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Electronic health record use linked to higher quality care

The use of electronic health records is linked to significantly higher quality care, according to a new study- by Lisa Kern and her team, from the Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative in the US. Their work appears online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine-, published by Springer.

19 Oct 2012

Researchers identify painful symptoms of sickle cell disease

Researchers at Drexel University have identified the physical forces in red blood cells and blood vessels underlying the painful symptoms of sickle cell disease.

18 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

Intermediate-acting neuromuscular block use ‘needs revisiting’

The use of intermediate-acting neuromuscular blocking agents during general anesthesia may increase the risk for clinically meaningful respiratory complications, researchers report in the BMJ.

17 Oct 2012

One rule for one and one for another with diabetes

A joint consensus statement from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association encourages a shift in attitude over glycemic management in Type 2 diabetes.

12 Oct 2012

EHRs enhance quality of patient care in community-based settings

A new study by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, provides compelling evidence that electronic health records (EHRs) enhance the quality of patient care in a community-based setting with multiple payers, which is representative of how medicine is generally practiced across the United States.

10 Oct 2012

Time is of the essence in depressed diabetes patients

Among patients with diabetes and comorbid depression, the time point at which they developed depression may have important implications for their clinical management, say researchers.

5 Oct 2012

Long-term education for patients may futher improve diabetes outcomes

Although there have been significant advances in the provision of diabetes education since 2000, further improvements are still needed, say researchers.

5 Oct 2012

Lighting the way to vascular lesion resolution

Treatment with a new-generation optimized pulsed light device significantly decreases the size and coloration of port wine stains and other vascular cutaneous lesions, show research findings.

5 Oct 2012

InsuPad device may improve insulin therapy

A novel device is currently under development for aiding insulin analog therapy in diabetes patients, report researchers.

4 Oct 2012

Hormone therapy offsets adverse metabolic effects of menopause

Long-term hormone therapy helps prevent the adverse metabolic effects that occur following menopause, research shows.

4 Oct 2012

Insulin degludec shows promise in diabetes

Self-administration of daily insulin degludag injections is no less effective than self-injecting insulin glargine in patients with diabetes who are new to insulin therapy, say researchers.

4 Oct 2012

Rare study highlights anal cancer prognosis risks

The presence of palpable, clinically involved inguinal lymph nodes and male gender are both independent risk factors for poor prognosis in anal cancer, confirm the results of a UK analysis.

3 Oct 2012

One rule for one and one for another with diabetes

A joint consensus statement from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association encourages a shift in attitude over glycemic management in Type 2 diabetes.

2 Oct 2012

Lighting the way to vascular lesion resolution

Treatment with a new-generation optimized pulsed light device significantly decreases the size and coloration of port wine stains and other vascular cutaneous lesions, show research findings.

2 Oct 2012

Anemia now confirmed as risk factor for illness and even death following cardiac surgery

Anemia is now confirmed as a risk factor for illness and even death following cardiac surgery, according to a study published in the October 2012 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

2 Oct 2012

Participatory pay-for-performance improves primary care

Both quality of care measures and patient experience may be achieved through the introduction of a participatory pay-for-performance program, study findings indicate.

1 Oct 2012

FIT in shape for new role in ulcerative colitis monitoring

Fecal immunochemical tests could allow noninvasive assessment of patients with ulcerative colitis, say the authors of a Japanese study.

27 Sep 2012

New optical imaging technology could aid in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment

New optical imaging technology developed at Tufts University School of Engineering could give doctors new ways to both identify breast cancer and monitor individual patients' response to initial treatment of the disease.

27 Sep 2012

Enrollment complete in Boehringer Ingelheim’s nintedanib phase III studies for IPF

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that clinical trial enrollment has completed for two phase III studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of nintedanib (BIBF 1120), an investigational compound, in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), being studied at a twice-daily oral dose.

27 Sep 2012