Jefferson scientists find that drug-eluting stents are disappointing in bypass grafts -- sometimes
...ith longer blockages. The researchers suggest that doctors think twice before inserting the drug-coated stents in such extensively diseased bypassed grafts. The researchers looked at the success of drug-eluting stents in bypassed vein grafts and found that long-term success was dependent on the healthines...Drug/intervention combinations offer benefit in severe CVD
...nsplants are possible each year. In the meantime, doctors are trying to identify new combinations of medicines and interventions that will increase survival rates among this high-risk population. Research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 56th Annual Scientific Session offers new insi...Embargoed March/April Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...wing a comparison of referrals with those of other doctors prompted more referrals to a tobacco cessation quit line than did general reminders, finds this study of 308 clinicians. After 18 months, there were 484 referrals from physicians receiving the feedback reports versus 220 referrals from physicians r...Low-tech operation could dramatically reduce maternal deaths
Teaching doctors in Africa a low-tech operation to cut the cartilage of the symphysis pubis could save the lives of women in obstructed labor and their babies, according to an Essay in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The symphysis pubis is where the pubic bo...iPods help docs improve stethoscope skills
...CD. He foresees a day in the near future when doctors are listening to heart sounds during their work commute. "There are two times when a busy practitioner can learn a new skill: at professional meetings and during their work commute," observed Barrett. Consequently, he advised the ACC ...Research agreement to advance new imaging technology
...nal image. While these technologies have provided doctors an invaluable view into the human body, the images often contain flaws. Radiologist Vaseem Chengazi, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Rochester and chief technology officer of T.I.E.S. notes that scanners work very well on...Traditional Chinese medical beliefs still relevant in Beijing
...cine from the pharmacy or visited the dentist. TCM doctors regarded the concept of huo (fire) as excessive or deficient and described the consequences of patients taking inappropriate medication for huo. Chinese dentists often teach themselves TCM concepts and treatments to better serve patients with the chi...Phone-based therapy eases depression long term
...al in clinical practice, the patients primary care doctors diagnosed their depression and prescribed their antidepressants. Half of the patients also received eight sessions of telephone psychotherapy during the first six months, then two to four booster sessions in the second six months as well as medicatio...Major discovery raises prospect of better patient care by improving platelet life span
...lated diseases." Dr Kile added, "For fifty years doctors have speculated about what controls platelet life span. We now know the identity of the precise molecular switch responsible. The team is now actively pursuing a drug development program aimed at manipulating this switch in order to prolong the life ...UCSF policy expert presents recommendation for health coverage
... this coverage subsidized. Carriers would provide doctors information on efficient clinical practices resulting in better than average patient outcomes. Luft says he believes this plan will result not only in universal coverage, but improved efficiency, as well. "Focusing attention on patient outcomes ...Infection detectives use disease 'fingerprints' to track common infections in children
...n," he said. Further studies may eventually help doctors track the progression of disease and help assess risks of complications, Dr. Ramilo said....Lack of guidelines on kidney stone attacks could put travel workers and passengers at risk
...and debilitating pain. And theyre urging family doctors to ensure that kidney stone sufferers who are plan...thors have devised their own guidelines for family doctors and urology colleagues, which are published in the journal. But they stress that its essential for g...US adults now discovering the secrets of probiotics
...hind the rest of the world, and thats because U.S. doctors have just recently been conducting the clinical research to gauge and prove their efficacy," says Patricia Raymond M.D., noted board-certified gastroenterologist, author and assistant professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School. "In recent years, a ...Anxiety disorders surprisingly common yet often untreated
...ising that one out of five patients who come to a doctors office with a physical complaint have anxiety," said Dr. Kroenke, I.U. School of Medicine professor of medicine and Regenstrief Institute, Inc. research scientist. Dr. Kroenke, an internist, is an internationally recognized researcher who studies p...Patients should be alert for obesity surgery complication
...and numbness of the arms and legs. "Patients and doctors should be most alert for symptoms in the first few weeks after surgery," said Singh. "Vomiting is a predisposing factor in most patients." Most patients were treated with intravenous thiamine and made a complete recovery. However, some patients con...Obesity surgery can lead to memory loss, other problems
...ome occurs after weight loss surgery. He said some doctors prescribe thiamine supplementation for their patie... recommends that national standards be set for all doctors to follow....Computer predicts wishes of incapacitated patients better than family or loved ones
...ve and becomes incapacitated by illness or injury, doctors typically ask the patient's loved one to predict what treatment the patient would have wanted. But a paper in PLoS Medicine reports that a computer-based decision tool can predict a patient's treatment wishes better than a loved one. To use the d...Empathy skills must be given a high priority in medical education, says Jefferson author
...physicians and medical students. Declining time doctors and patients spend together is another reason the physician-patient relationship is a concern in medical education and practice. "Medical schools are eager to teach professionalism in the practice of medicine," he says. "Empathy is an important eleme...Study reveals depressed elderly risk early death
...are. It is often undiagnosed and both patients and doctors confuse it with other illnesses or general signs of ageing. This can have detrimental impact on life expectancy and likelihood of going back into hospital. "Depression is still a relatively 'new' disease in terms of treatments and services availa...Probe to detect spread of breast cancer co-developed by UH scientist
...ed quality and value of care benefits to patients, doctors and hospital administrators over existing procedures." The UH-UCL technology allows a surgeon to administer one injection the magnetic dye that takes only 10 to 15 minutes to work and eliminates the need for a nuclear medicine practitioner to i...