Nutritional advice improves health of children in developing countries
... old) must still be demonstrated, but there is now clear evidence that appropriately designed interventions can work."...Fragile US vaccine system needs improvement despite dramatic gains in health over past century
...d the recent problems with influenza vaccine are a clear sign of the importance of continuing to improve the system for vaccine development and manufacture," Dr. Orenstein emphasizes. "Manufacturers need to have adequate returns on their investments, healthcare providers need to be fairly reimbursed, reso...Younger is better when implanting cochlear implants, IU study finds
...a University School of Medicine. However, it's not clear whether implanting children before they turn age one is worth the potential risks associated with such early surgeries, the researchers said. The work will be presented next week at a meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. The study, by Mario ...Statin therapy cost-effective for a wider range of individuals
...apy decreases use of hospital resources, it is not clear how the therapy affects total use of health-care resourcesConducting economic evaluations alongside clinical trials is a viable means to evaluate health interventions. However, if such studies are to contribute to policy debates, it is important to g...Sex, gender and heart diseaseMUHC researcher leads Canada-wide team
...tions; the magnitude of the project's funding is a clear indication of the priority that these organizations place on cardiovascular disease. For more information visit www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/pr_030505.html ....Mayo Clinic study determines surgery is best remedy for hammer hand
...and lead study investigator. "From our study, it's clear that people with this syndrome shouldn't be treated with medication or other treatments, but with surgery." Dr. Johnson explains that symptoms improved in 78 percent of the patients in his study who underwent a bypass grafting operation and that he ...GMC needs to get its head out of the sand over revalidation
...her like an MOT test for doctors, yet there are no clear standards by which a doctor's fitness to practise can be determined, no objective test, and no independent scrutiny of that test. He believes that revalidation has immense value for individual doctors. "As a practising doctor I would like to be able ...Presence of high-risk prostate cancer can be predicted without a biopsy, new study says
...ing treatment for prostate cancer even though it's clear that not all patients benefit equally from aggressive therapy. Treatment usually begins with a prostate biopsy and can include radiation, surgery and chemotherapy. "This is the prostate cancer paradox," said Mark Garzotto, M.D., lead study investi...Asthma drug fluticasone works as well as other drugs at half the dose
...e treatments led to more severe asthma attacks. "A clear recommendation for fluticasone over the older agents cannot be made on the basis of every outcome from this review, but in the most severe patients fluticasone may confer an advantage over beclomethasone or budesonide," Adams and colleagues write. Th...Stanford bioethicists want stronger protections for women donating eggs for stem cell research
... much-needed eggs will make those donations with a clear understanding of the risks and benefits of their decision....World Bank and IMF preventing transfer of foreign aid to HIV/AIDS programmes
...mining competitiveness. However, ceilings create a clear disincentive for external donors to offer desperately needed financing, state the authors. This is because the IMF requires that countries include the value of all new donor funding received for initiatives, such as scaling up antiretroviral treatmen...Arthur Frommer tells America where to stop when they need to go
..., the campaign's spokesperson. "It quickly became clear that we could do a lot to alleviate stress and anxiety by getting those questions answered for people with overactive bladder. That is why this campaign is so important." The campaign website, www.WheretoStopWheretoGo.com , also provides: Helpful...Surgery no better than rehabilitation for low back pain
...of surgery. The authors conclude that there is no clear evidence that spinal fusion surgery is any more beneficial than rehabilitation, and suggest that rehabilitation should be routinely available to chronic low back pain patients. In the cost analysis, the average total cost per patient was estimated to...Facial trauma may cause significant social and behavioral problems
... said the data describes a patient population with clear rehabilitation needs. "Such a pattern of clinically relevant findings has not previously been reported in the scientific literature and suggests that there is a significant number of patients who are experiencing social and psychological deficits whi...Computed tomography has potential to offer accurate, safer method for detecting artery disease
...f outcome and cost analysis studies, it is not yet clear how MSCT coronary angiography should be integrated in the clinical practice. Should it be used as a first test for the evaluation of chest pain or as a complementary test in patients with equivocal stress test results? In either case, adequate patien...When it comes to politics, reactions are often instant
...ponse was measured. The averaged responses showed clear evidence of an automatic link in memory between an array of political concepts and a positive or negative charge. Once created, these links provide a ready-made guide to future behavior....Ontario's mental health care evaluated
...d to evaluate mental health care, this report is a clear signal that good progress has been made." While highlighting areas where hospitals perform well, the data also point to areas where improvement is necessary. The suggestions for improving care include: Regions and the province need to ensure that ...Large survey suggests schizophrenia less prevalent than textbooks say
...ll be affected." However, the analysis makes clear that "many people with schizophrenia have persisting symptoms, despite the best mix of interventions we can offer." It has been estimated that current interventions can at most reduce 25% of disease burden. Thus, the authors conclude that "this is a ...Where life's memories are stored
...udies of brain-damaged patients have not yielded a clear winner, because of the complexity of such damage and the difficulty in accurately documenting the quality of such memories. Now, Squire and his colleagues have presented evidence that "the ability to recollect remote autobiographical events depends n...New insights into role of tumor necrosis factor on sex hormone production in rheumatoid arthritis
...ory disease: osteoarthritis (OA). To get a clear picture of how TNF affects hormone production and regulation, the research team analyzed samples of inflamed synovial tissue--obtained immediately after opening the knee joint capsules of 37 patients who underwent elective joint replacement surgery. ...