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| | Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States |
 | | Disease screening is one of the most basic tools of modern public health and preventive medicine. | | | To carry out this report, the Institute of Medicine established a committee of 13 individuals, with expertise in pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, preventive medicine, women's health, and other relevant medical specialties; social and behavioral sciences; public health practice; epidemiology; program evaluation; health services research; bioethics; and public health law. | | | Thus access to care, the potential for ready implementation of screening along with other prenatal testing, and the availability of therapy to improve the outcomes of both mothers and infants in the face of HIV infection, all have led the committee to focus on this episode of care. |
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| | Harvard Medicine Research: Cancer |
| | Widespread use of a similar pap smear screening technique would allow detectionóand early removalóof pre-cancerous anal lesions among high-risk HIV negative men. | | | Screening for colorectal cancer is as cost effective as other forms of cancer screening, and deaths from the disease can be significantly reduced with even a single colonoscopy at age 55, according to a study. | | | Study suggests that laparoscopyóexamination of the abdomen with an endoscope-like instrument through a small incisionócan be useful in classifying good candidates for pancreatic cancer surgery and guiding their treatment. |
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| | Laboratory Medicine |
| | Thus, current screening practices miss iron deficiency in non-anemic infants in whom adverse consequences may be developing. | | | "Our findings are important because, while iron deficiency can be readily treated, practitioners haven't had a simple, reliable and practical screening test to detect it early enough; now they might," said Henry Bernstein, DO, Associate Chief, General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston and the principal investigator of the study. | | | Other tests can diagnose iron deficiency in the absence of anemia but are considered impractical for routine clinical screening. |
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| | All About Blood |
| | During the period from 1986 to 1988, the percentage of reported cases related to blood transfusion declined to 1.0 percent, possibly as a consequence of the donor screening questions that were instituted to identify persons at increased risk for HIV infection. | | | Transfusion medicine specialists are continually researching new technologies to further reduce the transmission of HIV. | | | This procedure is widely used for surgical procedures, such as cardiac, vascular, orthopedic, urologic, trauma, gynecologic, and transplant surgery, in which the anticipated blood loss is 20 percent or more of the patient's estimated blood volume and there is no contamination of the area by bacteria or cancer cells. |
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http://www.aabb.org/All_About_Blood/FAQs/aabb_faqs.htm
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| | News and Information - Study Finds Colonoscopy Best Choice for Screening |
| | "While fecal occult blood testing and flexible sigmoidoscopy are less expensive, faster, and require no sedation, 65 percent of women with advanced precancerous polyps in our study would have lesions missed if these were the only screening tests performed because precancerous polyps are found deeper in the colon in women," Dr. Schoenfeld reports. | | | The polyp can then be sent to a lab to be checked under a microscope to see if it has any areas that have changed into cancer. | | | In response to the new research, the ACS program director of the prostate and colorectal cancer control department, Dr. Durado D. Brooks, says, "This is an important and somewhat concerning study. |
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http://info.med.yale.edu/yfp/news/4_0505.html
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| | Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine Home Page |
| | It is a training centre in medical screening, and has earned an international reputation for its research and teaching in epidemiology and preventive medicine. | | | The aim of the Institute is to be a centre of excellence in epidemiology and preventive medicine and to advance the discipline in all its aspects. | | | The Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine (now CEPM) was 'flagged' in the 2001 RAE exercise. |
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| | Preventive and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. |
| | The Division of Preventive and Occupational Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, consists of 22 physicians who have specialty training in internal medicine or family practice and a team of trained occupational health nurses. | | | The mission of the division is to reduce the medical, financial, and occupational burdens of preventable disease and injury in our patients and in our community through prevention, screening, and education while providing the highest quality medical care. | | | Several of our physicians are board-certified in preventive, occupational and/or aviation medicine. |
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| | AFT - American Educator - Fall 2004 - Preventive Medicine |
| | AFT - American Educator - Fall 2004 - Preventive Medicine | | | They also discuss the new “technologies” (especially preventive screening assessments and strong curriculum materials) now available to teachers that translate this research into useable classroom materials and strategies. | | | Even though we don’t always follow the doctor’s orders, the preventive model of medicine has been wildly successful, allowing us to live longer, healthier lives. |
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http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/fall04/medicine.htm
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| | Postgraduate Medicine: Men's health |
| | This symposium focuses on three men's health issues commonly encountered in the primary care office: erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer screening, and testosterone deficiency. | | | Thus, the major challenges to primary care physicians are getting men into the office and dealing with their healthcare needs effectively once they are there. | | | Clearly, a routine prostate-specific antigen test and a digital rectal exam may not always be in the best interests of our patients. |
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http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2003/10_03/intro_macindoe.htm
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| | Middlesex Hospital: Occupational Medicine |
| | Thatâs where Middlesex Hospital Occupational Medicine comes in. | | | Think of us as your "company doctor." From workplace injury treatment to drug screening, we help you care for the people who care for your business. |
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| | GenomicsTrainingConference2002 Family History |
| | Evaluation of family history: Before family history can be embraced as a public health screening strategy, the accuracy and reliability of the family history tools used to stratify disease risk should be assessed, and the effectiveness of the risk stratification on early detection and prevention efforts should be determined. | | | Although family history has been shown to be a risk factor for many chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, and asthma, the collection and interpretation of family history has rarely been applied in the preventive medicine setting to assess disease risk or to influence early detection and prevention strategies. | | | Family history of specific diseases reflects the consequences of genetic susceptibilities, shared environment, and common behaviors. |
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http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/info/conference/famhist.htm
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| | Internet Public Library: Preventive Medicine |
| | It provides recommendations for clinical practice on 169 preventive interventions--screening tests, counseling interventions, immunizations, and chemoprophylactic regimens--for the prevention of 60 target conditions." Though the guide is intended for professionals, it can be used profitably by laypeople willing to read medical terminology. | | | Home » Subject Collections » Health and Medical Sciences » Preventive Medicine | | | Branches of medicine dealing with preventing illness or its spread. |
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| | HSLS: Travel Medicine |
| | from Medlineplus.gov, National Library of Medicine: resources include news information, prevention and screening information, specific resources on traveling with a condition or diseases directly related from travel | | | The Health Sciences Library System supports the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, which include Medicine, Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Nursing, and Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh and the UPMC | | | Travelers & Consumers: Persons with Disabilities or Medical Concerns Do You Have a Medical Concern? |
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| | New options for Royal Society of Medicine journals: |
| | Previously published by the BMJ Publishing Group, the JMS is concerned with all aspects of medical screening, particularly the publication of research that advances screening theory and practice. | | | Beginning in 2004, the Royal Society of Medicine will offer an online-only version of those journals that are available online. | | | The Journal of Medical Screening is now published by RSM Press. |
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| | Seattle Preventive Medicine Home |
| | Seattle Preventive Medicine was founded by Dr. Robert Bernstein to provide individuals with comprehensive and personalized preventive medicine consulting. It does not replace your regular medical care, but complements it by taking a thorough and focused approach to the role of prevention in your health. | | | Explore the Seattle Preventive Medicine web site or contact Dr. Bernstein to discover more about this unique approach to preventive health. | | | Seattle Preventive Medicine can bill your health insurance directly for covered services and Dr. Bernstein is a participating provider in many plans including Medicare. Visit Insurance and Fees for more information. |
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| | Select a Medical Service Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine |
| | Physicians from the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine are actively engaged in a number of leading-edge research studies, including one study currently investigating an innovative approach to lung cancer screening-sputum cytology, or an examination of cells shed in the airway. | | | From treating bronchitis and pneumonia to addressing lung cancer and acute lung injuries, Lahey Clinic is a nationally and internationally known leader in the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine. | | | The Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine provides diagnosis and treatment in every area of pulmonary disease and adult critical care medicine. |
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| | Health-IT World: Is Mass Spec Testing on Newborns Bad Medicine? |
| | Health-IT World: Is Mass Spec Testing on Newborns Bad Medicine? | | | Clayton argues that many states are being forced to adopt mass spec from the fear of losing their newborn screening businesses to the private sector. | | | "The reason people are moving to tandem mass spec is they want to detect MCAD - medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency [inability to breakdown fat] - and it turns out to be ideal to do that," Clayton says. |
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| | p980824c - Iron Deficiency, Transferrin |
| | Because the sensitivities and specificities of these tests are less than reported in studies of healthier populations, they cannot be relied on for screening for iron deficiency in sick hospitalized patients. | | | Question: What are some current studies of iron deficiency, focusing on ferritin or transferrin | | | A mean corpuscular volume less than 80 femtoliters had a sensitivity of 53% and a specificity of 84%. |
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| | ACPM - American College of Preventive Medicine |
| | The trend is consistent across the spectrum of topics queried, including: public health and community medicine; community health and social services; health promotion and disease prevention; screening for diseases; infectious disease prevention; clinical epidemiology; and biostatistics. | | | The analysis reflects four years (1998-2001) of responses from AAMC's Medical School Graduation Questionnaire, which has been annually administered to graduating medical students in all U.S. allopathic schools of medicine since 1978. | | | Medical student survey indicates increased emphasis on population medicine |
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| | Talk:Alternative medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Furthemore, with respect to the health screening question: the core of medicine and medical practice is the attempt to alleviate illness for an individual patient, not preventive medicine. | | | alternative medicine was a traditional placebo-controlled study, in my view. | | | List of topics in alternative medicine was not an article on the philosophy of alternative medicine. |
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| | Chromosome 'caps' predict bone marrow disease |
| | Reporting in Nature Genetics today (18 April 2004), the Hammersmith team, collaborating with scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in the USA, is hoping that the findings could lead to better screening for this and other diseases, as well as suggest targets for new therapies. | | | "The findings of this study provides a novel mechanism for disease anticipation in humans," explains Professor Dokal. | | | For the first time, Imperial College London researchers at the Hammersmith Hospital studying a rare bone marrow disease have found an association between 'telomere shortening' - changes in the lengths of DNA repeats at the end of chromosomes - and the time of development and severity of disease symptoms in patients. |
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| | Nuclear Medicine Faculty |
| | Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure, Institute of Medicine, and Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests, National Research Council: Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests: Review of the National Cancer Institute Report and Public Health Implications. | | | Since Tc-99m has an ideal energy for use with gamma camera instrumentation, and is the isotope of choice for clinical nuclear medicine, further research efforts are being made to radiolabel the 1A3-F(ab")2 with Tc-99m. | | | Current efforts are focused on integration of Nuclear Medicine into the DICOM-based PACS system. |
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| | Welcome to Pilot Medical Solutions - Confidential FAA Medical Certification / Aviation Medicine |
| | Welcome to Pilot Medical Solutions - Confidential FAA Medical Certification / Aviation Medicine | | | Only Pilot Medical Solutions provides personalized aerospace medicine answers and confidential pilot FAA medical certification assistance. | | | You will find an exclusive list of flight surgeons who are pilots and aviation medical examiners, hundreds of pages of free aeromedical information, FREE accurate anonymous answers to aeromedical questions, and pre-certification screening which includes online practice FAA medical evaluations. |
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| | Biotechnology Information Directory - Information Sources |
| | ISI A database publisher with a focus on Web-based products that offer scholarly research information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, including BioSciences Citation Index, Chem Sciences Citation Index, and Clinical Medicine Citation Index. | | | Pharmaceutical Online "Virtual community for the drug development industry." Marketplace/Buyer's Guide and much other information. | | | DrugDev123 A wide ranging source of information about drug development, clinical trials, and more. |
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| | CBBS: Detection of mutant examples of HBsAg |
| | A transfusion medicine scientist in the USA who is very knowledgeable about blood donor screening technologies reports that in her opinion, there is no current "resolution" to the issue raised by the Denmark colleague. | | | A third transfusion medicine scientist in the USA who is also very knowledgeable about blood donor screening technologies reports that in his opinion the serological failure to detect HBsAg mutants is an unresolved problem, especially for blood banks that do not use anti-HBc testing in routine screening of donated blood. | | | A second transfusion medicine scientist in the USA who is also very knowledgeable about blood donor screening technologies reports that in his opinion, it may be unrealistic to expect that there will be tests that detect ALL mutants of HBsAg. |
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| | Institute Medicine Naval Operational |
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| | Around and About Bedford New York |
| | Urologists from NWH will be available to answer questions and provide a physical exam and a PSA blood screening. | | | September 17, 2005: Prostate Cancer Screening - NWH, in cooperation with the American Cancer Society, will offer a free prostate cancer screening for all men between the ages of 40 and 80. | | | September 28, 2005: Integrative Medicine in Cancer Care – Michael B. Finkelstein, MD, FACP, Chief of Integrative Medicine at NWH and Founder and Medical Director of the Center for Health and Healing of Northern Westchester will hold discussions on holistic medicine. |
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