Disability payments may spur drug abuse
...y. The authors observe that their findings could prompt policy makers to explore the possible benefits of an alternate means of disbursing cash aid payments, such as doling them out in installments throughout the month. They also recommend identifying the small subset of aid recipients who account for mos...Rochester spreads knowledge of cancer-related fatigue
...hope that a better understanding of the topic will prompt new research and treatment. Virtually all cancer patients complain of some degree of persistent fatigue. Coping with this challenging side effect is critical to surviving cancer, especially since many people desire to work, raise children, run a ho...Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
... awareness of LQTS and its potential lethality may prompt physicians to think, If Im in doubt, Im going to diagnose LQTS because its the medically/legally safe thing to do. However, what may not be appreciated is that a diagnosis of LQTS has a huge ripple effect on these individuals and their families. It i...Study: Who claims to be a pediatrician?
...ld Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit may prompt parents to find out if their child's physician really is who he claims to be a board-certified and specialty-trained pediatrician. The study, published in the June issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, found that as many as 17 percent of physicians ...Once-fatal metabolic disorders treatable, says Stanford/Packard researcher
...rs found in their unprecedented 25-year study that prompt diagnosis coupled with a rapid start of intravenous drug therapy significantly improves the survival rates of people with the condition, called urea cycle disorders. The condition affects proteins in the liver that are necessary to process the by-pro...Syphilis screening, lithium fights neurodegeneration, monoclonal antibodies against avian flu
...nt these outcomes, but only if the mothers receive prompt treatment. Syphilis tests currently in use require a woman to make a second trip to the clinic to receive her test results. In practice, this means that many mothers in poor countries, especially in rural areas, dont find out they are infected in tim...Article outlines current recommendations for treating malaria in the US
...iagnosis of fever based on the travel history, and prompt and accurate diagnosis and treatment. Chloroquine remains the treatment of choice for Plasmodium falciparum acquired in areas without chloroquine-resistant strains. In areas with chloroquine resistance, a combination of atovaquone and proguanil or qu...Developments in tissue engineering offer new sources for stem cell treatments
...ing from 22 to 61 months, mean 46 months) showed a prompt return of bowel function, preserved renal function, normal mucus production and no urinary calculi. Results were best in those patients where implantation included an omental wrap. This abstract will be presented during Moderated Poster Session 8 o...Most young women don't recognize heart attack warning signs
...ng women, like their older counterparts, must seek prompt care if they have symptoms. They also must be persistent with their health providers especially if they have risk factors, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, inactivity, diabetes and family history, Lichtman said....Racial disparities in treatment of patients with cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension
...on were less likely to undergo a palliative shunt, prompt endoscopy, or liver transplantation compared to wh...white patients to receive a portosystemic shunt, a prompt endoscopic variceal hemostasis, or a liver transplant. Compared to white patients, the odds ratio o...Your brain and hormones may conspire to make you fat
...inadequate food or chronic stress, glucocorticoids prompt a craving for comfort foods foods high in sugar or fat. Glucocorticoids and insulin act to create abdominal fat. Thats a good way to store energy during food shortages but its also a way to gain too much abdominal fat when food is readily available....Study shows that anal cytology predicts anal precancer in HIV-positive gay men
...mal anal cells that may be precancerous and should prompt further investigation. The UCLA CARE Center is one of a handful of clinics in the United States offering an anal dysplasia screening and management service. AUTHORS: Ross D. Cranston, Steven.D. Hart , Jeffrey A. Gornbein, Sharon L. Hirschowitz, Gal...LIALDA -- the first oral once-daily mesalamine for ulcerative colitis -- now available
... rash. If acute intolerance syndrome is suspected, prompt withdrawal is required. Mesalamine-induced cardiac hypersensitivity reactions (myocarditis and pericarditis) have been reported. Reports of renal impairment have been associated with mesalamine medications. Caution should be exercised, and LIALDA sho...Both minor and major ECG abnormalities linked with increased risk of cardiovascular events in women
...al women. The presence of ECG abnormalities should prompt physicians to consider further risk stratification, more intensive therapeutic interventions, or both on modifiable risk factors for primary prevention of cardiovascular events."...Embargoed Jan./Feb. Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...peals may sway consumers in favor of a product and prompt viewers to discount information about risks and benefits that is important when considering medication use. These findings are especially important given the marked increase in direct-to-consumer advertising the average television viewer sees as man...Referral management schemes damage patients' interests
...and experience, greatly reducing the likelihood of prompt and accurate diagnosis, not least in respect of skin cancer, he argues. The schemes are also insulting to GPs, second guessing their decisions. They undermine the viability of secondary care dermatology, and they remove any incentive for secondary ...Pittsburgh ear study finds that fluid in the ear does not impair development in children
...of 3 years, the researchers found no evidence that prompt insertion of ear tubes improves developmental outc...ary care research, and colleagues also showed that prompt insertion of ear tubes in children with middle ear effusion also did not improve developmental outco...Anthrax attack posed greater potential threat than thought
...ilable online. On the other hand, the study shows, prompt intervention with antibiotics and vaccination appeared to be highly effective against the disease. In October of 2001, a letter containing spores of Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes the deadly disease anthrax, was opened in Daschle's o...Youth are receiving shorter inpatient stays for mental health treatment
...declined from 12.2 days to 4.5 days. "These trends prompt serious questions about diagnostic practices and quality of care for children and adolescents with mental disorders," says Case. The study appears in the January 2007 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. The authors found that children and ad...Medication does not appear to offer benefit for certain heart attack patients undergoing PCI
...n an expert facility. However, in patients without prompt reestablishment of adequate coronary blood flow, risk of death remains high, indicating the need for new treatments, including drugs intended to reduce the inflammation associated with a heart attack. Paul W. Armstrong, M.D., of the University of A...