Monday, May 24, 2010

Medical News

Medical News

Novel treatment for severe neutrophilic asthma shows promise

Posted: 24 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with severe neutrophilic asthma could benefit from a novel treatment that inhibits neutrophil migration, results from an initial study suggest.

Short-term occupational asthma prognosis ‘poor’

Posted: 24 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

The short-term prognosis for patients with occupational asthma is poor, say Finnish researchers who found that around half of patients with the respiratory condition were not at work 6 months after diagnosis.

Vitamin E and selenium do not reduce COPD risk in men

Posted: 24 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Study results suggest that vitamin E and/or selenium dietary supplementation is not associated with reduced risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in men.

Emotional processing deficits questioned in schizophrenia

Posted: 24 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Schizophrenia patients with relatively preserved intellectual ability show no deficits in identifying facial emotion expressions compared with mentally healthy controls, study results show.

Bipolar disorder patients show significant morbidity after episodes

Posted: 24 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with bipolar disorder spend 11 months on average in a morbid state of illness in the 2 years following their first major lifetime episode, study results show.

Very late DES thrombosis linked to epileptic seizure

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Epileptic seizures may induce very late stent thrombosis, suggests a case study published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis.

Survival benefits persist after stroke unit care

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with stroke are more likely to survive if they are treated in a dedicated stroke center, with survival benefits persisting for up to 9 years, say Finnish researchers.

Acupuncture may help with hot flashes in prostate cancer patients

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Acupuncture may be an active nonpharmacologic option for prostate cancer patients who experience hot flashes after treatment with androgen deprivation therapy, say US researchers.

Prostate cancer survival protein also involved in metastasis

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have shown that the signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 protein is involved in the metastasis of human prostate cancer.

Breast cancer outcome good with modified radiotherapy technique

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

A simultaneous integrated boost-intensity-modulated radiation therapy technique that reduces treatment duration has a favorable toxicity profile and excellent locoregional control in breast cancer patients, US researchers report.

SCREENIVF identifies women at risk for emotional problems during IVF

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

SCREENIVF correctly identifies the risk or lack of risk for emotional maladjustment in three-quarters of women undergoing IVF, say Dutch researchers.

Puff of air may help embryos stay put

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Injecting air into the catheter immediately after embryo transfer results in significantly higher implantation and clinical pregnancy rates compared with standard embryo transfer, say Iranian researchers.

Conflicting evidence for effect of tobacco on IVF outcomes

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Different forms of tobacco smoking may have varying effects on reproductive outcomes among women undergoing fertility treatment, show Lebanese research results.

Birth rates after frozen blastocyst transfer do not differ by race

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Live birth rates do not differ among African-American and white women undergoing IVF with frozen-thawed blastocysts, say US researchers.

Depression may hinder success of infertility treatment

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Depression is one of the main reasons — in addition to cost, age, and educational levels — that infertility patients do not pursue treatment, show US study findings.

Combination therapy improves LDL cholesterol lowering in patients on low-carbohydrate diet

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Adding a cholesterol absorption inhibitor to statin therapy improves low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering in patients on a low-carbohydrate diet, findings from a randomized study show.

Lipid profile in adults with congenital heart defects defined

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Dyslipidemia is less common in patients with congenital heart disease than in healthy people, but elevated glucose levels may be a cause for concern, say Spanish researchers.

Obesity increases risk for Type 2 diabetes more than seven fold

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Results from a meta-analysis suggest that the presence of obesity increases the risk for developing Type 2 diabetes more than seven fold.

Diabetes and prediabetes increase cancer mortality

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Individuals with diabetes or prediabetes have a significantly increased risk for death from cancer compared with nondiabetics, say researchers.

Sexual activity declines post-MI in patients lacking advice

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Sexual activity declines in the year after suffering an acute myocardial infarction in patients who do not receive instruction on when it is safe to resume sex, researchers have reported.

AF symptom improvement ‘reflects AF ablation efficacy’

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Atrial fibrillation ablation yields sustained improvements in quality of life at 2 years in patients with and without recurrence, report researchers whose study suggests that symptom relief more closely reflects ablative efficacy.
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