Pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine
...rers in Washington state. Because Washington state requires private insurers to cover claims for services from CAM-licensed professionals, insurance claims provide a database for investigating the frequency, predictors and expenditures for the use of complementary and alternative medicine by children and adol...It takes a village to improve the health of children
...ns. The ever-evolving role of pediatric physicians requires a fuller understanding of children and adolescents' total environment. A review article published in the April supplement of the journal Pediatrics outlines strategies for engaging physicians-in-training in this new approach to providing care and bui......otentially harmful ionizing radiation. *The system requires a minimum of special pre-scan procedures and appears likely, in clinical use, to be more comfortable for patients than alternatives. "The HUTT imaging system is a novel and potentially very useful approach to diagnostic ultrasound," said Dr. Phillip ...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
...ptoms. "The problem with this approach is that it requires many years for lung cancer risk to be substantially reduced following smoking cessation," says lead author Gary Strauss, MD, MPH, an oncologist and epidemiologist at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School. "For this reason, lung cancer is inc...Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
...ercise, although a comparison of exercise to drugs requires further study. "Our next research will continue to examine demonstrable benefits from exercise, in people at risk for heart disease," adds Stewart. "Further examination of the role of decreasing abdominal fat, which dropped nearly 20 percent in this ...Study shows statin use before or after stroke improves recovery
...f an unfavorable outcome. This preliminary finding requires further research to confirm the results, according to the study authors....'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
...dress," Drezek says. Of course, any new technology requires extensive safety assessment before coming to market, but initial results from nanoshells testing are promising. Nanoshells developed for therapeutic applications have already been evaluated by Nanospectra Biosciences Inc., the Houston-based company t...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...hree times a month. Conventional treatment usually requires two prescribed drugs: a "beta agonist" for immediate relief, and daily use of inhaled corticosteroids to reduce airway inflammation and minimize risk of severe asthma attacks and airway scarring that might permanently reduce lung capacity. But the ye...MR spectroscopy may be superior for determining prostate cancer prognosis
...y spread beyond the prostate, since that situation requires other therapeutic approaches such a chemotherapy or drugs that block testosterone's action. Although MR spectroscopy has been used for many years to measure the chemical composition of materials, including biological samples, it has not been useful...NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Questions and answers
...and death due to cancer by 2015. To meet this goal requires immediate action to address the gap between development and delivery, particularly among underserved populations. NCI is addressing these unequal patterns of access to standard care by conducting a NCI-sponsored Patient Navigation Research Program (P...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... an eyelid shock. This pavlovian fear conditioning requires the amygdala, particularly the lateral nucleus of the amygdala (LA), where the CSUS association may be stored. Bilateral amygdala lesions cause severe impairment of fear conditioning, but the left and right amygdala can independently cause mild impai...Kidney donation program may provide more matches for previously incompatible recipients and donors
... as KPD is less expensive than desensitization and requires less immunosuppression."...Researchers determine two arthritis medications are safe and effective for children
...en. However, children do get severe arthritis that requires medications beyond NSAIDs. The only way to properly assess a medication for children is through a randomized, controlled trial. The 'Pediatric Rule', enacted by the U.S. Congress and supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has increased ...New portable device developed by Georgia Tech and Emory checks for concussions on the sidelines
...isplay in the headgear. While a typical mTBI test requires a quiet room and 1-2 hours of testing, DETECT performs neuropsychological tests in an immersive environment in about 7 minutes, regardless of surrounding noise and movement. So, a football player or soldier who just took a hard hit to the head can ta...The World Congress on Cornelia de Lange Syndrome in Italy
...r hand, the complex aspect of the clinical picture requires a very close multi-disciplinary interaction to add...represents a poly-symptomatic pathology model that requires a multi-disciplinary approach. In fact, much of the information and the strategies which will be di...Guava and AHF Global Immunity bring low cost AIDS diagnosis to resource-limited countries
...e the EasyCD4 method in just a day or two. Testing requires only 10 microliters of whole blood per patient, ma...ll as adult patients. The Guava EasyCD4 assay also requires far less reagent per sample than other testing methods, dramatically lowering the overall costs of p...Patients swallow 'camera-in-a-pill' to help doctors check for diseases of esophagus, GERD
...nd advanced down the throat into the esophagus. It requires sedation and several hours of recovery. With the c... Also, unlike traditional endoscopy, the procedure requires no sedation, and patients can resume normal activity immediately. Brown trains medical residents and...New prostate cancer studies look at hormone and protein connection
...r progression. In its early stage, prostate cancer requires the hormone androgen to grow, until it progresses to a point where androgen is no longer needed. Clinical observations demonstrate clearly that 50 percent of advanced prostate cancers have no PTEN. It is believed that the loss of PTEN removes a cruc...Patients with pituitary gland tumors are often misdiagnosed
... years ago, surgeons would use a craniotomy, which requires an incision under the lip and a full elevation of half the facial tissues to access the nasal interior," he said. "Now, we use an endoscopically assisted approach to access the pituitary gland during the two and half hour surgery. This approach all...Facelift alternatives rid patients of neck 'wattle' without the downtime of surgery
...patient who seeks to correct facial aging wants or requires a facelift," said James Zins, MD, author of the study. "Today's patients are extremely active and may not want to undergo invasive surgery where they are unable to work or play for several weeks. With this alternative, many patients look younger wit...