JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...received rehabilitation that focused on transfers, skin care, bladder and bowel management, nutrition, and incentive spirometry. We compared these study patients with a historical control group of 30 patients who had paraplegia from cancer but did not receive rehabilitation. Subjects were followed until d...New system for reporting toxicity burden of cancer treatment
...ents focused on in the study included mouth sores, skin reactions, swallowing difficulty, nausea, and blood counts. The TAME system focuses on consolidating clinically meaningful events that have high symptom burden or that might compromise the delivery of treatment. TAME values are presented in a way t...Dentists need more training in oral cancer detection
... and cancer of the brain, liver, testes, kidney or skin (malignant melanoma). Early detection is essential in increasing the survival rate for oral cancer. Symptoms include a mouth sore that fails to heal or that bleeds easily; a white or red patch in the mouth that may not be painful but will not go aw...Increasing radiation dose shortens treatment time for women who choose breast sparing treatment
...east irradiation). The primary endpoint was acute skin toxicity. "Acute toxicity on this clinical trial...d of treatment, none of the women had grade 3 or 4 skin toxicity or dermatitis (skin inflammation). Twelve percent had grade 0, 65 percent had grade 1, and...Community-associated staph infections involving antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase
...llin-like antibiotics. "The incidence of CA-MRSA skin and soft tissue infections increased from 24 cases...Cook County Hospital patients, the rate of CA-MRSA skin and soft tissue infections increased rapidly between 2000 and 2005, adding significantly to the over...ICU nurse working conditions linked to increase in patient infections
...e associated with increased rates of infection and skin ulcers. On average nurses worked overtime 5.6 perc...asures such as ventilator-associated pneumonia and skin ulcers, which are common among hospitalized patients who cannot move regularly, were also reduced in...Panel offers guidelines on skin reactions to new class of cancer drugs
...cial article presents the first recommendations on skin reactions to the new drugs, called Epidermal Growt...ortunately, the EGFRIs carry a substantial risk of skin reactions more than half of treated patients have some type of skin toxicity, most commonly an acne...12-month study demonstrated tolerability and efficacy of Daytrana
...d safety and tolerability, through physical exams, skin evaluations, laboratory tests, and monitoring of v...opulation (326 children) 7 percent withdrew due to skin irritation at the patch application site, and 9 percent withdrew due to adverse events. The highest...News from American Psychiatric Association 2007 Annual Meeting
...atosensory (perception of sensory stimuli from the skin and internal organs), visual and vestibular (balance system having to do with the auditory organ). The composite score of each individual sensory test characterizes the overall level of a person's performance. Results found that compared to pl...Pioneering UK skin researchers achieve international quality standard
...the way in the treatment of acne, eczema and other skin conditions, is the only University skin microbiology laboratory in the UK to receive the international quality standard ISO 17025. The cen...Soldiers acquired drug-resistant infections in field hospitals
...n soil and water. They sometimes also exist on the skin of healthy people. The bacteria pose little risk t...tbreak. They tested for the presence of ABC on the skin of casualties treated in or evacuated from Iraq. They tested soil samples taken near field hospitals...Patient's own platelets may speed up skin wound healing
CINCINNATITreating skin wounds with a concentrated topical gel of the pati...nnesota. Hom and his team looked at how quickly skin wounds treated with a gel of their own platelets (autologous platelet gel or APG) compared with a co...Topical retinol helps reduce wrinkles associated with natural skin aging
Applying vitamin A to the skin appears to improve the wrinkles associated with na...ed with aging appear first and most prominently on skin exposed to the sun, according to background information in the article. "Human skin not exposed to t...Gel derived from a patient's own blood may help promote wound healing
...n and women older than 21 years. Five 4-millimeter skin punch wounds were made 3 centimeters apart on both...imens revealed that the histologic features of the skin (such as cellular characteristics and microscopic signs of healing) at the treated wound sites looke...Retinol lotion reduces the fine wrinkles from natural aging of skin
...tions containing retinol improve the appearance of skin that has become wrinkled through the normal aging process, not just skin that has been damaged by exposure to the sun, according to a new study from the University of Michig...House dust may protect against allergic disease early in life
...ia, may reduce the risk of developing the allergic skin condition eczema or wheezing in children if they are exposed to it up to age 3, suggests a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Sunday, May 20. Endotoxin is a part of the cell wall of gram-negative bacte...Why Lincoln fell gravely ill after delivering his Gettysburg Address
...ss, severe pain in the head and back, prostration, skin eruption plus the severity and approximately 21-day duration of Lincoln's illness," said Dr. Armond S. Goldman, an emeritus professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UTMB and lead author of the study. "Smallpox was rampant in the United States...US soldiers in Iraq fighting drug-resistant bacteria after injuries
...oaceticus-baumannii complex are not present on the skin of uninjured soldiers in Iraq, as had been expecte...hat A. calcoaceticus-baumannii was on the soldiers skin before injury and simply traveled to the wound site to cause the infection. However, our research s...Vitamin D supplements may offer cheap and effective immune system boost against TB
...ce of the body's vitamin D comes from exposing the skin to sunlight. In Britain, however, the amount of su...t is usually insufficient to make vitamin D in the skin between October and April, and much of the population becomes deficient during the winter and spring...Psychosocial support for cancer survivors needs strengthening
...in a support group compared to those with lung and skin cancers. Interestingly, predictors of use were similar across various cancer sites and included female gender, Caucasian race, higher education level, and symptoms of depression or anxiety. Younger age and urban residence did not predict support gr...