Drug safety in the doctor's office: Nearly half of patients have lapses in monitoring
...llnesses over a period of three years to determine whether they received the recommended laboratory tests to monitor potential drug side effects. Nearly half of these patients (44-47% per year) did not receive one or more recommended tests, though it is important to note that the findings varied based on the...Stroke drug still meets resistance from doctors wary of its risks
...sts to consult with. CT scans can show immediately whether a stroke is caused by a clot or by a bleeding blood vessel; tPA can kill if given to patients with bleeding strokes. The survey also asked them what would be the maximum risk of intracranial hemorrhage they'd tolerate from tPA, and what would be the...Early failure to pay attention to faces, speech may influence later development in autism
...tween a child and other people. "We are examining whether this very early intervention that focuses on social engagement alters the course of development," she said. "As part of our outcomes, we will be examining the child's brain responses to social stimuli. We hope to find that our intervention not only...The relationship between clinical depression and chronic pain
...ysical pain--there has been much speculation about whether one causes the other or whether a common underlying factor provokes both. Results of studies into the precise nature of this relati...Obese workers' pay lower due to health costs, Stanford study finds
...e and Outcomes Research. The study doesn't address whether the wage disparity is fair, she noted; it simply d...her test this hypothesis, the researchers examined whether a wage gap existed between obese and non-obese workers receiving other kinds of benefits, such as re...New treatments for common vaginal infection being studied
...l College of Georgia. MCG researchers want to know whether the device can eliminate bacterial vaginosis and the distinctive odor that typically accompanies the infection, says Dr. Daron G. Ferris, family medicine physician, director of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Center at MCG Medical Center and the st...Nutritional advice improves health of children in developing countries
...ion Nutricional, Lima, Peru) and colleagues tested whether a nutritional education intervention delivered through government primary health centres could improve the growth of the children in a shanty town in Trujillo, Peru. 12 government health facilities were recruited onto the study. The researchers rando...New fat is needed to clear old fat from the system
...s, May 10, 2005 -- Where fat comes from determines whether the body can metabolize it effectively. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the "old" fat stored in the body's peripheral tissues -- that is, around the belly, thighs or bottom -- can't be burned effic...Gender and sexual orientation influence preference for human body odors
Your nose, whether big or small, male or female, heterosexual or homosexual, may play a big role in selecting your potential mate. According to scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, one person's preference for another person's body odor depe...Study backs effectiveness of thrombolysis after stroke
...ke has remained controversial due to concerns over whether it can be broadly and safely applied in real practice given its dependence on time, technology and infrastructure. The Canadian Alteplase for Stroke Effectiveness Study (CASES), a national prospective cohort study, was conducted to determine the safe...Older adults with diabetes in managed care networks have higher rates of untreated eye disease
... eye care services. The researchers also evaluated whether the rates of need for eye care differed in fee-for-service Medicare and the for-profit Medicare + Choice network model (MC) managed care plan. The need for eye care within six months of the eye examination was based on American Academy of Ophthalmolo...Misunderstanding real cost a barrier to mammography
...e women's attitudes toward mammography and to find whether they had the exams. The interviews included questions about the cost of mammography and details about the women's insurance coverage. Researchers later compared what the women believed about their insurance coverage with what their policies actually ...Low-fat dairy foods may help reduce risk of type 2 diabetes
...oi. "Another question to be investigated would be whether adjusting dairy intake could be helpful to people with established type 2 diabetes, and the mechanism behind any relation between dairy intake and diabetes risk also needs to be clarified." Choi is an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School...Some primary care residents feel unprepared to provide preventive counseling
... preventive and psychosocial counseling as well as whether residents have enough time to provide such counseling. The particular strengths identified in dealing with specific issues for family practice and obstetrics/gynecology programs could serve as models to broadly improve training across all specialtie...Carbonated soft drinks and sleeping pills cause heartburn during sleep
...cross the United States. The questionnaires asked whether the people suffered from heartburn during sleep, defined as "if they were awakened two or more times a month by heartburn." The questionnaires also gathered information on other patient demographics, sleep abnormalities, medical history and social h...Study evaluates Alzheimer's patients' ability to make decisions about treatment
...t for Alzheimer's and asking them to make a choice whether they would take the treatment. Then experts assessed whether they were competent to make the decision. Of the 48 patients, 19 were found to be competent in makin...Nurses receive new tool to help patients quit smoking
...nizations (JCAHO) has collected data since 2002 on whether hospitals offer smoking cessation advice or counseling to patients diagnosed with heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia. Hospitals' compliance with the measure varies widely, however, the data consistently attributed a nurse's involvement to hosp...Study suggests antibiotic may limit or prevent vision problems caused by diabetes
...okines activate microglia, the investigators asked whether the microglia in the retinas of diabetic rats were...reduces this inflammatory component." To determine whether the toxins from activated microglia kill the retinal cells, the team grew active microglia with reti...Breast CT reaches clinical testing: May improve on mammography
... the next step will be a larger trial to determine whether the new technology can indeed detect tumors earlier than mammography. Boone believes that a more extensive trial could be under way within two to three years. Boone developed the machine in collaboration with UC Davis radiology professors Karen K. Li...Asymptomatic HIV-infected newborns may benefit from early drug treatment, Stanford study shows
... been a lot of controversy in the literature as to whether infected but asymptomatic infants should be started on therapy right away," said the study's senior author Yvonne Maldonado, MD, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at S...