Studies on HRT for breast cancer patients can give false hopes
...e of breast cancer in patients taking HRT, but the authors of today's study feel that this is not a reliable ... in patients taking HRT. Patients and doctors, the authors conclude, should base their decision on randomised controlled trials, as these "provide the only rel...U.S. ranks highest worldwide in use of high-tech imaging
...r Orthopedic Institute in New York, and one of the authors of the study. On the other hand, the U.S. had ...tlier among wealthier nations, he noted. The study authors did not specifically research reasons for the global differences, but "who is paying for the studies...Stanford bioethicists want stronger protections for women donating eggs for stem cell research
...t egg donors don't quite fit this mold either, the authors note. Research subjects get some benefit from their participation whereas egg donors never get anything in return for their risk - stem cell research has yet to medically benefit a single person. What's more, when researchers use tissues that are ano...World Bank and IMF preventing transfer of foreign aid to HIV/AIDS programmes
...omparable amount must be cut from the budget. The authors use the situation in Uganda as an example of the e... Tuberculosis and Malaria had been disbursed. The authors comment: "[The existence of public health expenditure ceilings] reveals the dark underside of the in...Premature use of stem cell therapy could put patients at risk
...to recipient, and reporting of adverse events. The authors suggest a novel alternative approach whereby the expanded stem cell lines themselves could be tested for a variety of pathogens before they are released. This would provide an additional safety step and provide an alternative in the armamentarium for...Boys, too, suffer long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse
...blem. In addition, statistical methods allowed the authors to isolate the effects of sexual abuse from those of other childhood stressors that may occur simultaneously, such as emotional or physical abuse. The questionnaire asked participants if the sexual abuse involved intercourse or inappropriate touching...Chest CT can be first step to identifying if patient has had a heart attack
...Albert Einstein College of Medicine and one of the authors of the study. Previous studies, not performed in a clinical setting, had indicated that normal heart muscle enhances (shows up brighter on the CT image) when contrast enhanced CT is performed, said Dr. Haramati. This proved true in the clinical setti...Study finds benefits, less organ rejection using immunosuppressive combination for heart transplants
...nfections, were found in the TAC/SRL group. The authors concluded that in heart transplant patients, TAC/M...nd an improved side effect profile. Other study authors included Dr. Leslie W. Miller, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Dr. Stuart D. Russell, John...Surgery no better than rehabilitation for low back pain
...otential risk and additional cost of surgery. The authors conclude that there is no clear evidence that spin...tion group, a significant difference of 3304. The authors conclude that a policy of spinal fusion surgery as first line therapy for chronic low back pain seem...The anatomy of sarcasm: Researchers reveal how the brain handles this complex communication
...s, empathic response and emotion recognition. The authors write, "Understanding sarcasm requires both the ability to understand the speaker's belief about the listener's belief and the ability to identify emotions." The findings highlight the importance of lesion size in sub-regions of the frontal lobe be...Obesity is risk factor for aggressive prostate cancer
...r treated with (radical prostatectomy)," the study authors concluded. "Severely and moderately obese patients were at higher risk of failure than mildly obese patients," with risks two to three times that of slimmer patients. The new study exploring the relationship between the size of the prostate gland an...Lifestyle, rather than fetal or childhood factors, critical for adult bone health
...and accounted for 25% of the variation in BMD. The authors conclude that while "birthweight does seem to influence skeletal growth, adult lifestyle and body size seem to be the most important determinants of bone health in middle age in this cohort." Cutting the risk of poor bone health in middle age means a...International medical journals amplify call for registration of drug trials
...ditorial was a wake-up call for researchers, trial authors and sponsors. This editorial reaffirms our intent ...ention is under study. The editorial also advises authors not to "use meaningless phrases to describe key information." Christine Laine, MD, senior deputy ed...A diet high in milk may cut heart disease and stroke risk
...en who had started out drinking full fat milk. The authors suggest that milk has had something of a bad press in respect of its impact on cholesterol, and they conclude: "The present perception of milk as harmful, in increasing cardiovascular risk, should be challenged, and every effort should be made to res...Breastfeeding as good for children's blood pressure as exercise and salt restriction
...ect of duration of exclusive breastfeeding led the authors to conclude that breastfeeding is directly related to lower systolic blood pressure. "The magnitude of the effect we found with blood pressure is comparable to the published effects of salt restriction and physical activity on blood pressure in adult...New playground equipment safer
...ment, based on a database of incident reports. The authors found that the injury rate decreased in the 86 sch...uipment were most recently revised in 1998 and the authors state that these standards are an effective tool in identifying hazardous playground equipment. Furt...Study finds drug works against scleroderma lung disease
... University of California, Los Angeles, one of the authors of the new study on the drug. Although previous studies have suggested that cyclophosphamide may benefit people suffering from scleroderma, this study, known as the Scleroderma Lung Study, is the first large, randomized, controlled trial to study the...Patients at high risk of stroke may need to continue warfarin after heart rhythm is controlled
...of AF but who are presumably in sinus rhythm," the authors conclude. "Anticoagulation therapy should be maintained in patients who have a history of AF and risk factors for stroke, even when the recurrent AF has not been documented."...Medication errors continue even in highly computerized hospital
...nd computerized allergy tracking and alerting, the authors suggest that a VA hospital offers an appropriate s...ercent dispensing and 0 percent transcription. The authors note that the computer system was successful in eliminating problems reading physicians' orders (tra...Within six months, one in three patients fail to take medications as prescribed
...and LL medications together or close in time," the authors conclude. "Any improvement in adherence with concomitant AH and LL medications is likely to be associated with substantial public health care benefits."...