Helping mentally retarded children and adolescents
...inical diagnosis of MR based on DSM IV and/or AAMR criteria and a search for an etiology. Ideally it should also include a multidisciplinary approach in determining the level and kinds of supports that the individual will need over the life span. Management begins with prompt referral to an infant interventio...Prescription flip-side: Guidelines for medication withdrawal
...k that initial decision. The authors suggest four criteria for doctors considering adding -- or subtracting -- a drug from an elderly patient's therapeutic arsenal. First is to calculate the patient's life expectancy, based on actuarial charts and modified by the patient's current health status and history....Top cancer organizations launch first online portal of Asian language cancer information
... we continue to invite organizations that meet our criteria to contribute materials, the site will become increasingly robust and powerful." All materials catalogued on the site have been screened by expert reviewers for medical accuracy, linguistic appropriateness and cultural relevance. More than 12 orga...New study establishes criteria to detect ovarian cancer in asymptomatic postmenopausal women
...eting on Women's Cancer, researchers presented new criteria for detecting ovarian cancer malignancy in postmen...urage further efforts to validate and refine these criteria in other populations so more women can be properly diagnosed and treated for ovarian cancer." Ovaria......ill die from metastatic breast cancer. The general criteria on how to manage metastatic breast cancer need to be defined. Specific guidelines can help the patient and the clinician make the right choice. 5. Increase the number of breast care nurses In most European countries today there are no breast care nu...Mental disorders as common in Lebanon as in western Europe
...ebanon. They found one out of every 6 surveyed met criteria for having a mental disorder at some time in the previous year, the most common being anxiety followed by mood disorders. The investigators found that half the respondents were exposed to war-related traumatic events at some point in their lives, and...Questions over accuracy of MRI in diagnosing multiple sclerosis
...nical Excellence (NICE) as part of the recommended criteria for diagnosing multiple sclerosis. Although its ac... assess the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging criteria for the early diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in patients with suspected disease. Each study compare...Early blood pressure treatment may postpone true hypertension
...over normal levels but not high enough to meet the criteria for a formal diagnosis of hypertension. University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center researcher Stevo Julius, M.D., Sc.D., and colleagues will present the data today at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting and in a simultaneous paper in...Many high risk patients do not receive cholesterol-lowering therapies
...stroke. A total of 142,389 patients meeting these criteria were included in the study. About 30 percent (43,825 pts) had been diagnosed with high cholesterol, but less than one-fifth (17.3 percent) were already on statin therapy when they started treatment for high blood pressure and only a third (29.4 perc...Early treatment with blood pressure meds may reduce hypertension
...on was diagnosed in patients who met the following criteria over four years: a) blood pressure was at least or greater than 140 and/or 90 mm Hg at three different clinic visits, b) clinic blood pressure was >/= 160 and/or 100 mm Hg at any single visit, c) physicians detected organ damage or other conditi...Could a simple test save Medicare hundreds of millions?
...d that ICD-eligible patients who met MADIT-2 trial criteria for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, an...that about one-third of patients who meet Medicare criteria for an ICD have normal MTWA test results. For the new study being presented at the ACC meeting, whi...Cognitive impairment appears to be common in ALS patients
...ve impairment, including nine (23 percent) who met criteria for dementia. There were no significant differenc...tia." Future studies using testing and diagnostic criteria specific to frontotemporal lobar dementia, the type believed to be associated with ALS and other mot...Obesity surgery translates to cardiac benefit
..., the percentage of the surgery population meeting criteria for diabetes was reduced from 30 percent (59 pts) to 11 percent (19 pts), and also showed reductions in blood pressure, LDL cholesterol and BMI. "With an understanding of the very close link between obesity and cardiovascular risk, we feel confident...Double transplants may offer one solution to short supply of donated kidneys
...splantation and discarded. Referred to as expanded criteria donors (ECD), these include kidneys from deceased donors over age 60 or those over age 50 with health conditions such as high blood pressure, stroke or elevated levels of a protein called creatinine. Levels of creatinine, which is produced by muscle,...BIDMC's Harvey Goldman, MD, receives distinguished pathologist award
... served as a member of the team that developed the criteria and classification of colonic dysplasia that complicates inflammatory bowel disease. A leader among his peers, Goldman has served as president of the New England Society of Pathologists, the Gastrointestinal Pathology Society and the U.S. and Canadia...Experience backs early heart valve replacement
...re operated on early enough following the specific criteria of the guidelines (that is, also assuring that they were not given a too early operation), survived for a longer time and had better health than those patients who were referred for operation in later stages of the disease," said Pilar Tornos, M.D., ...Depression, anxiety in girls linked to higher body mass index in women
...individuals to determine whether they met clinical criteria for anxiety disorders or depression. The authors calculated BMI-for-age (BMI z scores) by dividing weight in kilograms by the square of height in meters and adjusting it for age and gender based on national reference data. BMI z scores correspond to...5,000 rare diseases need drugs, but Europe only approves a handful each year
...cations. "However, it is clear that less stringent criteria are acceptable for orphan drugs than for drugs for more common diseases, particularly in view of the small number of patients." Between August 2000, when new legislation came into force, and December 2004, EMEA's Committee on Orphan Medical Products ...Stanford doctors spotlight fatal flaw in multiple sclerosis drug trial
...er-Gould. "All they need to do is tighten up entry criteria into multiple sclerosis clinical trials and we could avoid similar types of problems in other trials." Multiple sclerosis results when the immune system attacks the protective myelin sheath surrounding nerve cells, causing them to misfire and leading...The critical role of the meniscus in osteoarthritis of the knee
... subjects met the American College of Rheumatology criteria for symptomatic knee OA, confirmed by X-rays and self-reports of frequent knee pain and stiffness. At the study's onset and follow-up examinations at 15 and 30 months, participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the more symptomatic k...