Follow-up care for breast cancer patients is 'devalued and deregulated'
...ts ranged between a year to more than ten years in some cases, and the frequency of mammographies for invasive and non-invasive disease varied between one and three years. Specialists cited lack of confidence in general practitioners experience and training in oncology and loss of data on patient outcom...Free public talk on epilepsy research and progress towards better treatment
...r epilepsy target similar aspects of the brain and some cause side effects such as slowed thought processes and a general fuzziness. Dr Robinsons research holds enormous potential for future improved treatment of epilepsy. Join Dr Robinson for an evening lecture about the research behind this new discov...New technique effective in closing accidental colonoscopy wounds
...gery. Similar clips and sutures have been used for some time by surgeons performing minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures including several gynecological operations and other procedures such as gall bladder removal. Today [Wednesday, May 23, 2007] at the annual meeting of the American Society of ...Stem cells provide clues to cancer spread
... used embryonic stem (ES) cells to investigate how some tumours are able to migrate to other parts of the ...ssue. However, as a tumour becomes more advanced, some of the cells change to become mesenchymal. Mesenchymal cells do not bind to each other, forming mo...Endoscopic procedures advance physician knowledge and patient care
...adults may not be appropriate for use in children, some may lead to increased understanding of disease pathology and better diagnosis of certain disorders in the pediatric population. Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) is not widely used in small children (no FDA approval for children Researchers from c...GI screening: Racing time or wasting time?
...2, 2007) Preventative medicine and technology are some of the great benefits in this ever-changing age of health care technology. Operations that once required major surgery and in-patient stays are being replaced with minimally invasive procedures with quick recovery times. Among these preventative te...Passengers, not just mobile phones, contribute to road accidents
..."In contrast to mobile phone use, passengers, with some exceptions, are generally aware of the road conditions and can moderate their conversation as needed." "However, although the risk associated with carrying passengers is lower than that associated with mobile phone use, it is likely to have a highe...Scientists find war vets' hand dexterity determines susceptibility to PTSD
... said. "These findings may be useful in mitigating some of the adverse outcomes associated with traumatic stressor exposures." ...Inhaled steroids may not be enough for some children with asthma
...eral reasons for our findings; It is possible that some children are genetically less responsive to steroids, says researcher Gregory Sawicki, M.D. of Childrens Hospital in Boston. In addition to issues of medication adherence and inability to completely control for differences in underlying asthma, sever...Certain combination therapy found more effective for treating malaria in African children
...n difficult is because of increasing resistance to some drugs, leading to changes in antimalarial treatment recommendations, according to background information in the article. Combination therapies have replaced monotherapies as the recommended treatments for uncomplicated malaria. However, it is not cle...Diagnostic tests for malaria underused in Zambia
...ith a positive diagnostic test result, but also to some with a negative diagnostic test result (blood smear, 30.4 percent; RDT, 26.7 percent). "RDTs have been proposed as a cost-effective approach to reducing overtreatment of malaria; under current practice in Zambia, however, their use will not achieve...African-Americans perceive people with extreme health problems as less productive and valuable
... has three levels designated simply as no problem, some problem, or extreme problem, and subjects are asked to check the level most descriptive of their current level of function or experience on each dimension....UQ researchers honored with leading fellowships
...of research and the program is aimed at attracting some of the world's best research talent as well as offering opportunities for top Australian researchers to continue their work here. Professor Koopman said his research was looking to develop and use new and vastly more efficient ways of identifying ...U of M teen sex and depression study finds most teens' mental health unaffected by nonmarital sex
...perience depression as a result of first-time sex, some did -- those being the youngest teens (girls who had sex before age 15 and boys who had sex before 14) and whose relationship was not emotionally close and dissolved after sex. Girls in this group were particularly vulnerable to depression. Meier b...Medical, high-energy physicists collaborate to improve PET scans
...uld mean the difference between life and death for some patients, said Chin-Tu Chen, Associate Professor i...particles remains a mystery, and thus a barrier to some potentially dramatic new insights into the operation of the universe at the smallest of scales. To...New prevention, treatment methods for patients with painful bowel inflammation
... fistula. Nearly one million Americans experience some form of IBD every year, which is often chronic or recurring. Research presented today at Digestive Disease Week 2007 (DDW) looks at preventative measures and potential treatment options for these painful and debilitating conditions. DDW is the larg...Persistent smokers may have higher risk to become depressed than never smokers
...icotine as such in short term is assumed to have some positive effects on mood", says Dr. Tellervo Korhonen from the Department of Public Health at the University of Helsinki, and continues: "We should look for explanation to our result from long term effects of cigarette smoking, from addiction mechani...Developments in tissue engineering offer new sources for stem cell treatments
...s were then used for reconstruction and implanted, some with an omental wrap. Overall follow up (ranging from 22 to 61 months, mean 46 months) showed a prompt return of bowel function, preserved renal function, normal mucus production and no urinary calculi. Results were best in those patients where impla...Research highlights from Thoracic Society Conference
...ated with increased inflammation in the airways of some asthma patients, but not all. Children taking inhaled steroid controller medications appeared protected against the inflammatory effects of air pollutants. Obesity Associated with Resistance to Asthma Medication National Jewish pulmonologists Da...Sling surgery is more effective than Burch for bladder control in women
...ect reports that up to three-fourths of women have some degree of incontinence, and the direct cost of incontinence for women was $12.4 billion in 1995. SISTEr is the first trial completed by UITN, with two other studies in the wings. Results of the second trial, the Behavior Enhances Drug Reduction of...