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November 19, 2008 | Journal Article
This literature review analyzed 75 papers examining associations of bariatric surgery on pregnancy, including both maternal and neonatal outcomes. The authors did not detect strong associations, possibly due to limitations posed by the studies themselves which were mostly small and suffered from selection bias.
October 19, 2005 | Journal Article
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is the most common bariatric procedure currently used in the treatment of morbid obesity. This retrospective study presents rates and indications for inpatient hospital use before and after RYGB for Californians recei ...
October 19, 2005 | Journal Article
The increasing prevalence and associated sociodemographic disparities of morbid obesity are serious public health concerns. This study examined recent U.S. trends in elective bariatric surgical procedures, patient characteristics and in-hospital com ...
June 25, 2008 | Journal Article
Past studies have raised concerns that drug-eluting stents, in comparison to bare-metal stents, may contribute to stent thromboses. This observational study of approximately 60,000 Medicare patients did not support this finding, and found no increased risk of death or ST-elevation myocardial infarction for patients receiving drug-eluting stents.
August 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Do inpatient hospitals providing a select number of services produce improved outcomes through specialization, or do the apparent benefits of these specialty hospitals result from a selection of healthier patients? In addressing this question, this ...
October 6, 2009 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry estimated the impact that eliminating disparities in health care between racial and ethnic minorities and whites would have on minority health.
April 12, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: In an op-ed in the New York Times, Andrea L. Campbell, ...
December 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Wholistic Health & Healing Association conducted a two-day forum in Sacramento, Calif., in April 2000 on uterine fibroids and African-American women.
January 31, 2008 | Story
Black pioneered research on designing ways to open the blood-brain barrier, enabling chemotherapeutic drugs to be delivered directly into a tumor.
September 29, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Center for Simulation and Safety in Healthcare at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine created and tested approximately 20 mock scenarios for use in "immersive simulation" training sessions for medical-surgical teams.