Sunday, July 7, 2013

Medical News

Medical News


Primary care intervention boosts blood pressure control

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

An interprofessional educational program for primary care leads to marked improvements in patients' blood pressure, a study shows.

Endothelial cells are <i>S. pneumoniae</i> death-traps

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have shed light on the mechanisms by which Streptococcus pneumoniae invades endothelial host cells, with surprising results.

Objective sleep measures fail to predict depression

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Poor self-reported sleep quality, but not objectively measured sleep quality, predicts future depression in older men, indicates a large, follow-up study.

Deprived patients carry winter COPD admission burden

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Interventions to reduce winter hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should be targeted at the most economically deprived patients, say researchers who found that this group is disproportionally affected by the seasonal impact of the disease.

Fusion biopsy boosts cancer detection in enlarged prostates

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have shown that using magnetic resonance imaging to guide transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsy can increase cancer detection in men with enlarged prostates.

Slimming underwear gets one over urinary incontinence

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Japanese researchers have found that weight loss underwear holds potential in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women.

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