Alzheimer's drugs offer modest improvements, equal effectiveness
...sible after a diagnosis. George Grossberg, M.D., a specialist in Alzheimer's treatment at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, said there is ample evidence that "the earlier one starts the better" for slowing the progression of the disease. "In fact, patients who come to drugs later, even as little as......esearch," says Catherine M. Meyers, M.D., a kidney specialist who directs HALT-PKD at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). "Naturally, we appreciate the PKD Foundation's invaluable guidance and support." PKD Foundation President and CEO Dan Larson applauded the start of...Healing from research: A real possibility
...te professor Tien Wong said. "We hope the treating specialist will then be able to determine someone's likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease by looking at the images so that appropriate intervention may take place." Development of this retinal imaging system follows on from Associate Professor Wong's ...Does household income affect access to medical care in developed countries?
...gher-income people are so much more likely to seek specialist care than lower-income people that total doctor utilization is somewhat pro-rich. The authors also found that this general finding tends to be reinforced in countries where private insurance or private care options are offered. The degree of pro-rich...Impotency drugs may be associated with increased risk of optic nerve damage
... The findings are based on 76 men attending one US specialist eye clinic. Half the men had optic nerve damage, diagnosed as non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION). NAION is the most common form of optic nerve damage in older US adults, with up to 6000 people developing the condition every ye...Flu not the only germ threat this time of year
...d William Hall, M.D., a geriatrician and pulmonary specialist at the University of Rochester Medical Center who has studied how respiratory viruses are spread in communities like nursing homes. "RSV lives on objects including faucets, door handles, and change from the coffee shop, for quite awhile, for at least...Cancer patients put at risk by shortage of radiotherapy staff
...iotherapy equipment in recent years, a shortage of specialist staff - radiographers, physicists, and dosimetrists (specialists in radiation dosage) - means that hospitals cannot cope with the rising demand for radiotherapy treatment. More training places are being created, but that does nothing to remedy curren...Treating glaucoma early lowers economic burden
...in their disease," said Paul Lee, M.D., a glaucoma specialist at Duke University Eye Center and lead author on the study. "Our results prove what we've thought for a long time that the disease gets more expensive as it worsens. With effective treatments at earlier stages, the progression of disease can be slow......spitals," said Vinay Nadkarni, MD, a critical care specialist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the lead author of the study. "This suggests that CPR currently may succeed more often than physicians commonly believe." The American Heart Association recently issued new guidelines for CPR and emerge...Abdominal chemo boosts survival in ovarian cancer patients
...en with ovarian cancer seek a gynecologic oncology specialist for their surgery despite research showing better outcomes for this group. IP chemotherapy was first studied half a century ago for colon cancer but never gained popularity for ovarian cancer despite several studies that hinted at survival benefits. ...Research adds to concerns about surgeons performing occasional breast cancer operations
...the 10-year survival rate for women operated on by specialist surgeons was eight per cent higher. Another large ... widely used" he adds. "It is essential that these specialist procedures are carried out by surgeons who perform sufficient numbers of breast cancer operations to...Largest study of in-hospital cardiac arrest suggests how to improve outcomes for children and adults
...e same," said study leader Vinay Nadkarni, M.D., a specialist in Critical Care Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Our results suggest that hospital caregivers need to carefully tailor their resuscitations to a patient's situation, and not follow a blanket protocol based only on the patient's ...Stroke risk returns when children with sickle cell disease stop transfusions
..., says Dr. Robert J. Adams, neurologist and stroke specialist at the Medical College of Georgia who authored the article in the Dec. 29 New England Journal of Medicine. None of the 38 children who continued transfusions resumed at-risk status or had a stroke. "We hoped that maybe we were dealing with something ...Air pollution, high-fat diet cause atherosclerosis in laboratory mice
...said Sanjay Rajagopalan, M.D., a vascular medicine specialist and cardiologist with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and senior author of the study. Further comparison of the high-fat groups showed that the artery walls of the mice exposed to fine particle pollution were significantly more inflamed than their...Australians of the year forge partnership for burns drug development
...eement with the McComb Foundation, headed by burns specialist and 2005 Australian of the Year, Clinical Professor Fiona Wood. The deal will progress the use of the cell protection Phylomers in the treatment of burn injury. Phylogica CEO Dr Stewart Washer said preliminary research results look promising. "One of...Nurses key to success of modern hospitals
...itals at the clinical level with doctors providing specialist help, writes the author. Nursing also has the potential to moderate the public's need for hospital care through innovations such as nurse led telephone help lines and delivering more care in the community. In many ways, nursing is the key profession ...Media invitation: 4th International Conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine
...try in the world to have a programme of developing specialist units for adolescents. Currently, there are seven TCT units, but a further 15 are needed to ensure that every adolescent with cancer in the UK has access to one. TCT expects a 15% increase in survival rates as a result of the concentration of experti...Statement of registered dietitian Rebecca S. Reeves, President of the American Dietetic Association
...rs. To quote ADA member and children's nutrition specialist Mary Story (writing with Simone French): "As a society that values children, there should be greater social responsibility for their present and future health. Social and environmental structures can actively support and promote healthy food choices ...Telephone-based care improves quality of life for those with anxiety disorders
...tion of the patients' primary care physicians with specialist involvement when necessary. By providing support and monitoring progress, the use of care managers can result in much better outcomes for patients. More than 30 million Americans have suffered from anxiety disorders at some point in their lives. App...Research review finds tobacco scenes in movies boost teen smoking
...aid lead author Annemarie Charlesworth, a research specialist at the University of California, San Francisco Institute for Health Policy Studies. "This strong empirical evidence affects hundreds of thousands of families." The research review, published in the December issue of Pediatrics, a peer-reviewed public...