New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
... But both the Article and an accompanying Comment warn longer term follow-up of the patients fitted with biodegradable stents is needed. Coronary stents improve immediate and late results of balloon angioplasty by closing up dissections and preventing collapse of the arterial walls. Professor Raimund...New standards could cut number of malnourished children on feeding programs
...hildren eligible for emergency feeding programmes, warn researchers in this week's BMJ. According to the UN World Food Programme, the number of nutritional emergencies has risen over the last twenty years, from an average of 15 per year during the 1980s to more than 30 per year since 2000. In 2005, arou...HIV in late childhood and adolescence a growing problem
...ect on their future health and long term survival, warn the researchers. "Early diagnosis of HIV is very important," says Dr Rashida Ferrand, a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow. "A delayed diagnosis means that patients have a much higher risk of developing serious opportunistic infections and may...US child health system needs total overhaul, UCLA researchers say
...avioral and developmental needs. The authors warn that transforming the child health care system is not only an ethical and social imperative but an economic one. "The outmoded operating system and obsolete logic employed by the U.S. child health system is analogous to a modern business ignoring ...Red flag for repetitive stress injuries identified for first time in humans
...me injured by repetitive motions. These biomarkers warn of an underlying problem. "While not a diagnostic test, because the biomarkers could also indicate another type of injury, they do provide a red flag where before there was none," said Barr, associate professor of physical therapy at Temple's Colle...Medicalize me: Experts look at how our perceptions of illness are shaped
...se, normalcy and wellness. But the authors also warn against painting this phenomenon with an entirely negative brush. The same drugs that treat deviances from social norms also help many people live their lives, they write. While the old definition of medicalization painted patients as the victims, th...Experts urge strongest isolation for new drug-resistant tuberculosis cases appearing in South Africa
...s" brewing most dangerously in South Africa. They warn that new variations of the disease now defeat many of the world's existing drugs and "the forced isolation and confinement of XDR-TB (extensively drug resistant tuberculosis) and MDR-TB (multiple drug resistant tuberculosis) infected individuals may ...Mistletoe is not an anti-cancer drug, say doctors
... help treat cancer is a myth which can cause harm, warn doctors in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ. The warning follows the case of a cancer patient who attended hospital with a tumour-like growth under the skin induced by mistletoe. Some patients with cancer inject themselves mistletoe extract...Obesity could bankrupt the health system, warn doctors
...lence of obesity could bankrupt the health system, warn doctors in this weeks BMJ. In the United Kingdom, well over half the population is overweight and more than one in five adults is obese, write Naveed Sattar and colleagues. Obese people are at high risk of multiple health problems, while the cost o...Young infants should not be left unattended to sleep in car safety seats
... unattended to sleep in standard car safety seats, warn researchers in this weeks BMJ. Infant car safety seats are vital to protect young infants from injury and death in motor vehicle accidents, write Professor Alistair Gunn and Colleagues. However, preterm infants and full term infants with certain ...Not ready to quit? Try cutting back
...n advice. Hughes and colleague Matthew Carpenter warn that smokers do need to understand that there is no good evidence that cutting back alone decreases smoking-related health risks and thus clinicians should promote reduction only as a step towards eventual cessation to their patients....Health facility births key to substantially reducing maternal deaths worldwide
... today (Wednesday September 27, 2006). The authors warn that without political commitment and investment into such a strategy, substantial declines in maternal deaths are unlikely in the next 10-20 years, and the fifth Millennium Development Goal to reduce maternal mortality by 75% by 2015 - will not be ...Health facility births key to substantially reducing maternal mortality worldwide
...te actions for governments and donors. The authors warn that without political commitment and investment into this approach, substantial declines in maternal mortality are unlikely in the next 10-20 years, and the fifth Millennium Development Goal to reduce maternal mortality by 75% by 2015 will not be ...Why Popeye only has eyes for spinach
...usceptible to age-related macular degeneration but warn the incidence is likely to rise as the population ages. In collaboration with Tinsley Ophthalmic Instruments, Dr Murray's lab has developed a lightweight instrument that can measure the levels of lutein and zeaxanthin and provide an indication as t...Better training needed to reduce emergency caesareans
...fely conducted instrumental delivery. The authors warn that, without increases in junior doctors' experience and recruitment into the specialty, the problems with second stage caesareans will rise. According to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists audit figures, about 35% of caesareans ...Doctors warn: Do not rely only on what young athletes say when managing concussions
...safely returning to play following the concussion, warn doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Sports Medicine Concussion Program. Along with assessing symptoms, the doctors stress, using computer-based neurocognitive function testing is crucial for accurate, objective evaluation of...Claiming diagnostic tests for diabetes genes is misleading, say experts
...event diabetes may raise unrealistic expectations, warn doctors in this week's BMJ. Earlier this year, scientists discovered that a variant of the TCF7L2 gene was associated with type 2 diabetes. In subsequent media coverage, they claimed this could lead to a diagnostic test to identify people who carry...New device may improve vision and mobility for people with tunnel vision
...w, patients primarily have relied on long canes to warn them of obstacles just in front of them. Glasses that act as reverse binoculars, miniaturizing and pulling in the missing parts of their visual field, were suggested and tried in the past. "The minifying glasses make things so small that detailed vi...Mental health units should not be exempt from smoking ban
...equalities for people with mental health problems, warn doctors in this week's BMJ. Smoking is the largest single cause of preventable illness and premature death in the United Kingdom, with 106,000 people dying of smoking related diseases in 2002, and more than 10,000 dying each year as a result of pas...Core needle biopsy gives an accurate picture of gene expression in whole tumor
...d by the core needle biopsy procedure itself. They warn that care should be taken when interpreting the gene expression profile of a surgical sample carried out following a core biopsy. Although the tumor's aggressiveness has not changed, the modified profile in surgical samples obtained after core needle...