Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Medical News

Medical News


Internet monitoring benefits patients with severe asthma

Posted: 19 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

An internet monitoring strategy helps patients with severe asthma reduce their overall use of oral corticosteroids, results from a Dutch study show.

DFA unreliable for swine flu testing in critically ill patients

Posted: 19 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Direct fluorescent antibody testing for H1N1 influenza is unreliable in severely ill patients, US research shows.

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation may benefit COPD patients

Posted: 19 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Results from a Canadian study suggest that neuromuscular electrical stimulation may reduce muscle atrophy in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Goal-attainment belief correction key in ‘sense of hyper-positive self’ patients

Posted: 19 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Correction of excessive goal attainment beliefs in patients with bipolar disorder who enjoy being in a state of "mild hypomania" could help prevent them from assenting to a manic episode, say researchers.

Familial transmission of psychosis shows subtype specificity

Posted: 19 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Study findings suggest specificity for the familial transmission of schizophrenia-psychosis spectrum disorders and affective psychoses.

Focal therapy an emerging, promising treatment for low-risk prostate cancer

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Focal therapy is a promising and emerging therapy for prostate cancer patients with a low risk for cancer progression or metastasis, show the results of a collaborative review.

Tumor characteristics predict mortality in men with breast cancer

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Tumor characteristics and marital status are the primary predictors of chemotherapy and cancer mortality among men with breast cancer, US researchers report.

Kidney disease drives vascular risk in Type 2 diabetes

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

The ability of the ratio of triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to predict cardiovascular risk in people with Type 2 diabetes is largely explained by renal dysfunction, Italian researchers believe.

Metabolic syndrome raises AF risk

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

The metabolic syndrome and its component parts confer an increased risk for atrial fibrillation in both Black and White people, research suggests.

High HbA1c linked to incident HF in middle-aged, nondiabetics

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

High levels of glycated hemoglobin in nondiabetic, middle-aged individuals independently predict incident heart failure, show results from the ARIC Study.

Insulin resistance linked to dyslipidemia and hypertension in Thai adults

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Insulin resistance is moderately high in the Thai population and is associated with elevated triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and hypertension, say researchers.

Delaying bypass surgery after NSTEMI may not improve outcomes

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing delayed coronary artery bypass graft surgery have similar clinical outcomes to patients who undergo early surgery, a US study has found.

MBL functional deficiency linked to reduced mortality in STEMI-PCI patients

Posted: 18 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Functional deficiency of complement mannose-binding lectin is associated with reduced mortality in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, a study has found.

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