American Academy of Neurology elaborates expert witness guidelines
...nesses should be fully trained in the specialty or subject matter related to the case. For instance, a neurologist who specializes in epilepsy would be an appropriate expert witness for a case regarding epilepsy. If a physician expert is not active in clinical practice when offering an expert opinion, the ex...Penn research permits first-ever visualization of psychological stress in the human brain
... reacts under psychological stress is an untouched subject for cognitive neuroscientists, but it is certainly a critical piece of the puzzle in understanding the health effects of stress," adds Wang. "Our findings should help significantly advance our understanding of this process." To date, most fMRI stu...Caution: New Medicare drug plan may cause headaches
...is voluntary, seniors who delay enrollment will be subject to a penalty of 1 percent per month after the clos... a "creditable" drug prescription plan will not be subject to the penalty. "Creditable coverage" is defined as a drug plan that meets or exceeds the actuarial ...Get With The Guidelines program dramatically improves care
...75 and above. Those lingering disparities are the subject of on-going studies. "Why does the gap persist even though we improved the care for everybody? We're going to look at a larger database and look at performance at medical centers for two years to see if we can erase or eliminate the differences," El......ommon cold symptoms develop. Although the chilled subject believes they have "caught a cold" what has in fact happened is that the dormant infection has taken hold." Common colds are more prevalent in winter than summer and this may be related to an increased incidence of chilling causing more clinical col...Major advances in techniques, devices, medications spur update of PCI guidelines
...aphy and Interventions. The guidelines will be the subject of a joint news conference held today , Nov. 13, at 3 p.m., CST, at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2005. It is an aggressive goal, said Sidney C. Smith, Jr, M.D., FAHA, FACC, who headed the guideline writing committee and is a p...Australia's best health journalism recognised
...d for most Australians there was no more important subject than their health. "Without your reporting, Australians would lack much of the essential information they need to understand issues impacting health care in this country better, whether it is from a political, financial, medical or community perspect...Johns Hopkins flu expert calls for mandatory vaccination of health care workers
...w, which is likely to inform further debate on the subject of voluntary versus mandatory worker vaccination programs, is based on research showing that despite free and ready access to the vaccine, only 40 percent of all health care workers actually get a flu shot. "We have gone as far as possible with vacci...ERS altimeter survey shows growth of Greenland Ice Sheet interior
...e unavailable for much of the Antarctic Peninsula, subject to recent ice sheet thinning due to regional climate warming, again because of limitations in current radar altimeter performance. ESA's CryoSat mission, lost during launch on 8 October, carried the world's first radar altimeter purpose-built for u...Oxford Open first quarter results show marked differences in uptake across disciplines
...or publishing peer-reviewed journals, and in which subject areas the market demands might be strong enough to move more proactively in this direction. "These early results suggest that open access is likely to be only one of arange of models that will be necessary to support the requirements of different re......le. Drs. Talalay and Fahey own BPP stock, which is subject to certain restrictions under University policy. Drs. Talalay and Fahey are unpaid consultants to the company. Dr. Talalay's son is the Chief Executive Officer of BPP and owns BPP stock. The terms of this arrangement are being managed by the Johns ...New studies examine the evidence on probiotics in IBS
...al physiologic or therapeutic activities, were the subject of several analyses presented at the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology. Recent studies have suggested a role for probiotics in treating IBS. Dr. Eamonn M.M. Quigley and colleagues at University Cork College...New study suggests the stomach not the heart offers greater lie detection accuracy
...e percentage of normal gastric slow waves when the subject was lying that corresponded to a significant increase in the average heart rate during the same situation. "We concluded that the addition of the EGG to standard polygraph methods has clear value in improving the accuracy of current lie detectors,"...Which drugs should health plans cover?
... comparisons are often based on expert opinion and subject to bias. "When models or simulations are the best data available, appropriate skepticism is necessary," the authors write. As an example, they point to Cox-2 inhibitor drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex, which are more expensive, but no more effective ...Innovate or perish? Helping developing countries fight neglected diseases
...-Dole act will work in developing countries is the subject of some debate. "Smaller countries seem to think it can't work because of the expense of maintaining technology transfer offices in each university," said Mahoney, "but larger countries, e.g. India, seem to think it can work. Korea adopted a Bayh-Dol...GlaxoSmithKline's Havrix now approved for use in children aged 12 months and older
..., also called Hib conjugate vaccine (PRP-T). Each subject was enrolled in one of five groups according to th...ny, including those made in this Announcement, are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. ...Is complementary medicine cost effective?
...tary treatments in the United Kingdom has been the subject of much speculation and controversy. For instance, a report commissioned by the Prince of Wales last week said that complementary therapies should be given a greater role in the NHS, while others believe that more studies are needed before they are ...Physician pay-for-performance programs may produce little gain in quality
...performance of California medical groups that were subject to pay-for-performance, and a comparison group in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington). Quality improvement reports were included from October 2001 through April 2004 issued to approximately 300 large physician organizations. There were thre...Merck investigational vaccine GARDASIL prevented 100 percent of cervical pre- & non-invasive cancers
...technology used in GARDASIL. GARDASIL is also the subject of other third-party licensing agreements....Special issue on cystic fibrosis in The Journal of Pediatrics
...c Fibrosis Foundation. Schechter's article is the subject of an accompanying editorial by James Acton; he reinforces the concept that unwarranted variation in care leads to adverse outcomes in healthcare and that it is possible to improve results through system-based changes that support evidence-based, pat...