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Removing rotavirus vaccine age restrictions could save lives

Removing or relaxing the current rotavirus vaccine age restrictions would help save children’s lives, especially in low- and middle-income countries, say researchers.

25 Oct 2012

Study indicates that Firemaster 550 is an endocrine disruptor

The flame-retardant mixture known as "Firemaster 550" is an endocrine disruptor that causes extreme weight gain, early onset of puberty and cardiovascular health effects in lab animals, according to a new study spearheaded by researchers from North Carolina State University and Duke University.

25 Oct 2012

Medical students want more ethics training

Almost two-thirds of medical students and residents feel that there is a need for more ethics training during their curricula and training programs, respectively, show results of a survey undertaken at a US medical school.

23 Oct 2012

Almost all children on intensive care units given ‘off-label’ drugs

Study results show that a very high proportion of children admitted to intensive care units are treated with “off-label” drugs that have not been tested for the specific age or condition of the patient.

23 Oct 2012

Genzyme, Alnylam partner to develop and commercialize RNAi therapeutics against ATTR

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Genzyme, a Sanofi company, announced today that they have formed an exclusive alliance to develop and commercialize RNAi therapeutics targeting transthyretin (TTR) for the treatment of transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR) in Japan and other Asia-Pacific countries.

23 Oct 2012

Quality of care drops if doctors dictate

Physicians who predominantly dictate patients’ medical notes have worse quality of care than their peers who use structured electronic health record documentation, show study findings.

19 Oct 2012

Phase 3 study of INLYTA fails to meet primary endpoint in treatment-naïve patients with RCC

Pfizer Inc. announced today that a Phase 3 study of INLYTA (axitinib) did not meet its primary endpoint of demonstrating statistically significantly longer progression-free survival, versus sorafenib, in treatment-naïve patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

18 Oct 2012

Vision care providers worry about effect of reporting driving concerns

Two-thirds of vision care providers routinely enquire about their older patients’ driving, while almost half believe that reporting patients negatively to government agencies affects the physician–patient relationship, show US study results.

17 Oct 2012

VOICES of children with ADHD support medication use

Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder benefit from the use of stimulant medication and do not feel that it turns them into “robots,” suggests research.

16 Oct 2012

Women with learning disabilities left out of contraception decisions

Women with learning disabilities are frequently left out of decisions concerning contraception, and often use contraceptives despite not being sexually active, show the results of a UK survey.

16 Oct 2012

Healthy geriatrics do better when managed as outpatients

The burden of morbidity is significantly reduced in otherwise healthy geriatric individuals when they are part of an outpatient geriatric evaluation and management model of care, shows Taiwanese research.

15 Oct 2012

Thirty-day readmission, mortality rates may blur true hospital performance

Thirty-day readmission and mortality rates are highly variable according to the extent data are adjusted for potential confounding factors, and whether readmissions are considered per hospital or per patient, indicate Canadian study results.

12 Oct 2012

Access to doctors’ notes ‘gives patients more control’

Giving patients access to their primary care doctors’ notes makes them feel more in control of their care and more likely to adhere to medication, suggests a US study.

12 Oct 2012

Protocol allows researchers to generate functional thyroid tissue from stem cells

The generation of functional thyroid tissue from stem cells could allow the treatment of patients, which suffer from thyroid hormone deficiency due to defective function, or abnormal development of the thyroid gland.

12 Oct 2012

Retinal imaging holds clues to cause of brain injury in children

Retinal imaging can help differentiate intentional from accidental traumatic brain injury in children, suggests research.

11 Oct 2012

Ranibizumab improves driving prospects for AMD patients

Treatment with ranibizumab can preserve and even improve the perceived driving ability of patients with age-related macular degeneration, show the results of two randomized trials.

10 Oct 2012

Smartphone stroke assessment shows promise

A smartphone application that assists vascular neurologists with the assessment of possible stroke patients shows excellent agreement with the interpretations of other radiologists and independent, blinded adjudicators, say researchers.

8 Oct 2012

Combined medical–dental visits for infants could reduce Medicaid payouts

An office-based preventive oral health program has resulted in low monthly dental treatment rates for its infant-age Medicaid beneficiary participants, and reduced the likelihood of their hospitalization for dental matters, show US study results.

8 Oct 2012

Physician warnings over fitness to drive improve road safety

Physician warnings to patients who are potentially unfit to drive may lead to substantial reductions in road crash trauma, report Canadian researchers.

5 Oct 2012

Bivalent HPV vaccine has cross-protective effect, but could wane over time

The bivalent vaccine for human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 appears to be more efficacious against outcomes associated with nonvaccine types 31, 33, and 45 than its quadrivalent counterpart, show results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

5 Oct 2012