Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...in disability may be due to the extensive physical medicine and rehabilitation services available to veterans enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration. Treadmill training combined with functional neuromuscular stimulation improves walking poststroke This study tests two promising treatments for re...Endoscopic sinus surgery is safe, effective in older patients
...y. "There is a way to improve symptoms either with medicine or surgery if necessary, and it's worth pursuing b...ically patients will continue to need some type of medicine following surgery to help keep their condition in check....Study explores antibiotic misuse
...tibiotic," says Dr. Jim Wilde, pediatric emergency medicine and infectious disease physician at the Medical College of Georgia. "Ninety to 95 percent of all infections are viral or low-acuity bacterial infections such as ear infections or sinus infections," says Dr. Wilde. Yet studies show that more than h...Web-based tool to help clinicians make schizophrenia treatment decisions
...idea was that we would come up with evidence-based medicine for schizophrenia, providing clinicians with a resource as they make decisions in standard situations, as well as in crises like suicidality, violence, and severe drug side effects," said Meltzer, the Bixler/Johnson/Mays Professor of Psychiatry and d...UT Southwestern researchers find calcium intake contributing factor in formation of kidney stones
...the first study, professor of urology and internal medicine at UT Southwestern. "While we want to be cautious ...r of both studies, a faculty associate in internal medicine and a biostatistician in UT Southwestern's General Clinical Research Center (GCRC). "The second stud...Special JAMA commentary on lessons learned from troubles with COX-2 inhibitors
... calamity. The combination of mass promotion of a medicine with an unknown and suspect safety profile cannot be tolerated in the future. An aggressive position going forward is necessary for not only ensuring the safety of prescription medicines, but also to restore a solid foundation of public trust."...UCLA-VA study names India dietary staple as potential Alzheimer's weapon
...ipal investigator Gregory Cole. He is professor of medicine and neurology at the David Geffen School of Medici... It also is used extensively in traditional Indian medicine to treat a variety of ailments. Other members of the research team are Fusheng Yang, Giselle Lim, ...Non-narcotic treatment for migraines
...rs, noted Dr. Brian Rowe, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Alberta. "There is a tendency for patients with migraines to become dependent on narcotics for acute pain relief. Unfortunately, narcotics may reduce the pain acutely, however, they are sedating, usually with adverse effects, ar...New test possible aid to overcoming barriers to colon cancer screening
...oscopy," said Thomas Imperiale, M.D., professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine and a research scientist at the Regenstrief Institute. The study, conducted at 81 sites by Dr. Imperiale and colleagues of the Colorectal Cancer Study Group, reports that in average risk, asymptomatic indi...Small band of nurses plays key role keeping germ threats at bay
... of the unit, and John Treanor, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the unit, developed a system to inoculate so many volunteers quickly, so that the study results would be in on time to benefit planning for next year's flu season. Volunteers first were screened via a telephone call to make sure they...McMaster researchers develop test for rare bleeding disorder
...ssor in the departments of pathology and molecular medicine and medicine in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine of McMaster's Faculty of Health Sciences. The Transfus...Poison and firearms stored in open endanger visiting kids
...ys, although many residents said they did not keep medicine and chemicals out in the open. Homes with older adults and child visitors tended to have more firearms and less safe storage of firearms than homes without older adults, although the difference between the two was not significant, the researchers not...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, Dec. 21, 2004
...ine examine several complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments for very common medical conditions. A study of 570 people in a randomized, controlled trial comparing acupuncture with sham acupuncture and education to treat osteoarthritis of the knee found that acupuncture, used in addition to reg...Chemicals found in cherries may help fight diabetes
... doctor's treatment recommendations, including any medicine prescribed, and monitor their insulin carefully, the researcher says. The compounds show promise for both the prevention of type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes, the most common type, and for helping control glucose levels in those who already hav...Size of myocardial infarct measured using MRI
...ardiologist Joo Lima, M.D., associate professor of medicine and radiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart Institute. "Indeed, a person who has suffered damage to more than 30 percent of the left ventricle of the heart is twice as likely to die within a year from the injury th...Moving admitted ER patients into inpatient beds faster could significantly increase hospital revenue
... inpatient beds impact hospital revenue, emergency medicine researchers at the University of Pennsylvania chose to examine chest pain patients, because their care in the emergency department is standardized and they are frequently admitted to telemetry beds, which are hospital beds equipped to monitor a cardi...Ending racial disparities in health care could save 5 times more lives than tech advances
...uthor and professor of family medicine, preventive medicine and community health at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond; David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, and former U.S. surgeon general; Robert E. Johnson, Ph.D....Few Americans are aware they have chronic kidney disease
...author of the study and professor of epidemiology, medicine and biostatistics at the Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. Coresh and his colleagues estimated awareness of chronic kidney disease among 4,101 people in the United States from 1999 to 2000 and compared disease prevalence in those years...Few Americans aware they have chronic kidney disease
...author of the study and professor of epidemiology, medicine and biostatistics at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Coresh and his colleagues estimated awareness of chronic kidney disease among 4,101 people in the United States from 1999 to 2000 and compared disease prevalence in those years with tha...New UCLA study develops links between socioeconomic status and poor health
...hor is Arun S. Karlamangla, assistant professor of medicine in the division of geriatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. JOURNAL: Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 60, No. 5, March 2005. It is also now available online at doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.06.056 FUNDERS: National Institutes of H...