Newer imaging techniques may lead to over-treatment
...he study. However, "our study found no significant difference in the outcomes of patients ruled out for pulmonary embolism with MDCT vs. single-detector CT," he said. "It is possible that we missed small clots in the patients that had a single-detector CT examination, but at three and six months, the outcomes ...Different antipsychotic medications may have different effects on brain volume
...ciple new finding of this study is the significant difference in the course and magnitude of these changes betwe...must be confirmed, they suggest that a significant difference exists between a typical antipsychotic (haloperidol) and an atypical agent (olanzapine) that is due ...Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
... known indicators of ischemia. "While there was no difference in WMA scores between the three groups during mental stress testing, among the subgroup of patients who had mental stress-induced WMAs before treatment, those in the exercise and stress management groups had lower WMA scores after treatment compared ...Music improves sleep quality in older adults, researchers find
...e included lower heart and respiratory rates. "The difference between the music group and the control group was clinically significant," said Lai, lead author of the study. "The music group reported a 26 percent overall improvement in the first week and this figure continued to rise as they mastered the techniq...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...art were only 29 percent more likely to fall. The difference was even more striking when the researchers took into account a wide range of complicating factors -- such things as age, sex, health problems, thinking problems and trouble with daily activities all of which affect the risk of falls. Nursing home ...Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
...l resources who also became disabled. Although the difference eased a few years after disability set in, the researchers say the finding has important implications for such things as personal savings, retirement planning and "safety net" government programs for the seriously ill and disabled. The study will be...Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
...atment options for women," she said. "There is no difference in the death rates between stenting and angioplasty, but stenting offers a substantial benefit by decreasing the recurrence rate of new blockages." The study involved 2,082 heart attack patients who arrived at the hospital within 12 hours after symp...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...mericans in the Carolina Lupus Study. "The racial difference in the association between EBV-IgA and SLE is intr... loss of latency could vary by race, with the same difference being related to the differential risk of SLE." Providing solid new serum-...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
...s care measures and the CAHPS factors, but show no difference in performance on childhood or adolescent immunization or the management of chronic illness. Performance is better in markets with a greater percentage of HMO enrollment, researchers say. Another problem with the quality measurement systems is that ...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...underreported. However, there was no evidence of a difference in the level of underreporting of adverse events among patients receiving nevirapine versus those receiving zidovudine, a second AIDS drug that also was studied in HIVNET 012. The trial investigators' comparative findings on safety are valid, the co...British Asian women have lower risk of breast cancer than all other women
...red with 57.4 per 100,000 among all other women, a difference of 29%. Adjusted for age, over 70% of the Asian women were alive five years after diagnosis, compared with just under 67% of all other women with the disease. Affluence is known to boost health and survival, and typically, survival rates were around...New LASIK research reveals unexpected finding: Key to better-than-20/20 vision is in the flap
... bore that out. But we didn't anticipate seeing a difference in actual vision. Multiple studies now show higher rates of 20/20, higher rates of better than 20/20, and that Custom treatments show better results as well." RESEARCH SUMMATION LASIK has always been a two-step process. In the first step, the ...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...learning how to take care of themselves made a big difference in their ability to live with their asthma after the study ended, the researchers note. "One of the most important things we did during this study was to work closely with the participants to help them effectively manage their asthma symptoms," said ...ACP and ACP Foundation launch 3-year effort to improve diabetes care
...or care of all chronic diseases, and we can make a difference in improving the care of patients with diabetes." "Novo Nordisk is committed to working as a catalyst to improve diabetes prevention and treatment, thereby changing the course of the disease for good," said Alan C. Moses, MD, the company's associate ...Cost-effectiveness of drugs may vary across borders
...ns include demography and epidemiology of disease, difference in clinical practice patterns, and differences in relative prices cross-country. This variability is a particular concern for decision makers, those conducting economic studies and particularly pharmaceutical manufacturers, who may have to consider ...Women not given same tests for stroke
...sound of the carotid artery, and EKG. There was no difference between men and women in the initial severity of the strokes. Sixty percent of women received carotid ultrasound, compared to 71 percent of men, Smith said. For echocardiography, 48 percent of women received the test, compared to 57 percent of the me...Bright arctic light can lead to migraine
...uring the polar winter season. "We found that this difference is due to the variation in light exposure--not due to changes in biological rhythms," said neurologist Karl Alstadhaug, MD, of Nordlandssykehuset Hospital in Bodo, Norway. For the study, 169 women with migraine were interviewed and given questionnair...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (second issue)
...rs believe that levels of the protein could make a difference in both diagnosis and the development of an effective treatment for the disease. The investigators screened 14 cytokines/chemokines (immunoregulatory proteins) in the blood of 23 patients with SARS and 25 non-SARS patients with atypical pneumonia. T...NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Questions and answers
...cancer diagnosis. Patient navigators can make the difference between someone from an underserved population becoming a cancer survivor or a cancer death. If navigators get involved early enough after a person has received a cancer diagnosis, they can help steer patients and their families to appropriate care ...Learning software developed by Rutgers-Newark scientist helps 450,000 students with reading
...ntific Learning Corporation. "There's no essential difference between children who are struggling with reading and children who are dyslexic other than perhaps in terms of severity," Tallal observes. Data from early testing that compared dyslexic children with children who had normal reading capabilities showed...