Many expensive cancer drugs have unclear patient benefit
New cancer drugs are being launched at a rapid pace, before their long-term effectiveness for patients can be evaluated. Several years later, most of them still lack scientific evidence for…
Risk of death may be higher if heart attack occurs in a hospital
"researchers found that patients developing inpatient-onset STEMI had more than 3-fold greater in-hospital mortality than those with outpatient-onset STEMI" PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 16-Nov-2014 Prashant Kaul, M.D., of the University of…
Fish Oil Helps Heal Bed Sores of the Critically Ill
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 Tel Aviv University research finds a 20-25 percent reduction in pressure ulcers with a fish oil enriched diet Chock-full of Omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants, fish…
Antibiotics could replace surgery for appendicitis
05 OCT 2012 Although the standard approach to acute appendicitis is to remove the appendix, a study at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, reveals that treatment with antibiotics…
Researchers discover missed medical conditions in more than 1 in 4 critically ill adults
Johns Hopkins team finds ICU misdiagnoses may account for as many annual deaths as breast cancer Armstrong Institute researchers discover missed medical conditions in more than 1 in 4 critically…
Corticosteroids not effective for treating acute sinusitis
10 AUG 2012 Clinical trial shows no clinical benefit Corticosteroids, frequently prescribed to alleviate acute sinusitis, show no clinical benefit in treating the condition, according to a randomized controlled trial…
Half of Heart Patients Make Serious Medication Errors, Even When Pharmacists Intervene
29 JUL 2012 Many heart patients make mistakes with their medications after hospital discharge that could lead to clinically important adverse outcomes. Patients who are most vulnerable are the elderly,…
Simple exercises are an easy and cost-effective treatment for persistent dizziness – “vestibular rehabilitation” or “balance retraining”
29 JUL 2012 A professor from the University of Southampton has called on doctors around the world to give patients with persistent dizziness a booklet of simple exercises, after new…
Have no fear: Most cases of thyroid cancer do not affect survival
15 JUN 2012 Study finds that the majority of patients with thyroid cancer, except for those in the most advanced stage, continue to have the same chance of survival as…
Evidence shows that anti-depressants likely do more harm than good, researchers find
HAMILTON, ON, April 24, 2012 — Commonly prescribed anti-depressants appear to be doing patients more harm than good, say researchers who have published a paper examining the impact of…
Vitamin D deficiency in geriatric patients / 67% had severe vitamin D deficiency
10 Feb 2012 The great majority of geriatric patients in a German rehabilitation hospital were found to have vitamin D deficiency. Stefan Schilling presents his study results in this week’s…
Low cholesterol linked with worse survival in patients with kidney cancer / “patients with high cholesterol had a 43 percent lower risk of dying from their cancer”
Low cholesterol linked with worse survival in patients with kidney cancer // PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2014 People are often told to reduce their cholesterol to improve their heart health, but…
Spinal Manipulation and Home Exercises Better than Medication for Relieving Neck Pain
13 Jan 2012 Most people experience neck pain within their lifetime. While not serious, neck pain can interfere greatly with daily activities. Usual care for neck pain may include medication…
Risk of death highest following surgery in afternoons, at weekends, and in February
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 31-May-2014 - Surgery at the weekend was associated with a 22% increased risk of death compared with surgery on weekdays New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia show…
Sleeping pills increase CV events in heart failure patients by 8-fold
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BtJqj597kc?list=UUSxq36i1g2yb-GdmNq77U7w] -Sleeping pills increase CV events in heart failure patients by 8-fold - Of the 47 HFpEF patients, 15 reached the study endpoint during the 180 day follow up…
Tear drops may rival blood drops in testing blood sugar in diabetes
Public release date: 9-Nov-2011 Scientists are reporting development and successful laboratory testing of an electrochemical sensor device that has the potential to measure blood sugar levels from tears instead…
Vitamin B derivative helps diabetics with mild kidney disease
Public release date: 27-Oct-2011 Pyridorin may prevent kidney failure, but not in patients with advanced kidney disease •Pyridorin, a vitamin B6 derivative, may help slow or prevent the progression of…
Policy makers have proposed that patient care should be industrialized and standardized. Hospitals and clinics should be run like modern factories
Public release date: 12-Oct-2011 New buzzwords ‘reduce medicine to economics’ BIDMC physicians lament the devaluation of clinical judgment in today’s health care world BOSTON – Physicians who once only grappled…
Antibiotics alone are a successful treatment for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in kids
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPUneSGxXQM] Highlights: - Thirty patient families chose antibiotics alone and 47 opted for surgery. Those in the non-operative group were admitted to the hospital and received IV antibiotics for…
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