Florida physicians decrease or eliminate services
...e plans. Overall, 727 (54.4 percent) of the 1,346 responding physicians (380/685 rural and 347/661 urban/suburban physicians) stated that they had decreased or eliminated the delivery of patient services in the previous year, the researchers report. "The most common services eliminated were nursing home covera...Scientists pinpoint inflammation gene
... of SEPS1 that is more efficient at perceiving and responding to cellular stress. The alternative, rarer variant weakens SEPS1 and puts it at a disadvantage in dealing with cellular stress." Blangero explained, "Basically, this rarer form of SEPS1 gives you a lazy cellular 'garbage truck' that doesn't properly ...Diagnosis of rhinitis and atopical dermatitis
...ater incidence of rhinitis was registered by those responding in Basque. Stabilisation of dermatitis As regards dermatitis, this is a pathology which is on the increase and which starts in early infancy. Most cases start before the age of two and are characterised by red marks that itch a lot, and that come ...Earthquake briefing on Capitol Hill
...ighlights the importance of being prepared for and responding to natural hazards. Thus, it is imperative to prepare the public and their communities in advance to minimize the loss of life and property. The briefing will show how the public can become involved in monitoring earthquake shaking, how to design and...Many resident physicians feel unprepared to care for culturally diverse patients
Although most resident physicians responding to a national survey acknowledge the importance of providing care that accommodates the needs of today's diverse patient population, many of them do not feel prepared to address cross-cultural issues they commonly face in practice. Most also report ...Women missing out in heart treatment more needed in clinical trials
...t enough women to reveal reliably whether they are responding to the drugs in a different way from men, according to research published on line (Tuesday, 2 August) in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1] . Women are under represented in most clinical studies, so the data and t...University of Newcastle upon Tyne to lead UK Stroke Research Network
...he challenges facing UK stroke research, including responding to organisational and staffing changes in the NHS; facilitating greater expenditure on stroke research; increasing the number of multi-centre stroke rehabilitation trials and the number of trials which link directly to primary care; encouraging great...Building better therapeutic vaccines for chronic infections
...ails about what may prevent the immune system from responding effectively to a therapeutic vaccine during a stat...c infection seems to prevent the immune cells from responding optimally to a therapeutic vaccine," Wherry says. "If we could lower viral load before therapeutic v...4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
... participated in a national exercise that included responding to a simulated dirty bomb attack. Other sessions throughout the week cover topics such as how Medicare and Medicaid reform are affecting insurance reimbursement of radiological procedures, medical errors, the impact of recent Nuclear Regulatory Commi...PLoS Medicine refocuses world's attention on the tsunami, six months on
...s Sans Frontires discuss how their organization is responding to the Indonesian governments request for help in dealing with the psychosocial effects of the disaster. Do dead bodies pose an infection risk? Oliver Morgan and colleagues from the London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine say that althoug...Most primary care physicians believe annual physical examinations are valuable
...and San Diego. Of the 783 primary care physicians responding to the survey 65 percent believed an annual physical examination is necessary in addition to seeing patients for acute medical conditions and chronic medical illnesses. "most (94 percent) believed that an annual physical examination improved the phys...Case finds oral health of residents in nursing homes needs more attention
...lf of executive directors of nursing homes in Ohio responding to a survey on oral health care rated the oral health of their residents as poor or fair, yet more than 60 percent of the directors reported that they were satisfied with the care their residents received. Findings from 338 responses to a 30-item sur...Risk factors for tuberculosis and homelessness often overlap in US
... demands considerable resources but is integral to responding to the Institute of Medicine's call to eliminate TB in the United States," the authors conclude....Stress may increase long-term success of vaccinations
...s a result of the elevated levels of immune cells responding to KLH suggests that these mice had required greater immunological memory which resulted in a stronger and faster immune reaction than seen in the other groups of mice. "It's important to note that this enhancement was seen nine months after a singl...New national effort seeks a more rational organ allocation system for kidney transplants
...and the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is responding to the shortage of deceased-donor organs by reviewing the complex formula that has guided kidney allocation for years. One possible outcome of the review announced this week at the annual American Transplant Congress is that the allocation formula wi...New class of drugs may treat lung tumors resistant to Iressa and Tarceva
...patients whose cancer had recurred after initially responding to Iressa treatment. The initial sensitizing mutation was found in all recurrent tumor cells from both patients, but the resistance-associated secondary mutation was found in only 20 percent of cells from one patient and virtually no cells from the ...Vitamin D, taxotere combination promising for advanced prostate cancer
...rostate cancer research subjects who are no longer responding to hormonal therapy, a condition known as androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC). Two hundred fifty subjects participated in the study at 48 sites between September 2002 and January 2004. Researchers estimate that subjects receiving DN-101 in...Kids at risk for lead poisoning don't get necessary testing
...ood lead levels are increasing and if the child is responding to any medical intervention. The study was based in Michigan since the state has a reporting mechanism for allblood lead levels, and compared to other states, Michigan has a higher number of children with lead poisoning. Most children in the study w...Giving children access to drug clinical trials is crucial, clofarabine approval shows
...n different types of leukemias that were no longer responding to standard therapy," said Sima Jeha, MD, director of Developmental Therapeutics for Leukemia and Lymphoma at St. Jude and the lead investigator on the pediatric clofarabine trials. "The lack of overlapping toxicities with current agents warrants add...Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows
...smiling in response to the smiles of others or not responding when one's name is called. "The predictive power of these markers is remarkable", says Dr. Zwaigenbaum. "We are finding that within this high-risk group of siblings, almost all of the children who are diagnosed wi...