Organon Inc. today announced it received approval from the U.S Food and Drug Administration to market REMERONSolTabTM (mirtazapine) Orally Disintegrating Tablet. REMERONSolTab is the first disintegrating tablet in the $7 billion U.S. antidepressant market.
University of Iowa researchers have discovered a potential preventative treatment for some forms of cardiomyopathy caused by muscular dystrophy.
Roughly 191,000 hospital stays a year for childbirth and about 135,000 hospital stays a year for treatment of mental disorders are not covered by either private insurance or public insurance programs. These are 2 of the top 10 uninsured diagnoses in US hospitals according to AHRQ's HCUP.
Oakland Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon is dedicating his performance during the January 14 game to his three-year-old daughter, Danielle and the one million other Americans who suffer from celiac disease.
In the wake of growing public concern about errors in health care, a new study indicates that professional certification for registered nurses is a factor in improving patient safety. (American Journal of Nursing, 1-01)
The American Geriatrics Society, the nation's premier professional organization of health care providers dedicated to improving the health and well-being of older adults announced that it has joined the Medical Society eCooperative.
In a promising advance in the war against AIDS, scientists have designed a potent, new protein that can prevent HIV infection by blocking its entry into human cells. The protein could therefore serve as the basis for a new class of broad-spectrum, injectible drugs against HIV. (ScienceExpress, 1-11-01)
A common type of dwarfism may not be principally caused by a defect in the human growth hormone gene, as previously thought, but rather by a gene that controls the hormone's release into the bloodstream, according to scientists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and School of Medicine. (J. of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1-01)
Researchers of the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and of the University of Idaho have a $500M bet riding on who has the most accurate scientific view of aging.
Under the auspices of a newly formed partnership with the Malaria Vaccine Initiative at PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health), the Emory University Vaccine Research Center has begun the first of a series of malaria vaccine trials that researchers hope will significantly advance progress toward an effective vaccine.
The same protein that helped Maurice Greene become the "world's fastest man" at this summer's Olympic Games in Australia could one day help millions of Americans who suffer from a common type of progressive heart failure, according to a new animal study at the University of Michigan Medical School. (J. of Clinical Investigation, 1-15-01)
A study by Mayo Clinic researchers found that cellular telephones interfered with the operation of external devices that monitor the heart and lungs, however, in most instances, the interference was not sufficient to meaningfully hinder interpretation of data. (Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1-01)
A new study of acute pain in children has determined that increases or decreases in pain scores become clinically significant at similar levels for children and adults--10 mm on a 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS). (Annals of Emergency Medicine)
Nine medical organizations representing 80,000 members announced today the creation of the Medical Society eCooperative to strengthen their physician and other members professionally using new and expanded Internet-based information and connectivity services.
A new study has determined the use of nitrous oxide (also known as "laughing gas") is more effective in sedating children, ages 2 to 6, during facial suturing than the more traditional use of an oral medication, according to the January issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine (2001; 37:1).
A new, six-year study of people age 40 to 70 years old has found that people with diabetes and high blood pressure are more likely to experience cognitive decline (a decline in mental ability) as compared to people of that age who do not have the conditions. (Neurology, 1-9-01)
Middle-aged people with diabetes and high blood pressure are more likely to lose mental agility than their healthy counterparts. (Neurology, 1-9-01)
Relaxation training and biofeedback have proven to be promising treatments for children who suffer from migraine headaches. (Neurology, 1-9-01)
This month's medical tip sheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center includes information on irritable bowel syndrome, the new gene therapeutics institute, children's brain tumors, a fully endoscopic procedure to remove skull-base tumors, hyperhidrosis, a wife-to-husband living liver transplant and more.
Back pain and other spinal disorders are very common, but can pose challenging treatment problems. Part of the problem is the difficulty of determining the true effectiveness of treatments, especially in areas affecting the patientÃs daily activities. (Spine, 12-15-00)
While there has been a dramatic increase in the use of bone marrow transplantation to treat patients with cancer it has come at a high price. One of the major side effects of curing cancer patients is the high rate of acute and chronic renal failure. (Lancet, 1-4-00)
The American Psychiatric Association praised the Surgeon General "blueprint for addressing children's mental health in the United States" and vowed to help make the report's eight goals a reality.
The American Psychiatric Association today praised Congresswoman Marge Roukema for introducing legislation, The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Amendments of 2001, that requires health insurance companies to end discriminatory coverage of treatment for mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
A study of patients with life-threatening symptoms of heart failure showed that one-half had a little-understood form of the diorder, report researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in this week's NEJM.
Physicians can do more and involve additional people in the care of the terminally ill patients to ensure that their quality of life doesn't deteriorate in their final days. (Mayo Clinic Proceedings)
Mayo Clinic scientists have discovered that carriers of a genetic defect previously linked to emphysema have a threefold increased risk of developing a type of sporadic colorectal cancer. Carriers who currently smoke have a 20-fold increased risk. (Molecular Genetics and Metabolism)
Deepening the mystery of autism's origins, a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study has failed to link the typical autistic child's fixation on spinning objects and constant whirling around to long-suspected damage to the brain's control center for movement, balance and equilibrium. (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 12-00)
Fludrocortisone, a drug prescribed to treat low blood pressure, has little or no effect on symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome in adults when it is used as the only form of treatment, according to a joint study by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). (JAMA 1-01)
The drug sildenafil citrate - better known as Viagra - causes a dramatic increase in the nerve activity associated with cardiovascular function, especially during physical and mental stress, bolstering recommendations that men with severe cardiovascular disease use caution when taking the drug. (Circulation, 12-19-00)
A study published recently concludes that the natural dietary supplement conjugated linoleic acid reduces body fat in people who are overweight or obese. (Journal of Nutrition 12-00)
College students are more likely to exercise if they have social support for being active, but the best kind of social support differs between men and women, an Ohio State study found. (Preventive Medicine)
The younger deaf and hearing-impaired children are when a cochlear implant awakens their hearing, the better they will do on speech recognition tests later in life. (Otology and Neurotology, 1-01)
Scientists have pinpointed the gene responsible for a rare and devastating childhood brain disorder called Alexander disease, solving a 50-year-old mystery regarding its cause. (Nature Genetics, 1-3-01)
The new snowstorm is a real pain in the neck and for people shoveling the snow, it could also be a pain in the back, shoulder and wrist, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
The UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute is allocating $1 million to develop a new neurodevelopmental genomics laboratory for the study of biomarkers and other early warning signs of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Medical researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have developed a method that may alert physicians to early stages of severe infection in newborn infants. (Pediatrics, 12-00)
There are significant associations between the presence of panic disorder and major depression on parents and patterns of dysfunction in their children, according to a study in the January 2001 American Journal of Psychiatry.
Misdiagnosis or incomplete diagnosis of bipolar disorder is extensive among psychiatric patients, according to a study published in the January 2001 Journal of Psychiatric Services.
Doctors should not assume that patients admitted to emergency rooms with high blood alcohol levels are moderate drinkers, according to a study published in the January 2001 American Journal of Psychiatry.
The "not so good news" from a recent study conducted at Roswell Park Cancer Institute is that the incidence rates for two forms of common brain tumors - glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and anaplastic astrocytoma - have increased in New York State between 1976 and 1995. The ìgood newsî is that the study may have revealed clues to the origins of GBM; the most common of these tumors. (Journal of Neurosurgery, 12-00)
A phenomenon in golf known as the "yips" -- an acquired problem of sudden tremors, jerking or freezing while putting -- may have both physical and psychological causes. (Sports Medicine, 12-00)
Hopkins researchers say early tests of a pancreatic cancer vaccine show it is safe and successful in reaching immune system cells. (J. of Clinical Oncology, 1-01)
Victims of severe automobile accidents, battle wounds, or terrorist bombs may have an increased margin of survival, thanks to a unique pressure dressing to stop bleeding, developed by a researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Am J Emerg Med 18: 816-819, 11-00)
A recent study, conducted at Mayo Clinic and published in the December 28th edition of the NEJM, has found that patients who suffer from COPD receive very little long-term benefit from the use of inhaled corticosteroids.
A region at the front of the brain's right hemisphere, the prefrontal cortex, plays a critical role in how the human brain processes emotions. A recent University of Iowa study is the first to investigate human emotion processing by the right prefrontal cortex at the level of individual brain cells. (Nature Neuroscience, 1-01)
Heart-attack patients receive a comparable level of care in Veterans Affairs medical centers and non-VA hospitals. A multi-institutional team of researchers found that the post-heart-attack death rate among Medicare patients at 1,530 non-VA hospitals equaled that among veteran patients at 81 VA medical centers. (NEJM, 12-28-00)
A new discovery may have significant implications for children with a eosinophilic esophagitis, a fast-growing new disease whose symptoms mimic gastroesophageal reflux, and for adults with reflux who are not being helped by currently available medications.
The scientists at Johns Hopkins have now "engineered" human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) to form a new type of cell that not only holds the potential to develop into different tissues but also overcomes great drawbacks that have limited the use of hPSCs for disease therapy.
Researchers have debated for years whether the drug selegiline increases the risk of death for Parkinson's patients. A new study shows that there is no increased death rate for patients who use the drug in combination with levodopa, the most common drug for Parkinson's. (Neurology, 12-26-00)
Appreciating music for the first time, or switching preferences from classical to "pop" music, can be a behavior resulting from dementia, as reported in Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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