Suicide Prevention Program To Be Tested In High Schools
With students returning to classes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers are beginning a large, long-term study of the effectiveness of a unique suicide prevention program in high schools across New York and North Dakota. The study of the program called Sources of Strength, led by Peter Wyman, Ph.D., associate professor of Psychiatry at the Medical Center, is supported by a five-year, $3-million grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Register forba href=http://www.medmatcha.com target =_selfMedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network/a/b, and receive $5 free advertising./p/div
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Dr. Palatini misquotes our findings in his first sentence in that we do not mention the effects of heart rate (HR) reduction in our article (). However, he then correctly describes our findings by pointing out that baseline HR did not affect the superiority of amlodipine-based versus atenolol-based therapy in the ASCOT-BPLA (Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes TrialâBlood Pressure Lowering Arm). He further misrepresents our findings when he says that in the ASCOT-BPLA âbaseline HR was not predictive of outcome.â In fact, we reported that it predicted all-cause, noncardiovascular, and cardiovascular (CV) mortality, but not nonfatal CV events. These findings are compatible with our statement that âBaseline HR has been reported as a significant predictor of various CV outcomes in some...div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Register for ba href=http://www.medmatcha.com target =_selfMedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network/a/b, and receive $5 free advertising./p/div
