Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
...osis of LQTS, Mayo specialists found that about 40 percent did not show sufficient evidence to merit that dia...l activity, including competitive sports. About 10 percent had undergone surgery to have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), a treatment for LQTS....New mothers often not asked about depression, UNC survey finds
...postpartum visits in the previous three months, 79 percent said they were unlikely to formally screen the patients for depression. An estimated 13 percent of new mothers are affected by postpartum depression. The study will be published June 6, 2007 in th...TV ads may spur more stroke victims to get help sooner
..., 12,534 visits for stroke were recorded, and 34.4 percent (4,303) of victims arrived within two-and-a-half hours of symptom onset and 48.1 percent (6,024) arrived within five hours. Of the total visits, 24.3 percent (3,040) were for TIAs. When t...Human stem cell treatment restores motor function in paralyzed rats
... is a serious complication that occurs in 20 to 40 percent of patients undergoing a surgical process called a...ts and improved muscle tone, was shown in 40 to 50 percent of the animals tested. A post-mortem study of those animals showed a robust maturation of neurons a...Second SPORT study shows surgery advantage for spinal stenosis and slipped vertebra
...a randomized and an observational cohort, fully 40 percent of participants who had been randomized changed their minds after enrollment in the trial and switched to the other group, i.e. choosing to have surgery after being randomized to the non-operative group, or deciding to proceed non-surgically after be...Survey shows asthma not controlled in majority of patients
...rly. "Even more shocking was the finding that 38 percent of controlled asthmatics and 54 percent of uncontrolled asthmatics reported having had an asthma attack during which they feared for their l...Exercise test may help predict mortality risk in heart failure patients
...y older adults had a mean score of 32. About 45 percent of study participants with diastolic heart failure had a score greater than 34 compared to 59 percent of participants with systolic heart failure having a score that high. The results are similar to ...Study: Who claims to be a pediatrician?
...he Journal of Pediatrics, found that as many as 17 percent of physicians in a single state who claim to be pe...American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). And another 12 percent of physicians who report to be pediatricians did not complete a medical residency training program i...Research shows aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly
... quickly enough to keep their hearts beating at 70 percent of their maximum rate the same aerobic intensity level recommended to maintain cardiovascular fitness. The other seven subjects simply rested. On the following morning, the researchers sampled the blood going into and coming out of thigh muscle in ...Doctors conclude temsirolimus is effective new treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma
...st common type of kidney cancer. Approximately 90 percent of the 51,190 new cases of kidney cancer diagnosed...y surgery that removes the tumor, approximately 35 percent of patients will experience a recurrence of their cancer or will have spread (metastasis) of their c...Once-fatal metabolic disorders treatable, says Stanford/Packard researcher
...he drug therapy had an overall survival rate of 73 percent for newborns and 98 percent for older patients. In contrast, a recent European study of 217 patients who did not receive the the...Limiting stroke damage is focus of study
...the penumbra. His grant was ranked among the top 1 percent of those reviewed by the study section. "If the recurring waves continue, finally they will kill cells," says Dr. Kirov who wants to better understand this depolarizing event with the goal of stopping it. "We are trying to block this event to save t...Focused ultrasound relieves fibroid symptoms in women
... to the National Institutes of Health, at least 25 percent of women in the United States age 25 to 50 suffer ...hly six centimeters (cm) in diameter), or up to 33 percent of total fibroid volume. Protocol B allowed a maximum treatment time of 180 minutes and maximum fibr...Researchers use MRI to predict recovery after spinal cord injury
... each year. Motor vehicle accidents account for 44 percent of these injuries in the U.S. An initial MRI examination is typically performed on patients with SCI to determine the degree of neurological damage, as well as a possible prognosis. MRI findings may include cord hemorrhage, swelling, soft tissue ...Study questions risks of anti-bleeding drug during heart surgery
...ceiving aprotinin, while the risk of stroke was 35 percent lower. As in the previous study, patients receiving aprotinin had an increased risk of kidney dysfunction after surgery. It was not clear whether the kidney problems were permanent or temporary. One reason for the conflicting results is that Har...Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful
...children with behavioral health problems about 15 percent of the children they see but did not always feel ...rs) "frequently or occasionally" plummeted from 52 percent to 26 percent after the FDA warning that use of the drugs might increase suicidal behavior. In the...Dentists need more training in oral cancer detection
More than 92 percent of Illinois dentists provide oral cancer examinati... prevention and early detection. A greater than 60 percent response rate indicated that Illinois dentists "take seriously their important role in addressing th...Increasing radiation dose shortens treatment time for women who choose breast sparing treatment
...oxicity or dermatitis (skin inflammation). Twelve percent had grade 0, 65 percent had grade 1, and 23 percent had grade 2 dermatitis. All toxicity had resolved within six weeks afte...Policy changes have direct effect on nursing home care
...of acuity in patient care. Medicaid pays for 67 percent of all nursing home residents in the United States, but only covers 51 percent of the $103 billion in total nursing home costs. Medicare covers 12.5 percent of those costs, privat......with the lowest amount of cytokines. A total of 28 percent of the women and 30 percent of the men had high levels of cytokines, yet they made up 42 percent of the cases of Alzheimer's dis...