Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...acture, which often restricts a person's mobility, raises the cost of their medical care substantially, and increases the risk of death within a few months. Although the new study did not show a correlation between insomnia and hip fractures, it also didn't show a relationship between hypnotic drug use and ...Adverse outcomes from blood clot therapy may be due to patient characteristics, not dosing errors
...ly driven by adverse outcomes. However, this study raises the possibility that much of the adverse outcomes ascribed to dosing errors, at least in some situations, may be due to confounding rather than a direct effect of the error itself." "Thus, while medication errors need to be minimized, caution should ...Study reveals new data on how lyme disease is spread
...questions that have never been answered before and raises others that will likely stimulate future studies on Lyme disease." The study followed 213 initially untreated adults with erythema migrans, the tell-tale bull's eye rash that is the most common clinical feature of Lyme disease, to determine when do...Decline in major heart disease offset by rise in diagnosed angina among British men
...ncidence, say the authors. Nevertheless, the trend raises concerns for health service resources for angina and suspected angina. The results also highlight the need for continued emphasis on the prevention of coronary heart disease, they conclude....Tamoxifen shows no benefit, risk for breast cancer survivors' heart health
...California indicate that tamoxifen therapy neither raises nor lowers the chance of a subsequent heart attack in women who have had breast cancer. Earlier studies had suggested that tamoxifen improves lipid levels by reducing low density lipoprotein levels-resulting in lower total cholesterol-which is relate...High overnight blood pressure linked to increased blood sugar levels
...eloping diabetes and other diseases, which in turn raises the risk of cardiovascular problems, researchers say. "We found that non-dippers experienced a higher likelihood having increased fasting glucose than people whose blood pressure dips by more than 10 percent overnight," says Meredith Montero, a third...Iodine deficiency, supplements affect thyroid cancer risk in children exposed to radioactive iodine
...University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn., raises questions for future research on the association between thyroid cancer and exposure to I-131 in childhood. These new findings, he writes, provide "new and, if confirmed, provocative information on the risk of radiation-induced thyroid cancer and on ...Moderate to severe sleep apnea significantly raises stroke risk, study finds
... to treat sleep apnea," Dr. Bradley said. "It also raises the question of whether people with sleep apnea should be put on aspirin therapy or given other anti-clotting drugs, which is what is done for other people with stroke risk. This is an issue that needs further research."...Computed tomography has potential to offer accurate, safer method for detecting artery disease
...level of radiation exposure are relatively low, it raises a concern about repetitive use or use in younger individuals and women of childbearing age." "Second, the extent and severity of coronary calcifications in the population studied by Hoffmann et al is not known definitively." "Despite [these and other...Survey of academic medical centers' standards for clinical-trial agreements with industry
...stry sponsors of clinical research. The variation raises the possibility that industry sponsors could 'forum shop,' channeling their studies to relatively permissive institutions." The level of control that industry sponsors exercise over clinical research has been the subject of considerable concern in re...Increase in heart surgery mortality from SSRIs or depression?
...enty percent of heart patients are depressed. This raises that concern that many depressed patients are bein...pression appropriately." "In many ways, this study raises more questions than it answers," Jiang continued. "It raises questions of how we treat depression in...Mayo Clinic Proceedings studies risk factors for blood clots
... major joint replacement. It makes sense that this raises the risk of blood clots in the veins because the patient is supine and blood pools in the areas. "Our findings may apply to other types of surgical procedures as well," says Daniel Brotman, M.D., the lead author of the paper and director of the hospi...OHSU researchers uncover cause, possible treatment for abdominal fat in postmenopausal women
...t often occurs following menopause. This not only raises obesity-related health concerns. The weight gain also can be an emotionally difficult occurrence for aging women." To conduct this research project, scientists observed a group of 46 pre- and postmenopausal women. In the postmenopausal group, some of...Newly published summer camp health guideline advises parents, camp directors
...intense music or computer practice. If an activity raises risk for kids with certain medical conditions, for instance scuba diving and asthma, camps should tell parents about those risks ahead of time. Homesickness prevention, the authors write, should start weeks before a child goes off to camp, and can b......s of Excellent Choices and 'Junk Foods'," Anderson raises the possibility that poor snack choices may play an active role in increasing rates of childhood obesity. Noting that snacking can be healthful when snack foods are high in nutritional value and low in calories, Anderson provides a quantitative analy...Doctors argue for new ways to resolve health treatment choices
... benefits associated with new medicines. Work that raises awareness among the public and health professionals about gaining good value for money from advances in health care is very useful, and research that may help refine the way QALYs are used to make them more representative of society's values should b...Medicare's investment in quality improvement may not be paying off
...the Bloomberg School of Public Health. "This study raises important questions about the effectiveness of the quality improvement organizations." Snyder and Gerard Anderson, PhD, a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School, analyzed the medical records of over 43,000...Researchers shed new light on cause of bedsores and other chronic wounds
...started, the better the outcome. The research also raises the hope for new treatments for chronic wounds by identifying possible targets for intervention. Chronic wounds, which include bedsores, are a common and potentially life-threatening problem, typically occurring in people with diabetes or poor circul...Low heart rate variability in depressed patients contributes to high mortality after heart attack
...attack, but they haven't understood how depression raises that risk. Now, behavioral medicine specialists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, report in the Archives of Internal Medicine that abnormal heart rate variability is partially responsible for depression's effects in heart pa...Fear of lawsuits affects emergency physicians' heart care decisions
...ts, but the volume of patients getting them really raises the overall price tag," Katz said. "However, the greatest cost is the cost of admission, which can be as high as $1,200 per patient for a brief hospitalization. "Emergency physicians must see all patients, regardless of how risky a patient's case may...