Golfers' yips may be movement disorder
...est position, outstretched arms position, or while writing or standing holding the putter," said study co-author Charles H. Adler, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. "While only two of the golfers felt they had their yips in the lab, under all putting conditions, 50 percent of the golfers with the yips ...Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
...and health at risk, according to heart specialists writing in the new (19 April) issue of Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal. In an editorial [1], Drs Felicita Andreotti and Filippo Crea said that raising awareness that poor quality drugs exist may cause patients excessive worry,...Researchers largely at fault for health risk studies that influence and confuse the public
... their findings in the scientific literature or in writing reviews of other research, asserted Dr. Kupfer in a session devoted to discussion about risk factors in medicine and psychiatry. Dr. Kupfer is co-author of the recently published To Your Health: How to Understand What Research Tells Us About Risk (Ox...Medical whistleblowers speak out
...wer." The officials, he said, were responsible for writing guidelines for the treatment of patients in the state system and were receiving money from companies with a stake in these guidelines. The marketing tactics used by drug companies came under scrutiny at the roundtable. Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau,...New technology can boost bottom lines for US hospitals
...as usual: by starting a patient chart. Rather than writing patient information on standard paper, it is written on "electronic paper." The electronic paper is a tablet personal computer (PC). The tablet PC captures clinical documentation immediately by software that is incorporated into the workflow practi...Aging eye more susceptible to serious damage, scientists report
...ter for Injury Biomechanics, and three colleagues, writing in the June issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. Using a computer model of the eye, Stitzel and colleagues investigated possible injury mechanisms in the eyes of elderly individuals and the effects of lens stiffness on injury prediction by the model. ...New report shows female lung cancer death rates in Europe still rising
... in many countries. The Italian and Swiss authors, writing in Annals of Oncology[1] (Wednesday 13 July), conclude that the lung cancer epidemic among women in Europe will probably not reach the levels experienced in the USA, where it is the leading cause of cancer death among women. However, Europe will stil...Polar explorer delivers rare snow-depth data to ESA for CryoSat validation
...ickness, shouting out the depth to the team member writing it down. The third man kept an eye out for polar bears and carried our gun. How difficult was it to take the measurements? Although the protocol for collecting snow thickness data is pretty straight forward, it was more demanding than I had anticipat...Groundbreaking consensus: pediatric cardiology training recommendations
...Graham Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., chair of the writing committee. In addition to general pediatric cardio...rt H. Beekman III, M.D., F.A.C.C., co-chair of the writing committee. "There are many fellowship training programs and hundreds of fellows, but there were no g...Massachusetts General Hospital launches magazine that examines medicine's leading edge
...through its blending of intellectual rigor, lively writing and powerful photography and graphics. "As one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, Mass General offers an important critical lens through which to view the frontiers of medical science," Libassi says. "We are thrilled to be collaborat...Science commentary stresses need for collaboration at local level in HIV-prevention studies
...ding to 18 international leaders in HIV prevention writing in the current (Sept. 30, 2005) issue of Science. Oral, daily use of the antiretroviral drug tenofovir is considered a key potential strategy for preventing infection of HIV. Clinical trials of the drug are in progress or proposed in numerous countri...Federal grant to expand MCG pipeline programs for minorities
...SEEP students take biomedical sciences and medical writing classes and are offered MCAT preparation and review. The seven Georgia colleges participating in the new Pre-Medical Honor Corps Initiative will work to increase the number of graduates who successfully enroll in medical school, Ms. Sykes-Brown said...Kenneth Clarke's tobacco industry links make him unfit for party leadership
...nd Clarke was accused by the Observer newspaper of writing a letter "pressurising the Chairman of the government-funded Health Education Council 'to soften its line on low tar cigarettes and actively to promote their use.'" Throughout his ministerial career Clarke maintained contact with BAT and other tobacc...Tuberculosis, infertility may have influenced George Orwell's writing
...ailments, such as tuberculosis and infertility, in writing his gloomy portrayals of the future, according to ...ter, in that his sense of human suffering made his writing more universal."...Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research 2004
...also be requested by e-mail ( ods@nih.gov ), or by writing to the Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Blvd, Rm. 3B01, MSC 7517, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7517, USA....Middle-age people more likely to use alternative medicine
...aid Joseph G. Grzywacz, Ph.D., and his colleagues, writing in the October issue of the Journal of Aging and Health. "Current use of CAM among adults was likely shaped by the relative availability of CAM and prevailing public health policies in place when adults began making their own health-related decisions...Aboriginal researcher receives Fiona Stanley medal
...cluding in Amsterdam. She is currently involved in writing up the findings and ensuring they are culturally appropriate and acceptable to the Goldfields Aboriginal community. The Fiona Stanley Medal was established in 1999 to acknowledge those who have made an outstanding commitment to health and medical res...Hopkins study finds no 'cognitive decline' after use of heart-lung machine during bypass surgery
...speed (the time to perform motor activity, such as writing the alphabet), psychomotor speed (the time to complete an action that requires some planning) and executive function (the ability to plan ahead and make judgments). The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CESD) and Functional Status Q...Research to improve trauma patient care neglected
...road traffic crashes and violence. Trauma doctors, writing in this week's BMJ, argue that there is an urgent need to improve the evidence base for trauma care, something that remains a major challenge to health professionals. Compared with diseases, there are far fewer clinical trials into trauma, they argue...Major advances in techniques, devices, medications spur update of PCI guidelines
...th, Jr, M.D., FAHA, FACC, who headed the guideline writing committee and is a professor of medicine and director of the Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "The science shows that patients truly benefit from a 'door-to-balloon time' of 90 minute...