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D Meyers

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PubMed1975

Ischaemic heart disease and the water factor. A variable relationship.

A comparison is made between mortality from ischaemic heart disease and the quality of drinking water in the cities of Brisbane and Melbourne. Mortality from ischaemic heart disease is found to be higher in Brisbane where drinking water is harder, than in Melbourne. Moreover, mortality from all causes is higher in Brisbane than in Melbourne.

Acute Disease↗
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The impact of the Mammography Quality Standards Act on the availability of mammography facilities.

BACKGROUND: The Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) became effective October 1, 1994, and requires all mammography facilities to meet quality standards as promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA undertook an assessment of the MQSA federal certification requirements on the availability of mammography facilities. METHODS: A survey of states on mammography facility closures between October 1, 1993, and October 1, 1994, was conducted. MapInfo software was used to link zip codes to demographic databases. The characteristics of closed facilities were compared to certified facilities as of December 15, 1994. RESULTS: A total of 369 facilities (3.5%) had closed. This closure rate was comparable to previous years' rates (2.5-10%). As of December 15, 1994, 10,142 certified facilities were operating. Relative to their distribution in the United States, closures in rural areas were proportional, but there were more facility closures in the minority areas and in poverty areas. However, the relative distributions of facilities to these areas' populations were unchanged. CONCLUSIONS: Impact on facility availability has been minimal.

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The horse homolog of congenital aniridia conforms to codominant inheritance.

Anterior segment dysgenesis syndrome occurs frequently in Rocky Mountain horses and has two distinct ocular phenotypes: (1) large cysts originating from the temporal ciliary body or peripheral retina and (2) multiple anterior segment anomalies including ciliary cysts, iris hypoplasia, iridocorneal adhesions and opacification, nuclear cataract, and megalocornea. To determine if anterior segment dysgenesis syndrome is heritable in horses we performed ophthalmic examinations and collected pedigree information on horses (n = 516) in an extended Rocky Mountain horse pedigree. Logistic regressive segregation analysis of a subset of animals (n = 337) in which the ocular phenotypes of progeny and both parents were known indicated that the codominant inheritance model best fit the data. This model predicted cyst phenotype expression in heterozygous animals and multiple anterior segment anomalies in homozygous animals. Several cases of nonpenetrance of the cyst phenotype were detected in one lineage. The close resemblance between the inheritance and lesions observed in Small eye mice and rats, humans with congenital aniridia or anterior segment malformation, and horses with anterior segment dysgenesis syndrome supported the conclusion that anterior segment dysgenesis syndrome in the horse may be homologous to similar ophthalmic anomalies in other species.

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Reducing physician vulnerability to professional liability claims: what practices make a difference?

Physicians--both "good" and "bad"--may find themselves targeted in medical malpractice lawsuits for reasons not necessarily related to recognized acts of commission or omission. As a result, taking appropriate steps to reduce their vulnerability to claims that may eventually be brought against them makes good sense from a risk management perspective. This article looks at the frequency, severity, reasons for, and "misadventures" associated with one physician-owned medical malpractice company's professional liability claims and offers selected practice management strategies that can help enhance physicians' defensibility in the event they are sued.

Defensive Medicine↗