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06/21/2006
The American Medical Association (AMA) has published a new consensus report emphasizing the need for good communication between doctors and patients from diverse populations and outlining steps that can be followed to improve communication quality.
06/20/2006
A glucose derivative can inhibit the aggregation of amyloid beta (Aβ) protein and the symptoms of Alzheimer disease both prophylactically and therapeutically in a transgenic mouse model, according to an advance online publication in Nature Medicine.
06/20/2006
Prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, is not associated with a greater risk of internalizing behavior at ages 4 to 5, according to a study in the June issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
06/20/2006
Physicians participating in a company-sponsored clinical trial are not likely to stray from recommended treatment guidelines but they do tend to prescribe more of the company's drugs, according to a report in the June 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
06/20/2006
A 34-year-old man who sustained hypoxia-related bilateral damage to the globus pallidus during a drug overdose, developed a syndrome characterized by loss of drug cravings, severe depression, extrapyramidal symptoms and anhedonia, according to a case study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. The brain region is known to play a key role in the reward circuit, the authors note.
06/20/2006
Young adults who were verbally abused in childhood report more dissociation, depression and other symptoms of maltreatment than those who were physically abused, and have symptoms on par with those who witnessed domestic violence or were sexually abused by a non-family member, according to a report in the June issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
06/19/2006
The accumulation of macrophages in the omental white adipose tissue of morbidly obese patients is associated with severe hepatic inflammatory damage, according to a report in the June issue of Diabetes.
06/19/2006
The number of unnecessary laboratory tests requested by primary care physicians can be reduced using two simple strategies, saving time, money and follow-up tests that are not warranted, according to a study published in the June 17 issue of The Lancet.
06/19/2006
In patients who have previously had a myocardial infarction (MI), the use of high dosages of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors and other nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) carries an increased risk of mortality, according to a study published online June 19 in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
06/19/2006
Chronic hyperglycemia associated with type 1 diabetes does not seem to have a dramatic impact on cognition and brain abnormalities in older patients as has been shown in younger patients, according to a report in the June issue of Diabetes.
06/16/2006
The estimated number of hip fractures worldwide may increase from 1.7 million in 1990 to 6.3 million in 2050 if incidence rates remain stable, and may rise to 8.2 million if incidence rates increase by 1 percent per year, according to a report published in the June 17 issue of The Lancet.
06/15/2006
At its annual House of Delegates meeting in Chicago, the American Medical Association enacted a policy asking for a temporary moratorium on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of new prescription drugs and implantable medical devices.
06/15/2006
Smokers and ex-smokers with extensive facial wrinkling are at higher risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published online on June 14 in Thorax.
06/15/2006
In patients with moderate to severe knee or hip osteoarthritis, transdermal fentanyl (TDF) may reduce pain and improve function compared with placebo, according to a study published in the June issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.
06/15/2006
A "pain amplifier" in the spinal cord turned on by low-level, irregular pain inputs may be the origin of inflammation and hyperalgesia, according to a study in rats in the June 16 issue of Science.
06/15/2006
The liver can control energy expenditure, fat distribution and insulin sensitivity in peripheral tissues through a neuronal pathway involving the vagus nerve and a receptor found in the liver, according to the results of an animal study published in the June 16 issue of Science.
06/14/2006
Elevated levels of anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antibodies can be found up to 20 years before the onset of multiple sclerosis and may be an early sign of multiple sclerosis rather than a non-specific dysregulation of the immune system, according to a study published in the June issue of the Archives of Neurology.
06/14/2006
The American Medical Association voted at its Annual House of Delegates Meeting in Chicago to support individual responsibility as an additional approach to cover the more than 46 million uninsured Americans.
06/14/2006
At its annual House of Delegates meeting in Chicago, the American Medical Association declared war on salt, citing its overconsumption in the United States as a primary reason for hypertension. The association is undertaking a campaign to get Americans to drastically reduce the amount of salt in their diet.
06/14/2006
In older adults with functional difficulties, mortality may be reduced by in-home occupational and physical therapy sessions, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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