National UK heart disease prevention threshold 'cheapest but least effective'
...pisode prevented. But this would mean treating the whole population. The NSF recommendations target those at highest risk, so require just 12 people to be treated. But this only cuts the rate of heart attack or stroke in the overall population by 9%, which is the lowest preventive impact of all the recom...Study identifies substances in grapefruit juice that interact dangerously with some drugs
...d his collaborators then studied the effect of the whole juice versus furanocoumarin-free juice on the abil...e "treatment." The study found that in contrast to whole grapefruit juice, the furanocoumarin-free grapefruit juice behaved like orange juice and did not cau...Exubera: So far no evidence available of an additional therapeutic benefit
... for publication do not need to be adhered to, the whole procedure is less time-consuming. Primarily, a Rapid Report serves to help the Federal Joint Committee and other organisations form an opinion on a topic. The Federal Joint Committee issues directives for health care services (including the prescript...M. D. Anderson: Setting the benchmark in brain tumor treatment
...he entire cancer community is recognizing that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts." The ... At the Brain Tumor Center, the focus is on the whole person - not just the tumor. Brain tumor patients often experience cognitive and functional d...Online calculator and chemotherapy order systems reduce medication errors in children
...en receive cancer treatment each year. "It takes a whole culture of safety and vigilance to prevent errors....th Sciences Informatics. "This system is part of a whole new culture of safety that requires not only change in the system, but also change in the mindset." ...Smokers seven times more likely to receive jolt from heart devices
...It's clear that quitting should be advocated for a whole myriad of reasons, and our study reveals another."...Unsung heroes recognised in 2006 Australian Nursing Awards
...ung, contribution that the nursing profession as a whole has made to the community....Pandemic challenges for Asia-Pacific region
...ent to develop future capacity. The regional as a whole drew from its previous experience of SARS. This report follows a previous analysis of European pandemic plans, 3 a summary of which was published in the Lancet.4 Dr Richard Coker, the report's lead author, said: 'The strategic approach towards pand...Study reports newborn screening tests can save both lives and money
...he power of information technology can improve the whole system. "Many doctors have never seen most of the rare disorders that can be identified by newborn screening and need guidance on taking the rapid action needed to be beneficial to these babies to help them grow to adulthood," said Dr. Downs. "We ne...Boost to health and medical research funding visionary
... "The Grant Review highlighted the importance of a whole of Government approach to support for health and medical research. "Government support for health and medical research is one of several factors that drive medical innovation. Others include support for education and vocational training, strong prote...Dr. McCluskey receives top honor for young taste researchers
...section a nerve and the taste buds go away but the whole thing regenerates and becomes functional again. I was really fascinated by the functional changes that you can see in this system even in an adult." She hopes her studies of a system that successfully regenerates in the face of constant onslaught fro...Hormone found to decrease appetite and increase activity
...dded: "This discovery could provide doctors with a whole new way to treat the current obesity epidemic. We need to get away from the focus on food and start to think about how to increase exercise. The question is how to make people enjoy taking exercise and how to encourage them to do it spontaneously. "...BIDMC's Harold Dvorak, MD, honored by National Foundation for Cancer Research
...iscovery helped to take cancer investigations in a whole new direction, an endeavor he continues to this day. BIDMC is extremely honored to have Hal as a member of our research faculty." A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Medical School, Dvorak completed medical residency training in patholo...Smoking may cause far more cancer deaths in Asian Americans than previously recognized
...r. The cancer mortality for the United States as a whole was 193.5. The UC Davis study appears online ahead of print in Preventive Medicine at www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00917435 (select "Articles in Press"). It provides the first published evidence of associations between smoke exposure and n...Antibiotic proves successful in tackling symptoms of acute asthma
...thma attacks, but this development could open up a whole new area of research in the treatment of asthma. Although we're not sure about the exact mechanism which caused this antibiotic to be effective, this study indicates it does clearly have a beneficial effect. We still need further trials to confirm th...Numerical processing similar in children and adults, brain scans reveal
...tinue to process mathematical information over the whole course of development, into adulthood," she said. "Our ability to scan very young children combined with the design of the experiment were the keys to comparing numerical skills in children and far more sophisticated adults," said Pelphrey. The exper...Nation sees downward trend in primary care: Press Briefing Teleconference
...and if it is allowed to collapse, it will take the whole system with it, resulting in lower quality, higher costs, and greater patient dissatisfaction. Press Briefing - Thursday, April 6, 2006 from 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM, EDT A press briefing will be held at the ACP Annual Session in Room 105A at the Pennsylv...Mayo Clinic leaders offer health reform vision, prescriptions
...d where people are continually learning to see the whole together." The Mayo Clinic leaders are bringing forward their proposals because of their conviction that fundamental reform is required to ensure quality care in the future. "Health care as it exists in the United States today is not sustainable," s...Editorial: Researchers and parents should view media as a public health issue
...dangers of children's media use are not seeing the whole picture, they continue. "Television and other media must be viewed as more than sources or evil or mere idle pleasures; their potential to enrich the lives of our children are, in fact, enormous, and that potential needs to be explored and actualize...New scientific review shows vegetarian diets cause major weight loss
...f high-fiber foods such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to achieve or maintain a healthy body weight without feeling hungry," says Dr. Berkow, the lead author. "There is evidence that a vegan diet causes an increased calorie burn after meals, meaning plant-based foods are being used more efficientl...