Database study yields new insights into arthritis drug
...continued, we examined their medical records in an attempt to determine the reason the medication was stopped," Eisen explains. "We were particularly looking for evidence of severe toxicity and did not find any. But still, it's a matter of trying to interpret clinical notes." Although researchers were aware ...ACP and AAFP release joint clinical guidelines to manage common heart condition
...stroke prevention with blood thinners, rather than attempt to restore sinus rhythm. Controlling rhythm was not better than controlling rate in reducing complications and death, and the side effects of medications to keep patients in normal rhythm may be greater than their benefits." "We are proposing that a ...Drug-coated stents effective in 'real world' patients
...e a very select group, whereas this registry is an attempt to look at in an unselected population," Serruys said. "Sixty-eight percent of the patients in this study did not meet the selection criteria for the clinical trials." Stents are tiny flexible wire mesh tubes that prop open blocked arteries in the...Friendships play key role in suicidal thoughts of girls, but not boys
...agers who are thinking about suicide will actually attempt it. Moody conducted the study with Peter Bearman o...ave shown, both boys and girls were more likely to attempt suicide if they had a friend who attempted suicide. Boys were less likely to attempt suicide if they...Researchers identify key risk factor for cataracts
...is working on advanced ultrasound techniques in an attempt to do just that. He's also collaborating with Nancy M. Holekamp, M.D., associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at Washington University, to measure oxygen levels in the vitreous chamber of patients prior to a vitrectomy and in patients who hav...Overweight and obesity thresholds may be misleading for Asian populations
... high risk it varies from 26 kg/m2 to 31 kg/m2. No attempt was made, therefore, to redefine cut-off points for each population separately. The consultation also agreed that the WHO BMI cut-off points - * 25 kg/m2 (overweight), 25-29.9 kg/m2 (pre-obese), * 30 kg/m2 (obesity), 30- 34.9 kg/m2 (obese class I), 3...Doctors at Northwestern Memorial are studying next generation surgery for back pain sufferers
...inement of surgical techniques finally mean we can attempt disc replacement in as critical a location as near the spinal cord," says Srdjan Mirkovic, M.D., a spine surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, assistant professor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and principal investigat...Scientists restore crucial myelin in brains of mice
...umans. Currently he's conducting experiments in an attempt to remyelinate not just the brains but the entire nervous system of mice. In addition to MS, many diseases affecting tens of millions of people in the United States involve myelin problems, Goldman says. These include widespread diseases like...Phone counseling helps smokers quit
...ound it harder to quit. Failure to sustain a prior attempt to quit for more than six months increased the odds of smoking at one year. ...7-month-old is youngest recipient of artificial corneal transplant
...nt corneal transplant surgery that same day, in an attempt to help him achieve sight in the eye. The day afte...areful follow-up for the rest of their lives in an attempt to reduce the ever-present danger of serious complications. But there have been great improvements o...Evidence that memories are consolidated during sleep
...ulate the animals, switching off specific genes to attempt to affect neural circuitry involved in memory storage....Carnegie Mellon statistics student honored for technique to aid in brain imaging
...l cortex is videotaped over time. When researchers attempt to map brain activity that results from a specific stimulus, unrelated physiological processes such as changes in blood pressure can create noise that obscures the brain image. Myers is exploring a way to mitigate this problem by using physiological ...Most men over 40 take steps to try to prevent prostate cancer, Jefferson survey shows
...s Kimmel Cancer Center shows that most men over 40 attempt to protect themselves against prostate cancer. The steps they take range from prostate cancer screening to exercising, taking supplements and stopping smoking. "Surprisingly, when asked, most men say they are doing something to protect themselves," s...Study provides answers for childbirth after C-section
...n delivery. About 39 percent of the women chose to attempt a vaginal delivery in spite of their previous cesarean section. Of these, 73 percent succeeded in this "trial of labor." Symptomatic uterine rupture - one of the major risks in such situations - occurred in less than 1 percent (128 women or 0.7 perce...New index measures risk of death from blood clot
...sm (PE) patients based on risk. This is the first attempt to relate the clot volume, or burden, to the clinical outcome. Little consideration has previously been given to the implication of clot load on therapy. The researchers used the CTPE Index to retrospectively evaluate multi-detector row computed tom...St. Jude Medical announces PAVE and DINAMIT clinical trial results
...rther analysis of the data from these studies will attempt to find evidence of other factors which lead to the differences in non-arrhythmic deaths. ICDs are medical devices implanted under the skin that are designed to deliver a range of electrical therapies, from mild stimulation to more powerful shocks,...OHSU scientists advance fertility preservation procedure
...ges of 10 and 35," added Lee. "The next step is to attempt this procedure using frozen ovarian tissue, mimicking the same conditions required in the case of a cancer patient hoping to re-establish fertility where the patient may wait months to years before attempting to become pregnant."...Detection at a distance for more sensitive MRI
... its best: Saxena describes the successful first attempt to prove the remote-detection principle: "We were able to demonstrate the rather fantastic notion that a picture of a sample cell could be obtained by saturating it with xenon gas in one spectrometer and then moving the gas -- by as much as 15 feet -...Video games, not TV, linked to obesity in kids
...s may also become more active at other times in an attempt to lose weight. That would equalize activity levels in high and low BMI groups. Vandewater cautions that the study reflects an association of factors, not causes. For instance, she found that electronic game use was connected to weight among girls bu...UNC neuroscientist awarded renewal of federal grant that began in 1957
...ain for interpretation. "At the cellular level the attempt is to define the connectivity of neuronsin a particular portion of the spinal cord. We know that several kinds ofneurons exist there, we know that nociceptors terminate there, we know that nocicepter activity excites some of these neurons but we don'...