News tagged with risk assessment tool


Study shows heart calcium scan predictive of diabetes-related death from cardiovascular disease

People with Type 2 diabetes have two to four times the risk of cardiovascular disease compared to people without the disease. The best way for doctors to predict which diabetes patients are at the greatest risk for heart ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New software to detect overdose risk among drug users

A new e-health tool that could help reduce the number of drug-related deaths in Europe will be launched in Brussels today.

Medications created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Information aids influence more to get screened for colon cancer

People who are given information tools to help them decide whether to have a colorectal cancer screening test are more likely to request the procedure, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Me ...

Cancer created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Simple tool helps psychiatry residents ID risk of violence

(HealthDay)—A simple, structured risk assessment tool, the Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20 clinical subscale (HCR-20-C), could help psychiatric residents more accurately evaluate the risk for violence ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Simple tool may help inexperienced psychiatrists better predict violence risk in patients

Inexperienced psychiatrists are less likely than their veteran peers to accurately predict violence by their patients, but a simple assessment checklist might help bridge that accuracy gap, according to new research from ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultrasounds spot heart disease early in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Special echocardiograms show promise for early detection of a potentially deadly complication in rheumatoid arthritis: heart disease, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings were being presented at The European League Against ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jun 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital launches study to genetically test for autism

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital has launched a study to determine whether genetic markers can be used to help identify children who are at risk of developing autism.

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New aggression tool predicted violent patients in medical and surgical wards

Using a specially designed risk assessment tool was an effective way of identifying violent hospital patients in medical and surgical units, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Other created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New version of WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) launched

The WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®) is an important new calculation tool, available free online at http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/, that is being used by a steadily increasing number of physicians around the world to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer risk calculator updated for Asian-Americans

Researchers have developed a more accurate method for estimating breast cancer risk for Asian and Pacific Islander American (APA) women. Most current risk estimates rely on data from non-Hispanic white women, but researchers ...

Cancer created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast