Researchers from the University of Michigan's School of Public Health outline three obstacles policy-makers may encounter as they consider new laws and other measures designed to curb the cost of health care.
Politics, Economics and Ethics Merge in Occupational Health Controversy.
1. New occupational disease, Flock Worker's Lung, is described in this issue. 2. Not all patients with small tumors found by Sigmoidoscopy need a colonoscopy. 3. People with mild, chronic Hepatitis C do not need immediate treatment.
In a recent issue of the medical journal Cancer, Creighton researchers published an article proving that people who have hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC, also known as the Lynch syndrome) have a significantly better survival rate than those who develop sporadic colorectal cancer.
When platelets in the bloodstream clump together as a clot, they can trigger a heart attack or a stroke or mask cancer. A Johns Hopkins University scientist is working on ways to disable platelets' unhealthy habits while preserving their ability to halt blood loss.
Just as a cardiac pacemaker helps maintain a steady heartbeat, a new bladder pacemaker helps men and women with debilitating bladder problems regain control of this vital function, according to UCSF Stanford Health Care physicians, who pioneered the technology.
"Being too busy, not being old, is what leads people to make mistakes in taking their medications," says Denise C. Park, a psychologist at the U-M Institute for Social Research.
For the first time, researchers have published scientific data documenting novel, serious but reversible neuropsychological effects of exposure to waterways infested with Pfiesteria toxins.
The administration of continuous intravenous (IV) sedation keeps ICU patients on mechanical ventilation far longer than is necessary, according to a new report in the August issue of CHEST, the journal of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Damaging noise levels in the medical intensive care unit that often reach the level of a noisy subway ride were reduced significantly through behavioral modification sesssions for the staff, according to a study published in theaugust issue of CHEST, journal of the American College of Chest Physicians.
The first consensus statement on the management of the most common reason patients seek medical attention--the cough--was published today by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP).
Gender differences in worrying or rumination may be one of the reasons that by age 18 females have twice the rate of depression as males.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition urges FDA to re-evaluate its proposed approach to structure/function statements for dietary supplements and issue a guidance document rather than a formal rule.
People's preference for salt may have been imprinted while they were still in their mothers womb. University of Washington researchers have found a link between people's salt preference and the level of morning sickness experienced by their mothers when they were pregnant.
Today, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is releasing a new publication, the CRN Reference on Evaluating Botanicals.
Shame, denial and fear of others' reactions keep many abused women from confiding in their physicians, a Johns Hopkins study among Baltimore women has found.
A single brain chemical can switch the direction of nerve messages in the brainÃs cerebral cortex, Stanford researchers have found. The chemical, called acetylcholine, acts through inhibitory circuits to turn on nerve cells that send messages horizontally across the cortex and to turn off nerve cells that send messages vertically.
Douglas Robertson can push a key on his computer and produce a life-size, plastic foam model of a patient's hip socket as easily as he can print a research abstract---and the hip model is virtually letter perfect.
GLMA's 16th Annual Symposium will be held August 27-29 in Chicago at the Chicago Hilton and Towers. GLMA can provide background information on, and can arrange interviews for articles related to, these plenaries and workshops.
The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association's 16th Annual Symposium, the premiere venue for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) medical information, will be held in Chicago Aug. 27-29. More than 500 LGBT physicians and medical students are expected for the three-day conference, which will explore "Prescriptions for Living Well: Medicine's Impact on the LGBT Life Cycle."
Gulf War veterans have died or been hospitalized at excessive rates since the war, a UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researcher reports in the Aug. 15 American Journal of Epidemiology.
All sexually active adolescent females should be tested by family doctors not once but twice a year for chlamydia infection, a significant preventable cause of pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility in women in the United States, say Johns Hopkins researchers.
Doctors identify 40 strategies to prevent low back injury--the single most frequent injury requiring days off work--in the 1998 Labor Day CheckList.
Two studies by researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the University of British Columbia in Canada have shown that roughly half the HIV-infected injection drug users studied who were eligible for lifesaving antiretroviral therapy were not receiving it. Both reports appeared in the August 12 issue of JAMA.
With its new World Wide Web site, medical news from the American Heart Association will be more accessible than ever. AHA Journals Online (http://www.ahajournals.org) goes online August 11, provides full text and graphics for the five AHA journals.
People with high blood pressure have elevated blood levels of collagen, a protein, which may help explain why these individuals are at risk for heart failure as well as kidney and other organ failure.
Individuals with high blood pressure should not only put away the salt shaker, but eat more fruits, vegetables and fat-free or low-fat dairy products, according to a statement from the American Heart Association.
Citizens who make a concerted effort to restrict teenagers' access to tobacco can significantly influence youth smoking rates in their community, according to a University of Minnesota study that will be published in the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
The American Psychiatric Association applauded Representatives for urging Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) to establish a special task force to review the state and federal health care delivery system for the mentally ill.
Temperature may be a key cue for setting the biological clocks that govern the daily ebb and flow of activity in most animals and plants, Dartmouth Medical School geneticists have found.
A study in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reports a decline in deaths from congestive heart failure (CHF) for people 65 years of age and older between 1988 and 1995. The drop was greatest for black adults - 3 percent per year for black men and 2.2 percent per year for black women. However, CHF, affecting 4.9 million, is the leading cause of admission to hospitals.
Until now, patients who suffered oral or facial deformities due to trauma or congenital disorders have had to wear a metal device implanted into the jaw from the outside of the face in order to correct the problem. Surgeons at Temple University Hospital are among the first to offer patients a distraction device implanted completely inside the mouth that helps to regrow destroyed bone, essentially growing a new jaw for the patient.
Gallstones or Undissolved Pills? Study Finds That Most Pills Will Show Up on X-rays Radiation for Brain Tumors Does Not Cause Cognitive Decline Molecular Techniques Identify Dangerous Invasive Strep Bacteria
Egg and sperm cells form through meiosis, a delicate process in which mistakes can later cause birth defects. Stanford researchers have now found that a key event in meiosis -- a genetic shuffling called recombination -- is started by the same protein in two very different organisms, yeast and worms.
Researchers report that women who exhibit large increases in blood pressure and heart rate during mental stress may develop accelerated atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries, the vessels that carry blood to the brain.
Aggressive, broad-based programs offering health screenings and education programs to help people lower high blood pressure show dramatically better results than more laissez-faire programs developed to achieve the same goal, scientists say.
Recovery from stroke is a difficult road for both stroke survivors and their caregivers. A new study in an American Heart Association journal found that caregivers may experience unacceptably high levels of burden, leading to isolation and exhaustion.
For the first time researchers have shown that estrogen -- a hormone that may protect women from heart disease -- also may be a weapon for both men and women against stroke.
An inexpensive epilepsy drug may prove to be a highly effective pharmaceutical treatment for cocaine addiction. In addition, preliminary data suggests that it may be useful for the treatment of other addictions. That is the conclusion of animal studies published today in the journal Synapse by scientists from the U.S.
Cardiac patients too frail for coronary bypass surgery or angioplasty may find relief through Percutaneous Transluminal Myocardial Revascularization, a new laser procedure now in phase II clinical trials at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Using a vaccine made from specialized white blood cells called dendritic cells spiked with cancer proteins, University of Michigan scientists have found a way to activate the immune system to attack malignant tumors and prevent the development of new tumors in mice. Clinical trial under way to test in humans.
Efforts to battle vitamin A deficiency have been thrown a curve: Carotenoids that promote vitamin A production -- and are often consumed in mass quantities when available -- are not sufficiently stored and converted to vitamin A, according to new research.
A press conference to announce a major scientific finding from animal studies that holds great promise for the treatment of cocaine addiction and other addictions in humans. Wednesday, August 5, 11 A.M. at New York Academy Of Sciences, 2 E. 63 St., NYC
National Cancer Institute chooses UC Irvine as only California member of new Cancer Genetics Network
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are developing 156 potential medicines for diseases that disproportionately affect African Americans or are among the leading disease killers of African Americans, according to a survey released jointly today by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the National Medical Association (NMA).
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Hopkins Oncology Center, has received a five-year, $3.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to establish an innovative cancer genetics network in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Breast cancer cells exposed to a diabetes drug and the Vitamin A compund Accutane stopped multiplying and died on cue in laboratory and animal studies conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are studying PTMR and VEGF Therapy -- experimental protocols for patients with end-stage cardiovascular disease who have had multiple angioplasties or other procedures such as bypass surgery.
Assessing whether prostate cancer patients are eligible for radioactive seed implantation therapy, a preferred new treatment, can now be made in minutes rather than days, and at a fraction of the cost, using a new ultrasound imaging technology developed by researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Prostate Institute.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and other institutions report that nearly 4 in 10 female emergency room patients have been victims of physical or emotional domestic abuse sometime in their lives, and 14 percent have been physically or sexually abused in the past year.
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