Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...cket costs may lead to cost-related failure to use prescribed medication and threaten quality of care and that physicians and patients value such discussions. The researchers found that the most common barriers to physician-patient communication about out-of-pocket costs were lack of habit, insufficient time a...Corrected metabolism leads to health benefits and weight loss
.... For example, if the uric acid level is high, the prescribed diet is directed toward low purine foods and reducing fats, particularly high-saturated fats from a non-vegetarian source. If a person's blood work indicates abnormalities, such as elevated cholesterol or blood sugar readings, follow-up tests are...Specific test key to determine whether or not allergy symptoms are really allergy-related
...ly don't have allergies," she said. "They're often prescribed medications such as antihistamines that don't help the problem, so it's important that they be correctly diagnosed in the first place." Szeinbach conducted the study with P. Brock Williams, of the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Kansas C...Use of inhaled corticosteroid led to fewer hospitalizations for young children with asthma
...d Immunology (AAAAI) showed that children who were prescribed a nebulized inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) as first-...ment (ED) visits or hospitalizations than children prescribed the medication as second or third-line treatment . Asthma is the most common chronic medical condit...Doctor suggested cannabis for pain relief, says one in six medicinal users in the UKMUHC study
...f 916 respondents said cannabis worked better than prescribed medication. 30 per cent of the 872 who answered the question on side effects, said that prescribed drugs were worse than cannabis and 34 per cent said the side effects were much worse. 77 per...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
... At discharge, 41.6 percent of black patients were prescribed clopidogrel, compared to 53.7 percent of white patients. Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins were used 70.9 percent of the time in black patients compared to 74.9 percent in white patients. Blacks were also less likely to receive smoking cess...Depression may explain higher risk of heart attack associated with antidepressants
...rch in Heart. More than one in 10 older people are prescribed antidepressants. The findings are based on anonymo...first month of prescription. Patients who had been prescribed the older class of tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) for the first time were twice as likely to have ...Dental practitioners can be instrumental in preventing their patients' eating disorders
... patients for eating disorders, and fewer than 43% prescribed specific home dental-care instructions. Approximately 20% arranged a more frequent recall program, while only 20% of dentists and 17% of dental hygienists referred patients for treatment. Only 12.6% of dentists and 7.3% of hygienists reported communi...York study tests enhanced care for depression patients
...rs in the UK is patchy while about half the people prescribed antidepressant medication abandon it within a week, often due to adverse initial side-effects. Professor Richards said: "There is a substantial body of evidence to suggest that this collaborative approach improves depression care but all that evidenc...Elderly receiving inappropriate prescriptions from their doctor's office
...at potentially inappropriate medications are being prescribed in substantial numbers. The findings are published in the February Journal of the American Geriatrics Society . In 2000-01, according to researchers, more than 28% of elderly individuals received at least one of 33 medications deemed potentially in...Hormone therapy increases risk of urinary incontinence
...f urinary incontinence (UI), and it has often been prescribed to treat UI. Susan L. Hendrix, D.O., of the Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women's Hospital, Detroit, and colleagues conducted a study to determine the effects of MHT (estrogen and progestin or estrogen alone) on the 1-year inc...Study examines three-day antibiotic regimens for treating bladder infection in women
...lone class of antibiotics, a potent and frequently prescribed group that has shown increasing resistance. The trial included 370 women, aged 18 to 45 years. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive amoxicillin-clavulanate (500 mg/125 mg twice daily) or ciprofloxacin (250 mg twice daily) for 3 days and were fo...World's biggest study of multi-million pound health problem launched
...is to prescribe laxatives, which are the 12th most prescribed drug in the UK. Currently, one-fifth of the over-65s use laxatives. Within LIFELAX, the research team, from Newcastle University's Centre for Health Services Research and the Human Nutrition Research Centre, working with doctors from primary and se...Heart attack treatment gap may be closing for women
...ffered a heart attack or have chest pain are being prescribed appropriate drug intervention at hospital discharg...s after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Women were prescribed aspirin, beta-blockers and statins as frequently as men. One in ten women with ACS, who is able t...The history and controversy behind post-menopausal hormone therapy
... drugs." Post-menopausal HT began as, and is still prescribed as, a treatment to the severe to moderate symptoms that arise around menopause. It became a potential long-term therapy for the prevention and treatment of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality of women, e.g. heart disease, osteoporosis,...Suicidal behaviour caused by antidepressants 'cannot be ruled out'
... reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressant, yet concerns have arisen ...elf harm and suicide were no different in patients prescribed SSRIs compared with those prescribe tricyclics. However, under 18s prescribed SSRIs seemed to be at ...Viagra used in stroke recovery study
...ive thinking. Viagra, or sildenafil, is a commonly prescribed drug for erectile dysfunction. "We realized that we need to look at what we can do to help people who have had a stroke get their lives back," says Brian Silver, M.D., principal investigator and a neurologist at Henry Ford Hospital. The hospital will...Drugs aid weight loss among type 2 diabetes patients
...known generically as fluoxetine, are most commonly prescribed as antidepressants. Xenical, the brand name for orlistat, blocks fat digestion in the intestines. Meridia, known generically as subtramine, is an appetite suppressant that works in the brain. According to the systematic evidence review by Dr. Susan ...Hormone therapy controversy raises drug safety issues
...appearance and stave off the aging process and was prescribed for prevention of heart disease and dementia. What...of HT (at one time it was one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States) and fuel the continued controversy. They examine the issue from the pers...Changing chemistry helps explain estrogen threat to the heart
...st, as much as it did many physicians who had long prescribed it. They were studying estrogen's effects on blood vessels, focusing on its impact on the smooth muscle cells that allow blood vessels to contract, thereby regulating blood pressure and blood flow. These researchers found that estrogen targets nitric...