Study examines three-day antibiotic regimens for treating bladder infection in women
...s not as effective as ciprofloxacin at treating an uncomplicated bladder infection in women, according to a study in the February 23 issue of JAMA. Acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most commonly encountered bacterial infections in wome...Study explores antibiotic misuse
...ve you thinking of antibiotics, think again. "For uncomplicated colds, zero are necessary; bronchitis, less than 10 percent are necessary; sore throats, maybe up to 10 to 15 percent of these patients need an antibiotic," says Dr. Jim Wilde, pediatric emergency medicine and infectious disease physician at the Medi...Adults taking eplileptic medications more likely to be unemployed
...eriod of children with epilepsy, and children with uncomplicated epilepsy in particular, which allows the examination of the effects of epilepsy itself on the whole life of an individual," added Dr. Sillanp. "Similar recent studies are not available." As evidenced by the study, childhood-onset epilepsy has a long...Humble Planaria worm offers ideal model for drug withdrawal research
...and cannabinoids. "Planaria offer a clean and uncomplicated model. We don't have to worry about potential interference from other organs or organ systems, as would be the case in other animal models," said Raffa. "Plus, Planaria display amazing behaviors. They can even learn." Some might remember Planaria...New data demonstrates that Benicar(R) and Benicar HCT (TM) achieve JNC 7 blood pressure goals
...s than 140/90 is the JNC 7 blood pressure goal for uncomplicated patients with hypertension, further analysis was completed at the more aggressive blood pressure goal of less than 130/85 and found that almost three times as many patients were able to reach this goal on BENICAR (12.5% of patients) compared to Cozaa...Black women with high blood pressure during pregnancy have higher homocysteine levels
...ite women with preeclampsia compared to those with uncomplicated pregnancies. Black women with preeclampsia had the highest homocysteine levels: 8.7 micromoles per liter (umol/L); while the levels were 7.6 umol/L for black women with normal pregnancy; 7.5 umol/L for white women with preeclampsia and 5.5 umol/L f...Duration of hospital stay has shortened for patients with heart attack
...s, the typical length of stay for patients with an uncomplicated AMI is approximately five days, the article states. However, considerable variation exists in the duration of hospitalization for patients with AMI. Frederick A. Spencer, M.D., from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, and coll...Unnecessary hospital stay after heart attack common in European countries
...ial infarction. Such models for day 3 discharge in uncomplicated cases have been suggested."...U-M study: Doctors more likely to prescribe pricey new blood pressure drugs
...Pressure Treatment as the first-line treatment for uncomplicated high blood pressure. But in the survey of 1,700 pr... beta-blockers to be equally effective in treating uncomplicated high blood pressure, the doctors surveyed rated diuretics significantly less effective than the othe...Millions wasted on blood pressure tablets
...mend thiazides as a first choice drug for treating uncomplicated high blood pressure. This is because no drug to treat high blood pressure has been identified as being clearly superior to the others, and the evidence that thiazides reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease is strong. Thiazides are also amongst...Short gaps between pregnancies linked to complications
...and economic deprivation. Even among women with an uncomplicated first birth, and after taking account of social and economic factors, a short interval between pregnancies was associated with an increased risk of premature birth and neonatal death. The authors propose that women should be informed of a small but s...No mention of trauma as cause of head injury is likely abuse
...vehicle crash. Billmire and Meyers found that when uncomplicated documented severe trauma such as that resulting in skull fractures were excluded, 95 percent of serious intracranial injuries and 64 percent of all head injuries in infants younger than 1 year were attributable to child abuse. Bruce and Zimmerman doc...Breastfeeding rates unaffected by changes in hospital length of stay
... a single overnight stay in the hospital following uncomplicated vaginal delivery. Then in 1996, the Massachusetts legislature (as part of a public backlash against what were termed drive-through deliveries) passed a 48-hour coverage mandate. The short-stay program offered improved prenatal care, a postnatal hom...New test predicts pregnancy problems long before they happen
... conducted every four weeks on 403 women 235 with uncomplicated pregnancies and 168 who developed gestational high blood pressure or preeclampsia. "On average, the test provided early identification of gestational high blood pressure and preeclampsia 23 weeks before clinical confirmation of the disease," says He...No justification for early laser treatment of uncomplicated childhood haemangiomas
Early laser treatment of uncomplicated childhood haemangiomas (strawberry birthmarks) is ... show any useful benefit of early PDL treatment in uncomplicated haemangiomas. Furthermore, treated lesions are at increased risk of skin atrophy and hypopigmentatio...The majority of hand cuts don't need stitches
...nts who came to the UCSF emergency department with uncomplicated lacerations of the hand (less than 2 cm in length) that would normally be treated with sutures. Those randomized to suture treatment had their laceration anesthetized and cleansed and the skin closed with 4-0 or 5-0 monofilament suture and standard ...Post-transplant nerve regrowth better with young hearts, quick surgery
...involving young donors, young recipients and fast, uncomplicated surgery, researchers report in today's rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Nerve regrowth (reinnervation) to the left ventricle can improve exercise performance, blood flow regulation, and ventricular func...American Thoracic Society news tips for June (second issue)
... has also been shown to be higher in patients with uncomplicated hyperlipidemia (high concentrations of lipids in theblood), with or without atherosclerosis, and in those with untreated essential hypertension. Although the clinical significance of elevated VEGF concentrations in patients with sleep apnea is a matt...Continued disruption of movement among alcoholics despite abstinence
...e cerebellar functional integrity of patients with uncomplicated alcoholism, finding that the quality and regularity of their movement is disrupted. "We use the term 'uncomplicated alcoholism' to refer to individuals who meet diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence but are apparently free of medical, cognitive,......o be the preferred investigation for patients with uncomplicated dyspepsia, conclude the authors....