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Quality Improvement Tools For Diabetes, Atrial Fibrillation And End-Of-Life Care Appear In This Week's JAMA
Thousands of Medicare patients with diabetes mellitus or atrial fibrillation -- a rapid, erratic heart beat -- could benefit from two new quality improvement tools developed with the support of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The test results for these tools are published in two articles in the June 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Findings from a third AHRQ-funded study in the same issue could improve care at the end of life by encouraging more end-of-life discussions between HIV patients and their doctors. more
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11-17 June 2001 Is National Men's Health Week
The goal of National Men’s Health Week is to raise national awareness among society and especially among men, of the importance of preventive health behavior in the early detection and treatment of health problems affecting men and their families. The week will focus on a broad range of health issues impacting men from heart disease to prostate cancer to testicular cancer to colon cancer and provide men and their families with vital information to help them better understand these unique male problems and confront them with pro-active health actions. more
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Study Alert: New Antihypertensive Agent And Home Blood Pressure Monitoring/ The TOP CAT Trial
A new study, the TOP CAT Hypertension Trial, has been launched across Canada to evaluate the effectiveness of a recently approved treatment for mild to moderate hypertension in conjunction with home blood pressure monitoring. more
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UK NHS Decides To Broaden Availability Of Lung Cancer Drugs
Drugs to help terminally ill lung cancer patients lead a better quality of life should be made widely available on the NHS, it has been decided. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance recommending the use of several types of chemotherapy for the treatment of an advanced stages of a form of the condition known as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). more
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Air Pollution = Heart Attack?
Inhaling tiny particles of pollution could trigger a heart attack within two hours, suggest a team of researchers. The link between air pollution and heart problems has been established by other studies, but a team of American scientists claims theirs is the first to suggest such a rapid response. more
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