ACC/AHA release revised UA/NSTEMI guidelines
...d prescribing aldosterone receptor blockade, a new drug category that wasnt available previously for people with heart failure, said Wenger. High-dose antioxidant vitamin supplements such as beta carotene, vitamins E and C and folic acid for secondary prevention are no longer recommended because results ...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Aug. 7, 2007, issue
...ew analysis of data on the effects of the diabetes drug rosiglitazone (sold in the United States as Avandi.... Authors say an earlier study, which found the drug associated with increased risk for myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death, had several flaws...Why women get more migraines than men
...success in preventing migraines using memantine, a drug that blocks CSD waves. Migraines were once thought to be caused primarily by constriction and dilation of blood vessels, Charles said. Now, thanks to various neuroimaging techniques, it has been shown that migraines may begin as a problem of brain ...Statin drugs may delay progressive artery damage in children
... LDL. The children were randomized to receive the drug pravastatin or placebo for two years. Those young...the pravastatin-treated group continued taking the drug and the placebo group switched to pravastatin. To assess the drugs effectiveness, the team used ult...Scientists train nano-'building blocks' to take on new shapes, as reported in Science
...d been designing sphere-shaped micelles for use in drug delivery and radiology, but noticed under some sol...l, Pochan noted. If you put little balls full of a drug into the bloodstream, the body's organs and immune system will get rid of them in around a day. But ...Electric fields have potential as a cancer treatment
...demonstrated the ability to decrease the intrinsic drug resistance of the cells. What causes cell division to slow down" In the 200-kHz case, the electric fields hamper the formation and function of a key cell structure known as the mitotic spindle. The spindle is composed of cell components known as mi...New oxidation methods streamline synthesis of important compounds
... streamline the synthesis of a peptidase inhibitor drug candidate, a nucleotide-sugar L-galactose, and is currently working on the antibiotic erythromycin A. ...Medical residents score poorly in diagnosing and managing tuberculosis
...rds of the questions about the toxicity of current drug regimens and about the link between TB and HIV inf...ial factors, including high rates of homelessness, drug use, incarceration and immigration, as well as HIV infection. He points out that the survey result...Medical residents unclear about TB guidelines
...ive TB. Social factors, including homelessness, drug use, incarceration, and immigration, as well as HIV infection, have contributed to high TB prevalence in urban areas in the US. ...Health reform bills could improve quality and efficiency, but fall short of national plan
...ude bills related to: Medicare prescription drug coverage Medicare payment reform Transparency Health information technology Systems to ensure patient safety Medical liability reform Eliminating disparities The report analyzes these proposals against the dimensions of performance include...Trials underway for 'essential' new TB vaccine
...lowing successful safety trials in The Gambia, the drug has now entered phase II trials in The Western Cape in South Africa, where the incidence of TB disease in infants is 1 in 100 (despite BCG vaccination). It has first been tested in HIV negative adult volunteers and these trials are now being stepped ...RAND presents first Victor Fuchs Research Award to economists at Carnegie Mellon University
...irst study to demonstrate the benefits of generous drug coverage in a stable, employed population, said Da...y. The paper examined the effects of increased drug co-payments on drug spending and on spending for other medical care. Results showed that increases i...Brief motivational interviews work best long term for college students sent to alcohol counseling
Students who break university rules on alcohol and drug use in residence halls are often sent to counselin...ve violated university rules regarding alcohol and drug use in residence halls to attend three sessions at our Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program for...U of M researchers discover new method to combat HIV
...DS, potentially replacing the traditional cocktail drug approach. The new approach proven accurate in l...al chemistry in the College of Pharmacy. Its one drug that does the same thing as two independent drugs would do, Vince said. Its a new approach in HIV/AI...New algorithm matches any tumor cells to best possible anti-cancer treatments
...and could help match this information to the right drug treatment would be a breakthrough of enormous valu...cal compounds for their anticancer activity. These drug responses, however, were not definitely linked to clinical effectiveness in patients. Another issue ...Study finds HIV protease inhibitor drugs may adversely affect the scaffolding of the cell nucleus
...cur in up to one-third of patients taking anti-HIV drug regimens. We show, for the first time, that certain HIV protease inhibitor drugs directly inhibit an enzyme called ZMPSTE24, which is important for generating the structural scaffolding supporting the cell nucleus, said Catherine Coffinier, Ph.D., ...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...s as biomarkers for monitoring patient response to drug and radiation therapy ( http://www.aapm.org/meetings/07AM/PRAbs.asp?mid=29&aid=8005 ). At the meeting's professional symposia, speakers will tackle topics such as developing medical physics technical standards, the challenges of introducing new tech...U of M researchers assess effectiveness of computerized physician order entry system
... ordering an inaccurate dosage, or administering a drug at the wrong time, dropped by as much as 66 percent in United States hospitals that switched to a CPOE system. Illegible handwriting and transcription errors account for more than 60 percent of medication errors. Patient safety is our final goal, s...Needle-stick injuries are common but unreported by surgeons in training
... involving a patient with a history of intravenous drug use and/or infected with HIV, hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV). We did not realize the extent to which health care workers are at risk a risk that is preventable, says Makary, a surgeon who studies medical errors and health care quality. Maka...Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid
... more effective at treating typhoid fever than the drug currently recommended by the World Health Organisa...e treatment of typhoid particularly in areas where drug resistance is a major problem. The results are published today in the open access journal PLoS ONE. ...