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Medical complaints against doctors don't improve the standard of patient care in New Zealand

Medical complaints made against doctors are not helping to improve the standard of patient care in New Zealand, according to half of the doctors who took part in a University of Otago study.

27 Jul 2004

Continuing improvement in the process of end-of-life decision making is needed

In a study using hypothetical cases, physicians commonly made end-of-life treatment decisions that were not consistent with patient preferences stated in explicit advance directives, according to an article in the July 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

27 Jul 2004

Physical symptoms such as nausea and shortness of breath, may predict shorter survival for patients with terminal cancer

A new study published July 26, 2004 in the online edition of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, finds a patient's symptoms and results of quality of life assessments may provide important clues to an individual patient's prognosis. Psychosocial factors, such as anxiety or spiritual distress, did not predict shorter survival.

26 Jul 2004

Eating salad vegetables with some added fat promotes the absorption of lycopene, alpha- and beta-carotenes

A recent study conducted by Wendy White, associate professor of food science and nutrition at Iowa State University, shows that eating salad vegetables with some added fat promotes the absorption of lycopene, alpha- and beta-carotenes, all of which aid in the fight against cancer and heart disease.

26 Jul 2004

Donepezil may have short-term benefit for mild cognitive impairment

People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) taking the drug donepezil were at reduced risk of progressing to Alzheimer's disease (AD) for the first 18 months of a 3-year study when compared with their counterparts on placebo

26 Jul 2004

Studies find stroke strikes poor on Mondays in Finland and fewer deaths from bleeding strokes in Sweden

Ischemic stroke takes a holiday on Sunday but returns with a vengeance on Monday, particularly in the elderly who are poor and less educated, according to a Finnish study.

23 Jul 2004

Cardiologist studying new method of screening for heart disease

A multi-center study led by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center cardiologist David M. Herrington, M.D., M.H.S., suggests that measuring the stiffness of arteries to screen for early atherosclerosis may be another way to identify people at risk for heart disease or stroke.

23 Jul 2004

Surprising differences in the DNA of normal cells from different people

A new study by Michael Wigler’s group at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has, in collaboration with researchers from Karolinska Institutet, revealed surprising differences in the DNA of normal cells from different people.

23 Jul 2004

Largest diet and exercise trial in the world for people with type 2 diabetes

A massive grant of almost a million pounds has been awarded to the University of Bristol to carry out a major trial that will assess the effects of diet and exercise on people with type 2 diabetes. This trial will be the largest diet and exercise trial in the world for people with type 2 diabetes.

23 Jul 2004

First well-conducted studies of use of antipsychotics in people with Alzheimer’s

A member of a class of drugs that are widely prescribed for abnormal behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer’s – but not often studied in people with the degenerative brain disease – proved to be effective and well tolerated in treating agitation in people with severe Alzheimer’s

23 Jul 2004

Sex education delivered by teenagers for teenagers

Researchers carrying out a major new Medical Research Council study said today (23 July 2004), that sex education delivered by teenagers for teenagers could be a promising way forward if we are to tackle some of the major sexual health problems facing the UK today.

23 Jul 2004

Trial sparks debate over treatment of diabetic hypertensives

A major new international study published in the Journal of Hypertension has challenged traditional thinking by revealing that the thiazide-like diuretic indapamide SR (Natrilix SR) has equivalent efficacy to enalapril in reducing microalbuminuria (MA) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

22 Jul 2004

Bladder-sparing treatment shows promise against cancer

For patients with invasive bladder cancer, treatment has typically meant an operation to remove the bladder and nearby organs. This requires up to a week in the hospital and leaves patients with a reconstructed bladder or urostomy bag.

21 Jul 2004

Donepezil may have short-term benefit for mild cognitive impairment

21 Jul 2004

Study to begin to develop patient guidelines for the use of antidepressant medications in pregnancy and following birth

The University of Arizona department of psychiatry is conducting a first-of-its kind study to begin to develop patient guidelines for the use of antidepressant medications in pregnancy and following birth.

21 Jul 2004

Clinical study compares treatments in early Parkinson's disease

University of Tennessee Health Science Center professor and vice chair of the Department of Neurology, Ronald F. Pfeiffer, M.D., has been an investigator with The Parkinson Study Group (PSG), which recently reported four-year results of a major long-term, multi-center clinical trial.

21 Jul 2004

Study finds that physicians help patients quit smoking but could provide more education

Physicians are an important resource in New Jerseyans’ fight to stop smoking, but they can and should become even more effective educators, according to a survey by the Center for State Health Policy (CSHP) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

21 Jul 2004

European funding to study how yeasts such as Candida cause infections among hospital patients

Dr Fritz Mühlschlegel, Reader in Medical Microbiology in the Biosciences Department at Kent and Consultant Medical Microbiologist in the East Kent NHS Trust, and Dr Daniel Poullain from Lille’s Medical School have been awarded 315,106 euros under the EU’s Interreg Programme to study the mechanisms by which fungal pathogens cause disease.

21 Jul 2004

Test that is 100% effective in detection of early ovarian cancer

The journal Endocrine-Related Cancer has published work showing that scientists from the Clinical Proteomics Program of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) have discovered a test that was 100% effective for detecting early ovarian cancer in their study.

21 Jul 2004

Study finds that 94% of air travelers would want health authorities to contact them if they have been exposed to a serious contagious disease on an airplane

A new study by the Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological Security finds that the vast majority (94%) of air travelers would want public health authorities to contact them if they might have been exposed to a serious contagious disease on an airplane.

21 Jul 2004

Drug Trial News

Medical complaints against doctors don't improve the standard of patient care in New Zealand

Continuing improvement in the process of end-of-life decision making is needed

Physical symptoms such as nausea and shortness of breath, may predict shorter survival for patients with terminal cancer

Eating salad vegetables with some added fat promotes the absorption of lycopene, alpha- and beta-carotenes

Donepezil may have short-term benefit for mild cognitive impairment

Studies find stroke strikes poor on Mondays in Finland and fewer deaths from bleeding strokes in Sweden

Cardiologist studying new method of screening for heart disease

Surprising differences in the DNA of normal cells from different people

Largest diet and exercise trial in the world for people with type 2 diabetes

First well-conducted studies of use of antipsychotics in people with Alzheimer’s

Sex education delivered by teenagers for teenagers

Trial sparks debate over treatment of diabetic hypertensives

Bladder-sparing treatment shows promise against cancer

Donepezil may have short-term benefit for mild cognitive impairment

Study to begin to develop patient guidelines for the use of antidepressant medications in pregnancy and following birth

Clinical study compares treatments in early Parkinson's disease

Study finds that physicians help patients quit smoking but could provide more education

European funding to study how yeasts such as Candida cause infections among hospital patients

Test that is 100% effective in detection of early ovarian cancer

Study finds that 94% of air travelers would want health authorities to contact them if they have been exposed to a serious contagious disease on an airplane

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