A new immunoassay may help physicians identify rheumatoid arthritis (RA) earlier and begin treatment to prevent or postpone the debilitating and costly consequences of the disease. The test also may remove much of the guesswork from managing patients with severe forms of RA.
A study in the NEJM titled "The effect of nisoldipine as compared with enalapril on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes and hypertension," finds an increased risk of fatal and non-fatal heart attacks among individuals taking the calcium antagonist nisoldipine compared to individuals taking enalapril, which is a member of a class of drugs called ACE-inhibitors.
Women with chronic, heavy pain in the pelvic area are finding relief thanks to a nonoperative treatment for a problem that frequently goes undiagnosed and untreated.
Interventional radiology therapies for some medical problems are less invasive, less expensive and often more successful than the surgical alternative.
Despite the stress and tension of their jobs, air traffic controllers do not experience a greater incidence of high blood pressure than people in less stressful work environments, according to a study published in the current issue of the American Journal of Hypertension.
American Psychiatric Association March Tipsheet - 1) For Psychiatry, Practices are Changing; 2) HMOs Can Support More Psychiatric Staff; 3) Researchers Caution Against Inflexible Therapy "Boundaries"; 4) Recognizing warning Signs Can Improve Treatment; 5) VA Medical Centers Provide an Ideal Environment for Studies; 6) Clozapine Effective Treatment for Ueterans with Psychosis; 7) Native American Ueterans at Higher Risk for Homelessness
Among the highlights will be presentations on the effectiveness of early, non-surgical treatment of heel pain, results of a study on frequency of high ankle sprains, and solutions for reducing recovery time in multiple injury patients with foot trauma.
A new study is calling for a ban on backyard trampolines after researchers discovered the number of injuries to children using these devices has doubled during a recent six-year period.
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals today donated 3,000 state-of-the-art, digital peak flow meters to inner-city hospitals and clinics in six urban asthma hot zones nationwide to mark the success of the company's daily oral asthma treatment ACCOLATE (R) (zafirlukast).
Cholesterol can be downright confusing. While itÃs common knowledge that you should watch your cholesterol, people often are unsure why and what to do about it.
Researchers at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center have developed a one-tep method to create patient-specific vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases. These "customized" vaccines are made by combining heat shock proteins with tumor antigen proteins obtained from tumor masses removed from the body.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania have tracked down the gene responsible for a paralyzing disease that has plagued at least eight generations of a Maryland family, the Mattinglys.
The people who need to stop smoking the most are the least likely to stop says a new Mayo Clinic study of heart patients. Mayo researchers looked at the smoking patterns of more than 5,400 patients who had angioplasties (heart vessel clearing procedures) at Mayo Clinic over a 16-year period.
Made of polymers, instead of stone, PEBBLEs (Probes Encapsulated By BioListic Embedding) are designed to work inside mammalian cells where they can detect subtle changes in concentrations of ions and small molecules. Research could lead to antidotes for neurotoxins used in biological warfare.
Researchers at Ohio State University have determined the three- dimensional structure of the protein produced by one of the most important human tumor-suppressor genes.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart after a heart attack may help determine which patients do well and which ones will later suffer complications such as recurrent heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke or death, according to a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers.
A five-year educational campaign to increase condom use in Thailand has led to a fivefold decrease in HIV infection among young army draftees in northern Thailand and a tenfold decrease in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) overall, according to Johns Hopkins researchers.
When blood vessels malfunction because of excessive fatty buildup, aspirin may prove to be beneficial in making them work correctly again, say researchers in a study published in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
By adding up "point" totals assigned to certain risk factors, doctors can arrive at a "tragic number" which can help predict which heart attack patients may be at immediate risk of a stroke.
People with osteoporosis who suffer from painful compression fractures of the spine may find relief thanks to a new minimally invasive technique developed by interventional radiologists.
Adverse drug reactions involving the mouth are less common than those affecting the skin, but they can cause extreme discomfort, and perhaps permanent damage to gums and teeth. The most common oral problems experienced are due to the side effects of prescribed medication. The diagnosis of these reactions require, in some instances, a high index of suspicion as they can mimic other diseases.
In a large epidemiologic study of over 3,000 women, wrinkling and dryness of the skin appeared to be decreased in patients with a history of estrogen use. "The concern with all estrogen therapy is that while it may protect women against cardiovascular disease and help maintain bone density, there are serious side effects that can occur," stated Dr. Phillips.
A series of studies from the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Medical School document the negative effects of hunger in U.S. children and show a link between participating in the national School Breakfast Program and improved academic performance and psychosocial behavior in children.
Taxol (Tm)-coated stents are showing promise as a possible solution to the stubborn problem of restenosis, the re-clogging of blood vessels, which is the most common cause of failure in angioplasty.
In its infancy a year ago, a non-surgical procedure to treat painful fibroid tumors and potentially prevent hysterectomy is now widely available at hospitals throughout the country.
A new stroke prevention therapy that is less invasive than surgery showed comparable results to surgery in the most extensive international survey ever done on the procedure. In other stent research, interventional radiologists were highly successful in treating men with a common, difficult-to-treat problem that causes difficulty urinating.
For many, nails are an important part of their appearance. Short or long, manicured or bitten, nails protect the fingers and toes from injury.
The past two decades have witnessed revolutionary advances in laser research and technology, greatly expanding dermatologic laser applications.
Recent controversy over the role of sunscreens in preventing melanoma and skin cancer have raised questions about the use of these agents. Typically, there are about one million new cases of skin cancer a year diagnosed in the United States, including 41,600 new cases of melanoma.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a 30% increase in the prevalence of genital herpes in the U.S. over the last two decades. This indicates that approximately 45 million persons in this country are seropositive for the most common cause of genital herpes, herpes simplex virus HSV-2.
Bellevue Hospital Dermatology Clinic in New York City is the epicenter of current rumblings in urban Dermatology. This public city hospital treats the poor and underinsured regardless of their ability to pay. The dermatology clinic is the busiest outpatient specialty clinic in the hospital, treating over 21,000 outpatients a year.
Unwanted body hair concerns both men and women. Regardless of the cause, millions of Americans remove unwanted hair daily, by a variety of temporary hair removal strategies that include shaving, waxing, chemical depilatories and tweezing. Electrolysis provides a permanent, but often tedious and slow alternative solution for hair removal
A UCLA orthopedic surgeon has developed a new technique to treat bone death in human hips that early results suggest may prevent the need for a total hip replacement. Called osteoregeneration, the procedure implants a capsule filled with bone-morphogenetic protein (BMP) that induces the body to grow new bone. Only UCLA offers BMP and the attendant procedure.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Finland are showing that fancy mathematical footwork plus detailed magnetic resonance imaging pictures of the brain may add up to a better understanding of the experience of thinking.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have discovered a family of genes linked to neurological damage in a laboratory model of multiple sclerosis (MS). The discovery of these genes represents a significant step forward in understanding the mechanisms by which immune cells cause damage in MS and potential new strategies for treatment.
1.) Overtreatment of lyme disease is common; lyme disease is not associated with increased heart problems. 2.) Can ethical medicine be practiced under the constraints of managed care? 3.) Iron overload often undiagnosed and more common than previously thought. 4) Treatment for benign thyroid nodules should not include thyroxine treatment.
Tumescent liposuction has been the standard of care for liposuction since 1987. This technique, developed by dermatologists, involves the infiltration of large volumes of diluted local anesthetic and epinephrine prior to the liposuction surgery.
President Clinton stated, "Medical decisions ought to be made by medical doctors," in his State of the Union Address January 27. OSHA's proposed standards conflict with this directive.
A study conducted at The Jackson Laboratory and the University of Connecticut at Storrs suggests that the maternal uterine environment in mice can have an enhancing effect on learning ability in offspring across a broad range of behaviors.
The Pennsylvania site where an innovative SmithKline Beecham process allowed the life-saving drug Tagamet (cimetidine) to become widely available was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark today by the world's largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society, and Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry.
A study examining U.S. mortality rates has found nearly a three-fold increase in deaths from medication errors over a ten-year period, adding fuel to the growing concern that the nation's quality of health care may be suffering because of the shift to managed care.
Routine performance of an exercise test among symptom-free patients who have had coronary artery bypass surgery can help identify those at risk for premature death and heart attack, Cleveland Clinic physicians reported in a study published in the February 28 issue of The Lancet.
A naturally produced enzyme, bleomycin hydrolase, whose only known function is to detoxify a widely used cancer agent, has now been linked to a four-fold increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to an article by University of Pittsburgh researchers in the March issue of Nature Genetics.
One of the many rapidly expanding disciplines of dermatology, representing two quite different approaches to therapy, but with some areas that overlap and complement each other.
It has been shown in clinical trials that a low fat diet can reduce the development of new precancers called actinic keratoses and nonmelanoma skin cancers. Therefore, one recommendation for patients that are at risk of developing precancerous and cancerous growths is that these individuals should consume a diet containing 20 percent of one's total calories from fat.
Alopecia areata is a poorly understood, unpredictable and capricious medical disorder that affects more than 2.5 million men, women and children in the USA and Canada.
March 1998 Tipsheet from the APA: 1- Practices Are Changing; 2- HMOs Can Support More Psychiatric Staff; 3- Researchers Caution against Inflexible Therapy; 4- Recognizing Warning Signs Can Improve Treatment; 5- VA Medical Centers: Ideal Environment for Studies; 6- Clozapine Effective Treatment for Veterans With Psychosis; 7- Native American Veterans at Higher Risk for Homelessness
ATS Journal News Tips for Feb: 1- p21 Protein May Predict Degree of Lung Cancer Malignancy; 2- Study Questions Advantage of Peak Flow Meter in Monitoring Self-Management of Asthma.
What is happening in pediatric research? Find out at the Pediatric Academic Societies' 1998 annual meeting May 1-5 in New Orleans.
Dr. Antoine Bechara, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Iowa, thinks that both pleasure and avoidance of pain play a role in compulsive drug use, and that both behaviors are controlled by the brain.
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