Physician in Biological News

Study reveals conflict between doctors, midwives over homebirth

... to be transported to the hospital. Secondly, the physician is now taking on the risk of caring for a patient ... which may not include the kind of information the physician is used to receiving. And because the midwife ... Cheyney said, the contact between her and the physician can often be tense and unproductive. Meanwhile, ...

Allscripts Integrates Electronic Health Records with Innovative Patient Kiosk

... to Revolutionize Patient Registration Process for physician Practices CHICAGO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., ... next generation of patient kiosk technology for physician practices. Allscripts Patient Kiosk ... Clinic, a 260-provider multi-specialty physician group with 24 locations in Springfield, Ill. and ...

Colorectal cancer screening rates still too low

... people earning $75,000 or more. Frequency of physician contact: 19.5 percent of patients who had not seen a physician in the past year had received screening vs. 52.5 percent of patients who had seen their physician two to five times in the previous year. ...

HudsonAlpha investigator develops rapid response swine flu test

... Diatherix is currently making the test available to hospitals, private physician practices and public health departments. Patient samples for the viral ... the general public who are interested in the test should contact a local physician or healthcare facility. Han also developed the Tem-PCR avian flu test ...

Diabetics on high-fiber diets might need extra calcium, report UT Southwestern researchers

... bone health, we recommend that people on high-fiber diets talk to their physician about increasing their dietary calcium as well, in order to get the most benefit from both." Dr. Garg said it's important to speak with a physician or a registered dietitian before increasing your calcium intake because ...

Molecular fingerprints point the way to earlier cancer diagnosis and more targeted treatment

... impression made by cancer. You've likely heard about metabolites; your physician probably screens for some known ones such as triglycerides or cholesterol ... tumors that have a good outcome versus those with a poor one. "The physician does not really have the tools in hand to really say that this tumor will ...

GSA congratulates 2008 award winners

... This award is a lectureship in geriatrics and is given to a prominent physician in the field of aging, both in research and practice. It was established ... from a patient's estate as a tribute to Joseph T. Freeman, a leading physician and one of the Society's distinguished past presidents. ...

Safer, more accurate radiation therapy for expecting mothers

... an upstate New York hospital, in a situation where both the woman and her physician were unaware she was pregnant. The existence of such scans was publicized, and Xu contacted the physician to obtain copies of the scans. Xu said BREP turned out to be extremely ...

The surprising story of Charles Darwin and his homeopathic doctor

... in 1849, he sought the treatment from Dr. James Manby Gully, a homeopathic physician who owned a hydrotherapy spa. Although Darwin was skeptical of ... Victoria herself. Hamilton-Gordon described Dr. Gully as the most gifted physician of the age. According to Ullmans book, other leading physicians and ...

NIH hosts event to launch Council of Science Editors' global theme issue

... and sexual behavior, interventions to improve child survival, physician brain drain from the developing world, and influenza's impact on children. ... to Leave, Too Rich to Stay" Developmental and global health correlates of physician migration to the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, ...

Clinical studies show REMICADE reduces incidence of bowel surgeries in ulcerative colitis patients

... including inpatient and outpatient hospital procedures, emergency room and physician visits, and laboratory and drug costs. A retrospective analysis of 411 ... in outpatient visits (19.4 vs. 8.7), emergency room visits (0.9 vs. 0.8), physician visits (14.9 vs. 13.9) and laboratory visits (2.2 vs. 2.1) during the ...

More than half of Texas physicians do not always recommend HPV vaccine to girls

... "Physicians are the gatekeepers for this vaccine and the studies have shown that one of the most important predictors of health behavior is what your physician recommends," said Vernon, who is also an editorial board member of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. ...

UA pharmacy research shows prescribers miss potentially dangerous drug pairs

... These findings raise concern because of the high number of drugs Americans take: an average of 2.3 medications is prescribed during each physician office visit. A synopsis of the research was published in May Research Activities ( http://www.ahrq.gov/research/may09/0509RA4.htm ), a digest of ...

GUMC discovery highlights new direction for drug discovery

... and represents a potentially novel medical therapy in the future," says the study's lead investigator, Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, a pediatric oncology physician and researcher at GUMC's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study could provide a model upon which to design treatment for other disorders ...

UTSA wins San Antonio Area Foundation grant to further chlamydia research

... pelvic inflammatory disease and even infertility. In men, complications can occur but are generally less severe. Murthy, a practicing physician from India, entered the Ph.D. program in cellular and molecular biology (CMB) at UTSA in 2002. Working alongside Bernard Arulanandam, professor of ...

Hypertension among lower-status employees lingers well into retirement

... The researchers then divided sub-samples by age groups 65 and older, 70 and older and 75 and older as well as by job type, job tenure, gender and physician diagnosis of hypertension. After controlling for variables such as education, race, income, smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index and ...

Olympus broadens portfolio with new biliary metallic stent

... stent designed with exceptional anatomic conformability and superior radial support. The X-Suit NIR's proprietary NIRflex cell design provides a physician support and flexibility; both critical to help relieve the symptoms associated with pancreatic, liver and bile duct cancers. The NIRflex ...

Is cherry juice a new 'sports drink?'

... (rest, ice, compression and elevation) and traditional NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)," said Kerry Kuehl, M.D., a sports medicine physician and principal study investigator. "But NSAIDS can have adverse effects negative effects you may be able to avoid by using a natural, whole food ...

Five outstanding young gastroenterologists receive AGA Foundation 2009 Research Scholars Award

... a three-year period. The goal of the Research Scholar Awards is to guarantee the perpetuation of strong science through the encouragement of young physician investigators and ultimately to improve patient care through digestive diseases research. These extremely competitive awards ensure that bright, ...

Early identification of dementia increasingly difficult

... of the memory is the only useful test. In addition, it is more difficult to predict dementia the higher the person's level of education', says physician PhD Simona Sacuiu, the author of the thesis. The follow-up of the 70-year-olds five years later showed that 5% had developed dementia. Those with ...

Interventional radiology: From sidelines to mainstream for patients

... with the most difficult problemsfor example, working collaboratively with surgeons with trauma and transplant care," said Stainken. "While those physician relationships remain in place, interventional radiologists are taking positions in the front line of medical care. In delivering high-quality health ...

Tufted bacteria cause infection in premature babies

... from attack by, for instance, enhancing the body's own defences," says Giovanna Marchini, associate professor at Karolinska Institutet and senior physician at the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital neonatal section. Dr Marchini stresses that humans have evolved effective forms of co-existence with ...

Immigrant women may be at higher risk of having a baby with a birth defect

... to prevent spina bifida, particularly those who recently immigrated to the country, according to a new study led by a St. Michael's Hospital physician in collaboration with Statistics Canada, Health Canada and the University of Toronto. The study is the first to provide national estimates of ...

'First aid' for brain cells comes from blood

... to stroke treatment. Immune cells produce the protective Interleukin 10 The team of researchers headed by Dr. Roland Veltkamp, senior physician at the Neurology Clinic of Heidelberg University Hospital has now shown in stroke models that a stroke in mice with no functioning Treg cells in ...

MIT: Novel needle could cut medical complications

... is based on concepts borrowed from the oil industry. It involves a hollow S-shaped needle containing a filament that acts as a guide wire. When a physician pushes the device against a tissue, she is actually applying force only to the filament, not the needle itself, thanks to a special clutch. When ...

Taste, odor intervention improves cancer therapy, according to Virginia Tech, Wake Forest study

... and Technology Department, Pinar Omur-Ozbek, also of CEE, Yong Woo Lee of Virginia Tech's School of Biomedical Engineering and Glenn Lesser, a physician of hematology and oncology at Wake Forest. Their joint paper, "Taste and Odor Abnormalities in Cancer Patients", reports the "alteration of taste ...

Two Hutchinson Center researchers named HHMI Early Career Scientists

... can evolve to defeat "viral mimicry," providing yet another nuance to a never-ending "arms race" between hosts and viruses. Taniguchi, as a physician in Tokyo, treated many lymphoma patients with DNA-damaging chemotherapy, only to watch the drugs lose their power as the tumors developed resistance. ...

Roberta A. Pagon receives lifetime award in genetics from March of Dimes

... of Human Genetics 2006 Education Award. Dr. Pagon also is a consultant to the Regional Genetics Program of Washington State and an attending physician in the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center Genetics Clinic. She is a member of the board of directors of the American Board of Medical ...

Genetic risk factors identified for sudden cardiac death

... Zentrum Mnchen and holder of the chair in human genetics at the Technische Universitt Mnchen (TUM) and Assistant Professor Stefan Kb, MD, senior physician at the University Hospital of Munich, Campus Grosshadern, along with their German, Italian and American colleagues that their approach was correct ...

Pulmonary hypertension in children may result from reduced activity of gene regulator

... Discovery Institute in the MCG School of Medicine. Dr. Black and his colleague, Dr. Jeffrey Fineman, a whole-animal physiologist and physician at the University of California, San Francisco, want to understand the molecular mechanisms that disrupt regulatory mechanisms of the inner lining of ...

Low levels of vitamin B12 may increase risk for neural tube defects

... and Prevention Research. He added it is advisable for women with digestive disorders that interfere with the absorption of foods to consult a physician before getting pregnant, to make sure they are receiving adequate amounts of B12. Dr. Mills explained that critical events in the formation of the ...

UC San Diego senior named Churchill Scholar for extraordinary undergraduate research

... to me an ideal candidate for the Churchill Scholarship," Smith said. "He is someone who will undoubtedly go on to have a distinguished career as a physician and scientist." ...

Shorter wait means longer life for kidney transplant candidates

... Registry of Transplant Recipients and the U.S. Renal Data System. Still, many patients might not feel that they have a choice they go where their physician or insurer tells them to, or to the center closest to home. "Patients should ask the question 'how likely am I to get a kidney at this center?'" ...

Repeat C-section before 39 weeks raises risk of neonatal illness

... A major reason is the decline in attempted vaginal births after cesarean. Because elective cesareans can be scheduled to accommodate patient and physician convenience, there is a risk that they may be performed earlier than is appropriate." Tita said. "We knew from previous small studies that infants ...

Team finds breast cancer gene linked to disease spread

... cancer researchers -- individuals who had demonstrated extraordinary creativity, vision and productivity, according to Capt. E. Melissa Kaime, a physician who is director of the U.S. Army Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. "This award mechanism seeks the 'best and the brightest' ...

Plastic and reconstructive surgery -- in brief

... before elective surgery. The authors suggest that patients using those antidepressants and herbs noted in the study consult with the prescribing physician about discontinuing use for up to two weeks prior to surgery. This study appears in the January 2009 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , ...

Reducing the damage of a heart attack

... Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for Molecular Cardiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Sato and his team removed from a mouse's genome a gene called Sfrp2, stopping ...

In just 5 years, gene discovery to clinical trial of potential treatment

... experimental drug that is now being evaluated in 28 children with this "premature aging" disease. Speaking at the special ASCB session will be the physician heading the clinical trial, the gene-hunter whose research team pinpointed the DNA mutation, and the cell biologist who conducted the basic research ...

Damage inflicted during cardiac attacks more widespread, MSU researchers find

... damage artery linings much further away from the site of the attack, leaving survivors at greater risk than previously thought. George Abela, a physician in Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine and chief of the Department of Medicine's cardiology section, is leading innovative research ...

Medicare coding for maggots and maggot therapy

... be reported in addition to the wound management code 97602 with CPT supply code 99070, Supplies and materials (except spectacles), provided by the physician over and above those usually included with the office visit or other services rendered (list drugs, trays, supplies or materials provided)." ...