RSS Channels IndexDual Chamber ICDs Show Higher Risk of Complications
Even though patients receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for primary prevention often receive a dual-chamber ICD, an analysis that included more than 32,000 patients receiving an ICD without indications for pacing finds that...
5/9/2013 6:00 PM EDT
Study Evaluates Long-Term Effectiveness of Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Results after seven years of follow-up suggest that women considering abdominal sacrocolpopexy (surgery for pelvic organ prolapse [POP]) should be counseled that this procedure effectively provides relief from POP symptoms; however, the anatomic...
5/9/2013 6:00 PM EDT
No Significant Change Seen in Overall Smokeless Tobacco Use Among U.S. Youths
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Declines in smoking among youths were observed from the late 1990s. “However, limited information exists on trends in smokeless tobacco use among U.S....
5/9/2013 6:00 PM EDT
Study Finds Inconsistent and Slow Reduction in Sodium Levels in Processed and Restaurant’s Food
A study by Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D.C., and colleagues suggest voluntary reductions in sodium levels in processed and restaurant foods is inconsistent and slow.
5/9/2013 6:00 PM EDT
Research Letter Evaluates Calories, Fat, and Sodium Content in Restaurant Meals
A research letter by Mary R. L’Abbe, Ph.D., of the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues examined the nutritional profile of breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals from sit-down restaurants (SDR).
5/9/2013 7:15 PM EDT
Study Examines Use of Creative Arts Therapies Among Patients with Cancer
Creative arts therapies (CATs) can improve anxiety, depression, pain symptoms and quality of life among cancer patients, although the effect was reduced during follow-up in a study by Timothy W. Puetz, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the National Institutes of...
5/9/2013 7:00 PM EDT
Study Updates Estimates, Trends for Childhood Exposure to Violence, Crime, Abuse
A study by David Finkelhor, Ph.D., of the University of New Hampshire, and colleagues updates estimates and trends for childhood exposure to a range of violence, crime and abuse victimizations.
5/9/2013 7:00 PM EDT
Study Evaluates Effect of Increasing Detection Intervals in ICDs
Programming an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) with a long-detection interval compared with a standard-detection interval resulted in a reduction in anti-tachycardia pacing episodes, ICD shocks delivered, and inappropriate shocks,...
5/3/2013 12:00 PM EDT