Trial stops after stroke and mortality significantly reduced by blood
An international trial looking at the benefits of giving blood-pressure...lowering medication to elderly patients has stopped early, after...researchers observed significant reductions in overall mortality in...those receiving treatment. ... An international trial looking at the benefits of giving blood-pressure...lowering medication to elderly patients has stopped early, after...researchers obs...Polish journalist scoops first prize in prestigious European award
... The standard of this years entries was very high, with nominations received for journalists from Belgium, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switz...How to lose weight and not go hungry: HU researcher develops drug that mimics feeling of 'fullness'
... For this development, Yaniv Linde, a 32-year-old Ph.D. student of Prof. Chaim Gilon in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Hebrew University, has been named a first place winner of a Kaye Innovation Award, which was presented...Patient choice stops at inhaled insulin
An editorial In this week's Issue of THE LANCET calls for physicians and patients to decide on whether It Is appropriate to use Inhaled Insulin for diabetes, even though last week the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) released its appraisal document on inhaled insulin, open for consultation until May 10, which concluded that the treatment should not be offered to p...OHSU Cancer Institute, VA researchers find way to identify which men need a second biopsy
PORTLAND, Ore. A researcher in the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center has found a way to identify which men need a second prostate biopsy because they may be harboring life-threatening prostate cancer even though they were given a clean bill of health after their first biopsy. ... Shane Rogosin, M.D., principal investigator, resident...VA tops private hospitals in infection-control study
... The recommendations were published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in 2001, and by the Centers for Disease Control in 2002. Since then, "There really had not been any national studies that had looked at whethe...'Virtual autopsy' helps identify drowning as cause of death
... ... "Our findings show that MDCT can be used either to facilitate or reduce the need for conventional autopsy when drowning is the suspected cause of death," said lead author Angela D. Levy, M.D., from the Department of Radiology, Uniformed...Anti-fungal drug stops blood vessel growth
... In mice induced to have excess blood vessel growth, treatment with itraconazole reduced blood vessel growth by 67 percent compared to placebo. We were surprised, to say the least, that itraconazole popped up as a potential blocker of angiogenesis, says Ju...Johns Hopkins develops pancreas cancer risk model
... An estimated 10 percent of aggressive and highly fatal cases of the disease are caused by inherited genes. Even if there is a 100 percent chance that an individual carries a pancreas ca...PneuStep -- MRI-safe motor makes robotic biopsies possible
... "Lots of biopsies on organs such as the prostate are currently performed blind because the tumors are typically invisible to the imaging tools commonly used," says Dan Stoianovici, Ph.D., an...Washington University surgeon develops treatment for foot deformity
... Congenital vertical talus (CVT), or "rocker-bottom flat foot," occurs in about 1 in 10,000 live births. Left untreated, the patient would walk on the inside of the ankle rather than the bottom of the foot, resulting in...Biopsy may underestimate prostate cancer in obese and overweight men
... The finding suggests that misleading biopsy results may be causing many obese and overweight men to receive inadequate or inappropriate treatment that is not aggressive enough to combat the true nature of their disease, said study leader Stephen Freedland, M.D., an assistant professor in...Antibiotic ear drops favored over popular oral antibiotics for ear infections
... Pedi...Natural protein stops deadly human brain cancer in mice
... The most common type of brain cancer-glioblastoma-is marked by the presence of these stem-cell-like brain cells, which, instead of triggering the replacement of damaged cells, form cancer tissue. Stem cells, unlike all other cells in the body, are capable of forming almost any...PhD researcher develops inexpensive, sustainable production method in just 2 years
... Maaike Kroon has developed a sustainable production method for the chemical industry that combines reaction and separation...Optical technique provides improved 'virtual biopsies' of internal surfaces
A new optical imaging technique, developed at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), can provide three-dimensional microscopic views of the inner surfaces of blood vessels and gastrointestinal organs. In their report in the journal Nature Medicine, receiving early online release today, the MGH-Wellman researchers describe using optical frequency-domain ima...Peer and family support tops needs of young adult cancer survivors
), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study reveals this traditionally underserved population of 15-29 year-old cancer survivors feels that socially connecting with other cancer-afflicted peers of the same a...High-tech spectroscopy may be used to monitor neuropsychiatric symptoms
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) may provide a noninvasive way to monitor neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with lupus, according to results from research in mice at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.... "This study is the first to demonstrate that MRS is a feasible method to monitor neuropsychiatric symptoms in lupus," said Nilamadhab Mishra, M.D., the prin...Bypass surgery tops angioplasty for sickest heart patients
... Yet up to 40 percent of patients diagnosed with severe coronary disease are treated first with angioplasty or medications and not given the opportunity to receive bypass surgery, the researchers estimate. Bypass surgery is more expensive and more invasive, but has the benefit of increasing patient life span significantly m...Insulin receptor stops progression of Alzheimer's disease
... Researchers have found that peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) agonists prevent several components of neurodegeneration and preserve learning and memory in rats with induced Alzheimer's disease (AD). They found that an agonist for PPAR delta, a...Mayo Clinic finds what causes men pain in prostate biopsy and best method to alleviate it
... ... "Prostate biopsy evokes significant anxiety...Public confidence in government drops as 5th anniversary of 9/11 approaches
... The survey also showed that the majority of the American public lacks confidence in the nation's health care system to be able to respond effectively to...Eastern Europe, Middle East tops in cardiovascular disease deaths
... "We found that more than 10 percent of Eastern Europeans and 9 percent of Middle Easterners had died or suffered from a stroke or heart attack," said Duke University Medical Center cardiologist Magnus Ohman, M.D., who helped analyze an internation...NASA technology helping injured US troops
... The late James Kerley created and patented the technology, consisting of short segments of flexible cable that connect to hardware, all of which all...Core needle biopsy gives an accurate picture of gene expression in whole tumor
The gene expression profile detected in the core needle biopsy of a breast tumour is representative of gene expression in the whole tumour. A study published today in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research confirms the reliability of core needle biopsy as a tool in breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis. The study also shows that the gene expression profile of a core needle biopsy might b...Specimen radiography confirms success of MRI-guided breast biopsy
... "Contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast is becoming increasingly useful in patients with lesions that cannot be detected with other techniques," said Basak Erguvan-Dogan, MD, radiologist in Breast Imaging at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. "However, it is hard to confirm removal of the targeted lesion because the abnormality does not enhance after being removed...Deployment to Iraq war associated with increased risk for adverse neuropsychological effects
... Since early 2003, significant numbers of military personnel have been deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Although contemporary battlefield measures have improved war-zone survival, success in preventing fatalities has not eliminated...UCLA develops unique nerve-stimulation epilepsy treatment
... ... The trigeminal nerve extends into the brain from the face and forehead, and is known to play a role in seizure inhib...Alberta develops world's first electronic surgical reporting
Alberta cancer surgeons have implemented the world's first Web Surgical Medical Records program (WebSMR) and will be extending the program to other parts of the province thanks to $1.4 million in funding by Canada Health Infoway. ...... The new tool allows doctors to fill out a standardized electronic report after performing surgeries. The reports can be shared by the entire cancer care team, ena...Researcher develops better way to detect shock
A novel medical device in development may give providers a better measure than traditional means in gauging just how well a severely injured patient is faring, especially during long evacuation flights. ... "It is not uncommon for injured soldiers in Iraq to be considered stable only to destabilize during transport (to Germany or the United States)," said Dr. Babs Soller of the University of Mas...When a child's heart stops, onset time of abnormal rhythms is crucial
Ventricular fibrillation, the life-threatening disordered heart rhythms that may accompany full cardiac arrest, occurs more frequently in children than commonly believed, according to a large national pediatric study....... Furthermore, not all ventricular fibrillation (VF) is the same, said study co-investigators Vinay Nadkarni, M.D., and Peter A. Meaney, M.D., M.P.H., specialists in Critical Ca...MR spectroscopy significantly reduces need for breast biopsy
OAK BROOK, Ill.--In a study featured in the June issue of Radiology, researchers found that imaging suspicious breast lesions with magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy reduced the need for biopsy by 58 percent. The investigators, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, discovered that with the addition of MR spectroscopy to their breast MR imaging (MRI) protocol, 23 of 40 suspici...Newly released Federal Government figures have confirmed that spending on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is flat-lining....... Official Government data from Medicare Australia (formerly the Health Insurance Commission) shows that PBS spending in April declined by 8.4 percent, the largest month fall since 1994 and one of the largest in the 60-year history of the scheme....... It means th...RNA interference stops colon cancer spread in mice
GALVESTON, Texas -- Using one of the newest and most powerful tools of biomedical science, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) researchers have scored a dramatic success in the battle against colorectal cancer....... The scientists were the first to use what are known as "small interfering RNAs" to block the spread of human colorectal cancer cells implanted in laboratory mice....Surgical plugs in ear's bone stops strange form of severe dizziness
(Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting, Grand Ballrooms A and B, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Ill; Presentation times for each study are 9:15 a.m. CT and 4:30 p.m. CT, Saturday, May 20.) ...... Rapid, uncontrollable eye movements that swish and thump as the eyes roll and blink. Bones that creak as the body moves. Sudden dizziness, loss of balance. Falling down after a loud noise, such as the sou...Image-guided biopsy can help patients avoid unnecessary kidney removal
Percutaneous image-guided biopsy of renal masses is safe and accurate, and it frequently alters clinical decision making, says a new study from the University of Michigan....... For the study, the researchers reviewed 153 kidney biopsies in 126 patients. The researchers found that more than 60% of patients had a change in their treatment--whether surgery, tumor ablation, chemotherapy or radiatio...Image guided biopsy may help patients avoid kidney removal
Image-guided kidney biopsy can diagnose benign kidney tumors and has a low rate of complications, says a new study by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston....... For the study, 407 image-guided kidney lesion biopsies were performed in 377 patients using either CT, ultrasound, or a combination of both to guide a small needle through the skin of the patient to take a sample of...Neuropsychological function of kids with cavities filled with mercury-containing amalgam
Chicago There were no statistically significant differences in neuropsychological and neurobehavioral effects among children whose dental caries were treated with mercury amalgam fillings and those treated with a composite dental restorative material, according to two studies in the April 19 issue of JAMA....... Dental (silver) amalgam is a widely used restorative material containing 40 - 50 per...Oops! Researchers publish new findings on the brain's response to costly mistakes
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- It happens to all of us, no matter how hard we try. Whether it's deleting a computer file and realizing a split-second later that we can't get it back, or dropping a bag of groceries, or realizing that our gas tank is nearly empty on a lonely stretch of highway, we all make mistakes that aren't just annoying, but potentially costly....... Now, a team of University of Michigan...Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have developed a relatively simple and inexpensive test that identifies children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who have responded well enough to their first round of chemotherapy that they might be successfully treated with a much less aggressive follow-up treatment. ...... The new test could give hospitals with limited resources a...