Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
... daily oral doses can be problematic, and clinical acceptance and utility of oral naltrexone have been limited. James C. Garbutt, M.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C., and colleagues conducted a study to determine the efficacy and safety of a new formulation, which releases naltrexone ...Better referral training for emergency doctors helps improve patient care
...ting patients, and education of the specialties on acceptance of referrals. These recommendations were implemented at the Lister Hospital with positive results and there has been widespread support for the new approach. Teaching for EM junior medical staff is now focused on this area. The topic of referrals no...Studies suggest that donation criteria can be expanded
...gest that it may be possible to expand the current acceptance criteria for deceased donors, which could signific... success rates using organs at the outer limits of acceptance criteria, which Stratta refers to as organs from "extreme" donors. The researchers found that patien...'Watch and wait' - a shift in approach to kids' ear infections
...nd 34 percent would besatisfied. There was greater acceptance of the technique amongparents with more education, with a greater knowledge aboutantibiotics, or who feel included in medical decisions. "Parents will be hearing more about the option of initially observingear infections. This study shows there is a ...Vaginal cancer detected more often with PET than CT scans
...ies such as this one play an essential role in CMS acceptance of new procedures. "In 1999, we began publishing papers showing that PET scans picked up more cancerous lymph nodes in patients with cervical cancer," Grigsby says. "Armed with data from these kinds of studies, I went to Washington in 2003 to petiti...Global survey reveals personal impact of bipolar disorder
...ly serves to create a climate of fear that lessens acceptance by local communities"....Largest study to date reveals baseline findings for flexible sigmoidoscopy
...exible sigmoidoscopy, perhaps reflecting a growing acceptance of screening for colorectal cancer." Colorectal cancer is a worldwide public health problem. In the United States, colorectal cancer accounts for 11 percent of all cancers, with 145,290 new cases and 56,290 deaths expected in 2005. For patients with ...Time under general anesthesia associated with postoperative complications in head and neck surgery
...days in females. "Our findings support the growing acceptance that age, in and of itself, is not a risk factor for major head and neck surgery. Care should be taken to carefully control preoperative comorbid conditions and offer the appropriate medical care," the authors write. "TUGA showed a statistically sig...Surgery is favored treatment for severe hemorrhoids
...eview found no significant difference in patients' acceptance of each technique, "implying patients' preference for complete long-term cure of symptoms" despite the pain and higher risk of complications following surgery. Rubber band ligation, or RBL, involves a rubber band placed around the base of the hemorr...National Institutes of Health accept clinical study of Zestra(TM) for women
...5 -- QualiLife Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces the acceptance of its expanded 2005 clinical trial of Zestra TM by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This Phase 3 type study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Zestra TM compared to placebo oil in 200 women diagnosed with acquired mixed interest/des...Coping with multiple chronic conditions
...ove care for patients with chronic conditions--and acceptance of these reforms by physicians in initial program trials has been slow. For example, Anderson said, paying doctors to complete electronic medical records would exceed $4 billion annually, but the cost would be far outweighed by the decrease in duplic...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 3
...Combined injectable contraceptives find high early acceptance Providing safe and effective contraception by injecting a mixture of progestins and oestrogens causes fewer side-effects than injecting progesterone-like chemicals alone. Some women prefer not to take a contraceptive pill every day. For this reason ...Arts program provides services, guidance to HIV/AIDS patients
... inevitably follow, from despair and depression to acceptance and healing. Kellman, who has joint appointments .... And that's valid. It's like the mother's gaze -- acceptance of a person and what they produce." Last fall, the fruits of the participants' creative labors -- pa...Medical students at risk for influence from pharmaceutical companies' marketing efforts
...nts at a variety of medical schools and indicating acceptance of the value of drug company-sponsored gifts and activities. Research should focus on evaluating methods to limit these experiences and affect the development of these attitudes, with a goal of ensuring that physicians' decisions are based solely on ...Wheelchair technology & spinal cord injury
... This study investigates the performance and user acceptance of a low-impact wheelchair pushrim. A low-impact p...nd an optimal level of shock absorption where user acceptance was high and impact was reduced. The results of this study have shown that low-impact wheelchair pro...Use of pulmonary artery catheterization does not show benefit for severe heart failure patients
...ur meta-analysis shows that despite the widespread acceptance of the PAC, use of this device across a variety of clinical circumstances in critically ill patients does not improve survival or decrease the number of days hospitalized. These results suggest that the PAC should not be used for the routine treatme...Federal grant to expand MCG pipeline programs for minorities
...he MCAT score is one of several considerations for acceptance into most medical schools. "Students need to start thinking about what they need to do prepare for medical school and developing those skills early on, even before they go to college," Ms. James said. "Students with educationally disadvantaged backgr...Corticosteroids often used in treatment of infectious mononucleosis
...the authors write. "Despite consistent and uniform acceptance in the medical literature that SCT in the setting of IM [infectious mononucleosis] should be reserved for patients with impending airway obstruction, corticosteroids continue to be used on a much broader scale at this tertiary care institution," the ...Dalai Lama, top scientists to discuss science & clinical applications of meditation
...has been a driving force in the new and widespread acceptance of meditation in the West. Adam Engle, Chairman and co-founder with the Dalai Lama of the Mind & Life Institute, said, "Various applications of meditation have already made their way into the mainstream of medicine and psychiatry in the treatment of ......e. Main predictors of adherence included patients' acceptance of the disease process and treatment recommendation, knowledge about and faith in the treatment, effective patient-clinician interaction, and routine drug therapy. Main predictors of nonadherence included patients being confused about medication and ...