Conventional prognostic factors fail to explain better prostate cancer survival in most Asian men
Prognostic factors commonly used by clinicians to assess men with prostate cancer do not adequately predict survival outcomes in Asian men living in America, according to the first comprehensive ethnic analysis of Asian-American men with prostate cancer. Published in the September 15, 2007 issue of CANCER...... company hopes to begin critical Phase 2 trials to assess the efficacy of the drug in acne sufferers next year. Depending on the results, the drug could either be formulated as a stand-alone topical treatment or more likely in combination with other existing treatments. The company has already been in talks...Patient-centered approach can backfire
...d adapt their own style to match it. Another idea: assess doctors' and patients' attitudes toward healthcare roles and use that information to match caregivers and patients. "When you see a physician, you are routinely asked a lot of background information already, often including patient preferences such...Chinese children with hearing devices benefit from new speech test
...els the Early Speech Perception (ESP) test used to assess English-speaking pediatric cochlear implant users throughout North America. The MESP is the first norm-referenced, objective, standardized and recorded speech test in Mandarin for assessment of hearing impaired children 2-5 years of age. The House ...Drug interactions with warfarin
...hysicians should be aware of these risks to better assess their patients therapeutic riskbenefit profiles. In a related commentary, David Juurlink PhD explains the main drug interactions with the anticoagulant warfarin....News briefs from the journal Chest, August 2007
... daily for 3 days, and polysomnography was used to assess apnea severity before and after diuretic treatment. After 3 days, researchers found significant improvement in sleep-disordered breathing and an increase in upper airway caliber. They also reported a substantial decrease in patients body weight and b...Anemia and tropical diseases; Is pharmacogenomics ready for the clinic?
... weeks press release: Could anemia be used to assess the burden and control of neglected tropical disea...ICINE MAGAZINE SECTION: Could anemia be used to assess the burden and control of neglected tropical diseases" In this week's PLoS Medicine, a team of re...1 of 2 pediatric kidney disease research centers in world established
...ide physicians with new ways to treat patients and assess effectiveness, while clinical observations will help us learn more about kidney disease and provide data that could spark new investigations. This fits in with NIHs focus on a bench-to-bedside approach to translational research as a way of expediting...Chromatin remodeling complex connected to DNA damage control
...point genes temporarily halt a cell's division and assess its DNA. The "fire" is either doused by DNA repair or by programmed destruction of the cell. The ATM/ATR kinases are known to regulate DNA repair and checkpoint pathways, Shen explains, by attaching phosphate groups to other proteins involved in da...Preventive treatments in elderly people needs rethinking
...lieve that a more sophisticated model is needed to assess preventive treatment in the elderly that takes a wider perspective when balancing potential harms against putative benefits. We should not carry on extrapolating data from younger populations and using linear models that use absolute risks of disea...Diet foods for children may lead to obesity
...ed on a variety of taste-related cues to correctly assess the energy value of their food. "The use of diet food and drinks from an early age into adulthood may induce overeating and gradual weight gain through the taste conditioning process that we have described," Pierce said. Pierce added that his te...It's time to look at health risks in a new light, authors say
... have found a fresh way to help the average reader assess common health risks. Their findings are describe...scientists, it should not be used by the public to assess the risks and benefits of screening tests. Far more weight should be given to absolute risk reductio...Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...sten to their experiences of working together, and assess whether their real-life stories suggest the working relationship is productive or obstructive. Medical students should be taught about management earlier in their education, with the curriculum embedding the notion that management is core busine...RAND, Health Dialog form alliance to create tools to evaluate health-care quality and efficiency
...into the future. With them we can more effectively assess the quality and efficiency of care offered through providers and payers and ultimately, to consumers and their families. The RAND QAScoresTM were derived from RANDs landmark study of the quality of health care in the United States published in late...Statin drugs may delay progressive artery damage in children
...and the placebo group switched to pravastatin. To assess the drugs effectiveness, the team used ultrasound to measure intima media thickness (IMT) in the carotid artery in the neck. IMT is the combined thickness of the intima and media, two layers of the artery wall. Carotid IMT is widely accepted as a st...University hospitals wins multiple national IT awards for electronic patient data bank
...em-wide so that a physician at one UH facility can assess the information for a patient admitted at another UH facility. Before the Physician Portal, physicians relied on multiple data resources, and physicians at one hospital could not access patient data from other institutions within University Hospit...Landmark study finds adult Delawareans with disabilities in only 'fair' to 'poor' health
...archers. The two-year study, one of the first to assess the health of Delaware adults with all types of disabilities, including physical, sensory, cognitive, and learning impairments, is a key component of the Healthy Delawareans with Disabilities 2010 Project of Delaware Health and Social Services' Divis...Nonsmall cell lung cancer -- chemotherapy before surgery appears better than surgery alone
...in all trials is ongoing and will be able to fully assess the value of this treatment....Study finds HIV protease inhibitor drugs may adversely affect the scaffolding of the cell nucleus
...ts. In future studies, the UCLA team would like to assess the biochemical and pathological side effects of the HIV protease inhibitors in humans taking these medications. Ultimately, we would like to further explore why some HIV protease inhibitor-treated patients develop side effects while others do not,...UT study reveals inaccuracies in cardiac PET-CT imaging, finds fixes
... in the heart muscle, he said. Its the best way to assess and direct management of heart disease. Unfortunately, according to Gould, the redesigned software is not generally commercially available at this time. Gould also says, This medical product is out there on the market, and physicians and their pati...