Lancet publishes proactive study: Diabetes treatment reduces risk of heart attacks & strokes
...ed that adverse events reported in this study were consistent with the known safety profile. Known side effects of ACTOS, including weight gain, oedema, non-serious hypoglycaemia and heart failure, were observed more frequently in the ACTOS group compared to placebo group....OHSU studies program that converts patient wishes into medical orders
...al technicians with orders for treatments that are consistent with patient preferences. "More than a dozen states are currently using the POLST either statewide or regionally," explained Susan Hickman, Ph.D., an assistant professor of nursing in the OHSU School of Nursing and the principal investigator for the......sels that supply the brain," Zucker says. "This is consistent with other findings that people with cardiovascular disease and lung disease tend to have reduced neurocognitive function." The data for the new paper by Glass, Zucker and their colleagues at U-M and Michigan State University, come from an ongoing lo...Physician pay-for-performance programs may produce little gain in quality
...ved that few groups reached a majority of targets, consistent with the low correlation in performance across clinical areas that has been observed in other studies. Physician groups whose performance was initially lowest improved the most, whereas physician groups that had previously achieved the targeted leve...Early life stress can lead to memory loss and cognitive decline in middle age
...dle age. These changes in brain-cell activity were consistent with the rats' behavioral changes. More than 50 percent of the world's children are raised under stressful conditions, as revealed by UNESCO last year. While it has been suspected that early life stress can lead to later cognitive impairment, it is n...Alcoholics Anonymous and treatment seem to work best together
... likely to continue drinking." "These findings are consistent with previous studies of AA," said William R. Mill...ithfully taking medication. It is an impressively consistent finding, however, that people who go to AA during treatment have better outcomes. I do not believe ...Subtypes of ependymomas arise from rare stem cells in the nervous system
...finding that RGCs can give rise to these tumors is consistent with evidence from a variety of researchers that cancers arise from, and are maintained by, a rare number of mutated stem cells called cancer stem cells, according to Richard Gilbertson, M.D., Ph.D., associate member in the Developmental Neurobiology...Corticosteroids often used in treatment of infectious mononucleosis
...ngology consultation," the authors write. "Despite consistent and uniform acceptance in the medical literature that SCT in the setting of IM [infectious mononucleosis] should be reserved for patients with impending airway obstruction, corticosteroids continue to be used on a much broader scale at this tertiary ...Study finds defibrillators available in many high schools
...rrests in schools and senior centers are generally consistent with other studies," Cram said. However, the investigators also found that 37 percent of high schools reported having one or more defibrillators available on campus. In contrast, only 10 percent of the senior centers had defibrillators. "In theory, ...Heart attack death rates found higher in hospitals treating larger share of African Americans
...als were included in the study. "Our research is consistent with the view that African Americans tend to go to hospitals where everyone gets lower quality care," Dr. Skinner says. "Targeting quality improvements for all patients at hospitals that disproportionately serve African Americans can improve overall ...Positive study results for methylphenidate transdermal system
...moderate, resolved with continued therapy and were consistent with known effects of methylphenidate. The most common adverse events reported by patients who received MTS in clinical trials were: nausea, vomiting, nasopharyngitis, weight decreased, anorexia, decreased appetite, affect lability, insomnia, tic, a...Public forum on breast cancer issues 'call to action'
...ietary holographic detector technology to create a consistent stream of real time images clear enough to capture abnormalities in soft tissue. Revolutionary in its design, this technology shows promise in improvingpatient workflow and access by removing the requirement for the medical professional to be co-loca...Bladder problems increase in men as they age, Mayo Clinic study reports
...at an increasingly rapid rate. These findings were consistent with the development of a stiff, weak and overactive bladder in men as they age." Not all men were at equal risk for these changes to occur. "Men with signs or symptoms of a prostate obstruction were more likely to have worsening bladder function," s...Little evidence behind bronchodilator therapy for cystic fibrosis
...veness. Atrovent (ipratropium bromide) showed no consistent effects on lung function in the trials under review. The reviewers found no published trials that included inhaler-delivered fenoterol, formoterol or tiotropium and wrote that use of those agents could not be supported. The reviewers noted that the...Preventing pneumonia in children helps prevent pneumonia in older adults
...creased," the authors write. "We have documented a consistent decrease in incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in an age group at high risk for serious disease and death from these illnesses. Policy makers elsewhere who are considering whether to incorporate PCV-7 into their routine infant immunization pr...Patients receiving supplemental oxygen during surgery have reduced risk of wound infection
...bulation," the researchers write. "This result is consistent with most available in vitro data and 1 other appropriately designed randomized controlled trial. Supplemental oxygen appears to confer few risks to the patient, has little associated cost, and should be considered part of ongoing quality improvement...Mayo Clinic researchers find math learning disorder is common
... occurrence of new cases -- of Math LD by applying consistent criteria to a specific population over a long time. By considering the coexistence of Math LD and Reading LD across the students' entire educational experience (i.e., from grades K-12), the research presents a more comprehensive description of this a...Possible predictors of relationship violence
...elations between single acts and violence were not consistent across the three studies. But acts such as "dropped by unexpectedly to see what my partner was doing" and "called to make sure my partner was where she said she would be" were the overall third and fifth highest predictors of violence. These acts f...Asian immigrants in NYC not receiving HIV education at religious institutions
...related work, many acknowledged such work would be consistent with their traditions of compassion and community service, and some leaders embraced the idea of involvement in HIV prevention education so long as their basic message could be that non-marital and homosexual sex are absolutely forbidden. These relig...'Silent' nighttime acid reflux symptoms can cause poor sleep and sleep apnea
...nts undergoing sleep studies who reported symptoms consistent with sleep apnea. These patients had frequent daytime and nighttime heartburn symptoms. Those with sleep apnea reported much lower quality of life on a self-administered questionnaire. Those patients with sleep apnea who also reported moderate to...