Doctors don't agree on diagnosis of uterine cancer
...nsion or other complicating disorders. But, after reviewing biopsies from 289 patients classified as AEH, they were surprised to find a high degree of disagreement with the initial diagnosis of most of the biopsies. In their review, the GOG investigators downgraded the biopsy diagnoses to "less than ...Patient safety study provides first national estimate of adverse events in Canadian hospitals
...ry (U of C), analysed the adverse event rate after reviewing 3,745 adult patient charts, randomly selected from 20 acute care hospitals across five provinces (B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia). The study also found that: the majority of adverse events resulted in temporary disability or prolo...Negative side effects downplayed in prostate cancer treatment guides, U-M study finds
...nsive cancer centers. Web sites were identified by reviewing national organizations, pharmaceutical companies and an open-ended Web search. Any materials that did not cover the four standard prostate cancer treatments, looked at cancer in general or focused on prostate cancer screenings was ex...Improving eye patient care with telemedicine standards
...s of the American Telemedicine Association are now reviewing the draft standard before it becomes final. Once adopted, the standards will apply to eye care professionals and equipment vendors. ......isual environment," says Malach. Surprisingly, reviewing the brain scans revealed that, if we all see literally the same movie, the active regions of our brains all view different movies. Because each area is activated by a specific kind of visual cue, it only picks up on those bits that "speak" directly t...Exercise improves cancer survival, reduces cancer risk, scientists say
... drew on participants in the Nurses' Health Study, reviewing data on women with stages I, II, and III breast cancer, diagnosed between 1984 and 1996. In that study, leisure-time physical activity is measured in metabolic equivalent task hours per week (met-hours/week one met is the energy expenditure and cal...Drug companies are top health care lobbyists
...gesting a decline in their political influence. By reviewing reports required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act, the investigators found that health care lobbying expenditures totaled $237 million in the year 2000. This was more than the lobbying expenditures of every other industry, including agriculture, commu...Mount Sinai to offer NearVision CK
...approved NearVision CK for use in presbyopes after reviewing clinical trial data from the 12-month follow-up data point. Mount Sinai participated in the clinical trials, in which 98 percent of patients could see J5 (magazine- and newspaper-size print) in the eye that was treated with CK and 87 percent could s...Specialists: Laparoscopy can help infertile women avoid months of unnecessary treatments
...ene citrate. They made their recommendation after reviewing 92 patient cases over an eight-year period. Some physicians have in the past few years forgone laparoscopy, relying only on a special X-ray image of the fallopian tubes. If the tubes appear to be open, patients then may undergo up to six cycles of ad...Long-term use of antibiotics possibly linked with increased risk of breast cancer
...se of antibiotics and the risk of breast cancer by reviewing medical data from 10,219 women enrolled at Group Health Cooperative (GHC), a large nonprofit health plan in western Washington State. (Dr. Velicer is now on staff at the GHC Center for Health Studies, Seattle.) The study cases included 2,266 women o...University of Pittsburgh and French National Institute begin scientific collaboration
...om France and the University of Pittsburgh will be reviewing other programs such as hepatology, psychiatry, neurobiology, transplantation immunology and computational biology areas in which they already have found common interests. This initiative is advantageous from several perspectives. Its novel approach ...Drug company fees for FDA reviews havent accelerated approvals, study finds
...The bottom line is that the more staff the FDA has reviewing drug applications, the faster the approval process...o the FDA, to offset the cost of hiring additional reviewing staff. In the 10 years since PDUFA took effect, companies have paid about $1 billion in fees. Overal...How harmful are additives and preservatives in childhood vaccines?
After reviewing dozens of scientific studies, a leading vaccine expert concludes that preservatives, additives and other substances contained in vaccines pose very little risk to children receiving those vaccines. In addition to the primary ingredient that stimulat...Clean needles for drug injectors prevents HIV/AIDS
...issue of the International Journal of Drug Policy, reviewing progress with syringe exchange programmes in Brazil, China, USA (Anchorage, Baltimore, Harlem, the Bronx, Rhode Island, Sacramento), Vietnam, United Kingdom (Merseyside and Cheshire), India (Manipur), Australia, Russia (Moscow) and inside prisons in...Psoriasis may increase risk for certain cancers
...22 lymphomas per 100,000 patients annually." After reviewing the medical records of patients with psoriasis who had lymphoma, the researchers found that "all patients with psoriasis who developed systemic lymphoma were treated with medications consistent with psoriasis and had outcomes consistent with the diag...Patients' anaesthesia concerns reviewed
A four-part series reviewing issues and developments in anaesthesia is launched in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The first article reviews patients' concerns about anaesthesia. David Royston and Felicia Cox from the Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK, outline how patients sche...One in four patients at risk if surgery delayed after failed angioplasty
...ad bad outcomes after a failed angioplasty. Before reviewing the patients' records, they developed a set of criteria based on published data that have been associated with worse outcomes after failed angioplasty - hemodynamic instability, perforation of the artery or heart, or sustained lack of blood flow to t...Gay, lesbian couples can teach heterosexuals how to improve relationships
...t sex and you don't hear explicit sexual talk. In reviewing the tapes of their conversations, you really don't know what they are talking about. Same sex couples talk about sex, and are more mature and honest and less fragile in talking about it. Gottman also said: "The overall implication of this research...Fox Chase Cancer Center named best place to work in the US for academia researchers
...of the article simply sum-up what they found after reviewing more than two thousand "Best Places" surveys: "The recipe for job satisfaction couldn't be simpler: Give scientists colleagues with whom they can collaborate, and the tools both physical and financial--they need to do their own work well." "We all...New scientific advances in gastroenterology presented at college's 68th annual meeting
...dies examine the global impact of IBS on business, reviewing its affect on sick days and lower productivity. Reflux Disease. This study suggests a causal relationship between GERD and sleep apnea. Children and Constipation. This study explores generalized anxiety and defecation anxiety among children. ...