Early seizures after epilepsy surgery predict more seizures
...ing in terms of understanding epilepsy," said lead author Anne M. McIntosh, Ph.D., of the University of Melbourne in Australia. "We can speculate that some individuals who undergo this procedure have epilepsy that for some reason is more persistent." There have been hints from smaller studies that early sei...More studies on risks and benefits of COX-2 inhibitors published in Archives of Internal Medicine
...zer, Inc. Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author William B. White, M.D., call Jane Shaskan at 860-679-4777. Observational Study of Patients on COX-2 Inhibitors Does Not Show Increased Cardiovascular Risk An observational study of 6,250 patients enrolled in the Maryland Medicaid program found tha...Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may increase HIV risk
...ue of Health Psychology. Carl A. Latkin, PhD, lead author of the study and an associate professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management, explained that HIV rates are known to differ by geographic location and that disadvantaged urban areas tend to have high ra...Steroids increase death risk from traumatic head injury
...aumatic head injury," says Dr. Phil Alderson, lead author of the Cochrane study. The review appears in the January issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research. Systematic reviews draw evidence-based conclusions abo...Routine use of nose-to-stomach tube slows recovery from abdominal surgery
...ecause that's what costs all the money," says lead author Dr. Richard Nelson, a colorectal surgeon at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. "We'd send everybody home the same day if we thought they could eat," he says. The rationale for routinely inserting a flexible tube through the nose and into...Sildenafil effectively treats enlarged hearts, mouse study shows
...eart failure that can be fatal," says study senior author and cardiologist David Kass, M.D., a professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart Institute. Kass is also the Abraham and Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology at Hopkins. Sildenafil, Kass says, was the focus of his re...Study shows drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex were widely over-used long before recent problems
...er, costly drugs with no real history," said study author G. Caleb Alexander, M.D., M.S., instructor of medi...anne Dai of the University of Chicago was the lead author of the paper. The research was supported by the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the U...Cord blood transplantation now a viable option for adult leukemia patients
...ould not be found for these patients, senior study author John Wagner, M.D., Scientific Director of Clinical Research of the University of Minnesota's Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Institute, theorized that they could still have successful transplants if two partially-matched units ...African Americans half as likely to receive surgery for esophageal cancer
..., Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and lead author of the study. "We were particularly surprised by the two-fold difference in rate of surgery, which may explain why African Americans experience a lower rate of survival." Researchers reported that African Americans were generally undertreated for th...Controversial drug shown to act on brain protein to cut alcohol use
...investigator at the Gallo Center. Ron is co-senior author of the paper with Patricia Janak, PhD, UCSF assistant professor of neurology and also principal investigator at the Gallo Center. In their research, the scientists first carried out classic behavioral studies showing that Ibogaine reduced alcohol con...Study of CPR quality reveals frequent deviation from guidelines
...ay to assess how well it's being done," said study author Lance Becker, M.D., professor of emergency medicin...la, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and lead author of the study. "A cardiac arrest is an emergency and the response -- even in the hospital setting --...Doctor report cards not always clear when comparing quality of care
...nal of Managed Care. Albert W. Wu, MD, MPH, senior author of the study and associate professor in the Depart...other diseases," said I-Chan Huang, PhD, the first author of the study and postdoctoral fellow in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Health...2001-2002 survey finds that many recover from alcoholism
...al history of alcohol dependence over time." Lead author Deborah Dawson, Ph.D. and her colleagues in the Laboratory of Biometry and Epidemiology in NIAAA's intramural research program released the latest NESARC analysis in an article entitled "Recovery From DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence: United States, 2001-20...Study identifies predictors of HIV drug resistance in patients beginning triple therapy
... Labs at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver and lead author of the paper. "The problem with past studies is that they were limited to people in clinical trials and as people drop out they are lost to the study. In this study, we followed people beginning initial triple therapy for 30 months and were able to r...Marijuana associated with same respiratory symptoms as tobacco
... of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and lead author of the study. "Because more than two million adult Americans are heavy marijuana smokers, these risks represent a potentially large health burden," Moore said. "Marijuana smokers use more medical services for respiratory problems, and these demands ...Heart patients treated by non-cardiologists less likely to receive medications
...rmacist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and lead author of the study. The study was co-authored by Michael A. Fotis, B.S. Pharm, manager of drug information service at Northwestern Memorial Hospital....Complementary & alternative medicine use
...of these approaches, according to the study's lead author Hilary Tindle, Harvard Medical School (HMS) resear... do not disclose it to their physician," says lead author Dr. Tindle. "This is especially critical as more becomes known about the adverse effects associated...Rotary blood pump shows promise for pediatric patients
...ctable heart failure," states Dr. Michael DeBakey, author of the editorial in the journal, Artificial Organs. Researchers are hopeful for further advancement in the technology but stress the need for commitment from leaders in the field in addition to "adequate reimbursement."...New treatment guidelines for pregnant women with asthma
... NAEPP expert panel on asthma during pregnancy and author of an editorial accompanying the guidelines report. The guidelines highlight other important aspects of asthma management during pregnancy, such as identifying and limiting exposure to asthma triggers. Similarly, women with other conditions that ca...New study reveals treatment for 'silent killer' using diet, not drugs
...t for "the 'silent killer,'" says Dr. Berkow, lead author of the study. "My advice to people at risk for hypertension is to substitute a veggie burger for a hamburger tonight and have pasta marinara without the meatballs tomorrow. After about six weeks of such simple changes you might see your blood pressur...