Modified Atkins diet effectively treats childhood seizures
...s and side effects. The highly restrictive regimen requires accurate measurement of all foods and liquids to e...he modified Atkins diet also produces ketones, but requires no restrictions on calories, fluids and protein, and does not require a hospital admission and fast ...Bayer launches Phase III clinical study of Trasylol in elective spinal fusion surgery
...infection, chronic pain and neural injuries) as it requires more extensive dissection and longer operative time (3). "Blood loss can be a significant complication of spine surgery. Combined with the potential health risks associated with transfusions and the rising cost of blood products, there is a great ne...UCI receives major grant to develop 'gene signature' for prostate cancer prognosis
...ssive, which poses severe risks to the patient and requires radical treatment, or indolent, requiring only conservative medical management. However, it currently is not possible to tell patients which form of cancer they have. In previous work, Mercola and his colleagues have developed methods for determini...Progress slow in improving hospitals' patient safety systems
... change in the nation's overall health care system requires change in specific patient safety systems at the hospital level. Daniel R. Longo, Obl.S.B., Sc.D., and colleagues from the University of MissouriColumbia, conducted a study to assess the status of patient safety systems and examine changes from 2002 ...Sweeping recommendations to support pay-for-performance system
...ccess." The paper notes that ACP's support for P4P requires a comprehensive re-examination and restructuring of Medicare payment policies to support quality improvement, particularly for patients with multiple chronic diseases. P4P can work, ACP contends, only if Congress takes into account the diversity of c...Women who undergo reconstructive breast implantation frequently develop short-term complications
...mplants alone because the procedure is simpler and requires less operation time than those using autologous ti...uld consider that the reconstructive process often requires additional surgical interventions to treat local complications or to achieve the desired cosmetic re...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Dec. 20, 2005
...o low-back pain and that successful treatment also requires that patients practice regularly at home....Novel strategies needed to boost cancer clinical trial participation among blacks and Asians
...19 percent knew about SB 37, a California law that requires insurance companies to cover cancer clinical trials; and 36 percent agreed that if they had cancer and were asked to be in a clinical trial, they would be likely to consider participating. The study also found that people were more likely to conside...Asthma inhalers adopted more slowly for minority patients and children
...st children. "Technology adoption in health care requires both the doctor to recommend a new agent and the patient to accept it. Many if not most of the steps in that process are not controlled by the patient," Ferris says. "Some factors behind these disparities might be the greater access non-minority pat...MDCT angiography for cardiac imaging: Reliable tool, less invasive, fewer complications
...e study, because it is technically challenging and requires access to the central venous system. Because the coronary veins are variable in number, caliber and course, detailed knowledge of the patient's individual anatomy is essential for optimum planning of the intended procedure. Thus, there is a need for ...Radiotherapy advance points way to noninvasive brain cancer treatment
...ium Synchrotron Stereotactic Radiotherapy (GdSSR), requires a gadolinium compound to find tumor cells and penetrate them, down into their nuclei, while sparing the normal brain. Then, the patient's head is irradiated with x-rays. For these x-ray photons the whole brain is transparent, while gadolinium is opaq...Alcohol-deterrent drugs help patients achieve high rates of long-term abstinence
...iabetes, and should be accepted as a disorder that requires long-term or life-long treatment. This study is the first report on supervised, long-term administration of ADs, with a focus on the psychological rather than the pharmacological action of ADs." Alcohol deterrents seem to be more widely accepted an...NCI issues clinical announcement for preferred method of treatment for advanced ovarian cancer
...apy in ovarian cancer because it's an old idea, it requires skill and experience for the surgery and for the chemotherapy, and it's more complicated than IV chemotherapy. But now we have firm data showing that we should use a combination of IP and IV chemotherapy in most women with advanced ovarian cancer who...SUVs no safer than passenger cars for children, new study finds
...p-and-shoulder belts for every child under 13 that requires them, and enough remaining rear-row positions to install child safety seats for infants and toddlers." Previous Children's Hospital research has shown that, within each vehicle classification, larger heavier vehicles are generally safer. For instanc...An engineer, a dentist, a veterinarian build bone tissue
...pair of the diseased tissue in these cancers often requires reconstruction of the bone, and Brian Love, Virginia Tech professor of materials science and engineering, and principal investigator on a $140,000 National Institutes for Health (NIH) grant, believes "substantially better clinical outcomes for all or...New drug lets thyroid cancer patients avoid nasty side effects during treatment
...ioiodine treatment for cancer of the thyroid gland requires temporary discontinuation of thyroid hormone replacement for several weeks, leading to weight gain, constipation, fatigue, slowed thinking, depressed mood, muscle cramps, intolerance of cold temperatures and other symptoms. "This study shows that pat...Caloric restriction appears to prevent primary aging in the heart
...ifficult because the caloric restriction lifestyle requires a strict diet regimen, both to keep the total number of calories low and to insure that people consume the proper balance of nutrients. The researchers studied 25 calorie-restricted individuals who had voluntarily been consuming a very low-calorie d...UCSD team unmasks family of immune system invaders
...ow advances in a field like bacterial pathogenesis requires the talents and diverse expertise of many scientists." Their insights into the mechanisms of bacterial pathogens could lead to novel treatments for diseases such as dysentery. These findings may prove to be especially helpful in fighting bacterial d...People who restrict calories have 'younger' hearts
... has been difficult. The caloric restriction model requires a strict diet regimen, both to keep the total number of calories low and to insure that participants consume the right balance of nutrients. Rather than try to randomize volunteers to different diets and then hope that they will stick to them for ye...Potential treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage under study
...make possible better outcomes." The study protocol requires that patients receive a computerized tomography scan within three hours after symptom onset. Symptoms include sudden problems with weakness, particularly on one side of the body; confusion or trouble talking or comprehending; difficulty seeing out of...