Study finds ADHD improves with sensory intervention
...rder can trouble sufferers into adulthood. In its current study, the group is working with a total of 135 children who have ADHD. Children who did not receive occupational therapy during the study have been scheduled to receive it afterward....High levels of estrogen during pregnancy associated with improvement in psoriasis
...ding to background information in the article. The current study investigated prospectively how psoriasis fluctuates in pregnancy and correlated progesterone and estrogen levels in pregnancy with psoriatic change. Jenny E. Murase, M.D., of the University of California, Irvine, and colleagues compared changes...UCLA study assesses cost-effectiveness of Hepatitis B drugs
...nsive study in comparing the cost-effectiveness of current modern drugs for treating hepatitis B -- a disease affecting 350 million worldwide. Published in the May 17 Annals of Internal Medicine, the study may help physicians worldwide in making treatment decisions. Researchers note that a degree of uncerta...Botox stops severe drooling in children with neurologic conditions
...According to Dr. Chait, all of the patients in the current study had undergone failed surgical procedures to alleviate their conditions prior to receiving the Botox injections. The Botox procedure is also convenient, said Dr. Chait, since many of these patients are already receiving Botox treatment for musc...Obesity linked to colorectal and esophageal cancers
...ave been ex-smokers and four times as likely to be current smokers when compared to the normal control group. "Although there is not an established link among smoking, BMI and Barrett's esophagus, patients suffering from BE should avoid a high BMI and smoking to prevent the development of esophageal cance...New class of drugs may treat lung tumors resistant to Iressa and Tarceva
...evec and other targeted cancer therapy drugs. The current study was designed to further investigate those mutations and the mechanisms underlying treatment resistance. The researchers first conducted a detailed genetic analysis of tumor samples from two patients whose cancer had recurred after initially re...Lower doses of chemotherapy equally effective in most children
...n, D.C. Chauvenet and his colleagues looked at the current chemotherapy prescribed for Acute Lymphblastic Leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer diagnosed in the United States. "While the cure rates for this cancer have dramatically improved over the years, many children have considerable long-term...CT colonography 'excellent' for colorectal cancer screening
.... According to Dr. Goela, an analytic study of the current literature such as the one he conducted is the best possible way at present to ascertain the usefulness of CT colonography for screening colorectal cancer, because the randomized controlled trials that are currently underway will not yield results fo...NYU Child Study Center presents third Annual Adam Katz Memorial Lecture series
...is lecture will explore the scientific aspects and current research of learning disorders and ADHD and will take place from 11:00am-12:15pm at the NYU School of Medicine in Auditorium Alumni A....Richard A. Meyer, MD, receives the 2005 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award
...anning and design efforts were carried over to the current AIUM office in Laurel, Maryland. In addition, he was a founding member of the American Society of Echocardiography and president and founding member of the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography. Dr. Meyer has presented more than 30 lectures for vario...Procedure setting, technique and cost are key for effective colorectal cancer screening
...s, patients were treated or monitored according to current standards. The sensitivity of colonoscopy, ACBE and CTC tests was 98 percent, 48 percent and 59 percent for large lesions (= or > than 10 millimeters), respectively. Results showed that the ACBE was the least costly procedure, but had the lowest...Smoking increases risk for liver, pancreatic and colorectal cancers
...negative effect on the pancreas than alcohol, with current tobacco users being consistently diagnosed earlier than individuals who were current or former alcohol users. Study results also indicate that smoking and alcohol use may have a long-...Expandable electrodes safe and effective for radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors
...es are used to distribute heat-generating electric current to the tumor in order to destroy it. "Expanding electrodes are different from single-tip electrodes in that all the multiple electrode tips of an expanding electrode are active so that heat distribution within the tumor is more homogeneous and a repr...Research shows upbringing affects discipline choices
...sking 2,100 parents across the country about their current discipline strategies and what influenced their choices for their preadolescent children in a survey. The results showed that 42 percent of parents used time-outs, 41 percent removed privileges, 13 percent used yelling and 9 percent used spanking to ...MDCT overtakes ventilation-perfusion lung scan for diagnosing pulmonary embolism
... the shift toward MDCT pulmonary angiography. "The current generation of MDCT scanners can quickly image the pulmonary vasculature with high resolution, enabling small pulmonary emboli to be diagnosed more frequently and with greater confidence. In addition, other significant diagnoses such as aortic dissect...New method of administering anti-cancer drug may be more effective, safer
...edictable, stable drug levels in patients than the current method and could eventually allow doctors to more ...tudied, side effects were similar to those seen in current treatment. "This prolonged infusion looks like it's at least as safe as what we've been doing before...'Sister Mary' the robo-doc to start making ward rounds at St Mary's Hospital
...unable to get to them. "If we look at a lot of the current strains on the NHS many senior doctors with skills and knowledge are required to be in several places at once. This is a solution in potentially providing their expertise from a remote location and may be a significant step for patient care." The rob...Umbilical cord-blood transplants save lives of babies with rare genetic disorder
... screened for Krabbe's disease, Kurtzberg said. In current practice, they are not. Dr. Mel Levine, director of UNC's Clinical Center for the Study of Development & Learning, said Escolar and her colleagues are breaking new ground in uncovering the inborn lesions that impede learning and development in certai...Group-based education improves diabetes self-management, studies find
...ss medication, according to a systematic review of current evidence. Group-based education resulted in improved diabetes control as reflected by blood glucose levels and patients' knowledge of diabetes. Evidence also suggested that participants in diabetes group education programs may reduce their blood pres...Low back pain relief, causes, measurement & prosthetic fit, production, comfort
The current issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD) includes four articles on measurement, treatment, and causes of low back pain and five articles on prosthetic research, including the affect of practitioner knowledge and techniqu...