Using MRI for diagnosis could help prevent breast cancer progression
...d help prevent the development of invasive cancer, conclude authors of an Article in this weeks edition of The Lancet. And an accompanying Comment says that the findings show that MRI should now be used as a distinct method in its own right to detect breast cancer in its earliest stage. Professor Christiane...Warfarin better than aspirin at stroke prevention in elderly people with atrial fibrillation
...pe of irregular heartbeat who are aged 75 or over, conclude authors of an Article published in this weeks edition of The Lancet. Dr Jonathan Mant, University of Birmingham, UK and colleagues did a study (the Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged Study/BAFTA) to determine how warfarin and asp...Bioengineering to prevent iron deficiency?
...orldwide by improving the quality of dietary iron, conclude authors of a Seminar in this weeks edition of The ...e enzymes to break down the phytate. The authors conclude by calling for more data on the functional consequences of iron deficiency, eg. on immune function a......001 to 2006 was highly age and strain-specific and conclude that surveillance using electronic data can provide timely and representative information about the epidemiology of circulating influenza viruses....Quality of treatment guidelines
...sion Education Program (CHEP) grading scheme. They conclude that most recommendations are based on the results of well-conducted clinical trials. However, less than a third of the recommendations were found to be based on high-quality evidence applicable to the populations, treatments and outcomes specified i...Study shows radiofrequency ablation highly effective in treating kidney tumors
... with percutaneous RFA, Zagoria and his colleagues conclude in the report. This result is regardless of the location or position of the RCC in the kidney. Larger tumors can also be eradicated with percutaneous RFA, they say, but with the larger tumors the risk of incomplete tumor destruction increases ...Highlights from the August 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ompared with usual medical care. The researchers conclude the study provides preliminary evidence that moderate-intensity lifestyle intervention using an RD as a lifestyle case management reduces risk, improves quality of life and does so without increasing health-care costs. Given the growing prevalence of...Medical residents unclear about TB guidelines
...is, isolation, and treatment. However, the authors conclude that residents knowledge gaps may have important implications for public health. TB cases in the US fell to a historic low of 13,767 in 2006. However, there are an estimated 10 to 15 million persons in the United States with latent TB infection, ...Should adult male circumcision be recommended for HIV prevention in the US?
...e African clinical trials, Sullivan and colleagues conclude that "it is likely that circumcision will decrease the probability of a man acquiring HIV via penilevaginal sex with an HIV-infected woman in the US." Until public health recommendations are available for the US, they say, "some sexually active men m...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...ogram will begin on Sunday, July 22 at 9:30 AM and conclude on Thursday, July 26 at 5:30 PM. Scientific abstracts that scored high during the review process were identified as "Reviewer's Choice" selections. More details on these noteworthy presentations can be found on a special meeting webpage ( http://ww...Patients with soft tissue sarcomas should be treated at high volume centers
...imal treatment, survival, and functional outcomes, conclude the authors. ...UK and other European countries should introduce universal childhood hepatitis B vaccination
...ial stigma of being defined at-risk. The authors conclude that on the basis of current experience and evidence, the UK, Ireland, Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark should all adopt a universal vaccination policy. They say: Global hepatitis B universal vaccination is ultimately...May/June Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...tivated Team and the Care Enterprise. The authors conclude that while there are many common strategies in achieving high-quality care, no single approach dictated superior performance.Different Paths to High-Quality Care: Three Archetypes of Top-Performing Practice SitesBy Chris Feifer, Dr.P.H., et al A...Folic acid supplementation lowers stroke risk
...tion can reduce the risk of stroke by 18% or more, conclude authors of an Article published in this week's edi...ongoing randomised trials are needed before we can conclude that the benefit of continued use of previously deemed 'safe' vitamin supplements outweighs the risk...New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
...d achieve the same results as conventional stents, conclude authors of an Article published in this week's edition of The Lancet. But both the Article and an accompanying Comment warn longer term follow-up of the patients fitted with biodegradable stents is needed. Coronary stents improve immediate and la...Papillomavirus vaccine could substantially reduce cervical cancer incidence
...nce of HPV related cervical cancer and precancers, conclude authors of an Article published in this week's edition of the Lancet. Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women worldwide, and is caused by infection with oncogenic (cancer causing) types of human papillomavirus. Aro...New system for reporting toxicity burden of cancer treatment
... for a number of different types of cancer. They conclude that TAME reporting provides a concise and uniform method to compare relative safety among cancer treatment options. They say: "Routine implementation and acceptance [of TAME] might occur through documenting its accuracy in additional datasets and di...High pretreatment PSA velocity predicts worse outcome
...n men with localized disease. "These findings," conclude the authors, "highlight the ability of a pre-treatment PSA velocity > 2 ng/ml/year alone to identify men with aggressive prostate cancer and in whom effective systemic treatment in addition to mono-therapy with RP or RT is needed to decrease PCSM...Aggressive treatment for whiplash does not promote faster recovery
...quire them to legitimize their injury. The authors conclude that further trials "are essential to understand the influence of health care provision in preventing or facilitating disability."...Different type of iron supplement is better at boosting iron levels
...es, and boosts three major iron status indicators, conclude authors of an Article published in this weeks edition of The Lancet. Sodium Iron EDTA (NaFeEDTA) was found to be much more effective than electrolytic iron, despite the electrolytic form being the most frequently used iron supplement in flour. Pa...