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05/02/2006
Residents can reduce verbal medication order errors to just about zero by simply reading orders back to the attending physician or chief resident as they are entering them on portable computers during rounds, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in San Francisco.
05/02/2006
In children who undergo abdominal computed tomography (CT), the radiation dose can be reduced 60 percent by lowering the tube current to account for body symmetry and weight, according to research presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society in Vancouver, Canada.
05/01/2006
Rituximab used in combination with methotrexate is an effective way to treat rheumatoid arthritis patients resistant to other treatments including biologic agents, according to a report in the May issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.
05/01/2006
After mechanical injury, cartilage cells as far as 10 mm away from the impact site die due to the generation of reactive oxygen species and infiltration of inflammatory leukocytes, according to a report in the May issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.
05/01/2006
Men with low levels of estrogen are at greater risk for hip fracture than other men, while those with low estrogen and low testosterone are at highest risk, according to a study in the May issue of the American Journal of Medicine.
04/28/2006
Certain polymorphisms in the promoter gene for the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) are more common in patients with intracranial cerebral aneurysms than in other patients, according to a report published in the May issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
04/28/2006
A vaccine previously shown to prevent Marburg virus infection has now been shown to protect against development of deadly hemorrhagic fever in rhesus monkeys when given as a post-exposure prophylaxis, according to a report published April 27 online in The Lancet.
04/28/2006
Patients with malignant gliomas have a more successful resection and higher progression-free survival rate if they are given 5-aminolevulinic acid, which makes their tumors fluoresce during surgery, according to a report in the May issue of The Lancet Oncology.
04/28/2006
In patients with traumatic brain injury, a single osmotic agent -- hypertonic saline -- consistently decreases intracranial pressure while improving cerebral perfusion pressure and brain tissue oxygen, according to research presented this week at the annual conference of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in San Francisco.
04/27/2006
The hemoglobin-based oxygen-carrying solution HBOC-201 may help decrease secondary brain injury in traumatic brain injury patients with hemorrhage, according to research in animals presented this week at the annual conference of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in San Francisco.
04/27/2006
Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is as sensitive in detecting aneurysms in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage as conventional digital subtraction angiography, and can be done more quickly, according to research presented this week at the annual conference of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in San Francisco.
04/27/2006
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) status is a predictor of survival among patients with atypical meningioma, according to preliminary research presented this week at the annual conference of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in San Francisco.
04/27/2006
Patients with traumatic brain injury who have low serum magnesium levels tend to have poorer outcomes than patients who do not, according to research presented this week at the annual conference of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in San Francisco.
04/26/2006
Over 40 percent of moderate-income to middle-income Americans, making $20,000 to $40,000 per year, spent at least part of the past year without health insurance, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund, titled "Gaps in Health Insurance: An All-American Problem." This represents a dramatic increase from 2001, when levels were at 28 percent.
04/25/2006
Moderate weight loss and exercise training improve fitness and reduce frailty in older obese adults, and should be standard therapy for such patients, according to a report in the April 24 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
04/25/2006
Calcium supplements are not very effective for preventing bone fractures in elderly women, largely due to poor compliance, according to a report in the April 24 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
04/25/2006
Scientists have discovered the genetic mutation that causes fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a rare and severely disabling autosomal dominant disorder characterized by episodic and progressive bone formation, according to a study published online April 23 in Nature Genetics.
04/24/2006
The free radical-generating family of enzymes known as phospholipase A2 (PLA2) play a key role in cell destruction that occurs after spinal cord injury and blocking their action may represent a novel repair strategy, according to a study in rats published in the April issue of the Annals of Neurology.
04/24/2006
The scarcity of quality interactions with physicians could be one reason that black patients in the United States are less likely to trust their health care providers than white patients are, according to the results of a study published in the April 24 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Nearly half of black patients report low trust in health care providers, versus one-third of white patients, the authors say.
04/24/2006
Following a myocardial infarction, relatively young female patients have higher rates of depression than relatively young men, older men or older women, according to a study in the April 24 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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