Positive results more likely from industry-funded breast cancer trials
...aid Dr. Jeffrey Peppercorn, assistant professor of medicine in UNC School of Medicines division of hematology ...en again and again in various branches of clinical medicine that studies that involve pharmaceutical industry sponsorship are more likely to have positive outco...Aspirin reduces esophageal-cancer risk in people with most-aggressive form of Barrett's esophagus
...aid Reid, also a professor of gastroenterology and medicine and an adjunct professor of genome sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine....Usefulness of cardiovascular disease test questioned
...and an associate professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS). According to co-author Lisa Schwartz, associate professor of medicine at DMS, "A general population use of the test would identify millions of low-risk people, and we don...MGH research award helps women establish scientific careers
...s of womens careers can help them stay in academic medicine and enjoy future research success," says Nancy Tarbell, MD, director of the Center for Faculty Development and the Office of Womens Careers at MGH, the papers senior author. "This program was a bold initiative to support women faculty, and its succe...USC-led study suggests exercise reduces risk of developing invasive breast cancer
...s," said Leslie Bernstein, professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and primary investigator of the CTS. "This study is unique because it provides the first prospective study data documenting that a woman's long-term exercise habits are important in determining her future breast...Medicalize me: Experts look at how our perceptions of illness are shaped
... The six essays focus on the intersections between medicine and society, including the role of the physician a...hat patients who go to their doctors and ask for a medicine they saw in an advertisement are likely to get it which, of course, is part of the reason the blitz...Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk
...y related to mortality, as advances in science and medicine allow many women to survive heart disease. For example, in the United States 42.1 million (36.6 percent) women live with CVD and the population at risk is even larger. In fact, "nearly all women are at risk for CVD, underscoring the importance of a...Doctors test effort that helps people understand health risk information
...and an associate professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. Woloshin and his co-authors Lisa Schwartz and H. Gilbert Welch, all of whom are affiliated with Dartmouths Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences and the Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group at the White River Junction (Ve...Sick teens in crisis: Organ transplant patients may die when insurance for medicine runs out
...associate professor in the departments of internal medicine and community health at Saint Louis University. Even for families with insurance, the co-payments can be a huge financial burden. Most healthcare costs associated with transplants in the United States such as critical immunosuppressive drugs are ...Diabetes risk factors develop earlier in women than men
...Donahue, Ph.D., professor of social and preventive medicine and associate dean for research in UBs School of Public Health and Health Professions. Because these pre-diabetic markers are not routinely assessed, and because diabetes is strongly linked with coronary heart disease, the study may help explain why...CRP liver protein induces hypertension, UT Southwestern researchers have found
...pen Vongpatanasin, associate professor of internal medicine and lead author of the study appearing in the February issue of Circulation . UT Southwestern researchers studied mice with an engineered gene for CRP that was under the regulation of a second gene responsive to changes in dietary carbohydrate in...Slow-release morphine reduces level of intractable cough
... weeks. Morphine, derived from opium, is used in medicine as an analgesic, light anesthetic or a sedative. Although opiates have been long advocated for the suppression of cough, there are few trial data to support this recommendation. In fact, prior to this research, the use of opiates in intractable chron...Public health and pandemic flu preparedness to headline Preventive Medicine 2007
...week at the premier annual gathering of preventive medicine and public health leaders to discuss public health preparedness and response efforts at the national, state, and local levels. Several educational sessions at Preventive Medicine 2007 will be devoted to this topic, which is timely in the wake of hur...Preventive Medicine 2007 to feature research and practice findings to improve public health
...s are among the top issues and concerns preventive medicine and public health leaders will address as they gather at the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)s annual meeting, February 21-24, at the InterContinental Miami Hotel. Preventive Medicine 2007, the four-day meeting of scientific sessions...New blood thinner studied for patients with leg and lung clots
...sends your levels out of whack; almost every other medicine affects Coumadin," says Dr. Gossage, who calls warfarin a "high-maintenance" medication. Unfortunately, many people, including those with a clot in their legs called deep vein thrombosis or their lungs called pulmonary embolism may need it for...Benchmark fetal surgery study finds timeliness to be critical factor in success of treatment
...of heated debate among surgeons and maternal-fetal medicine physicians around the world: What's the best way to treat twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), one of the most common conditions requiring fetal surgery and the leading cause of mortality in twins? The benchmark, NIH-funded study on TTTS, conduct...Cardiology Society recommends high standards for PCI performed without on-site surgical backup
...ence in invasive and interventional cardiovascular medicine through physician education and representation, and advancement of quality standards to enhance patient care Telebriefing hosted by the documents lead author -- Gregory J. Dehmer, M.D., FSCAI, President, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography a...Emergency departments test chest pain patients differently, based on race, gender and insurance
...y Liliana E. Pezzin, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at the Medical College, along with co-investigators Gary B. Green, M.D., MPH, and Penelope Keyl, Ph.D., at Johns Hopkins, appears in the February 2007 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine. Chest pain is the most common initial symptom in patients d...Erectile dysfunction influenced by race and ethnicity
...argely of Caucasian men. Translation of the sexual medicine findings of one population group to another can only really be done by directly studying the specific ethnic/racial group." ......te University experts in child health, respiratory medicine and molecular microbiology with clinicians at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. Cystic fibrosis is an inherited condition that affects around 7,000 people in the UK, half of whom are children. The disease causes difficulties in digesti...