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Think ‘glass half full’ to reduce pain after breast surgery

Women who undergo surgery for breast cancer are less likely to experience postoperative pain if they have an optimistic personality, but are more likely to experience it if they already had preoperative pain, shows an analysis of the Study of Recovery after Breast Surgery.

13 Sep 2012

Bilingual children perform differently from children with PLI on standardized tests

Bilingual children achieve higher nonword repetition scores and are unaffected by the length of the nonwords compared with children with primary language impairment, research shows.

12 Sep 2012

Breakthrough for dengue vaccine development

A live-attenuated vaccine against the four strains of dengue virus known as CYD-TDV has demonstrated promising efficacy in a phase IIb trial.

12 Sep 2012

Combination chemotherapy confirmed viable for penile cancer

A combination of cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil is an effective and well-tolerated regimen for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis, show study findings.

12 Sep 2012

Early CATCH improves thrombocytopenia outcomes

One in five patients using heparin to protect against venous thromboembolism develops thrombocytopenia, reveal results from the CATCH Registry.

12 Sep 2012

Readily available index provides practical landmarks for glaucoma patients

The mean deviation index, a widely understood metric for summarizing damage to an individuals’ visual field, could help physicians estimate practical landmarks in patients with glaucoma such as fitness to drive, report UK researchers.

12 Sep 2012

Blood pressure, oxygen saturation predict death in terminally ill

The most reliable events that predict impending death in terminally ill cancer patients being treated palliatively are decreased blood pressure and low oxygen saturation, show study results.

12 Sep 2012

Acupuncture therapy remains a prickly matter

Acupuncture may actually be effective for treating some types of chronic pain, a systematic review in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows.

12 Sep 2012

Colon cancer lymph node target ‘overambitious’ for rectal disease

The lymph node yield needed during rectal cancer surgery following long-course radiotherapy may be considerably less than that recommended for colon cancer, say the authors of a systematic review.

12 Sep 2012

Specific white matter connectivity reduced in anxiety patients

Patients with generalized anxiety disorder have reduced functional connectivity between areas of the brain associated with fight-or-flight response and emotion regulation, researchers report.

11 Sep 2012

Nonsurgical treatment achieves periodontitis improvements regardless of smoking

Both smokers and nonsmokers with the chronic inflammatory disease periodontitis have significantly improved clinical markers, including probing depth and plaque index, after nonsurgical periodontal therapy, show study results.

11 Sep 2012

Evidence shows endovascular repair may be of more use than operative

Endovascular repair may be more viable for some patients with peripheral arterial trauma than operative repair, experts say.

11 Sep 2012

Minimally invasive esophagectomy viable alternative to open surgery

Patients undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer may benefit from minimally invasive techniques as much as they do from open surgery, say researchers.

11 Sep 2012

‘Clever’ carpet could help prevent falls

A “clever” carpet made up of plastic optical fibers could help prevent falling in elderly patients or those learning to walk again after injury, say researchers.

11 Sep 2012

Sifting through the junk with ENCODE

The first large-scale results from the ENCylopedia Of DNA Elements Consortium have shed light on possible functions of large areas of the genome previously thought of as “junk DNA.”

10 Sep 2012

Antioxidants improve sperm quality in infertile men

Infertile men may benefit from taking antioxidant supplements to improve sperm quality, study findings suggest.

10 Sep 2012

Warning over sirolimus in HCV-positive liver transplantation

Sirolimus, whether given at the time of liver transplantation or after, is associated with poorer outcomes in patients with hepatitis C virus infection compared with those who do not take the immunosuppressant, shows a US study.

10 Sep 2012

American footballers at high risk for neurodegenerative death

Professional American Football players are significantly more likely to die from a neurodegenerative disease than the general public, say US researchers.

10 Sep 2012

Intermittent hormone therapy effective for prostate cancer patients

Intermittent androgen deprivation is as effective as continuous therapy for men with rising prostate-specific antigen levels after primary or salvage radiotherapy, say researchers who believe the break from treatment improves quality of life.

10 Sep 2012

Complete mitral valve ring repair reduces recurrent regurgitation

Mitral valve repair with complete versus partial ring annuloplasty results in lower levels of recurrence in patients with functional mitral regurgitation, conclude US investigators.

10 Sep 2012