ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...er down the road, such as gall bladder disease and sometimes re-operation," said Snow. ACP based its guidelines on an evidence report and background papers funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The guidelines were developed by ACP's Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee and were passed...Physicians, researchers to talk about new treatments for oral, head and neck cancers
...e as "the cruelest cancer" because its effects are sometimes disfiguring and cannot be hidden. Many patients feel as if their sense of identity is permanently changed or even erased. The loss of speech, taste, or the ability to eat is often the price of survival. The devastating effects of the disease are one ...Music improves sleep quality in older adults, researchers find
CLEVELAND Sleep, a vital ingredient in life, can sometimes become difficult as humans get older. But a recent study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and the Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital in Taiwan shows that listening to soft music at bedtime will...PSA screening for prostate cancer to be debated at annual meeting forum
...r has grown and spread to other parts of the body, sometimes resulting in death. Nevertheless, if caught early, men have a 100 percent, five-year survival rate a surprisingly positive statistic compared to many other types of cancer. Clearly, early detection is a key to curing prostate cancer. To put this con...Belgium doctors treating critically ill infants favour legalising euthanasia
...e 121 doctors thought that their professional duty sometimes includes the prevention of unnecessary suffering by hastening death and 69 (58%) of 120 supported legalisation of termination in some cases. Professor Deliens states: "We found that about three in four physicians who are confronted with critically i...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
... well. This can lead to unsatisfactory results and sometimes may require another procedure such as coronary ste...rocedure is almost always performed after surgery, sometimes hours later or even the next day. Fitzgerald said an angiogram can be done during surgery, but it's ...Bad outcomes related to, but not caused by, misdosing of clotbusters in heart attack patients
...sage is that many physicians may be overly albeit sometimes justifiably -- concerned about potential adverse events due to incorrect dosing, the researchers said. The drugs, known as fibrinolytic agents, have been proven effective in clinical trials in breaking apart blood clots in coronary arteries, restorin...Being too clean could be hazardous to your health and the environment
...ill bacteria on the skin and other surfaces and is sometimes used to preserve a product, including food. The American Medical Association (AMA) has been urging the FDA to closely monitor and possibly regulate the home use of antimicrobials such as triclosan. The increasing popularity of antimicrobial products ...Will cancer vaccine get to all women?
...2 in the US are infected. Most cases clear up, but sometimes infection persists and can cause cancer decades later. Deaths in the west have plummeted thanks to widespread screening to detect cancers early. But such screening is not widely available in developing countries. In many, populations are ageing: in ...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
... they can't afford. These are women who after one, sometimes many, miscarriages, stillbirths or newborn deaths, are pregnant again. To protect themselves from another potential crushing emotional blow, it is easier to think of their pregnancy as an impersonal biological condition. They are not, in fact, "ex...Scottish health minister launches major new clinical trials project to boost business and health
...nning clinical trials, our capability is currently sometimes fragmented. Glasgow Biomedicine will help to improve the health of the city and develop new drugs to advance health internationally." Commercial and non-commercial trials are essential for medical practice to be taken forward and for new drugs to be ...American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
...iseases in TravelersMalaria Malaria is a serious, sometimes fatal disease transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria occurs in more than 100 countries worldwide, placing nearly 40 percent of the world's population at risk. Each year, over 7 million U.S. residents tra...Long term outcomes for children who undergo ear tube placement surgery
...at of age-matched normal ears. "Ear surgery, which sometimes becomes necessary, is not hazardous for hearing, a...eated VT insertion, and of potential sequelae that sometimes necessitate surgical intervention. Patients healed after five years do not need further follow-up."...Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
...ple with weakened immune systems and those over 50 sometimes lead to serious complications or death. Scientists initially produced a panel of many West Nile virus antibodies from mouse cells. The human immune system would clear out these foreign antibodies quickly, so when they had identified a potent antibody...'Surprising' findings reported about iron overload
...y people worldwide, is prevalent in the South, and sometimes causes organ damage when severe iron deposition occurs due to inadequate control of iron absorption by the small intestine. The first major report of findings in the five-year, 100,000-person study will be published tomorrow, April 28, in The New ...Lipoprotein abnormalities found in severely obese children
...rd lipid panels. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is sometimes called "good" cholesterol because it returns cholesterol to the liver where it can be eliminated. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is often called "bad" cholesterol because of its association with clogged arteries and increased cardiovascular risk. In...Prevalence of concussion effects linked to 'pot of gold' lawsuits, researcher says
...h risks. Standard treatment can include narcotics, sometimes with spinal injections, which come with risks to the central nervous system, Hall says. "What starts out as a litigation case can end up being a serious medical case," Hall adds....Watching metals melt, nanometer-scale views inside cells
... fluorescent probes coupled with lightmicroscopes, sometimes saves the cell but can interfere with itsnormal functioning. A new method, reported by Lev Perelman ofHarvard, avoids the forgoing problems by combining the use of tightpinholes to control incoming and collected light (ConfocalMicroscopy) and analyz...Mailman School shares new virus identification technologies
...y are developed. Currently, clinical samples must sometimes be sent great distances for analysis, and the sensitivity of the technologies and equipment in labs varies greatly. In an effort to address this, scientists from the Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory in the Department of Epid...Routine procedure during childbirth provides no benefits, study review finds
...igate the severity of the spontaneous tearing that sometimes occurs during childbirth and to facilitate proper anatomic repair. The procedure also may be performed in cases when the baby's safety is threatened and delivery needs to take place quickly. This study addressed routine use only, not emergencies. In...