UK politicians failing to address low morale among doctors
...een based on a set of entirely false notions about what matters to patients, states the editorial. Meanwhile doctors have been left demoralised by targets that compromise patient care, shift work that compromises professionalism, and a massively over-managed health service. The Lancet comments: "John Reid...Tumor detection, data encryption to benefit from UH research
...art for young professors, and historically, that's what it's done," Sharma said....Journal study suggests many glaucoma patients don't take medication properly
..."Non-adherence to the glaucoma therapy is probably what causes patients to go blind," said Alan L. Robin, M.D., author of the study and Academy member. "Cost of medications, multiple medications, confusing instructions all contribute to a patient's non-compliance to their therapy." Dr. Robin refers to a 2...Watching metals melt, nanometer-scale views inside cells
...OR PLANETS, STARS, AND EXTREMESTATES OF MATTER In what may provide deep insights into what goes on inside planetsand stars, scientists have captured the first atomic-level view ofthe melting ...Exercise training in ordinary people affects the activity of 500 genes
...re easily to training than others. It is not known what explains this. The results from the training study...chenne patients strive to adapt in part similar to what happens in training. The results from this study will help to clarify which genes are uniquely affec...Mayo Clinic researchers discover genetic glitch in the heart's electrical system
...n the heart's electrical system and contributes to what were previously unexplained drownings. Mayo researchers first discovered defects in a gene that causes the heart's electrical system to malfunction and described how it might cause a drowning of an otherwise healthy person and reported their findings...3 questions may provide good clues to smoke exposure
...of this finding is that parents tell pediatricians what they perceive is the 'socially desirable' response that they are not heavy smokers and that they do not expose their children." Although further research is needed and the study can be expanded, Groner says data from the study can be a helpful tool...Too many doctors fail to follow guidelines and to prescribe best treatments for heart patients
...nt rather than relying on their own impressions of what might be best. In some cases patients who most need the best treatment receive the worst, according to the authors. Professor Jean-Pierre Bassand, head of the department of cardiology at the University Hospital Jean Minjoz, Besanon, France, said: "It...All low-fat diets are not equal, Stanford study shows
...air shake. We were so focused on the negative-just what to avoid-and not what to include." The bottom line? Mother knows best: Do eat your veggies - and other nutrient - dense fo...Medical-errors gap widens between best and worst hospitals: Healthgrades study
...dent rates improving the fastest is that they have what I call a 'culture of safety'," said HealthGrades Vice President of Medical Affairs Samantha Collier, M.D., who authored the study. "A 'culture of safety' requires rapid identification of errors and root causes and the successful implementation of imp...Attention full-time workers: Get off the computer and out to exercise in your free time!
...nnels, play video games or boot up the computer in what little free time you have? If so, there's a good chance you're skimping on heart-healthy physical activities, scientists report at the American Heart Association's 45th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. In the...Diabetes and pizza: Slow and steady insulin delivery wins the race
... so many people and good quality of life is eating what you want every now and again, we suggested a study to see how best to help those with diabetes enjoy this common favorite food while maintaining good glucose levels." Twenty-six volunteers with type 1 diabetes were selected from the patient populatio...Long-term outcomes promising for patients with localized, low-grade prostate cancer
...n after 20 years of follow-up." "Our data provide what are likely overestimates of prostate cancer progre...sed in the early 21st century will conjecture that what happened to those cases is too difficult to interpret or altogether irrelevant," they write. (JAMA. ...University of Kentucky researcher wins American Heart Association award
...chapters and abstracts. "Dr. Bruemmer exemplifies what we are about at the UK Gill Heart Institute Cardiovascular Reseach Center innovative science performed by excellent researchers. We are very pleased to see one of our young physician scientists win this prestigious award," said Alan Daughtery, UK Gi......, she added. "They are very aware in this study of what they are not doing. As 'intenders', they are most likely to benefit from employer and other community initiatives for fitness."...Routine procedure during childbirth provides no benefits, study review finds
...ssion in the delivery room. "You're in charge of what happens to you in your care. Your best bet to reach a clear understanding with your doctor about what this aspect of your birth will be like is to talk about it in advance." Hartmann is assistant profe...Drug safety in the doctor's office: Nearly half of patients have lapses in monitoring
...common, further research is needed to determine to what extent this failure to monitor results in actual m...dication can be proactive and ask their physicians what tests to monitor side effects are needed and how often, then call their physician for a laboratory r...Stroke drug still meets resistance from doctors wary of its risks
...increasingly form stroke teams and write plans for what to do when a stroke patient comes through the emer...pital is a trauma center, but every hospital knows what to do when a trauma patient arrives -- and that response may entail treatment or transfer." "If a ho...Morphine for chest pain increases death risk
...hine, on the other hand, doesn't do anything about what is actually causing the pain. It just masks it, and may, in fact, make the underlying disease worse. "Morphine has the well-known and potentially harmful side effects of depressing respiration, reducing blood pressure and slowing heart rate," he con...... financial resources allocated to 3 by 5 are below what are needed (US$ 163 million vs 174 million), and t...WHO staff deployed to the initiative is well below what it should be (112 vs 400). Only 30 countries have established treatment goals instead of the Decembe...