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INDIANAPOLIS -- Authorizing emergency department physicians to send ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients directly to the cath lab resulted in 71% being treated within 90 minutes of symptom onset.

PITTSBURGH -- A new mathematical model of sepsis may help physicians make better clinical decisions, researchers here hope.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The higher the number of chronic medical problems patients have, the better the quality of their healthcare tends to be, a finding that should reassure quality-of-care watchdogs.

CHICAGO -- Most intracranial arterial aneurysms in children appear to arise spontaneously in the anterior circulation, and not, as commonly believed, as a result of trauma, infections, or vascular malformations, reported investigators here.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The odds of getting an NIH grant are a lot better for Ph.D.s and M.D.s who also hold a Ph.D. than for physicians who have a medical degree alone, one study showed.

CINCINNATI -- For treating the chronic pain and other symptoms of fibromyalgia, the anticonvulsant gabapentin (Neurontin) proved safe and effective, researchers here reported.

VIENNA -- Three drugs, two approved and one in the pipeline, are improving care for patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to clinicians here.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Poor sleepers may be too tired during the day to eat properly, according to researchers here.

CHICAGO -- A child who has a body mass index in the range of the 85th to 95th percentile for age and sex should be considered overweight, not "at risk of overweight".

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Even mild preoperative anemia or polycythemia were associated with an increased risk of death and serious cardiac events in older veterans having major noncardiac surgery, researchers here reported.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Black Medicare patients were less likely to receive coronary revascularization for acute MI than white patients, even if the hospital offered those services.

DANBY WISKE, England -- The recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) within families may be less common than reported, according to a literature review.

ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- Kidney disease and cardiovascular disease are intertwined risk factors, each contributing to the other, according to two studies.

SAN DIEGO -- Breast cancer survivors who eat properly and exercise may halve their mortality risk regardless of obesity, researchers here found.

WASHINGTON -- The risk of developing dementia within six years can be predicted by a simple assessment tool that relies on clinical impression and patient history, researchers reported here.

CHICAGO -- A hardy handshake is a good way to begin a doctor-patient encounter, according to a nationwide survey.

HOUSTON -- All-at-once counseling proved marginally better than the one-by-one approach when helping patients change multiple behavioral risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

WASHINGTON -- The worldwide prevalence of Alzheimer's disease, estimated at 26.6 million patients, may quadruple by 2050, according to a mathematical model.