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...authors conclude that additional interventions are needed to improve treatment outcomes. Dr de Lourdes Garcia Garcia states: "DOTS can control both drug resistant and drug susceptible TB. Our prospective population based study shows that implementing DOTS in a health jurisdiction that had a moderate rate o...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...ontinuing nonessential medicines. "Further work is needed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of these strategies," the authors conclude. (Arch Intern Med. 2005; 165: 633 636. Available post-embargo at www.archinternmed.com .) Physicians' Response to Scarcity To contact Samia A. Hurst, M.D., e-mail ...Raw food vegetarians have low bone mass
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...laining about headaches, there may be other visits needed than to the doctor's office," Nishina said. "Take their concerns seriously. Don't minimize your child's concerns." In December 2003, Juvonen, Graham and Mark Schuster, associate professor of pediatrics in UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, repor......n-alcoholic steatohepatitis. More research is also needed to investigate if patients with those diseases show any clinically relevant changes in the pharmacokinetics of different statins at various doses. Finally, the author suggests a reexamination of the product labeling on statins, which currently calls ...Sudan surveys show high rates of death and malnutrition among displaced population
... humanitarian and governmental actors are urgently needed to guarantee acceptable living standards for these populations," the authors conclude....Depression linked to insomnia in HIV patients
...IV." Reid and colleagues says further research is needed to learn whether insomnia adds to the disabling burden of HIV, especially in patients who have not yet developed symptoms of AIDS. Reid also says researchers should study how a patient's living conditions, along with his or her alcohol, drug and caff...Abuse and HIV status linked to suicide risk
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...er Reed Army Medical Center. "Further research is needed to determine how these differences can be studied to help identify better therapies for high-risk minority groups." The authors of the first study are: LTC G. Larry Maxwell, MD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Cancer Institute; G.V....Targeting mutant B-Raf protein reduces melanoma development
...signaling. The protein is usually only active when needed to relay signals. In contrast, mutant B-Raf is active all the time, which disrupts the chain's normal function. Previous studies have shown B-Raf is the most mutated gene in melanomas, present in about 60 percent of human melanomas, but the role muta...Flu pandemic coming, US not prepared
Immediate action is needed to prepare the United States for a deadly pandemic of influenza, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is telling policymakers. In meetings with congressional and administration leaders, IDSA has explained that the H5N1 "bird flu" spreadi...New self-help technology set to combat eating disorders
...pproaches can offer people new ways to access much needed help. The CD-ROM and internet packages aim to provide another treatment option for people -and our experience to date is that this can be as effective as seeing a specialist practitioner. Many people feel really ashamed of the symptoms of bulimia suc...Tracking trends in cochlear implant complications using a federal database
...ations; the development of a place for information needed to assess risk factors and estimation of the useful life of the implant (for example, patient age, any anatomical abnormality and previous implant history); and basic data measuring the patient's hearing and history of hearing loss. "With the sugges...Pushy parents can be bad for their children's health
...of their children's symptoms. "Robust systems are needed to protect the child and perhaps his/her physician from the effects of 'healthcare consumerism,'" they say....Energy and sports drinks attack enamel
...se of their ability to breakdown calcium, which is needed to strengthen teeth and prevent gum disease. AGD spokesperson and President-Plect Bruce DeGinder, DDS, MAGD, agrees that it is healthier to drink a soft drink all at once rather than sipping for a long period of time....Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
...llow-up periods in a larger number of patients are needed in order to corroborate these results, and that risk-reducing measures, such as quitting smoking and abstaining from alcohol, should be encouraged in these patients....Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
...n that normally helps hold the skin intact is also needed by skin cancer cells as they spread to other regio...Khavari cautions that many further experiments are needed before this work could lead to any cancer treatment....New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
...rnal on 18th March 2005 that a major new thrust is needed internationally to tackle health inequalities. Professor Marmot, Director of UCL's International Centre for Health & Society, will chair the Commission on Social Determinants of Health launched by the World Health Organisation on Friday 18th March br......bstruction, said Dr. Ulrich. An endoscopy is still needed for tissue samples should the images suggest the presence of Barrett's esophagus or other serious problems. The PillCam is similar to the PillCam SB, which was FDA-approved in 2001 to detect abnormalities in the small bowel. UT Southwestern researche...