http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An EU-funded project has developed a device which can predict sugar highs and lows for people with diabetes and provide them with advice on how to manage their glucose levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-diabetes-ingenuity.html Diabetes Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:17:21 EST news283418233 In its 2001 report Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine outlined six domains of quality in medical care: safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency and equity. But, Dr. Tara Bishop writes in a new viewpoint article published online March 21, in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), current quality measures for the outpatient setting do not include all of these domains. As a result, quality measurement and quality improvement efforts in the outpatient setting have neglected critical areas of high quality care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-health-quality-doctors-offices.html Health Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:28:30 EST news283166883 (HealthDay)—Health information technology (IT) can improve pediatric obesity screening rates and treatment, but the effect on weight loss and other outcomes is less clear, according to a study published online Feb. 4 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-pediatric-obesity-screening-treatment.html Pediatrics Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:30:01 EST news279204279 (HealthDay)—Use of a clinical decision-support system (CDSS) appears to be beneficial in HIV care, with improvements noted in CD4 cell counts and clinic follow-up, according to a study published in the Dec. 4 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-clinical-decision-support-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:00:01 EST news273861594 Researchers in Italy have discovered that the flu virus could contribute to the onset of diabetes. 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To help provide patients an effective alternative for effective disease management, the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute is participating in a clinical trial to test renal denervation, a new, minimally invasive catheter-based procedure for treatment-resistant hypertension. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-therapy-treatment-resistant-hypertension.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:45:07 EST news260081040 Community health plans are improving how patients transition from hospital to home by breaking down silos of care, coordinating among providers, and directly engaging with patients, according to a new report entitled Transitions of Care from Hospital to Home. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-avalere-ids-key-successful-hospital-to-home.html Health Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:49:19 EST news254490548 A recent trial shows cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) reduces functional disability and depressive symptoms in adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia. The psychological intervention was found to be safe and effective, and proved to be superior to disease management education. Full findings from this multi-site clinical trial are published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-psychological-intervention-disability-depression-adolescents.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:40:01 EST news241157638 The Bleeding Disease: Hemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of Medical Progress (John Hopkins University Press) is the new book by NJIT Associate Professor Stephen Pemberton. The book recounts the promising and perilous history of medical and social efforts to manage hemophilia in 20th-century America. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-njit-hemophilia-consequences-medical.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:35:16 EST news232882489 Mutations in three genes have been identified that are more prevalent in patients with esophageal cancer and Barrett esophagus, a premalignant metaplasia (change in cells or tissue) caused by chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to preliminary research reported in the July 27 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-genetic-link-barrett-esophagus-esophageal.html Genetics Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:00:07 EST news230885852