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July/August 2009 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

The Primary Care Paradox and the Need to Integrate Primary and Specialty Care to Improve the Quality of Healthcare The third in a seven-part series of commentaries to understand health and healthcare With the healthcare reform debate heating up in Washington, D.C., Annals of Family Medicine ...

NYU Langone Medical Center's tip sheet to the 45th Annual Meeting of ASCO

The following news tips are based on abstracts or posters to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Orlando, Florida, May 29 June 2, 2008. Abstract # 9075, 8 a.m. to noon on Monday, June 1, 2009 Antiparasitic drug is promising in animal stu...

JNCI April 28 tip sheet

Designing a Randomized Controlled Trial for Physical Activity, Weight Control, and Breast Cancer Risk Researchers describe the rationale and a possible design for randomized controlled trials that test the impact of physical activity and weight control on breast cancer risk. There are substa...

Nationwide Medical/Surgical Unveils Flu Protection Tip Sheet

Nationwide Medical/Surgical, a leading distributor of the flu vaccine and other specialty medical products, has created their 2009 annual list of how to prevent the flu. (Vocus) February 4, 2009 -- Nationwide Medical/Surgical ( www.nationwidemedical.net ), a leading dis...

Sociologist says this month's family murder-suicides only 'the tip of the iceberg'

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month's murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be "just the tip of the iceberg." Sampson Blair, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology at UB, says, "Family murder-su...

Video: Solta Medical Introduces Advanced Thermage Body Tip 16.0 for Faster Body Shaping and Contouring Treatments

Larger Tip Enables Physicians to Perform Thermage Body Area Treatments Twice as Fast and Improves Patient Treatment Experience HAYWARD, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solta Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLTM ) today announced the launch of its new Body Tip 16.0 for the Thermage NXT syst...

January/February 2009 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

Colorectal Cancer Screening: Opportunity and Challenges in Primary Care Four articles and an editorial in the January/February issue of Annals look at the issue of colorectal cancer screening and the role of primary care in early detection. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of ca...

LabBits: A media tip sheet from the MBL in Woods Hole

MBL, WOODS HOLE, MASummer on Cape Cod is synonymous with a surge of tourists, but also a surge of scientists at the MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory). For more than a century, researchers have come to the MBL each summer from around the world to immerse themselves in biological discovery. Many ma...

July/August 2008 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

Innovative North Carolina Program Improves Patient Care and Saves an Estimated $160 Million in Medicaid Costs Annually Community physicians in North Carolina may have found a way to narrow the gap between rising health care costs and declining health outcomes. In this special report, the author...

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for May 20, 2008, issue

1. Sequential Therapy Appears Superior to Standard Therapy for Eradicating H. pylori An evaluation of all randomized, controlled trials comparing sequential and standard triple therapies in patients with documented, previously untreated H. pylori infection found that sequential therapy appear...

NYU Langone Medical Center's tip sheet to the 44th annual meeting of ASCO

The following news tips are based on abstracts or poster presentations at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to be held in Chicago, Illinois, May 30 June 3, 2008. Study Tracks a Biomarker for Early Detection of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Abstract #...

May/June 2008 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

The Unintended Consequences of Pay-for-Performance Programs At a time when pay-for-performance programs are proliferating, this study finds that while such programs may succeed in improving clinical outcomes and increasing physician income, they also change the nature of patient consultations ...

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for April 1, 2008, issue

1. Perils of Testing: What Happens When Tests for Cervical Cancer are Normal but HPV Testing Is Abnormal? When nearly 10,000 women were screened with Pap tests for cervical cancer and with DNA tests for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV), 23 percent were found to be infected with high-risk...

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Feb. 5, 2008, issue

1. No Clear Winner in Comparative Review of Effectiveness and Harms of Treatments for Localized Prostate Cancer About 197,000 men will be diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer (cancer confined to the prostate gland) in 2008. Common treatments include watchful waiting, surgery ...

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Jan. 1, 2008, issue

1. Targeted Digital Mammography May Be Cost-Effective Method of Screening for Breast Cancer, but Digital Mammography for All Women Is Not A cost-effectiveness study of the value of digital mammography breast cancer screening has found that digital mammography screening does not result in su...

Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet for Nov. 20, 2007, Issue

1. Physicians Spend Much Time Outside Patient Visits Providing Unreimbursed Care A new study found that physicians caring for older adults spent nearly eight hours a week on patient care in addition to office visits (Article, p. 693). This time may be spent talking with families or ordering ...

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Oct. 2

1. Organizations Issue Comprehensive Guidelines for Treating Low Back Pain -- Clinicians Shouldnt Routinely Order Imaging and Other Diagnostic Tests (Clinical Guidelines, p. 487.) (NOTE: This article is the subject of a video news release. Call for coordinates. A separate news release will be...

September/October 2007 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

Patients Seeking Care for Urgent Health Problems Report Highest Satisfaction When Seen by Their Own Family Physician; Satisfaction Lowest at Walk-in Clinics Patient satisfaction with after-hours care for an urgent problem is higher if provided by their own family physician or their physicians a...

Census Bureau Tip Sheet

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following tip sheet was released today by the U.S. Census Bureau: Health and Health Care of the Older Population in Urban and Rural China: 2000 -- An examination of activity limitations, self-assessed health, chronic disease status and lifes...

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Aug. 21, 2007, issue

A systematic review finds that implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are safe and significantly reduce death for adults with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (Review, p. 251). In this review of eight randomized controlled trials that reported on mortality and 76 observational studies...

Effects of the Drug Ice- A Tip of the Iceberg!

The drug Ice or methamphetamine is turning out to be a big challenge for law enforcement officials in Australia, and a positive threat to health//. Studying the figures from the last decade, lock-ups /arrests due to possession of ice have gone up by more than 250 per cent. Yet, despite this ...

Expanding waistlines: Only a tip of the iceberg?

Expanding waistlines has been a burgeoning healthcare problem, which has tickled the curiosity of researchers. To add to the growing obesity rates, is also the increasing// numbers of myths doing the rounds. To dispel the myths, extensive research on the subject of obesity has been conducted from t...

Festive Tip For Wine Shoppers

Shoppers need to be clear about what they expect from a wine.It's important to know how I plan to drink the wine, said Peter Rotthaus // , director of the Federal Association of German Wine Cellars and Wine Sales, here. It makes a difference, for example, if the wine is to accompany a meal or ...

Stereotaxis Names Daniel Johnston as Chief Financial Officer

... of the heart to treatment sites. This is achieved using computer-controlled, externally applied magnetic fields that govern the motion of the working tip of the catheter or guidewire, resulting in improved navigation, shorter procedure time and reduced x-ray exposure. The core components of the Stereota...

Stereotaxis Reports 19% Second Quarter Revenue Growth

... of the heart to treatment sites. This is achieved using computer-controlled, externally applied magnetic fields that govern the motion of the working tip of the catheter or guidewire, resulting in improved navigation, shorter procedure time and reduced x-ray exposure. The core components of the Stereota...

Young Vets With PTSD More Prone to Heart Risk Factors

...lth diagnoses are at an elevated risk for smoking, diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors." The problems uncovered by Cohen may be just the tip of the iceberg, he said, as only about 40 percent of vets seek care through the VA. Kaplan said the findings may also not include those vets who ca...

Allergists Urge Asthmatics to Get Swine and Seasonal Flu Shots Following CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee Recommendations

...as resulted in an estimated 43,000 reported cases in the United States including 302 deaths. The CDC estimates that these reported cases are just the tip of the iceberg and that there have been a least a million cases of the H1N1 virus since June of this year. "While everyone needs to be awar...

TriReme Medical, Inc. Receives CE Marking for Glider(TM) PTCA Dilatation Catheter

...uct will be marketed under the name Glider(TM). The Glider(TM) is a first-in-class balloon dilatation catheter with a torquable shaft and novel tip design. These features permit the Glider(TM) to cross through tight lesions and stent struts. In addition, its unique balloon characteristics were des...

New Research Reveals the Majority of Parents Overlook Key Steps to Keep Curious Toddlers Safe at Home

... Make sure an adult can open the window fast in case of a fire. Secure tall pieces of furniture by anchoring them to the wall stud so they don't tip over if your child tries to climb on them. Use safety gates at the nursery door and at the tops and bottoms of stairs. For the tops of the stai...

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Supports 'National Patient Safety Day'

... medical errors. The Authority encourages patients to participate in their own healthcare by following guidance in "Consumer Tip" sheets. The tip sheets provide information on how patients can help reduce the risk of medical mistakes occurring to them while they are being treated in the healthca...

Vein Condition May Mask Serious Clot Disorder

...tion. "The diagnosis of [SVT] has long been considered to be a benign entity which could be managed in the doctor's office [but] in fact may be the tip of the iceberg," said Dr. Robert Lookstein, an associate professor of radiology and surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. ...

ATS Medical Announces First Use of the New ATS CryoMaze 10-S Probe

...utilized in all ATS CryoMaze Probes allows them to be easily shaped by hand without the need for a tool to control the radius of the bends. The probe tip can be repeatedly re-shaped intraoperatively to meet the different anatomic requirements of the individual patient and procedure. The "bellows" desig...

Immunoassay at AACC 2009: Tosoh Launches AIA-2000 Automated Immunoassay Analyzer

...to load hybrid sorter; increasing walk-away time to approximately 4 hours. tip capacity has been increased to 576, and can be added or changed at any time...AIA-2000 system features include: throughput of 200 tests/hour, 576 tips (6 tip racks), 2 substrate bottles, walk away time of 4 hours, 3 incubators with d...

Looking to Shape Up for Summer? The Solution May Be the Steps You're Already Taking

...ou need to chart progress, compare to your goals and proactively manage your shape-up strategy. Free Downloadable "Further Your Finish Line" tip Sheet Along with incorporating a pedometer into your daily routine, some of Braganza's other get fit tips include: Warm Up First. B...

Cats Purrfect at Getting Needs Met, Study Shows

...rowl, it's hard to describe, but I hear it repeatedly and it's actually quite helpful." For his part, Buffington wonders if McComb has only hit the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cats' ability to get particular messages out. "One wonders how widespread these behaviors are -- is it specific to ...

Financial crisis increases suicides and homicides

...sis. Professor Martin McKee at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and one of the report's authors, noted that "Suicides are just the tip of the iceberg rising suicide rates are a sign of many failed suicide attempts and high levels of mental distress among workers and families." As...

Job Stress, Economy Weighing on Americans

... Worries lead to extra pounds and tip the scales toward more health risks, researcher says FRIDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Stress can keep you up at night, make you snap at...

Humans Can Develop Bat-Like Echolocation

...ed what they believe is the most effective sound for human echolocation. "The almost ideal sound is the 'palate click,' a click made by placing the tip of the tongue on the palate, just behind the teeth, and moving it quickly backwards, although it is often done downwards, which is wrong," Martinez sa...

Stereotaxis Announces Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

... of the heart to treatment sites. This is achieved using computer-controlled, externally applied magnetic fields that govern the motion of the working tip of the catheter or guidewire, resulting in improved navigation, shorter procedure time and reduced x-ray exposure. The core components of the Stereota...

Physics research with atomic force microscope could lead to better health care

...oscope, a tool involving a cantilever with a sharp tip that under certain circumstances becomes attached ...mic force microscope in which the sharp cantilever tip can be heated up to between 500 degrees and 600 degrees Celsius. When this heated tip is scraped across a surface, Szoszkiewicz said, th...