March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...searchers find that colonoscopies can be performed safely and competently by properly trained family physicians in the outpatient setting. With the increasing demand for colonoscopy screening outstripping the capacity of gastroenterologists, these findings should encourage more family physicians to seek tra...Hopkins begins human trials with donor adult stem cells to repair muscle damaged from heart attack
... heart attack. Eligible candidates must be able to safely travel to Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., be r...t's progress for two years to ensure that patients safely tolerated the infusion, determine any side effects and assess any differences in the three doses und...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
...ts have developed PCI into a procedure that can be safely and effectively applied to patients with various types of coronary lesions and patients with and without myocardial infarction. The ESC Guidelines on PCI represent the consensus of a Task Force of European experts(1), chaired by Professor Sigmund Sil...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...ticipants in the Oryx Quest 2005 yacht race stayed safely away from icebergs and ice fields. This year also sees the launch of CryoSat, a dedicated ice-watching mission designed to precisely map changes in the thickness of polar ice sheets and floating sea ice. CryoSat, in connection with regular Envisat ...Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
...n that supervised injecting facilities can operate safely and to the benefit of the health and well-being of the socially marginalised injecting drug users that use them. These facilities do not seem to increase crime or public nuisance, and they reduce the public visibility of injecting drug use, the most ...Nursing mothers having surgery -- How long a wait to breastfeed safely?
...n. They understandably want to know when they may safely resume breastfeeding. Because there are few data regarding how much of these drugs is actually excreted in the milk, physicians err on the side of caution and advise the women to pump and discard their breast milk for 24 hours after the proc...Exercise tolerance is good screening test for chest pain patients
...testing frequently had normal results and could be safely discharged from the emergency room without any significant events in the following six months. Those who were not eligible for the treadmill testing, such as those not capable of exercising, were frequently abnormal by stress imaging and usually admi...NYU'S Duster cautions against FDA approval of 'race-based' pharmaceutical
...nowledge to deliver effective pharmaceuticals more safely to special subpopulations that have some functional genetic markers holds promise," Duster writes. "If the FDA approves BiDil, it should do so only under the condition that further research be conducted to find the markers that have the actual functi...UCLA study shows that people drink less alcohol as they age
...wever, not all older adults who drink are doing so safely as with increased age, they are more likely to have conditions that could be worsened by alcohol use (such as gastroesophageal reflux disease, depression or insomnia), and to be taking medications that may negatively interact with alcohol (such as mo...Similar results found in both older and younger patients undergoing weight-loss surgery
CHICAGO Elderly patients can safely undergo gastric bypass surgery and can be expected...to 1.1 medications. "Patients of advanced age can safely undergogastric bypass with operative results nearly identical to those of younger patients," the aut...Women should be advised not to drink alcohol in pregnancy
...the UK Department of Health advises that women can safely drink one or two units of alcohol per week, a team of psychiatrists in London highlight several studies which cast doubt on the guidance. The authors looked at reports into foetal alcohol syndrome, a condition developed by some babies exposed to alco...No increase in sexual risk taking among gay men in HIV-study
...ing. They demonstrate that gay men can participate safely in HIV vaccine trials without a false sense of security that could lead to greater sexual risk-taking and new infections," said lead author, Dr. Tom Lampinen. The findings emerged during the world's first clinical test of a preventative vaccine, AID...Mount Sinai stroke prevention trial published in JAMA
...ns. The medical community will continue to work to safely bring to market new therapies that protect those at risk of stroke, without the drawbacks of existing therapies." SPORTIF V was one of two Phase III clinical trials involving 7,329 patients. SPORTIF III, an open-label trial previously conducted outs...Certain gun storage practices can reduce risk of youth firearm injuries, suicide
...uading gun-owning families to store their firearms safely is not an easy task. Educational interventions to promote safe storage of firearms (including physician counseling) have not been successful in the past. Part of the problem may be that safe storage programs may not have been informed by a comprehens...Survivors who stop taking aspirin increase risk of another stroke
...aract surgery or dermatological procedures, may be safely performed while the patient is taking low-dose aspirin. Michel said a prospective, controlled, randomized trial should be conducted to prove exactly what the stroke risk is from discontinuing aspirin use. He said that such a trial should be a coope...Clinical trial participants fare no better, no worse than other patients
...n-relievers and about whether trial results can be safely applied to an entire population. "These results challenge the assertion that the results of RCTs (randomized controlled trials) are not applicable to usual clinical practice," report the authors, who say this review is the most comprehensive of its k...Editorial urges 'black-box' warning for Bextra and Celebrex
...support research to learn whether the drugs can be safely given for extended periods to patients at low risk of cardiovascular disease. "It is currently unclear to what degree the risk extends to patients treated with lower doses for arthritis because studies of sufficient size and duration have not been r...National Academies advisory: Report assesses health implications of perchlorate exposure
... hyperthyroidism have been treated effectively and safely with moderate doses of perchlorate for up to two years. Perchlorate has been administered to healthy subjects in doses ranging from 0.007 mg/kg to 9.2 mg/kg per day with no changes in thyroid hormone production to suggest any adverse effect on thyro...Injury toll in US homes tops 12 million yearly: UNC, other experts call for action
...the home, such as poisons and firearms, are stored safely should not be underestimated, Runyan said. Improving injury data collection to reveal the full size of the problem and to monitor trends is needed. "Too often the location of an incident is omitted from medical records," she said. Researc...... a specific WLAN device can be used and/or carried safely in a coat pocket when turned on near the patient's implanted device." Dr. Hayes suggests that a template for further study could be from the cellular telephone study he led which was published in 1997 in the New England Journal of Medicine. That stud...