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«If you have to miss a night or two, then you can try and fake yourself some energy, but consistent quality sleep is better than trying to fake it,» Shelby Harris, director of behavioral sleep medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, told Quartz.
Commentary: «Sales in U.S. over-the-counter medicines were significantly impacted by the suspension of manufacturing at the McNeil Consumer Healthcare facility... as well as the impact on production volumes related to ongoing efforts to enhance quality and manufacturing systems.
Dr. Murphy will participate in The Doc Is In: Food, Health and Quality of Life on March 24 at the UIC Forum as part of the Good Food is Good Medicine track at FamilyFarmed's annual Good Food EXPO.
Today, Julie Tishler, MD, director of Quality in the Division of Internal Medicine and Adult Primary Care at Tufts Medical Center, shares about what tests you should be getting and when they should start.
According to a 2014 study from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, office workers with more light exposure at the office enjoyed many benefits, including longer sleep durations, better sleep quality, and better quality of life compared to workers who did not have much exposure to natural light at work.
Chemist and indoor air quality expert Charles J. Weschler, adjunct professor in environmental and occupational medicine at Rutgers University, said he does not think the levels of chemical concentration found in the mattresses are alarming, but he considers the research valuable.
Those looking at the NHS big - picture realise that, facing a period of rapid change and the challenge of providing safe, high - quality care within restricted budgets, what's needed is a workforce that focuses on medicines - their safety, their effectiveness, their value - for - money.
NIH examines indicators such as the track record of graduates in academic medicine positions, time to graduation, overall student happiness, how well the program integrates the medical and scientific training, and most importantly, the quality of the scientists and science available to the MD / PhD students; NIH manifests disapproval or approval of a program by decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the number of funded trainee positions at that institution.
The ETE comprised different research programs relating to the environment carried out at the NUS faculties of engineering, medicine, and science with research efforts focused on the following six areas: biotreatment technology, membrane technology, adsorption and regeneration, environmental chemistry, environmental catalysis and air pollution control, and air quality management.
«Unexpectedly, in elementary school - age participants we found that overall eating frequency and snacks positively contributed to diet quality,» wrote Evans and colleagues from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, where Evans did the research under the guidance of senior author Aviva Must, professor and chair of the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine..
«Our study group has spent decades studying the health effects of diet quality and composition, and now this new data also suggests overall dietary habits can be important to lower risk of coronary heart disease,» said Eric Rimm, Sc.D., senior author and Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School.
But it was at the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), which regulates approval of medicines for the European market and continuously evaluates their quality and safety, that the 31 - year - old French pharmacist was able to pursue his interest in pharmacovigilance, monitoring the safety of medicines to prevent harm to patients.
«This research shows how technology can be used to dramatically change the way preventive services are delivered and improve preventative health care,» says senior author Grant M. Greenberg, M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A., assistant professor and associate chair for information management and quality at the Department of Family Medicine at the U-M Medical School and member of the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.
«While enthusiasm for medical marijuana is very strong among some people, good - quality research has not caught up,» said Mike Allan, director of evidence - based medicine at the University of Alberta and project lead for the guideline.
She is director of the medical intensive care unit at Keck Hospital of USC, chief quality and patient safety officer at Keck Medical Center of USC and assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicinemedicine at the Keck School of MedicineMedicine of USC.
With our scientific understanding of mRNA medicines continuing to grow at an accelerated pace, we are investing heavily across the full breath of competencies needed to drive our platform forward, including chemistry, mRNA biology, formulation, automation and high - throughput production, process development, quality and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) mRNA clinical manufacturing.
The most common surgical techniques used to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) offer patients improved quality of life five years after injury, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.
«Not only do we believe that high - quality, randomized clinical trials are necessary to determine the safety of the Lariat device for off - label procedures, but our analysis raises broader issues with the FDA 510 (k) clearance protocol for medical devices,» said study senior author Jay Giri, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Cardiovascular Medicine Division at Penn. «We believe there needs to be a method for reassessing the safety of a device that has been cleared for one use but is being frequently used for a different purpose in real - world practice.»
In the first study conducted with IgEnio, the MedUni Vienna researchers at the Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, led by Rudolf Valenta and lead author Christian Lupinek, Kurt Derfler from the Division of Nephrology and Dialysis (Department of Medicine III) and Ventzislav Petkov from the Division of Pulmonology (Department of Medicine II), were able to show that this absorption technique brings about a significant improvement in the quality of life for sufferers during the pollen season — even those with a greatly elevated IgE levels.
«I thought that was terrible quality of care,» said Goldberger, a professor of medicine in cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hmedicine in cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial HMedicine and a cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
«The new guideline uses the highest quality scientific evidence to focus treatment of blood cholesterol on those likely to benefit most,» said Neil J. Stone, MD, Bonow professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and chair of the expert panel that wrote the new gumedicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and chair of the expert panel that wrote the new guMedicine and chair of the expert panel that wrote the new guideline.
The aim is to improve the quality of the reviews by making the process «more transparent and acceptable to the scientific community,» says Tasuku Honjo, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Kyoto University, who is leading the effort on a part - time basis until his retirement from Kyoto next spring.
«Our goal here was to get a picture of what is happening when patients go to a SNF after hospital discharge, and we found that some of the assumptions about the impact of nursing home quality on outcomes may have been overstated,» says the study's lead author, Mark Neuman, MD, MSc, an assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Senior Fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
«The way quality measures are defined has important implications for how care is delivered,» says lead study author Sameer Saini, M.D., a research scientist at VA - CCMR and assistant professor of internal medicine at the U-M Health System.
«Helping people cultivate a purpose in life could be an effective drug - free strategy to improve sleep quality, particularly for a population that is facing more insomnia,» said senior author Jason Ong, an associate professor of neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dr. Yorks and her fellow researchers at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine recruited 69 medical students — a group known for high levels of stress and self - reported low quality of life — and allowed them to self - select into a twelve - week exercise program, either within a group setting or as individuals.
Two Phase III trials, conducted in Europe and in the United States by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and six other U.S. sites, showed that the duration of pain - free time in the sun and quality of life were significantly improved by treatment with afamelanotide, a novel synthetic version of a melanocyte - stimulating hormone.
For example, embryologist Jacques Cohen, scientific director at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of Saint Barnabas in Livingston, New Jersey, has developed a procedure called cytoplasmic transfer that shows promise for assisting women approaching their early forties who either can't get pregnant through in vitro fertilization or have embryos of such poor quality they don't survive.
Chemist and indoor air quality expert Charles J. Weschler, adjunct professor in environmental and occupational medicine at Rutgers University, said he does not think the levels of chemical concentration found in the mattresses are alarming, but he considers the research valuable.
«There remains a strong demand among health care leaders to better understand this issue, and how to address it, given the link between disparities, quality, safety, cost and value,» says Betancourt, who is an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
People living with serious illness who receive palliative care have better quality of life and fewer symptoms than those who don't receive palliative care, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed two inexpensive adapters that enable a smartphone to capture high - quality images of the front and back of the eye.
Given the complexity of the language and concepts in these texts, there is a need for accurate, high - quality translations, say researchers at UCLA's Center for East - West Medicine.
«Based on recommendations from organizations, literature and research, it is becoming clear that identifying mental health needs is part of quality medical care,» said Alan L. Nager, MD, MHA, director of Emergency and Transport Medicine at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and first author on the study.
«While there is information available about counties in the United States that exceed EPA air pollution standards, there has not been a similar source of information about how that air pollution actually affects the health of people living in those areas,» said lead study author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute of Urban Management and assistant professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Mmedicine at the NYU School of MedicineMedicine.
«As the technology and use of HDR brachytherapy advances, it is imperative that clinical, physics and quality assurance guidance be reviewed and updated, as necessary, to ensure quality and patient safety in the treatment delivery,» said Bruce R. Thomadsen, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
«Patients, technologists and radiologists want the best quality X-rays at the lowest dose possible without repeating images,» said Steven Don, M.D., associate professor of radiology at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. «This technology is a tool to help achieve that goal.
In particular, insomnia can lead to decreased quality of life, increased rates of depression, and even increased risk of heart disease,» said senior author, Michael Grandner, PhD MTR, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Medicine, and Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona.
«Our main finding was that diet quality influenced sleep quality,» said principal investigator Marie - Pierre St - Onge, PhD, assistant professor in the department of medicine and Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, N.Y. «It was most surprising that a single day of greater fat intake and lower fiber could influence sleep parameters.»
«In the world of critical illness, a lot of research has focused on making sure people survive — and now that people are surviving, we need to ask ourselves, what does quality of life and wellbeing look like afterwards for both patients and caregivers,» says Dr. Cameron, also Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto.
In a study to be presented Friday, Jan. 27, in the oral concurrent session at 1:15 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal - Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, researchers with the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, based at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca., will present Reduction of Severe Maternal Morbidity from Hemorrhage (SMM - HEM) Using a State - Wide Perinatal Collaborative.
«We already know that coordinated, patient - centered palliative care improves care quality, enhances survival, and reduces costs for persons with cancer,» said R. Sean Morrison, MD, Director of the National Palliative Care Research Center and Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and lead author of the study.
«While evidence shows that joint replacement surgery improves pain, function, and quality of life for the osteoarthritis patient, the impact of cardiovascular health has not been confirmed,» explains lead study author Yuqing Zhang, D.Sc., Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts.
In an accompanying editorial, Dr Hagai Levine, Visiting Scientist, from Hebrew University - Hadassah, Israel, and Professor Shanna Swan, Professor of Preventive Medicine, who are both at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (USA), write: «Despite the relatively small sample size and exposure assessment limitations, the paper makes a convincing case that dietary exposure to pesticides can adversely impact semen quality.
During the past decade, Singh and his colleagues at DeBakey VA Medical Center for Innovation in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt) and Baylor's section of health services research have quantified the issue in a series of studies, many of which were cited in the Institute of Medicine report.
«Air quality in the U.S. has benefitted from more protective federal standards in response to evidence from health studies, and there are likely further benefits to be gained by standards even lower than those now recommended by the ATS,» said ATS President Marc Moss, MD, who is Roger S. Mitchell Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
«In the world of critical illness, a lot of research has focused on making sure people survive — and now that people are surviving, we need to ask ourselves, what does quality of life and well - being look like afterwards for both patients and caregivers,» says Dr. Cameron, also Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto.
Lead report author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute and associate professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine, added, «Metropolitan areas and states with large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standardsmedicine at the NYU School of Medicine, added, «Metropolitan areas and states with large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standardsMedicine, added, «Metropolitan areas and states with large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.»
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