Investigators uncover intriguing clues to why persistent acid reflux sometimes turns into cancer
...nvading or to identify markers that would allow an earlier diagnosis for Barretts esophagus, which doesnt usually have symptoms. ...Reanalysis of controversial meta-analysis says writing off rosiglitazone may be premature
...g different statistical models - suggests that the earlier methodology may have resulted in inflated risk estimates. The new analysis, conducted by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,concludes "that only prospective clinical trials designed for the specific purpose of establishing the cardiovascular ...Chromatin remodeling complex connected to DNA damage control
...cuses on defining its functions and mechanisms. An earlier paper from his lab in Cell showed that INO80 also is involved in DNA damage repair through its connections to a specific phosphorylated histone. "Modification of histones has been studied for some time, now we are moving to understand the modificat...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
...lls in the same surroundings. This confirmed their earlier research showing that the ability of muscle stem cells to regenerate tissue depends on the age of the cells' environment (including the age of the blood supplying the tissue), not the age of the stem cell. Although Rando's research focused on the r...Study suggests nonpharmaceutical interventions may be helpful in severe influenza outbreaks
... that implemented non-pharmaceutical interventions earlier had greater delays in reaching peak rates of death, lower peak rates of death, and lower total number of deaths. There was a statistically significant association between increased duration of nonpharmaceutical interventions and a reduced total numbe...ACC/AHA release revised UA/NSTEMI guidelines
... The ability to detect and treat these conditions earlier has greatly improved over the last several years. New evidence from pivotal trials over the past five years has been gathered together in these guidelines to give physicians up-to-date and detailed information on which treatment options will provide ...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Aug. 7, 2007, issue
...r decreased risk is established. Authors say an earlier study, which found the drug associated with increa...l flaws. The authors re-analyzed the data from the earlier trial, using a variety of modeling and weighting methods. Authors say that the risk controversy w...Trial stops after stroke and mortality significantly reduced by blood
...trokeand mortality in the over-80s. A number of earlier trials had demonstrated that reducing blood pressurein the under-80s reduces stroke and cardiovascular events. However,previous smaller and inconclusive studies also suggested that whilstlowering blood pressure in those aged 80 or over reduced the nu...Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...Medical students should be taught about management earlier in their education, with the curriculum embedding the notion that management is core business for doctors. ...Statin drugs may delay progressive artery damage in children
... statin therapy was delayed. The results show that earlier initiation of statin treatment results in a smaller carotid IMT at a later age, said John J. P. Kastelein, M.D., Ph.D., co-author of the study and professor and chair of vascular medicine at the Academic Medical Centre. However, each child will diff...Electric fields have potential as a cancer treatment
...very low survival rate. All the patients had their earlier tumors treated by other methods, but the cancer had started to recur in all cases. Fitting the patients with electrodes that applied 200 kHz electric fields to the scalp at regular intervals for up to 18 hours per day, the researchers observed that t...Shining light on pancreatic cancer
...ng endoscopies, doctors could potentially generate earlier diagnoses by examining low-risk patients as part of routine examinations. The next stages of the pancreatic cancer research trials incorporate some examinations that are biopsy-free and use a shoebox-sized fiber-optic version of the new system, a d...Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
... abnormal changes. No one can detect these changes earlier than we can. To test the effectiveness of the te... the same optical markers that were significant in earlier colon cancer studies at ENH using Backmans technology proved also to be significant for pancreatic c...Low hospital staff levels increase infection rates
...luded that this study backs up findings from their earlier general study on ICU infection risks, namely that employing more than two nurses per patient per day would prevent a large proportion of infections. There was an average ratio of two nurses per patient per day in the ICU during this study. This stu...Holograms make for better vision tests
...lasses in patients. This new technique adds to an earlier one, developed by the same researchers, for using a single hologram to measure another important property, the spherical refractive error of the eye. Summary In this new test, patients view a hologram consisting of sunburst patterns; by reporting...Chemical in brain acts like a fuel gauge
...Neurological Disorders and Stroke, was inspired by earlier work published in the journal Endocrinology by Sue Ritter of Washington State University. In her studies, one of which was co-authored by Watts, Ritter showed that hypoglycemic animals lost their feeding and hormonal responses to hypoglycemia after...Experts predict Tamiflu could halve the pandemic influenza death toll versus no intervention
...demic influenza.1 This research is supported by an earlier analysis that indicates that a prevention strategy using Tamiflu may help contain a pandemic outbreak.3 The study also predicts that if the stockpile is increased so that there is an unlimited supply of Tamiflu for treating symptomatic patients an...CAM-oriented primary care providers result in cost savings, high patient satisfaction
...m1999 to 2002. Our most recent analysis supports earlier findings that patients visiting CAM-orientated primary carephysicians (PCP) primarily chiropractors experienced fewer hospitalizations, underwent fewer surgeriesand used considerably fewer pharmaceuticals than HMO patients who received traditional ......ded once every decade for people 50 and older, and earlier for those with a family history of the disease. Fo...-cancerous polyps and diagnosing more cancer at an earlier stage where treatment is most effective. In 2003, we set a five year goal to increase the percent ...