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52% of the late-stage breast cancer cases were associated with an absence of screening

Efforts focused on increasing the use of screening mammography among targeted groups of women should be made a top priority to achieve the largest reduction in late-stage breast cancers, according to the authors of a new study in the October 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

21 Oct 2004

Early reports of thrombosis after insertion of drug-eluting stent

Authors of a research letter in this week’s issue of THE LANCET highlight how the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) may carry a risk of subsequent thrombosis if stenting is accompanied by a withdrawal of antiplatelet therapy.

21 Oct 2004

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how high carbohydrate diets lead to obesity and diabetes

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are one step closer to understanding how high carbohydrate diets lead to obesity and diabetes.

19 Oct 2004

Women with late effects of polio experience menopause differently than their non-disabled peers

Women with late effects of polio experience menopause differently than their non-disabled peers – physiologically, physically and psychologically – according to a new study funded by Post-Polio Health International.

19 Oct 2004

Launch of an internet-based HIV/AIDS training resource database

A major barrier to access to care for HIV/AIDS patients in resource limited settings -- the lack of trained healthcare providers -- is now eased with the launch of an internet-based clinical training resource database.

19 Oct 2004

A study to help women decide how to give birth

A study to help women decide how to give birth has started in Bristol and Weston. Known as the DiAMOND study (Decision Aids for Mode Of Next Delivery), it is being run jointly by the Universities of Bristol and Dundee.

18 Oct 2004

Norway has made a nationwide commitment to Open Access for the biomedical research it funds

The Norwegian Health Services Research Centre (NHSRC) has secured a national deal with BioMed Central that covers the cost of publication, in BioMed Central's 120 Open Access journals, for all publicly funded researchers, doctors and teachers in Norway. The membership agreement will initially run until the end of December 2005.

18 Oct 2004

Study of patient's perspective medical errors may have health care professional rethinking what is important to their patients

The study, published in the Annals of Family Medicine, suggests that patients are more disturbed with lack of access to and relationships with their physicians than technical errors in diagnosis and treatment.

18 Oct 2004

QIMR researchers have received a 5 year grant to develop a vaccine against Group A streptococcus

QIMR researchers have received a 5 year grant from the National Institutes of Health in the USA to develop a vaccine against Group A streptococcus. This extremely prestigious grant makes QIMR one of the most successful recipients of NIH funding in Australia.

18 Oct 2004

FDA issues warning on adolescent use of antidepressants

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Public Health Advisory announcing a multi-pronged strategy to warn the public about the increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior ("suicidality") in children and adolescents being treated with antidepressant medications.

18 Oct 2004

Both Presidential candidates are ignoring the core issue of controlling health care cost growth

While both presidential candidates have served up proposals to ease voter angst about the affordability of health care, neither candidate tackles the core issue of controlling health care cost growth, according to an article by economist Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., in the Oct. 14 New England Journal of Medicine.

18 Oct 2004

People who suffer arthritis also suffer double the amount of medical costs

The expenses for medical care for those with arthritis are at least double the amount spent by those without this debilitating disease, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

18 Oct 2004

People who use their computers to find health information often wind up in worse condition than if they had listened to their doctor

Using interactive computer tools does improve the medical knowledge of people with diabetes, asthma or other chronic conditions, and does provide them with positive feelings of social support, according to researchers reviewing 28 randomized controlled trials involving 4,042 participants.

18 Oct 2004

Vitamin E's status as a super supplement questioned

Over the past decade, vitamin E has become one of the top-selling supplements in the United States, in part because research released in the early- to mid-1990s suggested that taking vitamin E supplements might protect against heart disease, boost the immune system and reduce the risk of macular degeneration.

14 Oct 2004

Geriatricians call for creative and wide-reaching solutions to end-of-life care for patients with dementia

Three University of Chicago geriatricians are calling for creative and wide-reaching solutions to the problem of sub-optimal end-of-life care for patients with dementia.

14 Oct 2004

New Jersey to receive additional flu vaccine

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) received information on October 5, 2004 that, due to manufacturing problems in the United Kingdom, the United States will have only one-half of the expected supply of the influence vaccine available for this year’s flu season.

13 Oct 2004

Mothers must breastfeed for at least four months without using formula to reduce obesity risk in preschool children

Pediatric obesity researchers from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh have found that for breastfeeding to reduce the risk of obesity in preschool children, mothers must breastfeed for at least four months without using formula or for at least six months if they are also formula feeding.

13 Oct 2004

Back to Sleep campaign renews efforts to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the African American community

The Back to Sleep campaign marks its tenth anniversary this October with renewed efforts to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in the African American community by reminding parents and caregivers to always place infants on their backs to sleep.

13 Oct 2004

SARS survivor to share his personal and professional experience of SARS

A Hong Kong SARS survivor who helped lead the territory's response to the disease from his hospital bed will be sharing his personal and professional experience of SARS at an international conference in Wellington next month.

13 Oct 2004

Researchers stimulate the body to repair tissue damaged by peripheral arterial obstructive disease

Duke University Medical Center researchers have shown that they can stimulate the body to produce its own naturally occurring growth factors to promote blood vessel growth into tissue damaged by peripheral arterial obstructive disease (PAOD).

13 Oct 2004

Health Care News and Research

52% of the late-stage breast cancer cases were associated with an absence of screening

Early reports of thrombosis after insertion of drug-eluting stent

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how high carbohydrate diets lead to obesity and diabetes

Women with late effects of polio experience menopause differently than their non-disabled peers

Launch of an internet-based HIV/AIDS training resource database

A study to help women decide how to give birth

Norway has made a nationwide commitment to Open Access for the biomedical research it funds

Study of patient's perspective medical errors may have health care professional rethinking what is important to their patients

QIMR researchers have received a 5 year grant to develop a vaccine against Group A streptococcus

FDA issues warning on adolescent use of antidepressants

Both Presidential candidates are ignoring the core issue of controlling health care cost growth

People who suffer arthritis also suffer double the amount of medical costs

People who use their computers to find health information often wind up in worse condition than if they had listened to their doctor

Vitamin E's status as a super supplement questioned

Geriatricians call for creative and wide-reaching solutions to end-of-life care for patients with dementia

New Jersey to receive additional flu vaccine

Mothers must breastfeed for at least four months without using formula to reduce obesity risk in preschool children

Back to Sleep campaign renews efforts to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the African American community

SARS survivor to share his personal and professional experience of SARS

Researchers stimulate the body to repair tissue damaged by peripheral arterial obstructive disease

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