Asia Pacific Family Medicine moves to BioMed Central's open access platform
...entrals open access publishing platform, APFM will widen the exposure of its family medicine research. While APFM's articles were already freely available online, they were not widely indexed or available through open access archives. Under the agreement between APFM and BioMed Central, the society journal...Many Americans at high risk of vision loss do not have access to eye care
...examination, in which eyedrops are administered to widen the pupil, allowing a more thorough inspection of the eyes. Yearly exams are recommended for those with diabetes or who are age 65 or older. About one-third of the estimated 144 million U.S. individuals not at high risk of serious vision loss visit...New study cautions states on changes to Medicaid
...by the time they enter kindergarten and these gaps widen as children move through the educational system. To help reduce educational gaps and improve school readiness, states should ensure that children have access to high quality preventive and other child health care services in the years before they ent...Sildenafil prevents rebound pulmonary hypertension in infants
...duced in the early 1990s as a therapeutic agent to widen pulmonary blood vessels in ventilated lung regions by relaxing pulmonary vascular smooth muscle. Although there have been no definitive studies of clinical benefit to date, the investigators believe that inhaled nitric oxide therapy warrants use as...New UK guidelines significantly widen criteria for heart disease and stroke prevention
...rofessional societies today in Heart significantly widen the criteria for prevention of heart disease and stroke in primary care, and are set to boost the numbers of patients targeted for screening and preventive treatment. The evidence based guidelines are a collaborative effort from the British Cardiac S...Radiologists tackle diagnosis of puzzling football injuries
...d the cylindrical groove which forms the ankle can widen under load. The problem is that routine x-rays may not show it, because it's not grossly misaligned. It's during athletic activity when the injury becomes most apparent." Left undiagnosed, high ankle sprain can impede an athlete's performance and lea...Get With The Guidelines program dramatically improves care
... have just had a heart attack or had procedures to widen clogged arteries are highly motivated to make lifestyle changes and highly compliant with therapies given at discharge, Ellrodt said. After four quarters using the GWTGCAD program, treatment had significantly improved for all groups. Adherence ros...Health inequalities continue to widen, despite government rhetoric
... inequalities in life expectancy have continued to widen in the early years of the 21st century, alongside a general trend of widening inequalities in income and wealth. Life expectancy continues to rise in the most advantaged areas of the country at a greater pace than in the poorest areas. Among men, fo...College education protects middle-age caucasian women against obesity
...r, Lewis found that black-white disparities in BMI widen with increasing levels of education. "We observed significant racial differences in the effects of education on weight for middle-aged women. At all levels of education, African American women were equally heavy, while white women were thinner with i...