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Study quantifies cost-benefit of hospital-based program to keep youth out of prison

With violence plaguing inner-city youth at epidemic rates, the report of a new study in the November issue of The Journal of the American College of Surgeons illustrated a research-based approach to confronting this national problem.

13 Nov 2007

Targeted muscle reinnervation allows prosthetic arms to brain's signals

Motorized prosthetic arms can help amputees regain some function, but these devices take time to learn to use and are limited in the number of movements they provide.

13 Nov 2007

Potential new targeted treatments for Lupus

New research provides clues about the causes of lupus symptoms and suggests specific new targeted treatment strategies, according to Nilamadham Mishra, M.D., from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, in presentations this week at the American College of Rheumatology in Boston.

13 Nov 2007

Psychosomatic symptoms may improve with a short term course of psychotherapy in the general hospital

Psychosomatic patients are not thought to be very suitable for psychotherapy, but a German study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics seems to show the contrary.

13 Nov 2007

Exercise and education improves function and symptoms in women with fibromyalgia

An exercise program that incorporates walking, strength training and stretching may improve daily function and alleviate symptoms in women with fibromyalgia, according to a report in the November 12, 2007 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

13 Nov 2007

Obesity is an independant risk factor for prostate cancer-related death

Men who are overweight or obese when diagnosed with prostate cancer are at greater risk of death after treatment, according to a new study in the December 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

13 Nov 2007

Lung cancer treatment leads to Irish honour

A new scanning technique to improve radiotherapy treatment of lung cancer has been developed by a team led by Dr Gerry Hanna, and Dr Alan Hounsell, from Queen’s University.

13 Nov 2007

Men who take beta carotene supplements for 15 years or longer may have less cognitive decline

Men who take beta carotene supplements for 15 years or longer may have less cognitive decline, according to a report in the November 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

13 Nov 2007

Anti-inflammation molecule helps fight MS-like disease

An immune system messenger molecule that normally helps quiet inflammation could be an effective tool against multiple sclerosis (MS). Neurology researchers led by Abdolmohamad Rostami, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Neurology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience in Philadelphia, have found that the protein interkeukin-27 (IL-27) helped block the onset or reverse symptoms in animals with an MS-like disease.

13 Nov 2007

Improved surgery technique for endothelial disease of the cornea

In a research presentation today at the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Annual Meeting, Massimo Busin, MD, department head and professor of ophthalmology at the Villa Serena Hospital, Forli, Italy, described a technique that significantly improved results in patients being treated for endothelial disease of the cornea, the transparent covering of the front of the eye that provides much of its optical power.

13 Nov 2007

FDA clears breathing tube coated with a thin layer of silver

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that it has cleared for marketing a breathing tube coated with a thin layer of silver. The coating, a material known to have antimicrobial properties, reduces the risk that patients on ventilators will acquire pneumonia while in the hospital.

13 Nov 2007

Factor key to severity of community-associated methicillin-resistant staph infections identified

Newly described proteins in drug-resistant strains of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium attract and then destroy protective human white blood cells - a key process ensuring that S. aureus survives and causes severe disease, according to scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

13 Nov 2007

Collaboration between Eastern and Western healthcare practitioners is needed

Recent study findings from The Cleft Palate–Craniofacial Journal stress the importance of culturally sensitive rehabilitative practices, collaboration, referrals and information sharing between Eastern and Western health care practitioners.

13 Nov 2007

Chicken pox vaccination should be introduced for children in the UK

The only realistic way of preventing deaths and severe complications arising from chickenpox is to routinely vaccinate children against the disease, concludes research published ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

13 Nov 2007

Fires and burns take devastating toll on nation's children

The approach of winter season brings with it an increase in burn-related injuries to our nation's children. Annually in the United States, fires and burns result in almost 4,000 deaths and more than 745,000 non-hospitalized injuries among all age groups.

13 Nov 2007

Antivirals reduce deaths from flu in hospitalized patients

Adults with influenza infections serious enough to require hospitalization are much less likely to die from the disease if they are given antiviral medications, according to a new study published in the December 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online.

13 Nov 2007

Hospital News and Research

Study quantifies cost-benefit of hospital-based program to keep youth out of prison

Targeted muscle reinnervation allows prosthetic arms to brain's signals

Potential new targeted treatments for Lupus

Psychosomatic symptoms may improve with a short term course of psychotherapy in the general hospital

Exercise and education improves function and symptoms in women with fibromyalgia

Obesity is an independant risk factor for prostate cancer-related death

Lung cancer treatment leads to Irish honour

Men who take beta carotene supplements for 15 years or longer may have less cognitive decline

Anti-inflammation molecule helps fight MS-like disease

Improved surgery technique for endothelial disease of the cornea

FDA clears breathing tube coated with a thin layer of silver

Factor key to severity of community-associated methicillin-resistant staph infections identified

Collaboration between Eastern and Western healthcare practitioners is needed

Chicken pox vaccination should be introduced for children in the UK

Fires and burns take devastating toll on nation's children

Antivirals reduce deaths from flu in hospitalized patients

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Online NHS programme uses traffic light system to rate patient's health

Potential block buster on the horizon - new vaccine to control high blood pressure

Link between asthma and depressive disorders found

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