Sutent achieves first line EAU approval for kidney cancer
...ild or moderate. The most common treatment-related adverse events of anygrade were fatigue, gastrointestinal ...oportion of patients with treatment-related severe adverse events (grade 3 and 4)was relatively low in both groups (sunitinib malate vs. IFNα).2 In additi...Emergency responses greatly increase risk to firefighters of dying on duty from heart disease
...ed heart disease with on-duty CHD events and other adverse outcomes. "We hope that our study will reinforce efforts in the firefighting community to improve their health and wellness programs. We also hope that these striking results will make physicians who care for firefighters, such as internists and ca...Synthetic production of potential pharmaceuticals dramatically simplified by Scripps research team
...ty of their own that must be controlled to prevent adverse reactions. Protecting groups are almost always a direct result of an inability to address selectivity in synthesis, says project leader Phil Baran, a chemist with The Scripps Research Institute. It is ironic that they often add an additional layer...LIALDA -- the first oral once-daily mesalamine for ulcerative colitis -- now available
...IALDA is generally well tolerated. The majority of adverse events in the double-blind, placebo-controlled tri... trials (N=535), the most common treatment-related adverse events with LIALDA 2.4g/day, 4.8g/day and placebo were headache (5.6 percent, 3.4 percent and 0.6 pe...Uninsured often receive less medical care, take longer to improve after sudden health change
...lem of no insurance for U.S. individuals will have adverse health consequences. Moreover, the fact that these consequences apply to uninsured individuals who experienced unintentional injuries or new chronic conditions runs counter to the perception that the uninsured receive care, either through the safety ...Comparison of 4 diet plans shows better outcomes for diet with lowest carbohydrate intake
...able than the other diet groups. "Concerns about adverse metabolic effects of the Atkins diet were not substantiated within the 12-month study period. It could not be determined whether the benefits were attributable specifically to the low carbohydrate intake vs. other aspects of the diet (e.g., high prot...PET imaging identifies aggressive kidney cancers that require surgery
...n was well tolerated with no side effects or other adverse events related to the agent. According to the authors, G250 PET may ultimately be used not only to determine the aggressiveness and extent of a patients disease prior to any surgical intervention, but also to measure the therapeutic effects of a pa...American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine investigates strategies for controlling heart disease
...y since controlling the risks carries virtually no adverse side effects, fits perfectly with the mission of the new American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine of looking at both the medical and the lifestyle aspects of disease management. The article, "Lifestyle Medicine Strategies for Risk Factor Reduction, ...Medical, IT, engineering experts form advisory panel for electronic health record safety
...d want to minimize the risk that EHR use will have adverse effects." "The EHR Safety Institute's mission is to ensure that no patient is harmed by the use of an EHR," Walker said. "Our advisory board represents many of the country's leading experts on EHR safety. We look forward to raising awareness, filli...Most children in US hospitals receive medicines off-label
...ufficiently studied in children has contributed to adverse outcomes, which have been documented in the medical literature," said Dr. Shah. "We hope that by better defining the magnitude of off-label drug use, our study may help encourage greater cooperation among industry, academia and government in carrying...Reactions to 'false-positive' prostate cancer screenings assessed
...e expected to benefit from treatment, even a small adverse effect of apparently false-positive results on cancer-related worry and quality of life could have a substantial impact on public health," said Katz, who also is a staff physician and researcher with the Department of Veterans Affairs Iowa City Healt...Steroid use fails to boost pregnancy rates in infertility treatments
.... Moreover, we dont know enough about the possible adverse effects of glucocorticoids in early pregnancy. Therefore, at present, glucocorticoids should not be prescribed in this way, said Boomsma, a researcher at the University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands. The review appears in the most recen...American College of Physicians commends MedPAC support for physician-directed care coordination
...pen without the complexities and likely unintended adverse consequences for beneficiaries of other forms of spending targets, either at a national or regional level." ACP concluded its letter by urging Congress to give careful consideration to the MedPAC report and to specifically enact changes in Medicare...Garlic does not appear to lower cholesterol levels
...olesterol ratioalso remained the same. No serious adverse events occurred, although bad body and breath odor were reported to occur often or almost always by 28 participants (57 percent) in the raw garlic group. "The results of this trial should not be generalized to other populations or health effects....Depression increases health risks in heart failure patients
...t the extent to which depression is related to the adverse medical outcomes independent of known medical risk factors," said James Blumenthal, Ph.D., co-author of the study and a clinical psychologist at Duke. The researchers reported the results Monday in the Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 edition of the Archives ...Learning to prevent medical mistakes in caring for stroke patients
ST. PAUL, Minn Medical errors and adverse events can happen in patients with stroke, and hos... the study, researchers analyzed provider-reported adverse events and errors within a voluntary and mandatory event reporting system in stroke patients admitte...Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk
...Thus, women taking these supplements need not fear adverse cardiovascular consequences while protecting their bone health." Calcium/vitamin D supplementation and cardiovascular events Contact information: Judith Hsia, M.D., George Washington University, (202) 741-2323, jhsia@mfa.gwu.edu . (Please do not ...Sleep disturbances affect classroom performance
...ESTER, Ill. -- As a night of bad sleep can have an adverse effect on an adults performance at work the next day, an insufficient amount of rest can also have a negative impact on how well middle or high school students perform in the classroom. A study published in the February 15th issue of the Journal of ...Medicare payment cuts will accelerate primary care collapse
...stainable -- and is certain to have a multitude of adverse effects. "This Medicare payment cut will cause severe access problems and will stand in the way of achieving long-standing and fundamental reforms in physician payment policy to support quality improvement and patient-centered primary and principal...Effectiveness of over-the-counter decongestant questioned in new study
...ther these higher doses could increase the risk of adverse effects such as increases in blood pressure or heart rate in some patients. Phenylephrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine were declared safe and effective for nonprescription use by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1976. Since then,...