New overview adds more evidence for safety of third generation Pill
... medicine journal, Human Reproduction,* provides a reassuring picture of the safety of the third generation Pill. A joint Canadian-British** team aggregated seven recent epidemiological studies that investigated the risk of myocardial infarctions (MIs) in users of second and third generation oral contraceptives...Making therapeutic kitchens more like home aids Alzheimer's patients
...itchens in these facilities a more comfortable and reassuring homey environment, such as using standard-size appliances instead of large, bulky commercial equipment; growing real plants and flowers instead of using silk substitutes; and incorporating wood cabinets and tables and other natural materials. Altho...Hemodialysis study results published
... at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. "It is reassuring that the dose now recommended is adequate." The HEMO Study evaluated the prevailing theory that a higher dose of dialysis or high-flux filters improve survival and reduce hospitalizations. Doctors at 15 medical centers recruited more than 1,800 hemo...Children achieve sustained ADHD symptom improvement with long-term, once-daily use of Adderall XR
...ng the symptoms of ADHD in children, which is very reassuring to health care providers and parents," said James McGough, M.D., associate professor, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Once-Daily Mixed Salts Amphetamine Product in Children With ADHD (APA Presentation Session #21) P...Sex selection for social reasons: religious and moral perspectives
...ns, however, why we should be skeptical about this reassuring conclusion. First, we do not know how parents would respond outside of these two European cultures. Whether gender balance becomes skewed if sex selection techniques were readily available in cultures placing a higher value on one sex or the other re...Driving performance declines with dementia and age
..."For individuals who still drive safely, it can be reassuring and help them remain independent. It also can be used to follow individuals to detect the development of unsafe driving behaviors and intervene, hopefully before there is an actual crash or other problem." In a study published by Hunt and the team in...Liver transplants result in excellent survival rates for patients with liver cancer
...ool of Medicine. "These findings are particularly reassuring for patients with tumors that cannot be surgically removed, which comprise more than 80 % of HCC patients." The primary objective of the study was to determine survival in an unselected patient population who had liver transplantation for HCC. Us...Database study yields new insights into arthritis drug
...are adverse outcomes, but I think our findings are reassuring to the larger community of patients and clinicians." Eisen emphasizes that since the study is a review of already existent data, no control and intervention groups could be established and assessment of side effects could not be standardized. "In a ...Drug-coated stents effective in 'real world' patients
... wrote that the RESEARCH results "go a long way in reassuring the practitioner that drug-eluting stents are in fact safe and effective in a wide variety of patients undergoing 'real world' angioplasty." The next step should be a mandatory registry established by the Food and Drug Administration to report probl...Study links radiotherapy and CVD risks in breast cancer patients but it's getting safer
...diovascular disease, but it has also provided some reassuring findings that improved techniques mean the risk is less than it used to be. Dr Maartje Hooning, a medical doctor and clinical epidemiologist from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, will tell the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference today (Thursday 18...Conservation treatment or mastectomy for DCIS?
...ing in Hamburg that results from his study offered reassuring evidence to women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) that if they chose to have only the affected area of their breast removed (lumpectomy) rather than the whole breast removed (mastectomy), it would make no difference to their chances of surviving...Should nurses conduct breast cancer follow-up visits?
...examinations were hurried, investigations were not reassuring and some women reported a lack of continuity as they saw different oncologists at each visit. Many women felt there was no opportunity to ask questions, express emotional concerns or talk about their social situation. "Other research has found that ...Seal of approval scheme needed for complementary and alternative websites
...e UK said that their survey findings were somewhat reassuring as most of the evaluated websites did provide valuable and reliable information, especially for the prevention of cancer, and most were of medium quality. However, some issued information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that was mis...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 56th Annual Meeting
...they are likely to remain so afterward. "This is a reassuring finding for our patients," said Dr. Noseworthy. [S14.001] Despite its proven effectiveness for medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy due to mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS), African Americans in Alabama undergo surgery at less than half the rat...Use of stomach acid-suppressive medications associated with increased risk of pneumonia
... suppression causes some cases of pneumonia, it is reassuring that the risk is relatively small and that the complication in most cases is usually amenable to therapy. However, no medication is without potential adverse effects. Concerns for patient safety should guide initial prescribing and perhaps more impor...Stanford study reveals that cells linked to asthma and eczema also help cure deadly illness in mice
...ould be lost if those cells were eliminated. "It's reassuring that evolution has produced cells that under some circumstances have significant benefit, even though when they are activated inappropriately, such as in asthma, they produce harm," Galli said. Interestingly, he said, a component of a particular snak...Bone density returns when teens stop using Depo Provera, Group Health study finds
...ir peak bone-building years. "These findings are reassuring for those concerned about future risk of fractures," said Delia Scholes, PhD, senior investigator at Group Health Cooperative's Center for Health Studies and the study's lead investigator. "This information can be useful in helping young women balanc...Simple blood test may help to predict cardiovascular risk in older women
...ts as to whether they have inflammation, " "It is reassuring to see continuing study of simple and well-standardized biomarkers, such as leukocyte count, and risk of vascular outcomes," Cushman concludes. "Whether novel risk markers such as leukocyte count or CRP concentration should be added to routine vascul...Study shows acrylamide in baked and fried food does not increase risk of breast cancer in women
... associated with an increased risk of cancer. It's reassuring to see that the study suggests that the amount of acrylamide consumed in the Swedish diet is not associated with an excess risk of breast cancer". She added, "Given the widespread public health implications of acrylamide, however, it is important to ...New studies show mixed results on epilepsy drugs and birth defects
...ying the studies. "But the results can be somewhat reassuring to women. They also emphasize the importance of trying to control seizures with only one epilepsy drug if possible and the importance of planning carefully how epilepsy drugs will be used during pregnancy before the pregnancy occurs." The bad news is...