Thursday, March 4, 2004 news tips
...d a coronary event, half of them among people with newly diagnosed cancer. Coronary events included angina,...nown heart disease. Compared with people without a newly diagnosed cancer, those with a new cancer were at more than double the risk of a new coronary event,...New index measures risk of death from blood clot
...lood clots in the lung) may become possible with a newly developed clot-volume ranking index, according to a study appearing in the March issue of the journal Radiology. "We found that the amount of clot present is predictive of patient outcome," said study coauthor, John A. Pezzullo, M.D., assistant pr...Study examines physical, emotional well-being following breast cancer treatment
...of the physical and emotional experiences of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, and in recent years several studies have examined the experiences of long-term cancer survivors. However, there is little information available on the experiences of women in the transitional period between treatment and...Targeted antiviral prophylaxis of flu case contacts could successfully contain pandemic influenza
...anufacturing and distributing a vaccine to match a newly identified strain can take six to eight months." Although the surveillance and containment strategy (i.e., isolation of cases and quarantine of close contacts) was recently used to successfully contain the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome ...Postmenopausal hormone therapy associated with increased risk for developing asthma
...sing hormone therapy were at an increased risk for newly diagnosed asthma or COPD. Dr. Barr is now at Colu...gen plus progestin had a similar increased rate of newly diagnosed asthma. However, the rates of newly diagnosed COPD among hormone users and non-hormone us...A new protective protein against Parkinson's disease
...s between neuronal sub-cellular compartments. This newly reported Wlds-mediated protection of the dopamine axons may lead to the understanding of mechanisms underlying axon loss and to the development of new therapeutic approaches for Parkinson disease....OHSU researchers hope to prevent childhood asthma with new eczema drug
...chool of Medicine researchers hope treating babies newly diagnosed with eczema using the study drug Elidel will not only control painful skin flare-ups, but ultimately prevent the onset of childhood asthma. "Researchers have long known that eczema and asthma are linked; however, there currently isn't an ...Endocrine Society hosts thyroid disease audioconference
...udioconference to examine the issues regarding the newly defined thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) range, the new approach for detecting and managing subclinical thyroid disease and the use of thyroid hormone replacement therapy. The audioconference, which will be led by several recognized thyroid experts...For leg-bypass patients, drugs can save lives and limbs, but many patients go without them
...urgery. This is especially true for diabetics. A newly released recommendation from the American Diabetes Association urges all diabetics over the age of 50 to get tested for PAD by checking the blood pressure in their ankles. In addition to Henke, the study's authors are Susan Blackburn, MBA, Mary C...Improving informed consent for children in cancer treatment studies
...ecember 31, 2001. The patients were children, all newly diagnosed with acute leukemia. Childhood cancer treatment commonly involves the option of participation in clinical trials, which have revolutionized pediatric cancer treatment and significantly improved outcomes. In fact, the authors note that: "T...Multiple sclerosis not as progressive or disabling as once thought
...S change over time provides good news for patients newly diagnosed with MS, who may feel the disease leads to inevitable and uniform decline in physical functioning. It also offers vital information for public health planners charged with meeting future needs of MS patients. In their study, the Mayo Clin...Evidence that memories are consolidated during sleep
...revious doubts that sleep enables consolidation of newly acquired memories, and also establishes roles for both slow-wave sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in memory consolidation. Slow-wave sleep is a deep dreamless sleep, and REM sleep is associated with dreaming. The researchers published their f...Novel technique may help detect certain head and neck cancers
...quamous cell cancer (HNSCC) earlier by testing for newly discovered signature protein patterns found in patients with this cancer, according to an article in the January issue of The Archives of Otolaryngology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. HNSCC represents 5 percent of all cancers in the United S...Mayo Clinic researches ways to better treat patients with heart defects
...s, measure their size and observe the placement of newly developed devices to close the defects with catheter techniques," said Donald Hagler, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist at Mayo Clinic and one of the authors of the two studies. The Mayo Clinic Proceedings report is designed to help physicians understan...Cancer markers news backgrounder: Future of cancer diagnosis, treatment lies in tumor 'barcode'
... they created markers to predict the outcome in 21 newly diagnosed patients and found the test was 75 percent accurate in forecasting which women would respond to FAC. Now the investigators are testing the gene screen in a larger randomized study at M. D. Anderson. If this study validates the utility of th...Drop in hormone therapy use shows physicians heed clinical trial findings, Stanford researchers say
...office visits at which the medications were either newly prescribed or continued. The combination of data helped them track changes in physician practice since the mid-1990s. In the year following the July 2002 announcement about the risks of long-term estrogen/progestin use, the total number of hormon...SARS outbreak in Beijing spread rapidly, was controlled fairly quickly
... and, especially, the last year have demonstrated, newly recognized pathogens will continue to emerge, requiring preparedness planning, a vigilant health system, a commitment to timely reporting of disease, and strong interdisciplinary partnerships to contain their spread. It is essential to continue to ev...University of Pittsburgh studies broccoli-derived chemicals to prevent prostate cancer
... and vegetables are good for overall health, and a newly funded study at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) may show that certain vegetables, such as broccoli, also offer protection against prostate cancer. UPCI researcher Shivendra Singh, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and urology at ...Parents' vaccine concerns on the rise, making accurate information crucial
...mended vaccines for their children, according to a newly published study by University of Michigan researchers. Many of the concerns heard by the nearly 750 pediatricians and family practice physicians surveyed for the study were about known, short-term effects from vaccines, such as pain and fever. But ...... as those found in the Iowa State research. The newly published study suggests that a ban on antibiotic use, as has occurred in Denmark, would result in sharp increases in production costs at U.S. facilities, said co-author Paul E. McNamara, a professor of agricultural and consumer economics at Illinois...