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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

Insulin pumps effective for children with diabetes

Pre-school youngsters with type I diabetes can be treated as successfully with insulin pumps as with daily injections, researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine report.

18 Oct 2004

Researchers use brain cells to correct involuntary muscle spasms in rats with ischemic spinal cord injury

Transplantation of human brain cells corrected involuntary muscle spasms in rats with ischemic spinal cord injury, according to research published online October 12 and in print October 19, 2004 in the European Journal of Neurosciences by investigators at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine.

18 Oct 2004

Comprehensive study raises questions about "demethylation" agents

Agents believed to selectively "restart" genes that limit cancer's growth -- a potential treatment option already in early clinical studies -- instead turn off as many genes as they turn on, a team of researchers from the National Cancer Institute and Johns Hopkins has discovered.

18 Oct 2004

FDA grants traditional approval for Fuzeon (enfuvirtide), to treat HIV

Roche and Trimeris today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted traditional approval to Fuzeon (enfuvirtide), the first and only fusion inhibitor for the treatment of HIV.

18 Oct 2004

Software translates improved diagnostic information to better target radiation at cancer cells

As diagnostic imaging and radiation treatment technologies both become more capable and precise, physicians using them face an increasingly difficult task: how to transfer information from the diagnostic systems to the treatment planning systems.

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

Pfizer provides information about its COX-2 product Bextra (valdecoxib)

In view of the increased focus on alternative treatment options for people with arthritis, Pfizer is providing information to healthcare professionals about its COX-2 product Bextra® (valdecoxib).

18 Oct 2004

Race may play a role in the success of their infertility treatment

Research presented today at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) indicated that a patient’s race may play a role in the success of their infertility treatment.

18 Oct 2004

New techniques designed to preserve a women’s fertility after cancer treatments

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) today issued a report on new techniques designed to preserve a women’s fertility after cancer treatments by using egg or ovarian tissue freezing technology.

18 Oct 2004

Presentation of the most recent and advanced work in the rapidly progressing field of fertility preservation

Each year approximately 50,000 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer. Treatments vary but most involve the administration of chemotherapeutic agents or radiation which can disrupt ovarian function or damage a patient’s eggs.

18 Oct 2004

Collaborative research will help bring hope to Americans who are losing their sight to degenerative retinal diseases

A collaborative research and development agreement signed today between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Second Sight LLC will help bring hope to hundreds of thousands of Americans who are losing their sight to degenerative retinal diseases.

18 Oct 2004

Researchers have developed a novel drug-antidote pair

In a discovery that could give physicians more control over the actions of medications, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a novel drug pair – a potent anti-coagulant with a matched "antidote."

18 Oct 2004

Anesthetics are effective in reducing the pain of circumcision in newborns

Anesthetics are effective in reducing the pain of circumcision in newborns, judging from the baby’s heart rate and time spent crying after the procedure, a new analysis finds.

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

Study links possible role of ephedrine in sudden cardiac arrests

Each year 80,000 - 100,000 people in the U.S die suddenly from heart attacks without ever having had any symptoms of heart disease. In some cases, the victims of these unheralded sudden cardiac deaths had been taking dietary supplements containing ephedrine.

16 Oct 2004

Medicine News and Research

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

Insulin pumps effective for children with diabetes

Researchers use brain cells to correct involuntary muscle spasms in rats with ischemic spinal cord injury

Comprehensive study raises questions about "demethylation" agents

FDA grants traditional approval for Fuzeon (enfuvirtide), to treat HIV

Software translates improved diagnostic information to better target radiation at cancer cells

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

Pfizer provides information about its COX-2 product Bextra (valdecoxib)

Race may play a role in the success of their infertility treatment

New techniques designed to preserve a women’s fertility after cancer treatments

Presentation of the most recent and advanced work in the rapidly progressing field of fertility preservation

Collaborative research will help bring hope to Americans who are losing their sight to degenerative retinal diseases

Researchers have developed a novel drug-antidote pair

Anesthetics are effective in reducing the pain of circumcision in newborns

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

Study links possible role of ephedrine in sudden cardiac arrests

Significant steps to fight a deadly childhood muscle cancer

Location of body fat on older women can indicate the likelihood of heart disease

Highly concentrated solution of chemical messengers could block male to female HIV transmission

British women in medicine speak out against a culture of prejudice

Everything there is to know about biosimilars eBook

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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