The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 2
...ional brush would do the job just as well. For the best possible cleaning performance consumers should opt for an electric brush with a rotating-oscillating head. Sales of electric toothbrushes are rising in the UK. In 1999 they accounted for two per cent of all sales, and by 2001 this figure had increase...Combination chemotherapy shows small survival benefit in advanced stomach cancer
Patients with advanced stomach cancer have the best chance of prolonging their survival with a combina...evious studies. The review also concludes that the best combination is 5-FU, one of the oldest and most commonly used chemotherapy drugs, along with powerfu...Some Alzheimer's patients can benefit from drug memantine
...ls. McShane and colleagues then calculated how the best and worst possible outcomes of each unpublished study might affect the overall evidence for memantine use. Even if the one relevant unpublished study was to find no effect of memantine on moderate to severe Alzheimer's dementia, the overall evidence ...Heart failure drug associated with higher risk of death
... need to rest on the understanding that these, the best data available, suggest that nesiritide is likely to be associated with important risk," says Sackner-Bernstein. Co-investigator Keith Aaronson, M.D., associate professor of cardiovascular medicine at the U-M Medical School and medical director of th...Researchers develop 'genetic blueprint' to predict response to esophageal cancer treatments
...ients," Wu says. They found that patients with the best outcomes were those who had gene variants that were less effective at neutralizing the killing power of the cancer treatments. Conversely, patients whose genes efficiently counteracted chemotherapy and radiation treatment had shorter survival times o...World-leading scientific databases now accessible via handhelds
... scientific research demands instant access to the best research data, and this advancement will give researchers the ability to log in even when they are away from their desktop workstations during a meeting with colleagues, attending a conference or while taking a break from the lab." The demonstration...New research pinpoints best treatment for stroke
... very accurate at determining which patients would best benefit from treatment and which should not receiv...ing brain is calculated, doctors can determine the best course of treatment. Only those patients whose brains are damaged but still alive will benefit from ...UT Southwestern sports medicine doctor pedals advice on gearing up for safe cycling season
...per fit with your bike, it's important to know the best riding techniques. If you pedal slowly with high r... during training to get an idea of which one works best for them, as research has shown that taste is the most important factor for consumers." Chafing and ...Adolescents not receiving health counseling, Stanford study shows
...," Ma said. "And the improvements over time are at best modest." In the first four years after the AMA rec...ounseling. So while checkup visits are usually the best for giving advice, doctors may need to look for "teachable moments" during illness-related visits as...Child sex abuse policy recommendations published in Science magazine
...dicine, said Freyd and DePrince "have produced the best work to date" to reveal the true nature of memory for traumatic events. "Their outstanding work on traumatic memory employs state-of-the-art empirical approaches derived from the cognitive neurosciences," Keane said. The Science article cites the b...Breakthrough for kids with epilepsy
...ed etiologies, and a seizure-free outcome have the best chance for improving their cognitive function 2-3 years after a successful operation," adds Tuxhorn. "The question [now] is to provide data to determine ideal timing of surgical treatment." About the Authors Ingrid Tuxhorn, MD and co-authorHedwig Fre...Nanoparticles offer new hope for detection and treatment
...rials that spotlight cancerous growth. "One of the best advantages of the particles is that we designed them to detect tumors using the same MRI equipment that is in standard use for heart or brain scans," says senior author Gregory Lanza, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine. "We believe the tech...Managed care organizations evaluate trends in epilepsy to provide better care
...s the impact of quality-improvement programs. The best model correctly classified 90% of the cases in the study. Mortality rates are significantly higher for individuals with epilepsy, about 2-3 times that of the average population. A crucial step in administering interventions to improve quality of lif...The power of drug advertising: Patients often get what they ask for
...ents to prompt their physicians but it is not the best way," Epstein says. "When patients brought up non-commercial information they were more likely to get the correct treatment than if they brought up the drug advertisement." The study was conducted from May 2003 to May 2004. The research team trained ...'Fickle' enzyme helps protect, but also can promote heart failure, animal study shows
... forms of the enzyme. The form of NOS3 that works best with the BH4 cofactor dominated in the non-enlarged hearts but uncoupled when levels of its cofactor declined. The scientists believe this enzymatic uncoupling is key to explaining what happens to cause heart enlargement and pumping failure. "In the...ASGE Foundation to hold first Crystal Awards Dinner
... pre-eminent international journal, publishing the best research related to GI endoscopy. Research and Outcomes and Effectiveness (ROE) Awards James DiSario, MD, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT Chin Hur, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Charles Kahi, MD, Indiana Unive...No wisdom in routinely pulling wisdom teeth, study says
...years of practice, Haug says he has found that the best time to remove impacted wisdom teeth with the lowest rate of complication is between the ages of 17 to 21. "Roots may not be fully formed and are softer, and you have a young, healthy population that heals better than an older population." Noting tha...Prevalence of concussion effects linked to 'pot of gold' lawsuits, researcher says
...long-lasting symptoms of concussion subjective at best may increase when the outcome of a lawsuit is at stake. The condition known as "postconcussional syndrome" is difficult to define medically but is generally defined as a string of cognitive, physical or behavioral losses that occur after a head inju...Excess oxygen worsens lung inflammation in mice
... tissue-preserving process that appears to operate best in low-oxygen conditions," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Michail Sitkovsky, Ph.D., senior author of the paper published this week in the journal PLoS Biology, believes the findings could have clinical implications. Supplemental oxygen is....... The combined treatment regimen is considered the best available treatment for adults with chronic hepatitis C, but until now, no published studies have examined its value of for children. To address this lack of information, researchers, led by Stefan Wirth of HELIOS Children's Hospital Wuppertal, Germa...