The Endocrine Society responds to Institute of Medicine report on testosterone therapy for older men
...ociety agrees with the panel's key conclusions and believes that it is critical that the medical community determine whether testosterone treatment results in clear benefits for aging men before long-term trials are conducted. Additionally, the Society agrees that testosterone therapy should be evaluated ini...Implanted stimulator for Parkinson's disease impairs cognitive function
...side effects. But based on these findings, Hershey believes it might be possible to set stimulator parameters lower to provide motor benefit without affecting cognitive function. "It's important to note that although the motor benefits of stimulation are very dramatic, the changes in cognitive function tend t...Procedure cures atrial fibrillation
...e risk of atrial flutter recurrence. In all, Oral believes the new paper and presentations will help spread the word about the procedure. "I hope that patients and their treating physicians will become aware of the promise that catheter ablation holds, and that more centers will adopt the techniques," he say...A heart-strengthening pace: brisk but comfortable
...maximum. "A large segment of the population still believes exercise must be vigorous, demanding or involve more complicated activities than walking to adequately raise one's heart rate. This perception of 'no pain, no gain' can discourage people from starting to exercise at all," said lead investigator Kyle...New CDC-funded HIV program at UNC integrates treatment with prevention
...fer," Quinlivan said. Finally, the clinic director believes the new program will improve coordination with the state's partner notification activities. "We really believe we're in a unique position to get a program like this going," she said....Wound healing gel wins Medical Futures award
...losure and reducing inflammation, and the UCL team believes that the gel has a wide range of potential applications, including cosmetic surgery and chronic wounds, as well as a possible application in reducing the spread of damage following spinal cord injury. Elderly patients in particular could benefit from...OHSU doctors use 'putty' to prevent hemorrhagic stroke
...erial looks and acts like "squishy rubber cement," believes the new procedure will have significant advantages over invasive brain surgery and, perhaps, coiling. "Whether it's better than coiling, that's what the study is evaluating," he said. "It certainly looks very promising." In the meantime, Turner and P...... may preserve cognitive function and why, the team believes the difference made by greater overall activity is not explained by education or similarities within twin pairs, such as early-life environments or genetics. "Our study would have been bolstered by greater detail regarding the twins' activities, bu...Time to stop exploiting trust doctors
...MA's Central Consultants' and Specialist Committee believes that these posts are to be condemned as potentially exploitative of the doctors and misleading for patients. Simon Eccles, chairman of the BMA's Junior Doctors' Committee argues that regardless of level achieved, all doctors below consultant level sh...Both languages active in bilingual speakers
...age and suppress the first language. However, she believes that a large component of language immersion involved learning a new set of cues to the second language. To test this, the researchers took students who had no exposure to German or Dutch and taught them a list of 40 Dutch words. Some students lear...Do overseas recruitment schemes fuel health inequalities?
...mes on human resources in developing countries, he believes that they may perpetuate global health inequalities for generations. The NHS operate an ethical recruitment policy, and it is wrong to suggest that the service is targeting health staff from struggling countries, argues Debbie Mellor, Head of NHS Em...Molecule expressed early in pregnancy may help patients tolerate transplants
...ch anything else," Dr. Horuzsko said. Dr. Grandas believes he is correct because patients would get donor-specific dendritic cells with the same antigen makeup as the organ they receive. "So you will have donor-specific induction of inhibitory cells," Dr. Grandas said. "This is a goal because the patient ne...Patient-centered approach just what the doctor ordered for healthcare industry
...mer friendly, but a Texas A&M University professor believes a patient-centered approach would make healthcare ...he relevant issues with a patient, he notes. Berry believes innovations - some of which are already in practice - such as appointments with non-physician provid...Study shows increased risk of cancer for stressed women
...and a doctoral student at the Sahlgrenska Academy, believes his study is another stepping stone along the way to discovering whether stress can be used as a predictor of subsequent breast cancer. He said: "This study is prospective and is based on information that is unbiased with respect to knowledge of dise...Talented Hokies research brain impacts while battling Aggies
...oundbreaking arena for the monitoring system, Duma believes that this research can lead to advances in brain injury prevention in a number of sports that pose the risk of head injury. "Once we collect and evaluate a body of data, we can redefine injury limits for the human brain," Duma said. "In order to...Study of hip replacement patients finds 80 percent eligible for minimally invasive surgery
...p surgeries. As more surgeons are trained, Berger believes "minimally invasive surgery is able to move from the academic setting into the community, so those who need the surgery have access to it across the country, not just at an academic medical center like Rush." The surgical prosthesis is the same, Ber...Method to keep track of cancer comorbidities is successful; may help cancer research
...oped is easy for them to learn and to do well." He believes recording comorbidities will provide more comprehensive profiles of patients and improve cancer research. For example, a patient's chance of survival depends not only on his or her cancer type and severity but also on the patient's other health probl...Lens replacement material holds prospect of 'young' eyes for people over 40
... working on replacement lens materials, but Fetsch believes her material is different in several ways. One significant difference, she says, is reversible disulfide bonds. "This means that after forming the gel, we can reduce the bonds, liquefying the gel again so that it can be injected into the lens capsu...New cholesterol fighter found in red wine
... Merlot was not analyzed in this study, Waterhouse believes it contains significant amounts of saponins at levels comparable to the other red wines. The study also seems to show a positive correlation between alcohol content and saponin levels. The red Zinfandel tested, which contained the highest level of sa...Wrist bands can ease cancer nausea, especially for patients who expect them to work
...every physician understands that what your patient believes will happen is important. Most physicians try to set up as positive an expectancy as possible while still being realistic," says Roscoe. "It's good for the patient if you can make use of the placebo effect." Among patients who received an acustimula...