to the agent. The investigators say these findings, presented Sunday, Dec. 10, at the 2006 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in Orlando, may help physicians tailor treatment to patients with multiple myleoma, a difficult-to-treat cancer ...5-year study shows Gleevec's potency against chronic myeloid leukemia
...So, even for high-risk patients, the likelihood of responding is quite high." A cytogenetic response is the measure of the reversion of white blood cells to normal function. "And more importantly, we found that if a patient achieves a complete cytogenetic response, the risk of relapse is the same whether the ...UCLA study reports conflict of interest policies and practices of major journals
...onflict of interest. Only three percent of the responding journals publish conflict of interest disclosures of peer-reviewers, and 12 percent publish editor conflict of interest disclosures, while 11 and 24 percent respectively, reported that this information is available upon request. "We encourage more ...'Umbrella' valve provides a potential alternative to lung surgery
...compared with the remaining patients (group B). In responding patients, valve treatment transferred an average o...one death with pneumothorax in group B. "Patients responding to valve treatment may now be able to do simple, everyday activities, such as bathe or shower indepe...