Long heat waves boost hospital admissions
... Giuseppe Mastrangelo and his team from the University of Padova, Italy, examined hospital discharge records for patients aged 75 or over during five heat waves which hit the Veneto Region in Northeast Italy between 2002 and 2003. They found that for each additional day of heat wave duration hospital admissi...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Aug. 7, 2007, issue
... ... Authors say an earlier study, which found the drug associated with increased risk for myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death, had several flaws. The authors re-analyzed the data from the earlier trial, using a variety of modeli...UD scientists invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue
...... ... <...Patients with soft tissue sarcomas should be treated at high volume centers
... ... Using an analysis of a la...Reduced greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid dangerous increases in heat stress
... ... "Rare events today, like the 2003 heat...Dartmouth's alternative breast imaging techniques sort abnormal from normal tissue
... The interdisciplinary team includes researchers from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering and Dartmout...Light-based probe 'sees' early cancers in first tests on human tissue
... If the preliminary success of the "optical biopsy" is confirmed through clinical trials, such a device could ultimately provide a particular advantage for early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of many types of cancer, according to the researchers. The vast majority of cancers start in the body's epithelial cells, which line the mucous m...New drug could reduce tissue damage after heart attack
A study led by UCL (University College London) scientists has designed a new drug that inhibits the adverse effects of C reactive protein (CRP), a protein that contributes to tissue damage in heart attacks and strokes. The findings, published in the journal Nature, suggest that targeting CRP may produce both immediate and long-term clinical benefits following a heart attack....... CRP is normall...More black, Hispanic parents dissatisfied with health care for special needs children
Milwaukee - Black and Hispanic parents of children with special heath care needs are twice as likely as white parents to be dissatisfied with their child's care, according to a study appearing in the April issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. ...... Researchers in Milwaukee at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Center for Advan...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, Feb. 21, 2006 issue
... ...In this study of more than 4,000 patients who were experiencing coronary heart disease for the first time, patients who were taking statin or b-blocker drugs were more likely to be diagnosed with angina than myocardial infarction or to die from sudden death (Article, p. 229). ... ...Angina is a more stable, more controllable and lower risk form of heart disease. Statins are drugs used to...New position stand issued on the female athlete triad
On the eve of the 2006 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission has issued a Position Stand on the Female Athlete Triad which appears in the International Journal of Eating Disorders today. The article is available online to the general public via Wiley InterScience at ....... Members of the Academy of Eating Disorders (AED) are available to comment on the Female A...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October 2005 (second issue)
... ...Californians who live close to naturally occurring asbestos source rocks and who are exposed to low levels of the mineral are at increased risk for malignant mesothelioma, a serious cancer of the pleural membrane covering the lungs, according to a new study. ... ...For the research, investigators looked at 2,908 malignant mesothelioma cases reported over a 10-year period. Over 50 percen...MRI detects cancers missed by mammography in breast cancer patients
... http://www.asc...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
... ... Patient satisfaction is a critical measure of healthcare quality. We performed this study to see how depression and pain severity affected patient satisfaction in medical outpatients. We analyzed data from the Medical Outcomes Study and found that pain was very common and patients with depression and pain were much more likely to be dissatisfied with their healthcare. These findings ma...Ulcerative colitis remission rates from long-term safety study of LIALDA presented at DDW
... Approved by the FDA on January 16, 2007, for the induction of remission in patients with active, mild to moderate UC, LIALDA is the first and only or...Developments in tissue engineering offer new sources for stem cell treatments
... ISOLATION OF HUMAN SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELLS FROM TESTICULA...Genetic markers in surrounding tissues linked to breast cancer tumor grade, presence of metastases
... A high degree of variability is observed in both biological behavior and clinical outcome in sporadic breast cancer, and this diversity may increase the difficulty in determining the appropriate treatment for a patient, according to background information in the article. "It has been recognized for decades that identical chemotherapeut...Students devise oral quick-dissolve strips for rotavirus vaccine
... During a two-semester course, the seven-student team fabricated a thin film that should melt quickly in a babys mouth, prompting the child to swallow the vaccine. The dissolved medication is coated with a material to protect it in the childs stomach. This coating is also designed to release the vaccine in the sm...Tissue engineered scaffolding allows reproduction of cartilage tissue
... The procedure was extremely successful in tested mice as the study found these scaffolds to be a far more effective means of regenerating cartilage than traditional therapy. The shrin...Transcontinental wildfire emissions monitored from space
... Using SCIAMACHY, Annemieke Gloudemans from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and her colleagues at Utrecht University, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) witnessed large quantities of released carbon monoxide (CO) above the southern continents. They also s...Tip sheet for Annals of Internal Medicine -- May 1, 2007, issue
... In one study, 44 patients being treated with steroids for newly diagnosed GCA were assigned to receive either infliximab or a placebo...Scientists find missing link to understand how plants make vitamin C
... ... Dr. Steven Clarke of the UCLA Molecular Biology Institute and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry explains, We were working on an interesting gene in worms. One insight led to another un...OHSU surgeon implants donated tissue allografts
... ... Until r...Drug used to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child damages DNA
... NRTIs work by inhibiting the viral reverse transcriptase and by in...Childhood immunization against pneumonia cuts hospital admissions by almost 40 percent
... ... <...MRI detects most missed opposite breast cancers in women
... In the new trial, conducted by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) and funded by the National Cancer Institute, researchers wanted to determine whether MRI could improve doctors ability to i...Stem cells speed growth of healthy liver tissue
... ... Researchers at Heinrich-Heine-University in Dsseldorf, Germany, used adult bone marrow stem cells to help quickly regenerate healthy liver tissue, enabling patients to eventually undergo...Scientists progress in successful tissue engineering
Tissue engineering is a relatively new field of basic and clinical science that is concerned, in part, with creating tissues that can augment or replace injured, defective, or diseased body parts. The approach to fabricating the tissues involves adding specific cell types to grow on a polymer scaffold having the shape of the tissue to be restored. The scaffold gradually disappears, while the cel...Tissue engineering for craniofacial reconstruction
Tissue engineering has emerged as a promising alternative for the reconstitution of lost or damaged organs and tissues, circumventing the complications associated with traditional transplants. Tissue engineers attempt to repair or regenerate damaged tissue by using engineered tissue substitutes that can sustain functionality during regeneration and eventually integrate into the host tissue. The...Opening windows may be the best way of preventing transmission of airborne infection
... The researchers, led by Rod Escombe from Imperial College London, compared the airflow in 70 naturally ventilated clinical rooms such as respiratory isolation rooms, TB wards, respiratory wards, general medical wards, outpatient consulting rooms, waiting rooms, and emergency departments with 12 mechanically ventilated negative-pressure respiratory isolati...Opening windows effective way of preventing transmission of TB
... The spread of airborne infections in institutional settings such as hospitals, waiting rooms, prisons and homeless shelters is an important public health problem. This is especially true in resource poor settings, where the prevalence of TB is highest, and where preventive measures such as negative-pressure isolation rooms are hardest to impl...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Feb. 20, 2007, issue
... ... ... The available evidence did not reveal harms asso...Study in recent issue of Clinical Pediatrics helps pediatricians to understand discipline practices
... The research, published by SAGE Publications in the January issue of Clinical Pediatrics, and written by lead author Dr. Shari Barken of Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina, indicates that, while national guide...New guidelines issued for diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism
... Key elements of the diagnosis guideline include the use of clinical prediction rules to establish pretest probability of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism in a patient before further testing and the utility of various diagnostic tools such as D-dimer and ultrasonography. The management guideline supports the use of low-molecular weight heparin for patients...New amfAR research grants aim to advance understanding and prevention of rectal HIV transmission
... "Twenty-five years after the first identification of AIDS, the taboos that surround an open discussion of sexual behavior are still haunting us in our efforts to contain this pandemic" said Dr. Johnston. "It is time for us to take an honest and unflinching look at how HIV is spread and...JRRD releases single-topic issue focused on vision rehabilitation
... Our goal is to develop a surgical treatment that will improve vision for patients with agerelated macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the most common cause of blindness among people over age 55 in the United States (including veterans). In most AMD patients with severe visual loss, abnormal blood vessels grow under the central retina (the area that provides high resolution vision) and cause b...SCAI issues clinical alert on drug-eluting stents and late thrombosis
(JANUARY 11, 2007--WASHINGTON, DC) The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) today released a clinical alert advising physicians on practical steps for reducing the risk of a rare but serious complication associated with the use of drug-eluting stents. The document follows hearings held by the Food and Drug Administration's Circulatory Systems Device Panel regarding th...Study examines risk of soft tissue sarcomas in hereditary retinoblastoma survivors
... Retinoblastoma is a rare cancer of the retina that primarily affects children and is most often diagnosed before age 1. The disease can often be cured; 97 percent of retinoblastoma patients...Hospitals miss most patient safety incidents
... ... Patient safety incidents are common in hospitals, and many of them lead to patient harm or extra cost. In 2003, the National Patient Safety Agency developed a national reporting and learning system to...SCAI issues recommendations to prevent kidney damage after imaging procedures
... Contrast dye is essential for many diagnostic and i...