Study examines effectiveness of anti-anemia drug in treatment of cancer patients
...available, our results suggest that erythropoietin should not be used to increase overall survival outside c...h as thromboembolic complications and hypertension should be monitored."...Antioxidant may have adverse effects in head and neck cancer patients
...er. Nevertheless, our results suggest that caution should be advised regarding the use of high-dose alpha-tocopherol supplements for cancer prevention," the authors write. In an editorial, Edward S. Kim, M.D., and Waun Ki Hong, M.D., of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, review...Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
...for reassurance. Murray-Kolb says, "New mothers should be aware of their iron status which, we know now, affects the child as well as the mother. Iron deficiency is easy to correct and could be a big part of post-partum problems with mother/child interactions."...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...ays Yaffe, it is important that additional studies should be conducted on the potential of raloxifene and other selective estrogen receptor modulators to prevent cognitive impairment, particularly in women at high risk. The MORE trial's primary objective was to determine the appropriate dose of raloxifene n...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
...nsmission is the only option. Women who have HSV-2 should consider alternate forms of contraception, such as condoms. And because there is no vaccine available for genital herpes, treating the bacterial infections that could predispose women to higher HSV-2 shedding frequency is probably one of the best way...Nutritional supplement reduces need for traditional ulcerative colitis treatment
..., effective and inexpensive remains and physicians should consider adding this combination of active ingredients as an adjuvant therapy for ulcerative colitis," said Seidner. More information about ulcerative colitis is available at www.gastro.org ....Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...ior author Ronald Chervin, M.D., M.S. "Our results should encourage older people and their caregivers to pay...and in fact are not the first tactic most patients should try. Behavioral therapy, whether one-on-one or in groups, has been shown to work as well as or bette...Study finds that women with PCOS are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
...ty, "These findings, indicate that women with PCOS should automatically be screened for the metabolic syndrome, to prevent the risk of early-onset cardiovascular disease." After reviewing medical charts for 161 women, study investigators identified 106 women (46 women with PCOS and the metabolic syndrome; 6...Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
...ecreased slightly. In all, Ubel says, the results should help individuals and policy makers understand the importance of financial security in relationship to a person's health and well-being. Since disability of some form or another strikes a large percentage of Americans, and increases as people grow old...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
...others don't. People with C. pneumoniae infections should not expect to prevent future heart attacks by getting antibiotic treatment for the bacteria, said Dr. Arcari. Again, the reasoning is based on experts' relative lack of knowledge about how C. pneumoniae relates to heart disease, as well as negative r...Vigorously active adolescents are leaner, fitter
...ody fat and 30 percent respectively. Teenage girls should target at or below 25 percent, based on the accura...t general exercise recommendations for adolescents should encourage vigorous physical activity," study authors write. However, to help ensure success, obese, ...ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
...ed waiting time for an organ. Simply put, patients should receive donor organs when they will be better with... organs to patients, and whether all organ centers should use a "survival score" to determine a patient's prognosis. "These are guidelines, not governances or...Study: Level I trauma centers boost head injury survival
... high volume of uninsured patients. "The resources should be the same between level I and II hospitals, but ...ults of the study do not suggest that all patients should be transferred to level I centers instead of level II centers, or that level II centers need to be u...Exposed: Tobacco companies efforts to influence industry privatisation
...sive advertising bans and adequate taxation rates, should be implemented before privatisation occurs."...People with peanut allergy at risk of allergic reaction to lupin flour
... authors suggest that people with a peanut allergy should avoid all products containing lupin flour until th...lar risk as up to half may be pre-sensitised. They should be advised to avoid all products containing lupin until they can be specifically tested."...UK approval procedures will drive research overseas
...ays. Research studies requiring multiple NHS sites should build in substantial lag times before research processes can be initiated, say the authors. "We anticipate that failure to address this new obstacle to health service research will block evaluation work and accelerate the migration of clinical studie...The right to live gives us a right to die
...up living wills - advance directives for doctors should a patient become incapacitated - are also exercising a right to die, says Professor Grayling. The same right becomes more difficult to apply when the decision to withdraw life prolonging treatment falls to a third party - for i...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
..., such as PPOs (Preferred Provider Organizations), should be studied as well, but similar data is not routin...Scanlon says. "Therefore, health plan report cards should list those plans that don't make public disclosures." For-profit plans performed similarly with not-...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...he committee found no reason that medical journals should revise or retract articles that reported on the efficacy and safety of nevirapine for reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV based on the HIVNET 012 trial. The Institute of Medicine is a private, nonprofit institution that provides health pol...OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
...he new system, which was launched in January 2005, should talk to their physician and provide a copy of their POLST or advanced directive form, which can be electronically scanned and directly linked to their health records. While enrollment in the system is only available to OHSU patients at this time, the...