Physicians have mixed opinions about consumer-targeted pharmaceutical ads
...sumer advertising of pharmaceuticals would lead to overuse of expensive drugs has led to calls for stricter limits on ads, but until now there has been very little information on the effect of DTCA on health or health care, says Joel S. Weissman, PhD, of the MGH IHP, the report's lead author. "This study al...Electronic nose device proves effective for diagnosing pneumonia and sinusitis
...using antibiotics. This is a leading cause of the overuse through over-prescription of antibiotics for false cases of pneumonia." The first two studies looked at pneumonia cases among patients who are on ventilators in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). Here, diagnosis is made difficult by the pa...Antipsychotic drug prescriptions nearly double for kids with ADHD
...s and physicians still struggle with the perceived overuse of the medication Ritalin to treat children with attention difficulties, a new study suggests the potential for another controversy. Researchers at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Vanderbilt Children's Hospital) have found a ...Taking a number of medications regularly could give you a serious headache
...ies have highlighted similar conclusions about the overuse of medication, giving further weight to the expert...menting the evidence that suggests that medication overuse is associated with CDH. Sheftell and Bigal recommend that physicians need to address this with their...Chronic back pain shrinks 'thinking parts' of the brain, study finds
...istic explanation for the decreased gray matter is overuse atrophy caused by excitotoxic and inflammatory mechanisms," Apkarian said. The researchers hypothesize that atrophy of brain circuitry involved in pain perception may dictate the properties of the pain state, such that as atrophy of elements of the ...Early detection reduces threat of foot injury in college basketball players
... fracture is a small crack in a bone brought on by overuse or repeated impact on a hard surface over a long period of time, Major said. The muscles that absorb the shock of the impact eventually become fatigued, diverting much of the stress to the underlying bone. If the injury goes undetected, more serious ...Virtual colonoscopy can help patients avoid conventional colonoscopy
...if polyp removal is truly needed, thereby avoiding overuse of invasive conventional colonoscopy, according to a new study in the December 2004 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. Virtual colonoscopy is a relatively noninvasive examination that uses a CT scan to evaluate the colon for polyps. "Amo...Radiologists use MRI to keep basketball players on their feet
... fracture is a small crack in a bone brought on by overuse or repeated impact on a hard surface over a long period of time. The muscles that absorb the shock of the impact eventually become fatigued, diverting much of the stress to the underlying bone. If the injury goes undetected, more serious stress fract...Study shows drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex were widely over-used long before recent problems
...is because of concerns that this was an example of overuse of a newer, more expensive class of medications," said co-author Randall S. Stafford, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor and Director of the Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practice at Stanford University. "As with other examples in the treatment o...Vioxx went mostly to patients who didn't need it, Stanford researcher says
...nes in their class, known as COX-2 inhibitors. The overuse of these drugs is documented in a study published ...e-fits-all remedies. The researchers attribute the overuse of the drugs to several non-clinical factors-including heavy marketing and the tendency of patients ...NIH state-of-the-science panel calls for 'demedicalization' of menopause
...ncerned the panel because the tendency can lead to overuse of treatment approaches that are known to carry serious risks, or whose safety is as yet unclear. However, many women, particularly those with surgically induced menopause, do experience significant symptoms that greatly diminish quality of life. Fo...