Opiates better than sedatives for treating newborns in withdrawal
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. The reviews included 13 studies with a total of 890 infants of mothers who had used opiates with or without other drugs (including antidepressants, sleep aids and marijuana) during pregnancy. Researc...Fun foods and exercise may reduce childhood obesity
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Studies in this review comprised about 10,000 children in Asia, South America, Europe, and North America. Nineteen studies analyzed school-based programs, one was a community effort aimed at low-inco...Patient reminders boost immunization rates
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. The review found that four of the six reminder tools or systems created statistically significant improvements in immunization rates. Person-to-person telephone reminders created the greatest gains i...Secretin should not be used to treat autism, researchers say
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. In 1998, a series of small studies by Karoly Horvath and others at the University of Maryland School of Medicine hinted that secretin might be useful in treating autism. In the studies, children with...Calcium may prevent polyps, but effect on cancer still not known, study finds
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Dr. Anca Zalmanovici, one of the review's authors, says "calcium supplementation is relatively cheap, likely to be safe, readily available and has other positive metabolic effects on conditions that ...'Hospital-at-home' concept does not save money or improve outcomes, study finds
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Led by Sasha Shepperd, Ph.D, of Oxford University, the review combines results from 22 individual hospital-at-home studies that measure various outcomes including mortality, patient satisfaction, psy...Bone-protecting drugs reduce pain and fractures in metastatic breast cancer
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic.The authors analyzed results from 21 randomized controlled trials that evaluated oral or intravenous bisphosphonates in addition to hormone therapy or chemotherapy. Fifteen studies comprised 5,187 wom...Surgery is favored treatment for severe hemorrhoids
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Lead researcher Venkatesh Shanmugam of the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary of Aberdeen University in Scotland says that the study was done because none of the usual treatments -- diet change, rubber bands o...Diabetes drug controls blood glucose, cardiac risk
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic.The review added more recent trials of metformin since completion of the landmark 1998 United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS), the largest and longest diabetes study undertaken to date. It ...Antidepressants should be first-line approach for nerve tissue pain
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Wiffen and Tiina Saarto, M.D., analyzed 50 trials of 19 antidepressants, which involved more than 2,500 study participants. They found that tricyclic anti-depressants, particularly amitriptyline, can...Single-dose antibiotics reduce appendectomy complications
... reviews of healthcare interventions, based on the content and quality of existing clinical trials on the topic. "I don't think that there is any controversy any longer about whether antibiotics work," says co-author Henning Andersen, Ph.D. "What we need to focus on now are factors such as dosage, administra...Doctors should stop prescribing antibiotics for the common cold, review advises
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic.Arroll reviewed 12 trials that included more than 1,900 patients with symptoms lasting for seven days or less or with colds that included runny noses with colored discharge for 10 days or less. The pa...Camera-guided colon surgery works best for most patients, study confirms
... reviews of healthcare interventions, based on the content and quality of existing clinical trials on the topic. "We found that the laparoscopic approach has advantages, at least in the short-term," says Dr. Wolfgang Schwenk, who led the review. "It causes less pain, pulmonary function is improved, and gastr...Study warns against global use of old asthma medicines for kids' coughs
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Methylxanthines work in part by relaxing the bronchial airways, which helps to reduce coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. They are also potentially dangerous for children...Not enough is known about treating malaria in pregnancy, researchers say
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. In one of the studies analyzed by Orton and colleagues, a combination of the drugs artesunate and mefloquine was slightly better than the drug quinine at clearing malaria parasites from the bloodstre...Creating a new questionnaire to assess alcohol problems among college students
...nother, whether all items measure the same general content area, and whether responses to the questions are orderly, that is, do people who say 'yes' to more severe or more rare problems also say 'yes' to less severe and more common problems?" said Kahler. Analysis produced a final 24-item scale that the st...Despite conflicting studies on obesity, most Americans think the problem remains serious
...f the amount of calories (32% 2005, 35% 2004), fat content (47%, 46%) and the amount of carbohydrates (36%, 36%) in their daily diet. In addition, the survey finds a small increase in the number of Americans who report that they are seriously trying to lose weight from 27% in 2004 to 32% in 2005. This incl...Nutritional info helps teens make better choices
...owed that the fiber, Vitamin A, C, iron and sodium content did not influence student choices, calorie and fat levels appeared to be especially persuasive. The shift in food preferences after the point-of-selection nutrition information appeared was slight to moderate. In the two control schools where cafete...A TV in the bedroom is associated with lower standardized test scores among third grade students
...nvestigate how specific media delivery systems and content influence children physically, socially, and cognitively."...TV has negative impact on very young children's learning abilities
... from better guidance on the kinds of high-quality content that is available on television and on ways of managing the context of television viewing to maximize its potential benefit for their children."...