Long term outcomes for children who undergo ear tube placement surgery
... treatment method," the authors conclude. "Parents should be informed of the long follow-up, of the possible need for repeated VT insertion, and of potential sequelae that sometimes necessitate surgical intervention. Patients healed after five years do not need further follow-up."...Anthrax treatments' cost effectiveness shown in Stanford study
...y isolated, they raised an important question: how should the health-care system respond to a bioterrorist anthrax attack? Nearly four years later, researchers may be closer to an answer. A study from the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University School of Medicine and University of...Virtual colonoscopy: Virtually promising
...exceed my threshold for what a good screening test should be." Colonoscopy became a common tool for screenin...lower our standards for what a good screening test should be," he said. "If there were a truly good screening test for colorectal cancer, screening rates wou...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
WASHINGTON -- The federal government should create and fund an umbrella organization called th...alth systems and human resource initiatives. GHS should be based in the federal government, but private agencies should also play supporting roles, the repo...American Dietetic Association statement on new 'MyPyramid'
...ional messages within and accompanying the Pyramid should be updated to improve consumer understanding, whic...en done. ADA believes no one graphic symbol can or should serve as a stand-alone consumer nutrition education tool. Many surveys over the years, including ADA...Paramedics need help to revive marriages: U of T study
Support services provided to paramedics should also be made available to their family members if these families are to remain healthy and intact, says a University of Toronto researcher. "Family members continue to be the primary source of nurturance and safety for those who do this high-stress j...Clinical trial of gefitinib for advanced lung cancer closes early
... of gefitinib following chemotherapy and radiation should not be prescribed for this group of patients," said Scott Saxman, M.D., who oversees lung cancer clinical trials for NCI. An estimated 172,570 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States in 2005. Lung cancer is the second most com...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 2
... therapy can help a person lose weight. "This work should encourage people to look more seriously at these t...nt death with prone positioning means that infants should only be placed in this position if continuous cardio respiratory monitoring is used," says lead auth...Hospitalized babies with severe breathing problems may benefit from lying on their stomachs
...ildren hospitalized with severe breathing problems should be monitored continuously if they are placed on th...eagues decided the benefits of stomach positioning should be evaluated specifically in children. Nurses in Wells' hospital and others had also noticed that ba...NSAIDS okay for tonsillectomy, new study finds
...ny patient advisories specifically say that NSAIDs should be avoided before and after surgery. "Acetaminophen is used much more than nonsteroidals here in the States," says Dr. Julie L. Wei of University of Kansas Medical Center. "We send everybody home with Tylenol combined with a narcotic like codeine for...Mercury levels and cognitive function investigated in adults
...studies, they determined that blood mercury levels should not exceed 5.8 g/L. The median mercury level in study participants was 2.1 g/L and only approximately 10 percent of subjects exceeded the government guideline. The researchers analyzed the blood samples of 474 study participants, who were part of the...Kidney donation program may provide more matches for previously incompatible recipients and donors
...tage," the researchers write. "We believe that KPD should be the preferred treatment for patients who have incompatibilities with their intended donors who wish to participate, as KPD is less expensive than desensitization and requires less immunosuppression."...Being obese, underweight, associated with increased risk of death
...sity-related conditions. However, such speculation should be tempered by the awareness that these difference...trend analyses. Clinical and public health efforts should continue to emphasize maintenance of healthy lifestyle behaviors for both lean as well as overweight...No improvement in overall survival with lymph node removal in treatment of advanced ovarian cancer
...y for advanced ovarian cancer. "This pivotal trial should be considered definitive, and the findings used to dictate clinical management," she writes. "As disappointing as the result may be to some gynecologic oncologists, the body of evidence does not favor including systematic lymphadenectomy as part of f...Heart failure drug associated with higher risk of death
...tors, which are also much less expensive. "Doctors should remember that there's no data showing that nesirit...efit this drug provides, a death risk of this size should take precedence in a physician's treatment decision." With that in mind, he says, the first choice f...Increasing benefit seen in novel drug that treats Gleevec resistance
...m the use of AMN107, he stresses that CML patients should not think that they need to switch to this experimental drug. "Gleevec is incredibly powerful and failures are very rare in early phase CML. It is very effective in the great majority of patients," he says. "We are focused on a minority of patients, ...Feeling safe and secure? CUMC scientists find it's all in the caudoputamen
... a surprising finding about positive emotions that should change the way people think about anxiety disorders. The researchers Michael Rogan and Nobel laureate Eric Kandel discovered that a previously unknown "safety circuit" exists deep within the brain and is responsible for the good feelings associate...Child health teacher numbers at worrying levels
...years. The authors conclude that lecturer numbers should continue to be monitored and recruitment of the next generation of academics should start quickly. In an accompanying editorial, Professor John Savill of the University of Edinburgh, ...Better referral training for emergency doctors helps improve patient care
...EM doctors (perhaps even in medical school), there should be clear guidelines as to the role of EM, the role of the specialities in accepting patients, and education of the specialties on acceptance of referrals. These recommendations were implemented at the Lister Hospital with positive results and there h...Louder neurons form more connections, Stanford research shows
...se of neighboring neurons. "We know that the arbor should occupy a certain amount of space, and in these fish it doesn't take up that much space," Hua said. Hua gave those losing neurons a fighting chance through another molecular twist. She managed to silence some neurons near the green, quietly-firing cel...