News briefs from the journal Chest, August 2007
...Patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and diastolic heart failure may find relief in the form of diuretics, according to a new study. Italian researchers treated 15 patients hospitalized with severe OSA, hypertension, and diastolic heart failure, with intravenous diuretics. Patients were treated twice daily for 3 days, and polysomnography was used to assess apnea severity befo...Researchers suggest TB screening for all international adoptees
... Most international adoptees are younger than five years of age and frequently come from resource-poor countries where tuberculosis is common and prenatal screening for infectious diseases is rare, says Richard Long, MD, professor in Pulmonary Medicine at...Drug-eluting stent controversy explored in the American Heart Hospital Journal
... The issue reports on the initial enthusiasm for drug-eluting stents, the great advances made possible by their use, and explores the significance of the benefits and disadvantages revealed through their high-volume adoption....Maternal obesity prior to pregnancy associated with birth defects
... Overweight and obese women are known to be at risk for chronic diseases, infertility, irregular menstruation and complications during pregnancy, according to background information in the article. In 2003 and 2004...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Aug. 7, 2007, issue
... ... Authors say an earlier study, which found the drug associated with increased risk for myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death, had several flaws. The authors re-analyzed the data from the earlier trial, using a variety of modeli...International symposium on fruit, vegetables headed for Houston
... ... Patil said s...Highlights from the August 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... ... Adding a lifestyle intervention led by a registered dietitian to the typical care provided to obese people with type 2 diabetes does not increase overall health-care costs and may result in cost savings, ac...Africa: International volunteer impact small, but significant
... Geert Laleman and colleagues from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium quizzed human resource managers from 13 organisations sending volunteers to sub-Saharan Africa, and eight African medical officers with not-for-profit sector experience. In 2005 international health vo...Journalists: Register now for CHEST 2007 in Chicago
... ... Complimentary registration to CHEST 2007, wh...Polish journalist scoops first prize in prestigious European award
... The standard of this years entries was very high, with nominations received for journalists from Belgium, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switz...SAGE to publish British Journal of Infection Control
... As the worlds fifth largest journals publisher, SAGE has continued to invest in a flourishing STM publishing programme to complement its established reputation as the market leader in the social sciences. SAGE publishes over 460 journals, over 150 of which are in the science, technical and medical fields, including influential publications such...News briefs from the journal Chest, June 2007
... New research suggests that changes in atmospheric pressure, which often occur during storms, may be related to idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax (ISP) or collapsed lung. During a 4-year period, French and Italian researchers studied the relationship between ISP occurrence and meteorologic conditions in Bologna, Italy. Atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature were obtained for each day...International Workshop on Cities, Science and Sustainability
Institutions and individuals from developing countries are invited to take part in a UN-sponsored international workshop examining successful approaches that address issues related to cities, science and sustainability. The workshop is planned for 20 to 22 September 2007 and will be held in Trieste, Italy. ... ... The aim is to highlight initiatives where the application of science, technology,...Dartmouth's alternative breast imaging techniques sort abnormal from normal tissue
... The interdisciplinary team includes researchers from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering and Dartmout...Cedars-Sinai researchers present new endocrine findings at 2 international conferences
... At The Endocrine Society meeting, Shlomo Melmed, M.D., director of the Burns and Allen Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and one of the worlds experts on human growth hormone and the pituitary gland, will be presenting The Year in Pituitary, an overview of new research in the field including innovative insights lin...International journal group updates guidelines on registration of clinical trials
... ... The revised ICMJE policy now says: ... ... In addition to accepting registration in any of the five existing registries, the ICMJE will accept registrati...Chamomile tea and lotion causing internal bleeding in patient on anti-coagulant medication
MONTREAL--Researchers at the MUHC in Montreal have documented a severe case of internal hemorrhaging in a patient that drank chamomile tea and used chamomile lotion while taking anti-coagulant medication for a heart condition. The 70-year old patient was admitted to the MUHC ER in Montreal after using chamomile to help soothe her sore throat. The case published in the Canadian Medical Association...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 4, 2006
3 Annals of Internal Medicine Articles and an Editorial Look at How Well Americans and Their Doctors Are Controlling Chronic Diseases...... ...... According to a new study, diabetes care in the past 10 years has improved, but, still, two in five people with diabetes have poor control of cholesterol, one in three have poor blood pressure control and one in five has poor control of blood sugar leve...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, Feb. 21, 2006 issue
... ...In this study of more than 4,000 patients who were experiencing coronary heart disease for the first time, patients who were taking statin or b-blocker drugs were more likely to be diagnosed with angina than myocardial infarction or to die from sudden death (Article, p. 229). ... ...Angina is a more stable, more controllable and lower risk form of heart disease. Statins are drugs used to...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Oct. 18, 2005
...... The Oct. 18 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine describes two new diabetes treatments: exenatide, an injected drug; and inhaled insulin. Both treatments have pluses and minuses and were tested on people with type 2 diabetes who were already taking two oral blood-sugar-lowering drugs but whose levels were not under control.... ... A 26-week trial comparing benefits and harms of exenatide...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October 2005 (second issue)
... ...Californians who live close to naturally occurring asbestos source rocks and who are exposed to low levels of the mineral are at increased risk for malignant mesothelioma, a serious cancer of the pleural membrane covering the lungs, according to a new study. ... ...For the research, investigators looked at 2,908 malignant mesothelioma cases reported over a 10-year period. Over 50 percen...PLoS announces open access journal for all clinical trials, positive or negative
San Francisco, USA, October 18, 2005 - The Public Library of Science (PLoS) today announces PLoS Clinical Trials, an innovative new journal devoted to peer-reviewing and publishing reports of randomized clinical trials in all areas of healthcare ( ). ... ...The journal differs from other medical journals in one crucial respect. It will publish all trials that are ethically and scientifically so...Hopkins scientist to direct international studies of antibiotic as new treatment for tuberculosis
A Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert will lead two international studies of the effectiveness of the antibiotic moxifloxacin as a new treatment for tuberculosis, the highly contagious bacterial disease that kills more than 2 million people worldwide each year and is the leading cause of death of people living with HIV and AIDS. Moxifloxacin is currently approved in more than 100 countries,...MUHC-led international team identifies gene responsible for blindness in infants and children
... This discovery has the potential to fast-track a cure for this disease, says lead investigator Dr. Robert Koenekoop, director of the McGill Ocular Genetics Centre at the MUHC. Our main research goal is to identify all the genes responsible for congenital blindness in...Radium-223: An alternative treatment for prostate cancer
... Patients who have HRPC often have involvement of bone marrow, leading to symptoms such bone pain, spinal-cord compression and pathological fracture. Existing bone-targeted treatments, such as use of the...Highlights from the June 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... ... Research to date has been inconclusive on whether drinking sugar-sweetened beverages between meals increases childrens risk of becoming overweight. Researchers...Journal Sleep: Advanced cancer patients have less quality sleep
... The study, conducted by Kyriaki Mystakidou, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Athens, Greece, was completed by 102 patients with an average age of 62.8 years and who had stage four cancer. The subjects, who were subsequently followed for up to 10 months, were administered self-rated questionnaires, including an evaluation...Journal Sleep: Longer CPAP use at night can normalize one's daytime functioning
... The study, conducted by Terri E. Weaver, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, focused on 149 patients with severe OSA at seven sleep centers in the United States and Canada. Before treatment and again after three months of CPAP, the participants completed a day of testing that included measures of daytime sleepiness and...International studies show high efficacy for HPV vaccine
... In the current and largest study to date, researchers combined and analyzed the data from four randomized trials that involved 20,583 women ages 15 to 26 from more than two dozen countries across Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. Participants were ra...Poorer countries could struggle to implement new International Health Regulations
... ... Countries are obliged to nominate a national focal point to communicate detailed public-health information to the World Health Organisation, including case definitions, number of cases and deaths and conditions affecting the spread of the disease. WHO would then decide i...Chinese space agency joins the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'
... China National Space Administration (CNSA) Administrator Prof. Dr Sun Laiyan signed the Charter on 24 May at ESA headquarters in Paris, France, in the presence of ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and CNES Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Yannick d'Escatha. ..."The International Charter Space and Majo...WFU to host international conference of physicists
... Scintillators are substances, generally crystals, that emit pulses of light when they absorb high-energy radiation such as gamma rays. Improvements in scintillator crystals are yielding not only important findings in high-energy particle research and astrophysics but timely and practical applications in oil exploration, med...Pioneering UK skin researchers achieve international quality standard
... ... "ISO 17025 accreditation is testame...Clinical trial data for Perforomist Inhalation Solution presented at International ATS Conference
Napa, CA (May 21, 2007) -- Data presented at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) demonstrate that Perforomist (formoterol fumarate) Inhalation Solution, delivered by nebulization, is an effective and well-tolerated new treatment option for patients suffering from emphysema or chronic bronchitis, otherwise known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). "Ne...Targeted nanoparticles incorporating siRNA offer promise for cancer treatment
The use of targeted nanoparticles offers promising techniques for cancer treatment. Researchers in the laboratory of Mark E. Davis at the California Institute of Technology have been using small interfering RNA (siRNA), sometimes known as silencing RNA, to "silence" specific genes that are implicated in certain malignancies. One of the primary challenges associated with this type of therapy is d...International cooperation boosts EarthCARE
... The workshop, held at ESA-ESTEC in the Netherlands on 7-9 May 2007, followed the deadline for industry to submit proposals for design consolidation, construction, launch and commissioning of the EarthCARE sa...... ... The Cogan Award is presented annually in recognition of a researcher, 40 years of age or younger, who has made important and worthwhile contributions to research in ophthalmology or visual science that are d...Alternative hormone treatment could help fight against breast cancer
... Luteinising hormone is produced in the pituitary gland and stimulates ovulation and the production of oestrogen. LHRH agonists are molecules which mimic the action of luteinising Hormone by binding to the same receptors within the pituitary gland and thereby block the signal for ovarian production of oestroge...New update of international health system comparisons: US continues to lag on most measures
... Another new Commonwealth Fund report comparing health spending data in industrialized nations published today reveals that despite spending more than twice as much per capita on health c...... ... ... Prescriber profiling was developed through interactions by the industry with active participation by practicing physicians and their organizations. For example, the American Medical...