Soliciting organs over the Internet
...community at large have decided that living donors should not receive financial remuneration for their organs, but policing this has proven to be difficult, if not impossible. Leading ethicists and members of the transplant community will discuss the pros and cons of soliciting organs on the Internet--is th...Exercise in cold water may increase appetite, UF study finds
...e post-exercise appetite," White said. Individuals should consider the kinds of foods they eat after exercise, she added. White suggested that body temperature might have some influence over post-exercise appetite. A previous study by her colleague Dr. Rudolph Dressendorfer indicated that body temperature...Routine procedure during childbirth provides no benefits, study review finds
...m such findings, she added, is that a mother-to-be should talk to her doctor about her wishes regarding episiotomy during her prenatal care because it will be too late to have an informed discussion in the delivery room. "You're in charge of what happens to you in your care. Your best bet to reach a clear...Medication combined with behavior therapy works best for ADHD children, study finds
...of medication." The study's results, Pelham says, should send a clear message to parents of children with ADHD. "You definitely should be using behavior modification," he says. "You'll be giving your children much lower doses of medica...Drug safety in the doctor's office: Nearly half of patients have lapses in monitoring
...edications are not performed as frequently as they should be. Prior research has indicated that as many as 60% of preventable drug complications were related to laboratory monitoring errors. This study examined almost 100,000 patients taking medications for chronic illnesses over a period of three years to ...Stroke drug still meets resistance from doctors wary of its risks
...lso emphasize that safe and appropriate use of tPA should involve team-based approaches, where neurologists,...cent of all stroke patients. Emergency stroke care should be more like trauma care, says study co-author and U-M Emergency Medicine chair William Barsan, M....Morphine for chest pain increases death risk
...physicians with hospitalized heart attack patients should begin with nitroglycerin therapy to control pain. "Our recommendation is that patients should receive the full dose of nitroglycerin," he said. "Based on our analysis, morphine should be the las...Doctor voices concerns over new NHS IT system
...While the ambition of the NHS agenda for IT change should be applauded, it is unfortunate that the contractors show no ability to deliver a system that is an advance on existing services, says the author. "It is frightening that the political drive to implement the system is failing to take account of profe...WHO's HIV initiative at risk of failing
...f deployed to the initiative is well below what it should be (112 vs 400). Only 30 countries have established treatment goals instead of the December target of 50. Three countries in particular need to show their commitment--India, South Africa and Nigeria. Overall it is in Africa that the greatest barrier ...Drug combinations improve survival for patients with heart disease
...ing heart disease, but provide no evidence that it should be prescribed to all patients over 55, they conclude....Politicians bury their heads in the sand while global flu threat mounts
...infected, says Dr Higson. Pharmaceutical companies should also expand the manufacture and supply of relevant drugs, he argues, and GPs and other prescribing practitioners must prepare for the practicalities of dealing with an epidemic or pandemic of influenza. Avian flu is now a true threat to the world's p...Treat depression and chronic pain separately, U-M researchers say
...ch has supported the idea that pain and depression should be treated independently from one another. This, however, is the first time it has been shown using fMRI brain scans. "We have seen that if you give antidepressants to the average patient with fibromyalgia, they'll come back a couple of months later ...CPR instructions should focus on continuous chest compressions, UT Southwestern physicians recommend
...the phone by emergency dispatchers to lay rescuers should focus primarily on continuous chest compressions i...nders are already performing traditional CPR, they should be encouraged to continue. Second, the traditional form of CPR ("airway, breathing, circulation") sh...Two studies document rise of superbugs in the environment
...iatric community-acquired MRSA infections in Texas should raise red flags for health care workers everywhere... dramatic increase" in MRSA infections, physicians should learn what percentage of staphylococcal isolates are drug-resistant in their own communities so they...Girl juvenile offenders exhibit more problems, risks than boys
...enile court, and none were web-based. "Assessment should drive treatment, and if we don't have a way to assess the many problems these youth often face, there's no way we're going to be able to help them access appropriate treatment," Gavazzi said. The results also point to the fact that "we are doing a m...Fear of falling: It's not only grandpa's phobia
...majority populations. "In the meantime, clinicians should be aware that fear of falling is common even in middle-aged patients and that the associated activity restrictions can have numerous adverse consequences, including premature death," she says....Obese workers' pay lower due to health costs, Stanford study finds
...rough lower wages. By implication, insured workers should be just as alarmed by rising health-care costs as their employers are. "When employers give you health insurance, they're not giving you something for nothing," Bhattacharya said. "It's coming out of your paycheck."...Immune system lab model overcomes ethical limits on human hematopoietic stem cells studies
...rt development of a functional human immune system should also facilitate the testing of experimental human vaccines and help us understand the mechanisms underlying human autoimmune diseases." Previous models of the human immune system were limited by relatively low levels of success in engraftment of HSCs...... investment, investment in pharmaceutical products should not be made on faith in promised outcomes. Morgan adds that with more patients taking more drugs over longer periods, it is vital to the safety of Canadians and the sustainability of our health care system to disseminate unbiased information, monito......c health hazard at this time, but something people should be aware of," he says. "I'm raising concerns that people should be cautious when using green laser pointers not to point them at someone's eye or face. It's like ho...