News tagged with family physicians


Physicians knowledge of childhood food allergies needs room for improvement

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With an estimated four to six percent of children in the U.S. suffering from food allergies, a new study shows that pediatricians and family physicians aren't always confident they have the ability to diagnose or treat food ...


A virtual physician's conference

A virtual physician's conference

Technology / Software

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Telemedicine facilitates communication between family physicians, hospitals and nursing services -- yet current solutions lack flexibility and are consequently very expensive. A new software program is now ...





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Chicago Cancer Genome Project studies genetics of 1,000 tumors

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

No two tumors are alike, but analyzing the genetics of cancers from different parts of the body may reveal surprising details useful for treatment and prevention.


How nurses can better support families of dying children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most nurses that work in a children's critical care unit feel prepared and trained to help parents during the final moments of their child's life and the difficult hours that follow.


'Invisible bracelet' for emergency health alerts?

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation's ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient's health history during a crisis - and which can immediately text-message ...


Brain surgery evolves to destroy rogue blood vessels

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over three decades, a world-recognized medical team at UC San Diego Medical Center has spurred the evolution of a complex surgery to destroy dangerous clusters of arteries and veins in the brain. Integrating ...


Prayer on the hospital floor

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say ...


Minimally invasive surgery removes sinus tumor without facial disfiguration

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Only about one in 2,000 people in the United States get a sinus tumor, but Johnnie Wilcox was one of the unfortunate few.


NICE guidelines ration affordable osteoporosis drugs

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (December 11, 2009) - Low cost osteoporosis drugs are strictly rationed for the under 75s, and UK physicians hampered by restrictive guidelines, according to findings ...


Santa is ready to ride! (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of UNC medical experts say that Santa is tanned, rested and ready for the big ride he has coming up.


Brain imaging shows kids' PTSD symptoms linked to poor hippocampus function

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Psychological trauma leaves a trail of damage in a child's brain, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Their new study gives the first direct evidence that children ...


Women researchers less likely to receive major career funding grants, U-M study shows

Women researchers less likely to receive major career funding grants, study shows

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Women were less likely than men to receive major funding for scientific research, according to a study from the University of Michigan Health System. The study also found that only a quarter of all researchers, ...



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