http://www.regenstrief.org Regenstrief News Stories 2007 hourly 1 2007-04-13T16:46:46Z http://www.regenstrief.org/news/treating-oft-ignored-non-cancer-health-issues-after-cancer-diagnosis-prolongs-survival.html Receiving treatment for non-cancer health issues while being treated by specialists for cancer improves cancer survival rates according to a study published in the December 20 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. No publisher breyes 2007-12-28T15:26:53Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/medical-myths-even-doctors-believe.html In a study entitled "Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe" published in the Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal, Indiana University School of Medicine researchers explored seven commonly held medical beliefs. No publisher breyes 2007-12-24T15:37:18Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/where-vets-served-affects-frequency-of-er-visits-but-not-hospital-stays.html Five years post-conflict, individuals who served in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War were 25 percent more likely to visit an emergency department than veterans of the same era who were not deployed, but were no more likely to have a hospital stay or an outpatient visit, according to a study appearing in the December 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. No publisher breyes 2007-12-21T20:00:05Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/the-dirty-work-of-healthcare-information-technology-developing-a-lingua-franca-or-the-devil-is-in-the-details.html I may say soda and you may say pop, but what if the hospital lab you go to today says BMP and the lab you visit next week calls the same test SMA7? No publisher breyes 2007-12-21T19:54:12Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/aging-with-grace-improving-health-care-for-older-adults.html Most older adults obtain their health care in the offices of busy primary care physicians or, in the case of those without physicians, in even busier hospital emergency departments. No publisher breyes 2007-12-21T19:48:51Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/depression-screening-for-cancer-patients-too-often-falls-between-the-cracks.html Depression is known to be associated with cancer yet too many cancer patients are not screened for this mental disorder, according to researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Regenstrief Institute and the Roudebush VA Medical Center. No publisher breyes 2007-12-10T18:44:59Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/it2019s-not-just-a-kid-thing-fluoridated-tap-water-benefits-older-adults-even-more.html The benefits of fluoridation in preventing tooth decay have been known for over half a century and today approximately two-thirds of Americans have access to fluoridated public water. No publisher breyes 2007-12-10T18:42:30Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/do-medical-schools-affect-the-way-future-doctors-interact-with-drug-companies.html Although more and more drug advertisements are appearing on television, the bulk of the approximately $21 billion dollars that pharmaceutical companies spend annually to market their products is targeted to physicians, doctors in training (residents) and medical students. No publisher breyes 2007-12-10T18:38:09Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/dementia-screening-in-primary-care-is-it-time-no-says-jama-commentary.html Primary care physicians should focus on "dementia red flags" rather than routinely screen individuals with no dementia symptoms just because they've reached a certain age, according to Malaz Boustani, M.D., MPH, of the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and colleagues from the University of Kent and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom in a commentary published in the Nov. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. No publisher breyes 2007-12-03T18:05:56Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/ampath-restoring-lives-not-just-immune-systems.html The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa is decimating populations, depressing economies, deepening poverty and destabilizing traditional social orders. No publisher breyes 2007-12-03T18:01:38Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/60-million-usaid-grant-goes-to-indiana-and-moi-universities-ampath-program-to-combat-aids-in-kenya.html AMPATH, a program that grew out of the partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine and the Moi (Kenya) University Teaching and Referral Hospital, has received a 5-year, $60-million grant to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in Kenya. No publisher breyes 2007-12-03T17:40:57Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/one-size-may-not-fit-all-knowing-risk-can-determine-what-kind-of-colon-cancer-screening-is-best.html While colonoscopy has become widely used for colorectal cancer screening, nearly two-thirds of screening colonoscopies show no cancer or pre-cancerous polyps. In an editorial in the October issue of the journal Gastroenterology, Thomas F. Imperiale, M.D., Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine and a Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Research Scientist, says that studies that can help determine who is at risk for colorectal cancer as well as who is not at risk and how to stratify risk for each group can help determine which screening test is best for each individual and will better serve both patients and the healthcare system. No publisher breyes 2007-11-08T15:55:31Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/you-re-not-a-victim-of-domestic-violence-are-you-better-communication-techniques-needed-to-work-with-abuse-victims-in-the-er.html Doctors who ask the right questions in the right way can successfully encourage abused women to reveal that they are victims of domestic violence, even in a hectic emergency department, a team of researchers from the United States and Canada has found. No publisher breyes 2007-11-08T15:50:20Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/relationship-between-statins-and-cognitive-decline-more-complex-than-thought.html Previous explorations of a link between statins, a cholesterol lowering medication, and cognitive decline have produced inconsistent results. New research reveals that the relationship between statin use and cognitive decline appears even more complex than had been thought. No publisher breyes 2007-11-08T15:41:26Z News Item http://www.regenstrief.org/news/editorial-says-primary-care-system-must-change-how-it-approaches-dementia.html In an editorial in the November issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, geriatrics researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. say that primary care doctors, the physicians seen by most older adults, cannot meet the needs of the growing number of older adults with dementia without changing how the primary care system approaches dementia. No publisher breyes 2007-10-17T19:03:07Z News Item