A New Era In Newborn Screening
...ed for repeat blood collections and testing,not to mention needless anxiety for parents. In a large group of samplescollected from newborns within 24 hours of birth, the new testing method, basedon a technique called tandem mass spectrometry, detected all cases of PKU whileeliminating 90 of 91 false positive...Women, men view and judge childhood sexual abuses cases differently
...f the childhood abuse, while the other half didnot mention repression. After reading a case summary, subjects were given a questionnaire askingthem for their verdicts. In addition, they were questioned about such things asthe credibility of the defendant and plaintiff, their empathy for each, whoset...... time. Note to the Editor: please do not forget to mention that this study has beenpresented at the Madrid ERS annual meeting. This release was written by Eric Schaerlig, Igor Chlebny and Peter Whiting,Cedos International, 1227 Carouge-Geneva Contacts: Dr Joaquín Durán Hospital de Txagorritx...Media coverage of new drugs is often misleading
...se effects. And 70 percent of the stories made no mention of cost-effectiveness, an increasingly important measure of a drug's overall value to society. "The media are a very important source of public health information," says Dr. Stephen Soumerai, a study co-author and HMS professor of ambulatory care and...Stanford researchers warm to cooling heart attack patients
STANFORD, Calif. - A cold body, not to mention a cold heart, may be a lifesaver for some heart-attack patients. Researchers at Stanford University Medical Center believe cooling the body may help to minimize the damaging effects of a heart attack, and they are now testing the technique in patient...Tricking diseases into synthesizing their own worst enemies
.... Many of those diseases, including cancer, not to mention a whole alphabet of ailments starting with AIDS, Alzheimer's, anthrax, and arthritis, can be treated by inhibiting enzymes. The enzyme selected for click chemistry's proof-in-practice was one of the first brain enzymes to be identified. Acetylchonlin...Body piercing may not be so cool after all
...us infection called periodontal disease and not to mention a not so cool looking mouth." "Given this new information, I strongly recommend discussing potential risk factors with your dentist before mouth piercing," said Bueltmann. "Additionally, anyone with a pierced mouth should receive a thorough oral exa...Analyses of Violence Against Women Act suggest legislation saved US $14.8 billion
... still saving money by funding the efforts, not to mention less distress among victims, families and friends, she said. This is particularly compelling because the costs we are averting relate to reducing personal crimes and boosting womens safety, Clark said. A recent national study showed that 55 percent o...Surprising findings on Medicaid kids and the ER
...66 percent), and their parents were more likely to mention the ER when asked where they usually took a sick or injured child (59 percent vs. 42 percent). Any strategy to decrease ER use by Medicaid children will have to take that into account, they say. "The ER is more on their radar screen, perhaps because ......om the environment as well as from attack), not to mention demanding wireless communication networks (what Allen calls "Internet in the Sky") needed by all these vehicles (some moving at 300 mph). "As always, the 'devil's in the details,'" notes Moshfegh. "But this will work. We've seen it on a small scale...Dartmouth/VA researchers examine news coverage of breast cancer prevention
...ioned over-diagnosis. 90% of the tamoxifen stories mention the potential harm of uterine cancer, but only 44% mentioned lung or leg clotsthe cause of the deaths observed in the trial. While the difference in the coverage of these distinct approaches to breast cancer prevention may not be surprising, the auth...Study finds outbreak of Cipro web sites followed anthrax outbreak
...adverse effects, and 16 sites (27 percent) did not mention the danger of life-threatening allergic reactions if patients with a history of hypersensitivity to quinolone antibiotics (such as ciprofloxacin) use the drug. On eight sites (14 percent), the researchers documented false or misleading claims. During...No mention of trauma as cause of head injury is likely abuse
...for medical care with a serious head injury and no mention of trauma to explain the injury are highly likely to be victims of child abuse. These findings are expected to be helpful for physicians when assessing whether child abuse is a factor in head injuries. The study's strength is that it validates some e...'Annals' study shows that spinal manipulation is safe alternative to drugs, says ACA
... the available research. For example, it does not mention the Canadian Manga Reports which found that chiropractic care is more effective, safer and less costly than medical care and that many medical treatments for low back pain are untested, questionable or harmful in nature. The study also failed to add...Expert reviews cannot be trusted
...ortality. Almost half (17) of the reviews did not mention the need for blood pressure control, while only five pointed out that diabetic patients with high blood pressure benefit more from blood pressure control than blood sugar control. The current system of transmitting new research to clinicians by means...Antidepressant drugs may protect brain from damage due to depression
...hippocampus can have very negative effects, not to mention the devastating problems caused by depression itself." Sheline and colleagues did not look at specific antidepressants to compare whether one was better than another at preserving hippocampal volumes, but any antidepressant seems to protect the brai...False memories, failing recall are not an inevitable consequence of aging, research suggests
... used a standard list of 22 bird names that people mention most often when asked to provide a list of bird names. Researchers provided subjects with names of 17 birds drawn from the norm, but left out the five most-often mentioned bird names. Later, some participants developed a false memory -- recalling one...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet, September 16, 2003
...cribe how the evidence was collected or evaluated, mention funding sources or sponsors, state who reviewed the draft guidelines and state the recommended action precisely, among other actions to improve the quality of guidelines. The group hopes that the new uniform framework for guideline documentation will...Online bladder cancer information often outdated
... the broken links and sites that only incidentally mention bladder cancer, patients must puzzle through which sites contain the best information. The study authors found sites from the National Cancer Institute or large Internet cancer sites were the most comprehensive. "The Web is a good starting point, but...UC San Diego scientists unveil pilot project for automated monitoring of animal behavior
...roughs in drug design and medical research, not to mention veterinary science, experimental psychology and animal care." Apart from Belongie and officials from the UCSD Animal Care Program, two Jacobs School of Engineering faculty members are collaborating on the project: Bioengineering professor Geert W. Sc...