Some Alzheimer's patients can benefit from drug memantine
... to severe Alzheimer's disease, according to a new review of studies. Memantine's effects are small but "cli...does appear to prevent the onset of agitation, the review finds. The studies also hint at some cognitive benefits from the drug for patients with mild to mode...Heart failure drug associated with higher risk of death
...e certainly welcome the forthcoming outside expert review and trust they will conclude, as we have, that the...Sackner-Bernstein. "We regret that a kidney safety review was not undertaken sooner, as those data were available to them since 2001. With the disclosure of i...Electroshock therapy speeds improvement in schizophrenia patients
... schizophrenia treatment, a newly updated research review shows. Although the data confirmed that antipsycho...ents can accelerate benefits to some patients, the review finds. Dr. Prathap Tharyan, head of psychiatry at Christian Medical College in Tamil Nadu, India, an...Adolescents not receiving health counseling, Stanford study shows
...f Adolescent Health , come from the first national review of trends in an array of teen health counseling services. The study focused on outpatients aged 13-18. "When we look at the services these adolescents are receiving, we simply find they are not receiving many services that are strongly recommended," ...'Virtual colonoscopy' effective in finding most polyps but may miss small ones
... potentially cancerous growths, according to a new review of studies. The review -- limited to comparing the traditional procedure to use of computer tomography as a method -- also ...Data suggest bypass surgery free of long-term brain effects
A broad retrospective review of the effects of coronary artery bypass grafting ...ovascular disease or a history of stroke. In their review article, Selnes and co-author Guy M. McKhann, M.D., also of Johns Hopkins, surveyed the published st...Substituting nurses for doctors results in high quality care, few savings
...octors to appropriately trained nurses, says a new review of evidence. Yet there is little proof that such a...of nurses as health care providers. The systematic review included 16 studies totaling more than 25,000 patients in the United Kingdom, United States and Cana...Children do well with shorter fast before surgery
...iquids up to two hours before the operation, a new review of recent studies has found. Like adults, children...ed into the lungs under general anesthesia. In the review of 43 randomized controlled trials involving 2,350 children, only one case of regurgitation or aspir...Costs of medical institutional review boards' greater than previously estimated
Institutional review boards (IRBs), the committees that oversee protect...le, Sugarman said. At these institutions, each IRB review averaged $431 versus $644 for their low-volume counterparts. Intermediate-volume centers' cost per I...Actor-patients' requests for medications boost prescribing for depression
...the study. Researchers collected results through a review of actor-patient written reports, audiotapes from the visits, medical charts, and written prescriptions or drug samples. People with major depression manifest several symptoms that, in combination, interfere with the ability to work, study, sleep, ea...No wisdom in routinely pulling wisdom teeth, study says
...e impacted wisdom teeth, according to a systematic review of evidence. Despite this surprising lack of data,... teeth may be a more appropriate strategy, suggest review authors led by Dr. Dirk Mettes of Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Fur...Lower vaccination rates put children at risk
...preventable illnesses such as mumps and measles. A review of 482 pediatric charts at a teaching clinic in a naturopathic college showed that 35 per cent of the children presenting to the clinic for ailments such as skin disorders, stomach problems or psychiatric concerns, were already using CAM therapies (i...Little evidence found for IVF as most effective infertility treatment
...e births than other treatments, according to a new review of recent studies. Although expensive and invasive...ocedure called gamete intrafallopian transfer. The review appears in the April issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an ...Rush University Medical Center studies advanced 3D imaging system for radiation therapy
...e a significant impact on a physician's ability to review a treatment plan for radiotherapy," said Dr. James Chu, professor and director of medical physics for the department of radiation oncology. "Compared to a standard two dimensional display, the true 3D image enables physicians to work more precisely ...Role of soy foods in addressing obesity to be topic of Illinois forum
...essionals, dietitians and university scientists to review the latest research. The event is sponsored by the Illinois Center for Soy Foods, the National Soybean Research Laboratory, and the department of food science and human nutrition at Illinois. The soybean industry and Illinois Soybean Checkoff Board a...Prevalence of concussion effects linked to 'pot of gold' lawsuits, researcher says
A new review of studies suggests that long-lasting symptoms of ...ally and psychologically in litigation. In the new review -- which appears in the May-June edition of the journal Psychosomatics -- Hall and coauthors try to ...Milk thistle does not reduce deaths from liver diseases, best studies find
...is B or C liver disease, according to a systematic review of current evidence. While some studies found that... diseases," the authors found. The review appears in the most recent issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboratio...Nation's leading researchers, scientists reveal findings at occupational therapy conference
...is within their domain of practice. Panelists will review common mental disorders that students experience, related symptoms or behaviors they may display, and occupational performance areas potentially affected. Modifications in the Workplace for Older Workers Research suggests that older individuals who...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for May 3, 2005
...less than six weeks (Review, p. 765). A systematic review finds that the two features of the most successful exercise therapy for chronic low back pain are close supervision and an individually designed program (Review, p. 776). (These reviews are the subject of a video news release. Call for coordinates.)...Long-term outcomes promising for patients with localized, low-grade prostate cancer
...try, supplemented by hospital record and histology review of 767 men aged 55 to 74 years with clinically localized prostate cancer diagnosed between January 1, 1971, and December 31, 1984. Patients were treated with either observation or immediate or delayed androgen withdrawal therapy, with an observation ...