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Research roundup: Patient's income and electronic health records; high deductible plans; raising Medicare age

Healthcare Spending And Preventive Care In High-Deductible And Consumer-Directed Health Plans - Authors analyzed data from more than 800,000 families insured during 2004 and 2005 through one of 53 large employers in U.S., about half offering the high-deductible or consumer-directed plans.

1 Apr 2011

Moderate amount of protein added to three regular meals a day helps appetite control and feeling of fullness

Eating fewer, regular-sized meals with higher amounts of lean protein can make one feel more full than eating smaller, more frequent meals, according to new research from Purdue University.

1 Apr 2011

Progressive resistance training can help minimize loss of muscle mass and strength as we age

Getting older doesn't mean giving up muscle strength.

1 Apr 2011

Conatus CTS-1027 Phase 2 trial results against HCV presented at EASL meeting

Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today 24-week interim results from a clinical trial with CTS-1027 in combination with Peginterferon Alpha-2a and ribavirin in a treatment experienced, hepatitis C virus null-responder patient population.

1 Apr 2011

New research links regular breakfast to low blood lead levels in children

It is known that fasting increases lead absorption in adults and consequently regular meals and snacks are recommended for children to prevent lead poisoning. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health demonstrates that having a regular breakfast is associated with lower blood lead levels in children.

1 Apr 2011

Regular CT scans can cause secondary malignancies in older men with testicular cancer

UC Davis cancer researchers have found that older men with early-stage testicular cancer who opt for surveillance with regular CT scans over lymph node removal are at greater risk for secondary cancers.

31 Mar 2011

Prostatic artery embolization comparable to transurethral resection

A new interventional radiology treatment that blocks blood supply to men's enlarged prostate glands shows comparable clinical results to transurethral resection of the prostate (or TURP), considered the gold standard (or most common) treatment. However, this minimally invasive treatment-prostatic artery embolization-has none of the risks associated with TURP, such as sexual dysfunction, urinary incontinence, blood loss and retrograde ejaculation, noted researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago.

30 Mar 2011

Uterine fibroid embolization reduces fibroid-related urinary symptoms

Uterine fibroid embolization—an interventional radiology treatment for the noncancerous yet very common growths that develop in the muscular wall of the uterus—improves a number of women's lower urinary tract problems that are specifically caused by those fibroids, confirm researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, Ill.

30 Mar 2011

EC grants marketing authorization for GSK, Valeant's Trobalt to treat epilepsy

GlaxoSmithKline and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. announced today that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Trobalt as an adjunctive treatment of partial onset seizures, with or without secondary generalisation in adults aged 18 years and above with epilepsy.

30 Mar 2011

Interventional radiologists complete RDN human trial in patients with uncontrolled hypertension

Interventional radiologists have completed the first human randomized controlled trial of therapeutic renal denervation or RDN—a procedure that uses a catheter-based probe inserted into the renal artery that emits high-frequency energy to deactivate the nerves near the kidneys that are linked to high blood pressure.

29 Mar 2011

Improved technology is improving outcomes for cardiac stent patients

While coronary artery bypass surgery has long been the standard treatment for patients with the most extensive forms of coronary artery disease, the results of a recent study by an international team of researchers suggests that advances in technology appear to be narrowing the "benefit gap" between the two approaches. The results of the study appear in the March 17, 2011 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

28 Mar 2011

DAW prescriptions can increase annual health system costs to $7.7 billion

Approximately five percent of prescriptions submitted by CVS Caremark Pharmacy Benefit Management members in a 30-day period during 2009 included a "dispense as written" designation.

28 Mar 2011

'Dispense as written' prescriptions cost the health care system $7.7 billion annually

Approximately five percent of prescriptions submitted by CVS Caremark Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) members in a 30-day period during 2009 included a "dispense as written" (DAW) designation.

25 Mar 2011

Patients with low back pain can benefit from new spinal neuromodulation device

Results from an ongoing prospective study report that a novel spinal neuromodulation device changes the paradigm for patients suffering with low back pain who have not found relief through conventional spinal cord stimulation.

25 Mar 2011

Non-invasive brain stimulation improves swallowing ability among stroke survivors

Stroke patients who received electrical brain stimulation coupled with swallowing exercises showed greater improvement in swallowing ability than patients who did not receive this stimulation, according to a pilot study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

25 Mar 2011

Inadequate nutrition linked to greater risk of anemia in postmenopausal women

A new study published in the April 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association indicates that inadequate nutrition is linked to a greater risk of anemia in postmenopausal women.

25 Mar 2011

Study finds gambling more common among U.S. adults than alcohol dependence

After age 21, problem gambling is considerably more common among U.S. adults than alcohol dependence, even though alcohol dependence has received much more attention, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.

25 Mar 2011

VisualSonics introduces Vevo LAZR system to advance cancer research

VisualSonics Inc., a leader in real-time, in vivo, high-resolution micro-imaging systems and a wholly-owned subsidiary of SonoSite Inc., today announced the launch of the Vevo LAZR Photoacoustics Imaging system for the advancement of cancer research in the pre-clinical imaging market.

25 Mar 2011

Children with epilepsy more likely to have psychiatric symptoms

A newly published report reveals that children with epilepsy are more likely to have psychiatric symptoms, with gender a determining factor in their development.

25 Mar 2011

Young adults with religious involvement more likely to become obese in middle-age

Could it be the potato salad? Young adults who frequently attend religious activities are 50 percent more likely to become obese by middle age as young adults with no religious involvement, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.

25 Mar 2011

Frequency News and Research

Research roundup: Patient's income and electronic health records; high deductible plans; raising Medicare age

Moderate amount of protein added to three regular meals a day helps appetite control and feeling of fullness

Progressive resistance training can help minimize loss of muscle mass and strength as we age

Conatus CTS-1027 Phase 2 trial results against HCV presented at EASL meeting

New research links regular breakfast to low blood lead levels in children

Regular CT scans can cause secondary malignancies in older men with testicular cancer

Prostatic artery embolization comparable to transurethral resection

Uterine fibroid embolization reduces fibroid-related urinary symptoms

EC grants marketing authorization for GSK, Valeant's Trobalt to treat epilepsy

Interventional radiologists complete RDN human trial in patients with uncontrolled hypertension

Improved technology is improving outcomes for cardiac stent patients

DAW prescriptions can increase annual health system costs to $7.7 billion

'Dispense as written' prescriptions cost the health care system $7.7 billion annually

Patients with low back pain can benefit from new spinal neuromodulation device

Non-invasive brain stimulation improves swallowing ability among stroke survivors

Inadequate nutrition linked to greater risk of anemia in postmenopausal women

Study finds gambling more common among U.S. adults than alcohol dependence

VisualSonics introduces Vevo LAZR system to advance cancer research

Children with epilepsy more likely to have psychiatric symptoms

Young adults with religious involvement more likely to become obese in middle-age

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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