Off-label and untested use of drug-coated stents appears widespread
...jamamedia.org .) Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other author...jamamedia.org .) Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financia...HCV patients survival after liver transplantation is not improving
...nged without any obvious explanations." Another article in the same issue of Liver Transplantation by Luca Belli of Niguarda Hospital in Milan includes observations from another group of HCV positive patients who received liver transplants between January 1990 and December 2002. They noted a trend for bet...Breastfeeding and good fats help new moms fight depression
...help new moms fight depression, according to a new article published in the most recent issue of the Internat...nter. Kendall-Tackett presents her findings in the article "A New Paradigm for Depression in New Mothers: The Central Role of Inflammation and How Breastfeedin...Doctors ill equipped to confront parent smoking
...t secondhand smoke-related issues, according to an article in the May issue of The Journal of Pediatrics. Part of the issue is teaching medical residents (physicians in training) to advise smoking parents at every patient visit. Consider every message as a dose of advice that in the long run could promot...Racial disparities in treatment of patients with cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension
...ation for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is also available online via Wiley Interscience ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/hepatology ). Liver disease is very common in the United States and as it progresses, patients develop portal hypertension-related complications, such as va...Researchers urge caution in using ESAs for cancer-related anemia
...The Oncologist, published by AlphaMed Press. The article by Dr. Terence R. Lappin and colleagues of Queen's University, Belfast, cites evidence that using ESAs to treat non-chemotherapy-related anemia in cancer patients could increase the risk of death, thromboembolic events, and perhaps even cancer growth...Molecular marker may help identify pancreatic cancer, and possibly predict survival time
...r patients with pancreatic cancer, according to an article in the May 2 issue of JAMA. Pancreatic cancer is...w.jamamedia.org ) Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financia...Study raises new treatment possibilities for cognitive disorders
...nia, Alzheimer's disease and ADHD, according to an article published today in the online version of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The compounds target receptors in the brain that are activated by nicotine. They impart the beneficial effects of nicotine specifically enhanced cognitio...JCI table of contents: May 1, 2007
...il: kathy.giacomini@ucsf.edu View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=30558 ...il: marc_reitman@merck.com View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=32133 DERMATOLOGY One genetic mutation heals anot...New prostate cancer treatment wins operations research award for Sloan-Kettering
...tate cancer care alone. As reported in a recent article by Dr. Michael Zelefsky and his colleagues at Sloan-Kettering, "real-time intraoperative planning consistently achieved optimal coverage of the prostate with the prescription dose with concomitant low doses delivered to the urethra and rectum. Bioche...Exercise science principles strengthen swallowing rehabilitation
...gain the ability to swallow, according to a review article authored by Dr. Burkhead available online in the scientific journal Dysphagia at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00455-006-9074-z. "At present, there remain more questions than answers regarding how to most effectively and efficiently approach dysphagi...Decision making by the growing elderly population is uncharted territory
...r situations where it is not needed." The review article looked at basic information processes and mechanisms that have been studied around the world, using a dual-process approach. One process involves how people think their way through information; the other focuses on how they feel their way through it....New treatment for fungus which causes thrush and sepsis
...But the new drug has fewer side effects, claims an article published Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet. Infections caused by Candida fungi have become increasingly prevalent in recent years, and problems associated with long established treatments are well known. Researchers led by Oliver C...ACP supports new bill to promote adoption of health information technology
...alth Records in Solo or Small Group Practices," an article in the September/October 2005 issue of Health Affairs magazine, the acquisition cost for an electronic health records (EHR) system averaged $44,000 per physician. This initial cost, combined with the ongoing average annual cost of $8,500 per physicia...Malaria-infected mice cured by 1 dose of new drug
...chool of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins. An article about the team's work is slated to appear on the Web on April 17 in the ASAP section of The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Go here: http://tinyurl.com/3cwg3a "We are disclosing, for the first time, the curative activity of a new generation of co...Smoking ban dramatically reduces air pollution in Irish pubs
...ean Respiratory Society in Brussels, wrote: "The article by Drs. Clancy and colleagues adds to the evidence from other studies that what smoke-free advocates have said all along is true: Comprehensive smoking bans in bars dramatically reduce the levels of fine-particulate matter, chemicals and gases in the...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 17, 2007
... as long as they perceive a benefit." Note: This article is the subject of a video news release. Call for c...what kind of review each activity requires. (The article and editorial are published online, www.annals.org , beginning April 17, 2007. They will be availab...Study suggests use of stem cell transplantation is beneficial treatment of type 1 diabetes
...ww.jamamedia.org ) Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc. Editorial: Cellular Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes - Has the Time Come? In an accompanying editorial, J...Arsenic in chicken feed may pose health risks to humans, C&EN reports
...ckens that are raised on the feed, according to an article in the April 9 issue of Chemical & Engineering New...es can lead to partial paralysis and diabetes, the article notes. Use of roxarsone has become a topic of increasing controversy. A growing number of food su......d uses in medicine, scientists are reporting in an article scheduled for the April 4 issue of the Journal of ...illions of dollars in investments, according to an article scheduled for the April 9 issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS weekly newsmagazine. Th...