BU and WHO study reveals bacterial pneumonia better treated at home
A study by BU and WHO reveals that home antibiotic treatment of bacterial pneumonia is just as good, and could be superior to hospital treatment for the illness. The results of the study have far...
View ArticleCardiac arrest safer in a casino or an airport than in a U.S. hospital
Whether your patient survives a life-threatening arrhythmia depends on whether or not such incident happens outside the hospital. A new study appearing in this week's New England Journal of Medicine...
View ArticleMedicare drug plans hike costs; Free prescription drug samples miss getting...
Two different stories originating from two very different media sources highlight the ever spiraling cost of prescription drugs. The first story from the American Journal of Public Health demonstrates...
View ArticleTAG - YOU DIDN'T WASH YOUR HANDS!!!
Two scientists from Duke University have found a way to tag healthcare workers to make sure they're washing their hands. While it's a bit unsettling to think of nurses tagged like deer, it's comforting...
View ArticleBacon in the Morning, Bacon in the Evening, Bacon at Suppertime
Bacon, bacon, who has the bacon? Healthy exercisers aged 60-69 according to a new study from Texas A & M University. Exercisers with higher cholesterol intake and higher serum cholesterol levels...
View ArticleCNTNAP2 Gene Variation May Mean Vulnerability to Autism
Scientists have found a variation in a gene that may raise the risk of developing autism, especially when the variant is inherited from mothers rather than fathers. The research was funded by the...
View ArticleThe HIV-1 Viral Envelope's Achilles' Heel
New structural details illustrate how a promising class of antibodies may block human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection and reveal valuable clues for design of an effective HIV-1 vaccine. The...
View ArticleImproving Informed Consent
New ways to make sure people are adequately informed about the risks and benefits of taking part in a clinical trial can be field-tested for effectiveness as vigorously as new medical treatments...
View ArticleA Kinder Cut: Advances in Cancer Surgery
Before the development of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and targeted treatments for cancer, there was surgery. And today, the physical removal of cancerous tissue remains a cornerstone of treatment...
View ArticleWhich Cholesterol-Lowering Drug is Better? The One the Patient Can Afford
A new study showing that the heavily advertised cholesterol drug Vytorin doesn’t work any better than a newly available generic drug in slowing artery-clogging calls into question who should be taking...
View ArticleAHRQ releases consumer financial incentives guide for employers and other...
HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today announced a new guide to help employers, private health plans, the federal government, and state Medicaid agencies as they consider consumer...
View ArticleRise, And Walk Again
A study in mice showed that nerves within the spinal cord can rearrange and restore connections severed by spinal cord injuries. The research could lead to new therapies for the estimated 250,000...
View ArticlePhysicians Want To Learn from Medical Mistakes
The perception that U.S. doctors are unwilling to report medical errors and learn how to prevent them is untrue, according to a new study funded by the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS)...
View ArticleFDA Recommends Against Cold Remedies for Children Under 2 Years Old
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a Public Health Advisory for parents and caregivers, recommending that over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold products should not be used to treat...
View ArticleIncreased Clotting Risk Associated with Birth Control Patch
Earlier this week, the FDA approved changes to the label of the birth control patch to include the results of a new study that found that users of the birth control patch were at higher risk of...
View ArticleFDA approves new HIV drug after priority review
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved etravirine tablets for the treatment of HIV infection in adults who have failed treatment with other antiretrovirals.
View ArticleFor safety, NHLBI changes intensive blood sugar treatment strategy in...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one treatment within a large, ongoing North American clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular...
View ArticleGene variant predicts medication response in patients with alcohol dependence
Patients with a certain gene variant drank less and experienced better overall clinical outcomes than patients without the variant while taking the medication naltrexone, according to an analysis of...
View ArticleFeel your way through medical images? Doctors will soon be able to feel...
With the aid of computerized image analysis, it may be possible in the future for radiologists to feel images with the help of a three-dimensional mouse. Erik Vidholm at Uppsala University has been...
View ArticleFibrils Left Behind From Drying Iron May Be Linked to Parkinson's and...
Researchers at the University of Warwick and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have discovered that the mechanism that we rely on to transport iron safely through our blood stream can, in...
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