Long-term data on safety and effectiveness of antiobesity drugs needed
...their risks, state the authors of a New Drug Class article in this week's issue of The Lancet. The International Obesity Task Force estimates that more than 300 million individuals worldwide are obese and an additional 800 million are overweight. Antiobesity treatment is recommended for selected patients ...Safety experts ill-equipped to handle nanotechnology in workplace
...ust released by Cleanroom Technology magazine. The article is available in the magazine's December 2006 / January 2007 issue and is freely available online: http://www.cleanroom-technology.co.uk Last year, nanotechnology was incorporated into $30 billion in manufactured goods--a number predicted to grow ...Methamphetamine use increases risks of artery tears and stroke
...ajor neck artery tears and stroke, according to an article published in the December 26, 2006, issue of Neuro...member of the American Academy of Neurology. The article reviewed the cases of two women, ages 36 and 29, who had sudden onset of speech difficulty and weakn...Do we need a world health insurance to realize the right to health?
...nable to reach this spending on their own. "Our article is an exercise to show that it is possible to implement the obligation to provide assistance, and that this would change the debates about sustainability," commented Ooms. ...Psychological treatments improve outcomes for back pain sufferers
...cut Healthcare System. The review, part of a new article series, appears in the January issue of the journal Health Psychology. Each evidence-based review centers on a specific psychological assessment or treatment conducted in the context of a physical disease process or risk reduction effort. To evalua...Exercise enhances seniors' physical, mental functioning
...ncrease production of new brain neurons. Another article shows that a structured exercise program may boost the physical well-being of sedentary seniors who are at risk of losing independent functioning. This particular conclusion was drawn from the recent Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elder...Workers' compensation ratings don't accurately predict disabilities
...ajority of the workers' compensation budget. The article concludes that "the pattern of results suggests that race/ethnicity and other sociodemographic factors influence medical decision making and the outcomes of medical care." Furthermore, the flaws in the system "are not distributed evenly" but "are vi...High levels of blindness in southern Sudan following years of war
...e articles in the same issue of PLoS Medicine. One article discusses the possibility that the methods used in these (and other) health surveys could over-estimate the level of blindness....Involvement of the amygdala in systemic lupus erythematosus
...mune system and the brain. A related perspective article by Betty Diamond and Bruce Volpe discusses the findings further. Citation: Emmer BJ, van der Grond G, Steup-Beekman GM, Huizinga TWJ, van Buchem MA (2006) Selective involvement of the amygdala in systemic lupus erythematosus. PLoS Med 3(12): e499. ...Incontinence sufferers have lower quality of life
Iowa City, IA. December 15, 2006 - An article published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology highlights the ongoing debate over whether testing is necessary prior to diagnosis and treatment of patients with fecal incontinence (FI), the involuntary discharge of bowel contents. FI sufferers...Options improving for patients with acromegaly and gigantism, says endocrinology expert
...rom a condition called acromegaly, according to an article published in today's issue of the New England Jour... of the pituitary gland. He wrote a similar review article 16 years ago, published in the same journal in 1990. "There have been remarkable advances in the th...Study finds gender differences related to eating and body image
...the December issue of Communication Research in an article titled, "Womens and Mens Eating Behavior Following Exposure to Ideal-Body Images and Text." Harrison, who has focused her scholarly research on issues of nutrition and eating, perceptions of ideal-body weight and the impact of media on them, random...Greater cooperation needed for advancement of stem cell research
...evelopments over the past two decades. However, an article in the journal, Artificial Organs, suggests that many challenges must be overcome before regenerative medicine is accepted as a viable science. Though the past decade has seen significant achievements in certain applications of regenerative medici...Obesity linked to acid reflux disease
..., Calif. - December 12, 2006 -- According to a new article in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GRD), more commonly known as, acid reflux, is linked to obesity. Since (GRD) is strongly associated with more serious conditions, such as esophageal ulcers and cancer, weig...Folic acid supplementation does not appear to reduce risk of cardiovascular diseases
... suggested in some research, according to a review article in the December 13 issue of JAMA. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States and worldwide, accounting for 30.9 percent of deaths world-wide and 10.3 percent of the global burden of disease. Of all deaths in th...Hospital performance measures may not accurately reflect quality of care or predict patient outcomes
...the Department of Veterans Affairs. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc. Commentary: Performance Measures and Clinical Outcomes In an accompanying commentary, Susan D. Horn, ...Treating prostate cancer in elderly men associated with longer survival, compared to non-treatment
...stions, according to background information in the article Yu-Ning Wong, M.D., of the Fox Chase Cancer Cent....jamamedia.org .) Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financia...Doctors' extended duration work shifts are associated with medical errors and adverse events
...r post-graduate medical education. A Perspective article by Mariana Szklo-Coxe, from the University of Wisconsin, who was not involved in the study, discusses the findings further....Not ready to quit? Try cutting back
BURLINGTON, Vt. In a review article in the December Nicotine and Tobacco Research, researchers at the University of Vermont have found an unexpected, effective alternative to motivate smokers to quit smoking cutting back. According to the qualitative review of 19 studies on smoking re......re than 5,500 survey responses. The authors of the article developed the surveys, which were administered by Zogby International. The surveys defined nanotechnology as involving "human-designed materials or machines at extremely small sizes that have unique chemical, physical, electrical or other properties....