Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
... harm reduction, an unethical message that is both false and harmful to people's health", conclude the authors. The harmful effects of cigarette smoking have been well researched and documented. Different tobacco products are associated with different levels of health risks, and smokeless tobacco (the mos...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
... detect smaller lung cancers than before. Although false positives might still occur, particularly with CT scans, the medical community has developed effective protocols in order to minimize surgeries on patients with benign tumors, the paper notes. "There have been major improvements in the methods used f...UK politicians failing to address low morale among doctors
...about the NHS have been based on a set of entirely false notions about what matters to patients, states the editorial. Meanwhile doctors have been left demoralised by targets that compromise patient care, shift work that compromises professionalism, and a massively over-managed health service. The Lancet c...Prevalence of concussion effects linked to 'pot of gold' lawsuits, researcher says
...hould be -- serious consequences to those bringing false or inflated legal claims," he says. "The review's less than one-page mention of long-lasting symptoms of concussion and their relation to legal claims is misleading at best. It compares the extent and duration of symptoms in the United States to thos...New test for early detection of prostate cancer shows promise
...ime, the marker successfully avoids the problem of false positive results that plagues prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. Study results appear in the May 15, 2005, issue of Cancer Research. The lead author is Robert H. Getzenberg, Ph.D., professor of urology and director of research at the James Bu...Other highlights in the May 18 JNCI
...rly-stage cancers without increasing the number of false positives--women recalled for additional assessment who do not have cancer. There is a relationship between the recall rate and the false-positive rate, but it has remained unclear. To estimate the effect of changes in the recall rate on the earlier...NIST method improves timing in oscilloscopes
...led jitter. These errors may lead, for example, to false detection of failure in a communications module that is actually working, or to increased electronic "noise" interference with measurements of microwave signals from radar. The NIST method, based on an approach developed in laboratory experiments and...Chest CT can be first step to identifying if patient has had a heart attack
...o confirm a recent heart attack, because there are false positives with the CT examination, said Dr. Haramati. The CT examination had indicated myocardial infarction in six of the 59 patients; five of them had not had a heart attack. This study shows that if a patient is having a chest CT, it is appropria...A warning for women on HRT don't skip your next mammogram
... with breast cancer looked at the odds of having a false negative result on mammogram in women who attended first round screening in 1994 and 1995 or second round screening in 1995 and 1996. Chief investigator, Associate Professor Anne Kavanagh from the University's Key Centre for Women's Health in Society...Tobacco companies designed cigarettes 'to addict women,' according to new study
...t the relative safety of light cigarettes; created false perceptions of social and health effects through reduced sidestream smoke, appearance and odor and improved aroma and aftertaste; matched female taste preferences through flavored, smooth and mild-tasting cigarettes; and targeted physiological and in...Early prostate cancer screening may reduce mortality rate
...roversy surrounding early PSA screening deals with false positives generated by high PSA scores. Hidden or localized prostate cancer does not always metastasize and people with this localized cancer may go on to live normal lives for years without incident. "Just by chance alone you're going to be picking...Patients receiving radioisotope scans could trigger false security alarms at airports
... information cards could lessen the impact of such false alarms and avoid unnecessary interrogations by airport security personnel."...Breast biopsy rates remain steady despite introduction of new technology
...ver, some women screened by mammography may have a false positive result, requiring further tests, including biopsy, resulting in anxiety, inconveniences and trauma for the patient as well as increased costs, according to background information in the article. Further, the authors suggest, the advent of le...Digital mammography trial results announced
...t quality of life due to the expected reduction of false positives, are still being assessed and will be reported at a later date. "This digital mammography study demonstrates how new technologies are expanding our ability to detect breast cancer earlier in more women. The study corroborates NCI's commitm...Magnetic insoles do not provide pain relief, Mayo Clinic study reports
...in magnets had pain relief even if they were given false magnets to wear. "This study provides convincing e..." Patients in studies who are given the placebo or false treatment often report improvement in their conditions when they believe they are receiving a treatm...Study questions widespread use of C-reactive protein test to assess cardiovascular risk
...at concern of CRP screening is that it may provide false assurance to men and women who may be at increased risk of a heart attack despite normal CRP levels," says Dr. Miller. "Because the majority of people at risk for a heart attack do not have high CRP, normal levels at screening may make obese patients...Errors in cancer diagnosis put patients in harm's way
...are that unneeded procedures are performed for the false positive diagnosis of cancer. Pathologists also disagreed on the severity of harm that was caused by an error in cancer diagnosis. The researchers say that their study demonstrates not only a relatively high frequency of error using this detection m...Researchers question persistent cough treatments for kids
...thout any medication. The coincidence can fuel the false impression that a particular treatment is effective, he says. Michael Light, M.D., chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics study section on pediatric pulmonology, agrees. "The bottom line is that this is not uncommon for [cough] to happen in chil...Pediatricians ignore screenings that flag hearing problems in children, new SLU research finds
...which means the routine hearing screening picks up false positives. However, if more than half of those who fail hearing screenings are not referred for in-depth evaluation by an audiologist, some children who have hearing problems might not get the help they need. "At 4 years, they'll start to have some ...Virtual colonoscopy performance enhanced by computer-aided detection
...cent of patients with polyps 8 mm or larger. CAD's false positive rates were 2.1 per patient for polyps 10 mm and larger and 6.7 per patient for polyps 8 mm and larger, which fall within the researchers' acceptable limits. Dr. Summers predicted that soon all physicians who are interpreting virtual colonosc...