American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for December 2004 (second issue)
HIGH-RISK ASTHMA PATIENTS REDUCE ASTHMA ...MEDICATION USE AFTER HOSPITALIZATION ...... In a study of high-risk patients with severe asthma who were hospitalized for serious exacerbations, researchers showed that within 7 days of discharge their use of prescribed inhaled corticosteroids and oral steroids had fallen rapidly to approximately 50 percent of their prescribed dose. The investigators...Other highlights in the December 15 JNCI
The accuracy of mammographic interpretation can vary widely, but the source of the variability has not been explained. To investigate the relationship between radiologists' characteristics and actual performance, William E. Barlow, Ph.D., of Cancer Research and Biostatistics in Seattle, and colleagues surveyed 124 radiologists and tracked cancer outcomes from the more than 460,000 screening mamm...News briefs from the Journal CHEST, December 2004
... ......Asthmatics with frequent mental distress (FMD) are significantly more likely to engage in behaviors that may cause asthma flare-ups and endanger their health than asthmatics without FMD, according to a new study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Atlanta, GA. Researchers surveyed 15,080 asthmatics and found that those with FMD, classified as 14...December 2004 Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the December 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:... ... Sebaceous Carcinoma of the Eyelids. Personal Experience with 60 Cases: The 2003 J. Howard Stokes Lecture, Part 2... Efficacy and Efficiency of a Small-Incision Minimal Dissection Procedure versus a Traditional Approach...November/December 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...A report published today as an online supplement to the November/December 2004 issue projects that implementation of the New Model of care recommended in the recently released "Future of Family Medicine" report would enhance the financial viability of family medicine practices, many of whose survival is endangered by their place on the front lines of a failing health care system. The report...American Thoracic Socety journal news tips for December 2004 (first issue)
NEW TREATMENT OFFERS MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN DEADLY PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION... ...Researchers showed that 16 weeks of treatment with the oral drug bosentan led to marked improvement in all clinical and hemodynamic parameters of the deadly disease severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This illness is often associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The new drug...Other highlights in the December 1 JNCI
...... A new study of pesticide applicators has found that exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos may be associated with an increased incidence of lung cancer but concludes that more studies are needed....... About 8 to 10 million pounds of the insecticide chlorpyrifos were used in the U.S. agricultural sector in 1999. The chemical is found in approximately 800 products, which are used for a var...Highlights of the December Journal of the American Dietetic Association
The December 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association contains articles and research studies you may find of interest. Below is a summary of some of this month's articles. For more information or to receive a faxed copy of a Journal article, e-mail . ... ...Physical Activity and Obesity among Premenopausal Women... Women who are approaching or at menopause and are at risk f...LA BioMed Medical/Research Briefs December 2004
Men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) -- which includes a number of lung problems such as emphysema that make breathing difficult -- may benefit from an extra dose of testosterone, a new study indicates.... ...People with COPD are often easily fatigued and can't tolerate much physical exertion, probably because of loss of muscle strength. Testosterone supplementation appears to i...Tip sheet for the December 23, 2003 Neurology journal
Atkins diet reduces seizures in some epilepsy patients... .... ... <BR...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for December 2003 (second issue)
... ......Describing results that contrast sharply with those from several prior observational studies by other biomedical scientists, investigators found that, in a large cohort of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there was no significant effect from inhaled corticosteroid use on either patient mortality rate, the number of COPD exacerbations, or COPD-related hospita...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet December 16, 2003
... The American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians released joint guidelines to manage new-onset atrial fibrillation, a common arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) that occurs most often in older adults (Guidelines, pp. 1009-1017; Background Evidence Paper, pp. 1018-1033). According to the new guidelines, control of heart rate (not heart rhythm) with chronic antico...Other highlights in the December 3 issue of JNCI
...A new study suggests that the nutrients calcium and vitamin D work together, not separately, to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. ... ...Maria V. Grau, M.D., of the Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, N.H., and her colleagues examined data on 803 people who participated in the Calcium Polyp Prevention Study, a randomized trial that showed a protective effect of calcium supplementation fo...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, December 2, 2003
...... The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that clinicians screen all adults for obesity and offer obese patients intensive counseling and behavioral interventions to lose weight (Clinical Guidelines, p. 930). The Task Force recommends using body mass index to determine weight category. A BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight and a BMI over 30 is considered obese. BMI i...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for December 2003 (first issue)
... ...After studying 138 pregnant women with asthma through their entire term, researchers have concluded that a female fetus exerts an adverse effect on maternal asthma, which, if the mother is not treated with inhaled glucocorticoids, results in reduced fetal growth. Investigators examined the effects of asthma on the endocrine and immune relationships between mother, placenta, and fetus. T...December 2003 Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the December issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:... ... Editorial: Laureate Awards 2003... Development of the National Eye Institute Refractive Error Correction Quality of Life Questionnaire: Focus Groups... Psychometric Properties of the National Eye Institute--Refractive Error.... . . . . Annals of Internal Medicine is published by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM), an organization of more than 115,000 internal medicine physicians and medical students. The following highlights are not intended to substitute for articles as sources of information. For an embargoed fax of an article, call 1-800-523-1546, ext. 2656 or 215-....Journal articles highlighted in this tipsheet are available in their entirety by.calling APAfastFAX at 888-357-7924 and selecting the appropriate document.number (listed below). . . .Restrictions on specialized services and out-of-pocket expenses still present.barriers to medical care for people with mental disorders. According to analysis.of data from the 1994 National Health Interview Study...