Lung cancer screening trial compares CT and standard x-ray
...owever. The scans can sometimes detect suspicious abnormalities which do not turn out to be lung cancer known as false positives. Many of these abnormalities are scars from smoking, areas of inflammation or other noncancerous conditions that may require addi...New data may alter frequency and surgical procedure
... a lot of unnecessary surgery in women with breast abnormalities by providing both a diagnosis and a prognosis before surgery," said Cynthia L. Lean, Ph.D., scientific director of the Institute for Magnetic Resonance Research in Sydney, Australia, and a member of the team that developed the technology. The techniq...Study estimates cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening strategies
...n women ages 35 to 55, with immediate treatment if abnormalities were found, was the least expensive approach and s...le alternative if it picked up at least 80% of the abnormalities and if 90% of women undergo follow-up after an abnormal screen. Overall, strategies that involved sc...Visual inspection: A low-tech tool for reducing cervical cancer rates
... the womb, coupled with immediate treatment of any abnormalities may be the most cost-effective, comprehensive way to reduce cervical cancer in Thailand and other poor nations, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown universities. The scientists, who worked with reproductive health experts in Tha...Brain shrinkage in ADHD not caused by medications
...ing to put to rest criticism that structural brain abnormalities seen in ADHD might be drug-induced. "There is no evidence that medication harms the brain," said Castellanos, who conducted the study at NIMH before joining New York University. "It's possible that medication may promote brain maturation." Launche...Study finds increased risk of liver injury with some TB medications
...se, and all had complete resolution of their liver abnormalities after discontinuation of the medications when necessary. "Our study confirms the new CDC recommendations for frequent monitoring of patients treated with the two-drug regimen so that they are evaluated every two weeks, including testing their blood f...Schizophrenia has different sub-types linked to problems in different parts of the brain
...renia's cognitive impairments and underlying brain abnormalities may help reduce the remaining problems -- the long-term social and occupational disabilities that can so profoundly disrupt the lives of people with schizophrenia....University of Pittsburgh researchers link gene to depressive disorders in women
...uronal plasticity, cognition and long-term memory, abnormalities of which commonly occur in patients with major depression, may predispose patients to the onset or recurrence of major depression, and may be related to the eventual development of irreversible dementias like Alzheimer's disease in some patients. Int...Why are people who recover from major depression never really out of the woods?
...ecovered patients mimic the more chronic metabolic abnormalities previously described in severely depressed patients who are not responsive to medication. This discovery, says Drs. Mayberg and Liotti, is helping to zero in on the subtleties of depression recovery and the brain regions that remain vulnerable to acu...Guidelines issued for metabolic complications related to HIV & antiretrovirals
...resistance with alterations in glucose metabolism, abnormalities in lipid metabolism, lactic acid disorders, bone d...nce studies and data, including studies of similar abnormalities in non-HIV infected persons. For each metabolic complication, the panel reviewed all available evide...New technique lets doctors examine milk ducts for breast problems
...e technique, known as ductoscopy, to detect breast abnormalities in women with a condition called pathologic nipple...eve had in the past for identifying and localizing abnormalities in the breast in women with pathologic nipple discharge, says first author Jill Richardson Dietz, M....Special supplement to Journal of Clinical Pharmacology features latest NIDA research on marijuana
..., lower sperm count, and increased neurobehavioral abnormalities for children exposed inutero. It is estimated that almost 14 million Americans, or 6.3 percent of the population age 12 or older, admit to illegal drug use, with marijuana being the most commonly used illicit drug. WHAT IT MEANS: The research repo...Teen-age girls, depression, alcoholism, and brain activity
Many patients diagnosed with depression have abnormalities in brain electrical activity. Research has found t...t frontal brain. Numerous studies have documented abnormalities in brain electrical activity in patients diagnosed with depression. A study in the November issue o...Exploring the relationship between alcoholism and serotonin one step at a time
...ured serotonin systems. The specifics of serotonin abnormalities in alcoholics remain unclear. A new study uses a depression and anxiety medication called citalopram to investigate if the serotonin transporter is altered in alcoholics. The serotonin transporter was not found to be responsible for serotonin abnorm...48-week results for the SOLO trial comparing GW433908/r QD to nelfinavir BID
...imiting adverse events (AEs) and severe laboratory abnormalities was low in both groups. The only drug related AE ...g (6 percent). The incidence of Grade 3-4 lipid abnormalities was "While the overall rates of discontinuation were similar in both study groups, more subjects wi...Alcohol-damaged brains 'recruit' new brain regions to perform simple tasks
...her words, I reasoned that there would probably be abnormalities in activation of these regions in alcoholics durin...s as they progress with their abstinence, do these abnormalities get better? It may be that the brain gets better at compensating, but it doesn't normalize, it just...MRI may help find missed breast cancers in high risk women
...ecificity is not yet adequate, and the majority of abnormalities detected in average risk women would turn out to be false-positives, many of which would need to be proven through additional examinations such as ultrasound, mammograms, and biopsies," cautioned Dr. Robson. In addition, MRI has not yet been shown to...Research reveals no benefit of rapid MRI over X-rays in patients with low back pain
...esult in worse patient outcomes because incidental abnormalities would foster increased interventions and unnecessary morbidity. Our study suggests that substituting rapid MRI scans for radiographs is likely safe but may in fact result in more specialist consultations and operations." In his editorial, Hadler wrot...Rush researchers find effects of Alzheimer's disease may be influenced by education
...nd learning ability, even in the presence of brain abnormalities characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Resear...nd learning ability, even in the presence of brain abnormalities characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD). New findings from the Religious Orders Study (ROS), a lo...Life-saving imaging techniques developed at Oxford University
... and is also used extensively for the detection of abnormalities in organs such as the heart. Accurate interpretation, and ultimately correct diagnosis, is dependent on the quality of the images. High quality images, however, can often be extremely difficult to achieve even for experts within a given field. Resear...