Using coxibs and NSAIDs to treat osteoarthritis
...by the year 2020. Controversy now exists as to the safest and most efficacious way of treating the disease, particularly with respect to use of NSAIDs, both non-selective and selective (so-called COX-2 selective agents or coxibs). Adverse reactions related to the gastrointestinal tract, particularly with t...Literature review shows spinal manipulation beneficial for neck pain
...t. Chiropractic is widely recognized as one of the safest non-invasive therapies available for the treatment of back pain, neck pain, headaches and other neuromusculoskeletal complaints. In addition, a significant amount of evidence shows that the use of chiropractic care for certain conditions can be more ...Study details catastrophic impact of nuclear attack on US cities
...ind of the detonation site, on the other hand, are safest staying where they are. "There are certain areas where people should flee," Dallas said. "But in most areas, it would be much safer for people to stay put." Dallas said today's hospital burn units provide exemplary but time consuming care to burn...Good vibrations: Aging bones may benefit from a good shaking
...trength and help prevent fractures, they arent the safest activities for the frail,elderly or physically impaired. Dr Belinda Beck, senior lecturer at Griffith Universitys School of Physiotherapy andExercise Science, said there was some evidence that low intensity loading performedat a sufficiently high fr...Better designed roadway intersections can boost older drivers' performance
...e between the ages of 35 and 54, which is also the safest group of drivers. In 2003 about one in seven licensed drivers was 65 or older. By 2029, that proportion is expected to rise to one in four drivers, according to the AARP Public Policy Institute. Although drivers 65 and older have lower rates of cra...Rapid flu tests may reduce threat of antibiotic resistance
...tients. Sometimes they perceive antibiotics as the safest choice, even though a virus may be the cause of their patient's illness," said Falsey, noting that 90 percent of people with the flu who see a doctor are given antibiotics, even though the drugs won't help. The simplest solution to antibiotic resi...Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery'
... are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to perform surgery, including tasks such as suturing, dissecting and joining tissue. The team's long-term goal is to develop an objective way of evaluating a surgeon's work and to help doctors improve their operating room sk...Gamma Knife offers non-invasive treatment for vascular disorders, tumors in the brain
...rful Gamma Knife beams. "The Gamma Knife was the safest option for her," said Dr. Tony Whitworth, assistant professor of neurological surgery. "Following the treatment, the blood vessels in her AVM will completely clot off during the next two years. No blood will flow through there any longer, and there w...Pall system to detect blood bacteria given CE mark
...ctive way to help them ensure they can provide the safest blood for transfusion." The Pall eBDS uses a novel approach to detection by measuring oxygen consumption as the marker for bacteria. If bacteria are present in the blood sample collected, an increasing amount of oxygen is consumed through the metabo...Drivers on cell phones are as bad as drunks
...evel of impairment is very similar." "Clearly the safest course of action is to not use a cell phone while driving," concludes the study by Strayer, Drews and Dennis Crouch, a research associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology. The study was set for publication June 29 in the summer 2006 issue of ...A car's middle back seat may be least desirable, but it's the safest
... revealing statistics, aside from the issue of the safest place to be sitting during a crash. The average age of the 33,318 rear seat passengers was 20 years, while middle back-seat passengers were only 15.4 years on average. Nearly half of the passengers in the back seat -- 46.9 percent -- were not...Neighborhood safety may play role in obesity
...rs who were obese increased from 37 percent in the safest neighborhoods to 46 percent in the least safe neighborhoods. The women were more likely to be obese if they were less educated, unmarried, had lower income, had a depressive episode in the prior year, or were Hispanic or non-Hispanic black. Women who...Steroids do not prolong survival in intensive care patients with ARDS on life support
...ide important information to help us determine the safest and most effective ways to care for patients with this devastating condition," said NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD. "Whether and how to use steroids to treat ARDS patients have been important questions for years. We now have better evidence of...New infectious agents pose new risks for people with bleeding disorders, Jefferson hematologist says
...ays. "It means they may have limited access to the safest treatments. Dr. Siegel says that she is more confident in the safety of recombinant products with respect to infectious agents and doesn't want individuals with hemophilia to again be the victims of unsafe blood products as they were in the beginnin...Air ambulance research identifies best intubation method
...ay open -- and not attempting intubation -- is the safest option for patients. In other systems with highly skilled and experienced providers who work under close medical oversight, rapid-sequence intubation may be the best choice." The research involved the air ambulance service of the University of Florid...Parents' impressions of neighborhood safety linked to children's weight
...d only 4 percent of children living in the fourth, safest quartile. This relationship was not affected by any other variables that the researchers measured, including the education levels or marital status of the children's mothers, racial or ethnic backgrounds or participation in after-school activities. ...Effective hospital patient 'handoffs' require better training for physicians
...iologist who studies physician communication. "The safest method of transferring responsibility for a patient is a face-to-face handoff in which the physician going off duty talks directly with the physician coming on duty," Dr. Frankel said. "Computerized medical records can facilitate face-to-face handoff...HRCT reveals asthmatic risk long after cat allergen exposure
...mage analysis used in this study may be one of the safest ways to evaluate the efficacy of these new drugs and aerosols in the treatment of asthma." These findings are especially timely in the face of reports that childhood rates of allergy and asthma are on the rise. According to the recent National Survey...Connective tissue cells from lungs fused with heart muscle to form biological pacemaker
...re very stable. Thus, our method would seem to the safest and most convenient so far," he says. Other biopacemaker technologies, Cho notes, use adenoviruses as part of gene therapy to carry pacing genes into the heart, or use combinations of gene- and stem-cell therapies that may cause cardiac inflammatio...New study reports the risk perceptions of natural vs 'medicalized' childbirth
... the orthodox cultural view that a hospital is the safest place to labor." Thompson conducts in-depth interviews with ten couples that utilized natural childbirth means--both in-home and at the hospital. His findings highlight the struggles consumers deal with when approaching childbirth and the risks assoc...