Post-marketing analysis examines cholesterol-lowering drugs' side effects
...atin, the most potent statin per milligram ever to receive FDA approval, was withdrawn from the market in 200...risk of certain side effects but who are likely to receive a drug after it's marketed. Pre-marketing trials that assess safety or efficacy also often don't de...Increase in heart surgery mortality from SSRIs or depression?
...ieve that these high-risk surgery patients need to receive appropriate treatment for depression." "In our cohort of patients, only five percent were taking SSRIs, which we believe greatly under-represents the number of depressed heart patients," said Duke internist and psychiatrist Wei Jiang, M.D., Xiong's m...Association between depression severity and poor glycemic control among Hispanics with diabetes
...ve services, to be referred to a specialist, or to receive appropriate treatment. Says Dr. Gross, "There are important clinical and public health implications to our finding. As rates of diabetes, especially among Hispanics, continue to increase, it is important for clinicians caring for patients with dia...UK receives $6 million for Appalachia Community Cancer Network
...a Community Cancer Network (ACCN). The center will receive $1.2 million a year for five years from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the nation's leader in cancer research. The ACCN is one of 25 grantees in the Community Networks Program, a national NCI research initiative to reduce cancer disparities thr...Ontario's mental health care evaluated
... care, but only 52 per cent of discharged patients receive medical follow-up in the community within 30 days of discharge. 22 per cent of discharged patients are either readmitted within 30 days or visit the emergency room.Regional variation: Regional variation in performance is considerable; while each ...Easy access to nicotine patches could help more smokers to quit
...rogram but who, because of mailing errors, did not receive the treatment, were also surveyed. More NRT recipients (33%) successfully quit smoking than people in the comparison group (6%). Those who received a counselling call were more likely to quit than those who did not. At least 6,000 successful quits co...UNC launches study of liver injury caused by drugs
...Hill is one of five clinical centers nationwide to receive funds from the National Institutes of Health to st...atients who are at risk and, therefore, should not receive treatment with certain drugs. Patients diagnosed with potentially severe liver injury due to any med...College of Nursing faculty member honored for excellence as nurse educator
...ociate professor, was one of 12 nurses selected to receive this award by the Nursing Merit Award Advisory Committee of the NJDHSS. The awards are presented to nurses for their accomplishments and service in the areas of patient care, nurse education, nursing research and administration. "Mary Ann is a super...Children in foster care may be underaccounted for in the Medicaid program
... numbers of children in foster care are failing to receive needed health care services. Medicaid, the federal health care program for low-income families and many children with disabilities, also insures most children living in foster care. As a result, "most prior studies that estimated health service use b...Newly developed treatment for severe grief shown more effective than standard therapy
...pril 2004. Participants were randomly assigned to receive interpersonal psychotherapy (n = 46) or complicated grief treatment (n = 49); both were administered in 16 sessions during an average interval of 19 weeks per participant. IPT included identifying and reviewing symptoms, focusing on grief. The IPT t...Shorter course of radiotherapy effective for palliation of painful bone metastases
...d one to three sites of painful bone metastases to receive either 8 Gy of radiation in one treatment session or 30 Gy of radiation in 10 daily treatment sessions. As assessed at three months after treatment, both regimens provided equivalent pain relief, and an equivalent proportion of patients no longer re...New complicated grief treatment holds promise for millions, Pitt researchers report
...ral deaths. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either IPT which focuses on behaviors and relationships or CGT which focuses on the dual problem areas of distress caused by the loss and the survivor's personal goals and restoration of a satisfying life. Both treatments were conducted in 16 sess...May/June 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... patients with more than one disease are likely to receive much of their care from specialist physicians, even though the highly prevalent conditions are not generally considered to require specialist care. Using a five percent random sample of Medicare beneficiaries taken from 1999 Medicare files, researche...Home-based intervention increases physical activity in breast cancer survivors
...oral medicine say that breast cancer survivors who receive weekly phone calls and direct mail promoting physical activity are likely to be more physically active and experience improved psychological outcomes. In a research study published in a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers fr...New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network
...merging infectious diseases. Each institution will receive approximately $10 million per year for the next four years to head a regional research consortium. The RCE network was identified as a national priority in the 2002 NIAID Biodefense Research Agenda. "Since before the 2001 anthrax attacks, the United...New information on reproductive health in St Petersburg
...education at present. Young women in St Petersburg receive ever better sexual education both at home and at school and they also use reliable contraceptives more often than before. However, the majority of young women still want more information on issues of sexuality. The culture of abortions dating back to...Skin infections caused by MRSA are cured more often when treated with Pfizer's ZYVOX
... Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either IV or oral ZYVOX 600 mg every 12 hours (592... counts should be monitored weekly in patients who receive linezolid, particularly in those who receive linezolid for longer than 2 weeks, those with preexisti...Despite alternatives, addictive drugs most often prescribed for sleep problems
...were twice as likely as the 18- to 34-year-olds to receive prescriptions for benzodiazepines. Visits by patie...ients, regardless of their age, are more likely to receive cheaper benzodiazepines as treatments for their sleep problems. And elderly people, 65 and older, wi...JAMA study finds whooping cough vaccine effective, safe for teens and adults
... teenage years. For tetanus and diphtheria, adults receive booster shots to "remind" the immune system to be on watch for a given disease. The original children's pertussis vaccine, however, caused severe injection site reactions in adults. Even newer versions of the pediatric vaccine caused excessive swell...Visual screening could prevent 37,000 deaths from mouth cancer worldwide
...in the study. 7 of the clusters were randomised to receive 3 rounds of oral visual screening by trained healt...t 3-year intervals and 6 clusters were assigned to receive usual care. Those eligible for the study were healthy individuals aged 35 years and above with no pa...