Preschool children with relatively poor language skills improve more if they are placed in classrooms with high-achieving students, a new study found.
Patients with certain genes or specific factors related to use of the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel are more likely to experience a blood clot within a coronary stent shortly after placement, according to a study in the October 26 issue of JAMA.
Among men who were current or former heavy smokers, undergoing lung cancer screening with computed tomography (CT) scanning identified a substantial proportion who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), suggesting that this method may be helpful as an additional tool in detecting COPD, according to a study in the October 26 issue of JAMA.
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered several gene variants contributing to early stent thrombosis (ST), a devastating and often deadly complication after coronary stent implantation in people with coronary artery disease.
New findings show an increase in postmastectomy breast reconstruction, and that TRAM flap reconstruction remains intact with a high degree of patient satisfaction
New research suggests that infections caused by multi-drug resistant pathogens are not associated with overall, all-cause mortality in the surgical intensive care unit.
Raman spectroscopy technique may lead to more effective treatment for patients with staph infections.
Groundbreaking study marks the first time researchers are able to freeze organoid units and successfully implant at a later date.
A simple blood test could someday quantify a smoker’s lung toxicity and danger of heart disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that obesity may make annual flu shots less effective.
Injectable substance made with proteins enables tissue to grow new blood vessels.
1) Indoor tanning use increased risk for three common skin cancers. 2) Risk increased 11 percent to 15 percent with use every four times per year. 3) Risk effect was more predominant during high school/college.
1) A significantly inverse association was found for coffee consumption and basal cell carcinoma. 2) Decaffeinated coffee consumption was not associated with decreased risk. 3) Coffee consumption was not related to squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.
1) Use of aspirin was not associated with risk for renal cell cancer. 2) Acetaminophen and nonaspirin NSAID use increased risk. 3) Researchers observed similar risk trends for high-dose analgesics use.
1) Risk was further increased by being overweight, inactive lifestyle. 2) Dietary pattern may increase insulin resistance. 3) Altering diet could serve as colorectal cancer prevention method.
1) Drinking plenty of fluids reduced men’s risk for bladder cancer. 2) Men drank fewer liquids as they aged. 3) Physicians should feel comfortable recommending that patients drink plenty of low-sugar fluids.
1) Erythorbate added to hot dogs reduced the content of possibly carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds. 2) Time trends in the incidence of colon cancer may not support the view that N-nitroso compounds in processed meat are a cause of colon cancer.
1) Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease affects 12.5 million people worldwide; some patients develop severe disease during early childhood 2) Certain genetic mutations aggravate the disease and cause early symptoms 3) Genetic tests could identify who’s at risk for early disease.
1) Patient characteristics affect whether dialysis clinics achieve treatment success and receive Medicare reimbursement. 2) How well kidney disease patients follow their prescribed treatments has the greatest impact. 3) Dialysis clinics in low-income urban areas provide care to more patients who don’t follow their prescribed treatments; these clinics get unfairly penalized.
1) Patients who take at least one blood pressure-lowering medication at bedtime have better control of their blood pressure and are less likely to experience heart problems than patients who take medications in the morning. 2) Sleep-time blood pressure is a better measure of heart health than wake-time blood pressure. 3) About one out of three U.S. adults has high blood pressure.
Low vitamin D levels are associated with an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), but the first randomized, controlled trial using high-dose vitamin D in MS did not find any added benefit over and above ongoing low-dose vitamin D supplementation, according to a study published in the October 25, 2011, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Oncolytic viral therapy shows great potential for treating an aggressive form of breast cancer
Yoga classes were found to be more effective than a self-care book for patients with chronic low back pain at reducing symptoms and improving function, but they were not more effective than stretching classes, according to a study published Online First by the Archives of Internal Medicine.
An analysis of financial payments made by orthopedic device manufacturers to orthopedic surgeons shows that the patterns of payments from 2007 to 2010 appear to be complex with a reduction in the total number of payments and the total amount of funds distributed after payment disclosure was required, as well as an increase in the proportion of consultants with academic affiliations, according to a report in the October 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
A model used to estimate breast cancer survival rates found that the probability that a woman with screen-detected breast cancer will avoid a breast cancer death because of screening mammography may be lower than previously thought, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Non-targeted HIV rapid test screening among emergency department patients in metropolitan Paris resulted in identifying only a few new HIV diagnoses, often at late stages and mostly among patients who are in a high-risk group, according to a study published Online First by the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Study suggests that restricting sunbathing or visits to the tanning booth to morning hours reduces the risk of skin cancer. DNA repair activity may be greatest.
New research suggests that some patients develop a potentially deadly blood infection from their implanted cardiac devices because bacterial cells in their bodies have gene mutations that allow them to stick to the devices.
The neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease is thought to be caused by small, soluble A-beta complexes, partly through their ability to induce excess calcium influx into cells, which stimulates cell death. A new study reveals that A-beta oligomers elevate calcium by forming calcium-permeable pores in the plasma membrane.
Two major drug trials conclude there was little risk from a drug aimed at age-related macular degeneration. Yet a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist began to note something concerning in some of her patients: an increase in pressure inside the eye. It led to a retrospective study and findings that will be presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Orlando.
Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS, of Syracuse, NY, becomes President of the American College of Surgeons.
In a ceremony preceding the start of its 97th Annual Clinical Congress, the American College of surgeons has awarded Honorary Fellowship to six surgeons from around the world
Mary H. McGrath, MD, FACS, San Francsco, CA, awarded American College of Surgeons highest honor.
By following a few basic rules for handling central venous catheters, nurses and doctors at a group of children's hospitals have, in three years, prevented nearly a thousand infections and saved more than a hundred children's lives and millions of dollars, according to a study by investigators at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and elsewhere
1) Lower colorectal cancer mortality rates were associated with consistent NSAID use at study enrollment and three years later. 2) Lower colorectal cancer mortality rates were associated with at least 10 years of reported NSAID use.
1) Large amounts of weight gain increased risk twofold. 2) Increased risk was independent of body mass index. 3) Weight cycling, or “yo-yo” dieting, had no effect on endometrial cancer risk.
1) Significant difference found in the prevention of basal cell carcinoma. 2) Trend found in prevention of squamous cell carcinoma, although not significant. 3) No evidence of adverse effects found up to 10 years after being assigned to the drug.
1) Obesity in young adulthood was associated with risk for NHL later in life. 2) Obese men had a 64 percent higher risk for NHL compared with lean men. 3) Obese women had a 19 percent increased risk.
A genetically engineered clotting factor that controlled hemophilia in an animal study offers a novel potential treatment for human hemophilia and a broad range of other bleeding problems.
“Say ‘ahhh.’” That is what Case Western Reserve University student doctors and nurses will be telling patients with sore throats and other health problems Saturday, Oct. 22, during the grand opening of the Student-Run Free Clinic at The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland, 12201 Euclid Ave.
1) One out of 20,000 newborns has autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, and 30% die shortly after birth. 2) The gene that’s implicated in the disease produces a protein that’s important for signaling in the kidneys 3) New urine tests might help diagnose the disease.
Although increased use of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) nationwide has helped decrease mortality rates among patients hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a small group of patients requiring subsequent treatment with invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) have a significantly higher risk of death than those placed directly on IMV, according to researchers in the United States who studied patterns of NIPPV use
1) Female drivers at greater risk of injury; 2) Low birthweight, socioeconomic status linked to adult disease; 3) Mortgage delinquency associated with mental health impairments and lack of access to health-related resources.
Researchers warn of a looming health crisis in the wake of rising mortgage delinquencies and home foreclosures. The study is the first long-term survey of the impact the current housing crisis is having on older Americans. The study focused on adults over 50 and found high rates of depression among those behind in their mortgage payments and a higher likelihood of making unhealthy financial tradeoffs regarding food and needed prescription medications.
Elizabeth Howlett, a professor of marketing in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, served on the committee that is proposing a new system for federal food nutrition labels.
Using brain-imaging technology for the first time, scientists have gained new insights into how some students overcome their fears and succeed in math. For the highly math anxious, researchers found a strong link between math success and activity in a network of brain areas involved in controlling attention and regulating negative emotional reactions.
Children and infants are being given acid-suppressing medications with increasing frequency, putting them at risk for a wide range of potentially serious side-effects, everything from pneumonia and acute gastroenteritis to bacterial infections. That’s the conclusion of a commentary in the October 20th issue of The Journal of Pediatrics.
Low-income women with children who move from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experience notable long-term improvements in in diabetes and extreme obesity, according to a new study, the first to employ a randomized experimental design to learn about the connections between neighborhood poverty and health.
Olympic timing procedures don't accurately detect false starts by female sprinters, according to a new analysis by University of Michigan researchers.
The American Academy of Neurology is releasing an updated guideline on how to best treat essential tremor, which is the most common type of tremor disorder and is often confused with other movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. The guideline is published in the October 19, 2011, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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