Elderly receiving inappropriate prescriptions from their doctor's office
...nked to over 175,000 older adults enrolled in HMOs indicates that potentially inappropriate medications are being prescribed in substantial numbers. The findings are published in the February Journal of the American Geriatrics Society . In 2000-01, according to researchers, more than 28% of elderly individua...Columbia study finds hemophilia therapy dramatically improves outcomes for bleeding stroke
...ability among the rFVIIa treated patients. This indicates that for approximately every six patients treated, one case of death or severe disability was avoided. Safety endpoint: The overall frequency of fatal or disabling thromboembolic serious adverse events did not differ between the rFVIIa (2%) and the ...OHSU scientists develop MRI approach to improve breast cancer detection
...using shutter speed analysis not only more clearly indicates the locations of tumors, it also allows researchers to distinguish between malignant tumors and benign tumors. To conduct this research project, the scientists analyzed data from six patients identified as having breast tumors with mammograms (X-rays...Celecoxib safe for short-term use in patients with cirrhosis
... "In summary," say the authors, "the current study indicates that naproxen, but not celecoxib, administered during a short period of time, adversely affects renal function and the renal response to furosemide in cirrhotic patients with ascites and increased activity of the renin-angiotensin system."...Researcher explores ways to make hypnosis a more effective therapeutic technique
...wo years into the three-year project, the research indicates that instruction does indeed help people respond better to hypnotic suggestions. By speaking with subjects and letting them watch how others perform under hypnosis, "we can get at least half of initially low-hypnotizable subjects to test as high hypn...Diagnosis of prions in patients should utilize novel strategy, team says
...g to a study performed by a UCSF team. The finding indicates that the diagnostic technique, known as the conformation-dependent immunoassay (CDI), should be established as the standard approach for brain biopsies of patients suspected of having the disease, they say. The team is exploring whether the CDI might...Migraine linked to risky heart health
... increased risk for early-onset stroke." The study indicates that those with migraine were considered 43 percent more likely to be smokers, though less likely to consume alcohol. People with migraine with aura symptoms were 43 percent more likely to have high cholesterol (240 or greater) and 76 percent more li...Regular cannabis may increase risk of stroke in young users
...ves at risk of stroke, while they are still young, indicates a case report, published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Illicit drug use is known to be associated with an increased risk of stroke in young users, with heroin, cocaine, and speed (amphetamines) the most frequently implicate...Component of green tea protects injured livers in mice
...The authors conclude that "the data presented here indicates that EGCG protects the steatotic liver from I/R injury by reducing hepatic fat content, increasing energy stores, serving as an antioxidant and may stimulate the production of additional antioxidants such as GSH." They add that these activities warra...Brain activity of men and women during hostile or impulsive acts differs less on nicotine
...e reaction that brain-metabolism activity -- which indicates when neurons are working -- was much higher in many brain areas of women than men. But when the test subjects were given nicotine, metabolic activity significantly declined in the women and slightly increased in men -- the original differences all bu...Older doctors less likely to follow current standards of care
...ce of doctors who have trained long ago. The study indicates that older doctors may need quality improvement interventions that are generally applicable to all physicians. The current requirements imposed on doctors to keep up to date and demonstrate continuing competence may need to be reconsidered, the autho...Mayo Clinic identifies key cellular process in prostate and other cancers
...to suppress tumors. The result of their experiment indicates that human prostate cancer grows without the protection of the tumor suppressor protein FOXO1. Importantly, they also show that this loss of function can be reversed -- even in the presence of high levels of Skp2, by using chemicals that inhibit prot...Falling in love in three minutes or less
...time. At the end of the session, each participant indicates which of the people he or she met would be of interest for the future. HurryDate also collects survey data from participants, including age, height, education, income, drinking behavior, smoking behavior, race and religion. For this study, HurryDat...Engineers develop biowarfare sensing elements for future highly sensitive nerve-gas detectors
...s the electrical current across the crystal, which indicates a nerve agent is present. The paper was based on the dissertation research of the lead author, Choongho Yu. Yu received a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin last year, and is a post-doctoral fellow at Law...Early HIV screening prolongs life and is affordable, Stanford study shows
...,000 per quality-adjusted life year. "Our analysis indicates that screening for HIV infection is cost-effective relative to other commonly accepted screening programs and medical treatments," Sanders noted. "This finding suggests that in many health-care settings, HIV screening will provide important health be...Mount Sinai stroke prevention trial published in JAMA
...y Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers which indicates that ximelagatran, a novel anti-clotting medication currently under development, prevents strokes and systemic embolic events in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) as effectively as current treatment with warfarin. The SPORTIF V (Stro...Rehabilitation can restore some vision after stroke
...fect of therapy lasts well after therapy stops and indicates that extended training tends to further improve results." Vision restoration therapy (VRT) involves identifying and stimulating regions in the visual field that are only partly damaged by stroke or trauma. The training can be done at home in front ...Rheumatoid arthritis patients have double the risk of heart failure
...a, causing a survival as short as most cancers. He indicates that in the general population, about one-half of heart failure patients die within three to five years. At present, the study investigators cannot prescribe preventive measures for rheumatoid arthritis patients to take in order to avoid heart failur...Rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk for unrecognized heart disease and cardiac sudden death
... and body mass index, diabetes, and alcohol abuse, indicates Dr. Maradit Kremers. "What we are finding is that though traditional cardiovascular risk factors are important, they are less important for those with rheumatoid arthritis," says Dr. Maradit Kremers. "Something else is going on. It could be that rheu...Third of European cancer patients use complementary and alternative therapies
... US according to North American surveys, our study indicates that the average mean use in Europe has increased since a review of 29 studies was published in 1998." Research funding for CAM has increased, he said, but was still very low only around 0.31% of all medical research funding in the UK, for example....