Study: Local TV news covers health a lot, but not always well
...e are being exposed to demands that we analyze the content of this most prevalent source." Thousands of hours of local news broadcasts were recorded and compiled by Newslab, a unique UW-Madison facility directed by Goldstein that was originally developed to study TV coverage of political campaigns. The new s...Data in drug promotional brochures can be inaccurate
... studies were obtained. Two reviewers compared the content of each brochure with the data presented in the original study. Cardarelli et al.'s results show that for three of the brochures studied, the data presented on the brochure differed from the results of the underlying study. Of the 20 identified stud...Chocolate milk could be key to longer, healthier life
... an effective and easy way to maintain the protein content in muscles or at least replace old and damaged proteins with new ones." With funding assistance from the New Zealand Health Research Council, Dr Miller and PhD student Cheryl Murphy, asked a group of elderly kiwis to perform two identical sessions of...Multiple sclerosis research into reparative cells offers new avenue for fighting disease
...tain a wide variety of cells. Although much of the content of a plaque is harmful to nerves, there are some cells that provide hope, Dr. Frohman said. Even though the oligodendrocytes are damaged, there exists a reservoir of oligodendrocyte precursor cell, or OPCs, left over from development that could be ac...Reactions to last DTaP vaccine not prevented
...TaP vaccines. "These vaccines with a lower antigen content may be just as effective, but may be associated with fewer reactions, in 4 to 6 year olds," she said. The acellular vaccine, licensed in 1997, contains only those parts of the diphtheria (whooping cough) bacteria that are critical to providing immuni...Diuretics reduce risk of death from congestive heart failure
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. The researchers looked at data from 525 patients from 14 randomized clinical trials -- seven comparing diuretics with placebo and seven comparing diuretics with other heart medications in treating CH...55th Annual ACC Scientific Session ushers in breakthroughs in cardiology research
...ct every year in a manner designed to deliver that content effectively and efficiently," said Pamela S. Douglas, M.D., F.A.C.C., president of ACC. Expert instructors will be covering several key areas: Ischemic heart disease Congestive heart failure Hypertension Cardiac risk factors and secondary preventio...ACC Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit 2006
...er-based learning and simulation training make the content innovative and interactive," said William O'Neill, M.D., F.A.C.C., i2 Summit Co-Chair. Attendees of Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit 2006 will have the opportunity to watch live cases from Europe, Asia and the United States via satellite. Exper...Does alcohol labelling encourage sensible drinking?
...re in a bottle. Another third thought the alcohol content to be less than it is - guessing seven units or fewer, when the right answer is closer to nine. Most participants said they were in favour of alcohol labelling. However, the survey found price offers influenced buying more than label information. D...Kegel exercises reduce urinary incontinence in women, study confirms
...given topic, after the reviewers consider both the content and quality of these studies. The researchers found that Kegel exercise programs are more effective if steps are taken to ensure that patient are exercising the correct muscles and are given support in sticking with the exercises. "It seems strange ...Radiologists have a duty to communicate their reports effectively to clinicians
... as it may seem, there are radiologists apparently content to discover urgent medical problems, and then file these discoveries away without mentioning them to anyone, least of all their patients. Unsurprisingly, the result is often an unnecessarily bad outcome for the patient, and a costly law suit for the ...AANP and UpToDate partner to improve patient care
... forward to the benefit of their input to UpToDate content to improve the value of UpToDate to all clinicians." UpToDate is currently used by more than 200,000 physicians and medical practitioners in leading medical centers and teaching institutions in the United States and worldwide. Nurse practitioner...Older drugs may be good stopgap treatment for malaria in Africa
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Artemisinin antimalarials are fast-acting and effective drugs that have proved useful against multi-drug resistant strains of the falciparum type of malaria. The World Health Organization recommends ...Studies confirm effectiveness of fentanyl lozenges for 'breakthrough' cancer pain
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. OTFC was specifically developed for breakthrough pain and approved by the FDA in 1998, and is used only by patients who are already taking other narcotic pain medications. It is exponentially more po...Massage for childbirth prep may reduce episiotomy rate
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Lead reviewer Dr. Michael Beckmann and his colleagues also discovered an added benefit: Three months after birth, women who had practiced massage were less likely to report perineal pain -- whether o...Alzheimer's drugs offer modest improvements, equal effectiveness
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. Birks' review included 13 high-quality studies involving 7,298 patients from North America, Europe and Australia. The studies compared the three drugs against placebo treatment, with 2,228 patients i...Induced labor has some benefits in cases of premature water break
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. "Since planned and expectant management may not be very different, women need to have appropriate information to make informed choices," Middleton and colleagues conclude. Only one of the 12 studies...Low-cost drug gaining favor for use in HIV-infected children in poor countries
... about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic. To be included in the Cochrane findings, a study had to be a randomized clinical trial. Grimwade's search turned up only one trial that passed that litmus test: a study of 534 HIV-positive children i...Obesity lawsuits lessons learned from tobacco litigation
... encourage the industry to improve the nutritional content of its products and to change its marketing practices."...... histology and function, including higher collagen content and associated tissue stiffening. Nutritionally balanced caloric restriction may constitute a key means to modify these detrimental patterns and mitigate age-related morbidity and mortality," Dr. Forman said....