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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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- COPD prevalence high in Spain
- LTRAs may improve symptom relief for asthmatic children with persistent AR
- Local reactions to immunotherapy do not predict further local reactions
- Theory of mind impairments ‘linked to psychosis symptoms’
- Dysfunctional beliefs specific to bipolar disorder identified
- HER2 mRNA in peripheral blood predicts poor breast cancer outcome
- Socioeconomic status affects prostate cancer death risk
- Men need more information on prostate cancer screening
- Serum MMP level independently predicts coronary plaque presence
- Lipid level reductions greatest in the wealthy
- Decision aid improves patient involvement in diabetic medication choices
- Liraglutide weight loss mainly a result of visceral fat mass reductions
- Non-culprit lesions lead to unstable, progressive angina in ACS
- Hospital-at-home ‘viable alternative’ to inpatient care in CHF
- Night-time GERD symptoms linked to sleep problems
| Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT More than 10% of the Spanish population aged between 40 and 80 years has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with many patients remaining undiagnosed, study results suggest. |
| LTRAs may improve symptom relief for asthmatic children with persistent AR Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The addition of a leukotriene receptor antagonist to regular antihistamine therapy may provide faster symptom relief for asthmatic children with persistent allergic rhinitis than antihistamine therapy alone, Chinese researchers report. |
| Local reactions to immunotherapy do not predict further local reactions Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Allergy patients who have a local reaction to subcutaneous immunotherapy are not necessarily at increased risk of having a local reaction to subsequent injections. |
| Theory of mind impairments ‘linked to psychosis symptoms’ Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Theory of mind impairment in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder appear to reflect underlying general cognitive deficits and residual symptoms, rather than being a specific trait-marker, the results of an Australian study indicate. |
| Dysfunctional beliefs specific to bipolar disorder identified Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Remitted bipolar disorder patients have unique dysfunctional beliefs compared with unipolar patients and healthy individuals, say UK scientists who believe the findings could help the development of specific behavioral therapies. |
| HER2 mRNA in peripheral blood predicts poor breast cancer outcome Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The presence of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 messenger RNA-positive tumor cells in the peripheral blood of women with breast cancer independently predicts decreased disease-free survival and overall survival, say Greek researchers. |
| Socioeconomic status affects prostate cancer death risk Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men are more likely to die as a result of their prostate cancer if they have a low socioeconomic status, according to research conducted in Switzerland. |
| Men need more information on prostate cancer screening Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Most decisions about prostate cancer screening do not involve adequately shared decision-making between the patient and doctor, according to US research. |
| Serum MMP level independently predicts coronary plaque presence Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase-1 significantly and independently predict total plaque burden in patients with coronary artery disease symptoms, study findings show. |
| Lipid level reductions greatest in the wealthy Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The decline in lipid levels observed since the introduction of statins has disproportionately favored the wealthy, analysis of national US databases suggests. |
| Decision aid improves patient involvement in diabetic medication choices Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have devised an innovative decision aid that could help involve patients with Type 2 diabetes in decisions about their medications. |
| Liraglutide weight loss mainly a result of visceral fat mass reductions Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Weight loss with the antidiabetic drug liraglutide preferentially targets fat mass, particularly visceral fat, over muscle, researchers report. |
| Non-culprit lesions lead to unstable, progressive angina in ACS Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Non-culprit lesions in patients with acute coronary syndromes frequently lead to progressive and unstable angina, while culprit lesions tend to cause more severe events such as cardiac death and myocardial infarction, study findings demonstrate. |
| Hospital-at-home ‘viable alternative’ to inpatient care in CHF Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elderly patients with acute decompensation of chronic heart failure who receive hospital-at-home care show no greater mortality risk than their peers given traditional hospital inpatient care, and may even show improvements in their quality of life, study results show. |
| Night-time GERD symptoms linked to sleep problems Posted: 06 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease at night are associated with trouble falling and staying asleep, US research suggests. |
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- West Penn Allegheny Expands Allscripts EHR
- Mercy Memorial Deploys Virtualization Solution
- Service Uses Text Messaging to Recruit for Studies
| West Penn Allegheny Expands Allscripts EHR Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:24 AM PDT West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) has named Allscripts (Chicago) as preferred provider of clinical IT solutions across its network of hospitals and owned physician practices. As part of the agreement, WPAHS is expanding its deployment of the Allscripts EHR to all 645 of the health system’s employed physicians. Additionally, Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Natrona Heights will implement the Allscripts Emergency Department Information System to automate administrative and patient care processes at both its main campus and its affiliated Citizens Ambulatory Care Center in New Kensington, says the company. The health system will also implement Allscripts’ patient portal, and will deploy its discharge planning solution in five hospitals to facilitate the process of referring discharged patients to post-acute facilities for further treatment, it says. West Penn Allegheny Health System is a physician-led organization that includes two tertiary and four community hospitals with a total of more than 2,000 beds. Allegheny General Hospital serves as the Pittsburgh clinical campus for the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital serves as the clinical campus for Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. |
| Mercy Memorial Deploys Virtualization Solution Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:23 AM PDT Mercy Memorial Hospital (Monroe, Mich.) is rolling out a server virtualization and disaster recovery solution acquired from CDW Healthcare, part of the Vernon Hills, Ill.-based CDW Corp . The hospital is deploying a customized EMC solution that includes CLARiiON, Centera and Avamar hardware/software as well as VMware virtualization technology, in two data centers, says the company. The technology provides Mercy Memorial with full network redundancy, automated archiving and data de-duplication capabilities that enhance the functionality of critical systems, it touts. Founded in 1929, Mercy Memorial Hospital is a 238-bed, full-service community hospital serving Michigan’s Monroe and Lenawee counties as well as the Detroit metropolitan area and northwest Ohio. |
| Service Uses Text Messaging to Recruit for Studies Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:20 AM PDT New York-based Axiom Accelerated Patient Recruitment is introducing a text messaging service designed to help healthcare researchers enlist patients. The company says it is using the service for patient recruitment and retention programs for clinical research studies, says the company. Text messages can be used to directly communicate with pre-qualified audiences to gauge interest in participating in a clinical study that may help minimize symptoms or treat a disease. The tool can also retain participants through support services like appointment reminders and treatment instructions, it touts. |
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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| Pocket Heart, A Cardiac Anatomy Learning Tool for iPhone Posted: 29 Sep 2009 01:47 PM PDT
Some features of the application: 1. Toggle between Interior and Exterior views of the heart. 2. Turn on and off the heartbeat. 3. Switch on and off the blood flow. 4. Navigate to a specific feature from an index option. 5. Tap on an information pin to display its name and corresponding information. 6. Test your understanding of the heart's structure and functions. 7. Save your quiz options and return at a later stage during your user-session. Product page: Pocket Heart...
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eMedia Interactive Ltd. out of Galway, Ireland has released an iPhone app to help learn the anatomy of the heart. Using the Pocket Heart app, one can browse the organ in three dimensions using zoom and rotate features, identify individual components, and take quizzes to test one's knowledge. This simulator might also be helpful to medical students, residents and clinicians learning to perform echocardiography, by allowing to correlate echo images to the anatomy. So grab the Pocket Heart and head to our own | You are subscribed to email updates from iPhone Medical News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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- Adipose tissue may play role in COPD-related systemic inflammation
- Some asthmatic children show microsatellite DNA instability
- Asthma does not affect body posture in children
- Study sheds light on patient mental capacity in relation to psychiatric admission
- Monocyte proinflammatory state in BD linked to environmental factors
- Green tea decreases gastric cancer risk in women
- Medical treatment value questioned for operable CTEPH
- Prevalence and predictors of post-stroke dementia defined
- More women opting for prophylactic mastectomy
- Men should weigh up benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening
- Exercise testing improves traditional CVD risk assessment by 50%
- Statin switch threatening lipid goals in over 1 million US patients
- Impact of abdominal obesity on diabetes ‘strikingly’ similar across Europe
- IFG not uncommon in obese Middle-Eastern children
- Male heart transplant patients survive longer with male donor hearts
- Biomarkers show robust mortality prediction in heart failure
| Adipose tissue may play role in COPD-related systemic inflammation Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Leptin and adiponectin are both associated with systemic inflammatory processes during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations, research shows. |
| Some asthmatic children show microsatellite DNA instability Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Some children with asthma show genetic instability in microsatellite DNA, but to a lesser extent than previously observed in adults with the respiratory condition, say Greek researchers. |
| Asthma does not affect body posture in children Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Body posture in children with asthma does not differ from that in children without the respiratory disorder, study results show. |
| Study sheds light on patient mental capacity in relation to psychiatric admission Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Nearly a quarter of people admitted to psychiatric hospital are informal patients with incapacity who generally feel coerced and show high levels of treatment refusal, according to UK researchers. |
| Monocyte proinflammatory state in BD linked to environmental factors Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The association of the monocyte proinflammatory state with bipolar disorder is primarily the result of common shared environmental factors, rather than BD being a causative factor for monocyte activation, suggest Dutch study results. |
| Green tea decreases gastric cancer risk in women Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT A high consumption of green tea may decrease the risk for gastric cancer, particularly for the distal subsite, in women, scientists report. |
| Medical treatment value questioned for operable CTEPH Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Medical pulmonary hypertensive therapy does not benefit most patients with operable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, suggest US researchers. |
| Prevalence and predictors of post-stroke dementia defined Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The likelihood that stroke patients will develop dementia is strongly associated with multiple strokes and stroke characteristics rather than underlying vascular risk factors, a meta-analysis demonstrates. |
| More women opting for prophylactic mastectomy Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The number of women undergoing prophylactic contralateral mastectomy has more than doubled in New York State, USA since 1995, say researchers. |
| Men should weigh up benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men at low to high risk for prostate cancer should fully consider the benefits and harms of prostate-specific antigen screening before going ahead with the test, study findings show. |
| Exercise testing improves traditional CVD risk assessment by 50% Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Exercise testing significantly improves the accuracy of cardiovascular disease risk assessment when used alongside testing for traditional risk factors such as dyslipidemia, researchers believe. |
| Statin switch threatening lipid goals in over 1 million US patients Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Switching patients from atorvastatin to generic simvastatin may compromise lipid control, study findings published in the American Journal of Therapeutics suggest. |
| Impact of abdominal obesity on diabetes ‘strikingly’ similar across Europe Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The effect of abdominal obesity on the frequency of diabetes is similar across different regions of Europe, despite regional differences in cardiovascular risk factors and rates of cardiovascular disease, study findings show. |
| IFG not uncommon in obese Middle-Eastern children Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in Iranian children with childhood obesity is low, but around one in 20 show evidence of impaired fasting glucose, results of a cross-sectional study show. |
| Male heart transplant patients survive longer with male donor hearts Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Male heart failure patients who receive an orthotopic heart transplantation from a female donor face a 15% greater mortality risk than their peers who receive a male donor heart, study findings show. |
| Biomarkers show robust mortality prediction in heart failure Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elevated levels of the biomarkers C-reactive protein, B-type natriuretic peptide, and troponin T are independent predictors for mortality in patients with heart failure, results of community-based study demonstrate. |
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| Fonze Named CIO at Carondelet Health Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:50 AM PDT Anthony R. Fonze has been appointed CIO at Carondelet Health Network (Tucson, Ariz.), a ministry of Ascension Health. As CIO, his responsibilities will include deploying an EHR system. Fonze, who served as director of IT for applications at Carondelet since June 2005, will retain his title and responsibilities as Carondelet’s Chief Health Information Officer. He is a member of the Southern Arizona Health Information Exchange (SAHIE) Governance Committee, as well as a member of the Clinical Foundation Suite Governance Council for Ascension Health. Fonze holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Medical Informatics at Northwestern University. Carondelet Health Network is a Catholic, nonprofit healthcare system serving the healthcare needs of Southern Arizonans. Founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Carondelet facilities include Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital, Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital and Tucson Heart Hospital in Pima County and Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital in Santa Cruz County. |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:44 AM PDT Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Health Level Seven (HL7), has named four members to its Board of Directors for the 2010-11 term. Hans Buitendijk, product manager, Siemens Healthcare, will serve as treasurer. Rebecca Kush, Ph.D., president and CEO, the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, and Bill Braithwaite, MD, PhD, chief medical officer, Anakam, Inc., will be directors, and Michael van Campen, chair, HL7 Canada, and president, Gordon Point Informatics Ltd., will serve as affiliate director. They will join the nine existing board members. HL7 also announced the 2009 recipients of the W. Edward Hammond, Ph.D., Volunteer of the Year Awards: Bernd Blobel, Ph.D., associate professor, eHealth Competence Center, University of Regensburg, Germany · Gora Datta, chairman and CEO, Cal2Cal Corporation · John Koisch, founding partner, Guidewire Architecture · John Ritter, manager of health information technology, College of American Pathologists |
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