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Medical researchers being stifled by NHS Red tape

...ritish Medical Journal criticising the regulations connected with consent from research volunteers. The ‘opt in’ system for patients participating in research has especially come under criticism. This system allows researchers to only approach those patients who have previously told their doctor they are wil...

HRT: Boon or Bane?

...o think about. According to recent reports, HRT is connected with a 110 % increase in breast cancer risk among smokers, a 41 % rise in stroke risk and a 22 % increase in cardiovascular problems. But some doctors say these findings -- from a halted long-term study-- don't apply to most. Only older women were...

Community-associated MRSA: Most Common Cause Of Skin Infection

...fections appear to be common in people who are not connected to any particular risk group. 'We noticed more patients showing up in our emergency room with infections that turned out to be community-associated MRSA and wanted to see if this was the case nationwide,' said Dr. David Talan, an author of the stu...

Botox Minimizes Facial Scarring

...t two to four months." Two plastic surgeons, not connected to this project, independently assessed the reduced levels of scarring. Photographs were taken of the patients after the administration of botox and then again six months later. The level of scarring was rated on 1 – 10 basis by these surgeons. A rat...

New Approach Assesses Risk of Water-Borne Pathogen Disease

...efore. “This study is important because we have connected clinical and basic science to provide a quantitative risk assessment for water-borne diseases,” said Vinetz. “This method of risk assessment for infection may also be applicable to other water-borne diseases such as those caused by Shigella, Salmonel...

From genes to alcoholism

...al Institutes of Health. Identification of genes connected with substance abuse has been done with the help of the new genomic technology for the first time in this study. The December 2006 issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) will have the article on this stud...

General Practitioner caught for manipulating an illicit relationship with a lady patient

...coming conduct, following complaints by the people connected with the woman in question. Allegedly, the former GP compensated the women for sex, while also enabling her free medicines. sa...

Patient’s Individual Cardiologist Best Judge For Deciding Appropriate Treatment In Chronic Coronary Artery Diseas

... of California, San Diego, Medical Center, was not connected with the research but said it highlights why medicine will always be "an art not a science," and provides an intriguing new avenue for the future research of complicated medical conditions. "The idea is quite ingenious and has never been done befor...

Aspirin May Reduce Risk Of Enlarged Prostate

...e some of the urinary problem thought to have been connected with enlarged prostates. It may help reduce the urinary difficulties by as much as 35 percent. The study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology says that Aspirin may also reduce the risk of contracting the enlarged prostate by 50 percent...

Medtronic Device Proves Effective in Parkinson’s Diseas

...s electrodes surgically implanted in the brain and connected by an extension under the skin to a neurostimulator implanted near the collarbone. The electrical stimulation can be noninvasively adjusted. The study was conducted by German and Austrian researchers. Medtronic has awarded some of the researchers i...

Epilepsy Treated with Implanted Devices

...f-dollar. It is implanted just under the scalp and connected to insulated wires with small electrodes at the end. These leads are implanted in the patient's brain or on the brain surface near where seizures are believed to start. When a seizure is detected by the RNS, a brief, mild electrical shock is delivere...

Bionic Women –No longer the Stuff of Science Fictio

...aid, “The brain doesn’t know that these nerves are connected to different tissue or muscle.” For Mitchell thoughts of moving her hand or arm causes an activation of the nerves just as if they were still leading all the way down her arm and into the elbow and fingers. These signals are in turn picked up by t...

NHS Inconvenienced by 110 major computer failures

...edged that within eight years the system will have connected around 30,000 GP surgeries to 300 hospitals.The project is part of Labour's plans to ensure that patients can "choose and book" the hospital at which they are treated. According to one IT director "Some NHS trusts that have implemented Connecting fo...

Four short walks better in keeping BP under control ...

...ion usually leads to high blood pressure, which is connected with heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, stroke and blindness. The effects of four 10-minute walks were compared with one 40-minute walk in lowering blood pressure in 20 people with prehypertension.Dr. Saejong Park of Indiana University i...

Post-Operative Pain in Breast Cancer Surgery

... cancer have unique concerns and fears that may be connected to pain," Dworkin said. "And despite considerable changes over time in surgical approaches, these results are consistent with other studies." Few prospective studies have identified the characteristics of patients who are most likely to develop chr...

Stereotypes Contribute to Older Men Seeking, Receiving Depression Care Less Frequently

...ted qualitative interviews with 30 key individuals connected to IMPACT, including referring physicians, depression care managers and study recruiters, to learn about the challenges in recruiting and treating depressed older men. Hinton and his team found that, compared with older women, older men were much l...

Commonplace Sugar Compound Silences Seizures

...nction of certain neuronal genes - including those connected to epilepsy. Scientists believe that NSRF also controls genes that potentially play a role in cancer. Roopra is planning future studies to test whether 2DG holds promise for combating breast cancer, or fast-spreading glioblastomas. The UW-Madison...

Four deaths cause halt of flu vaccination in Israel

...e ministry is investigating whether the deaths are connected to the vaccines,' said Inbal Jacobs, a ministry spokeswoman. According to the Israel Radio, the 3 deaths reported in the last few days were from a southern Israeli town of Kiryat Gat. All the 3 of them were already suffering from diseases. At a ne...

Pakistan Medical Association To Fight For Shoaib, Asif

...ied. Ayub said the bowlers were innocent and those connected with the Pakistani team should be blamed for the controversy. "How can the doctors and trainers associated with the team be free of the blame? They should also be penalised and why blame the bowlers in a country like Pakistan where you can get ever...

Most Of The Ear Infections Entertain Both Bacteria And Viruses

...gical since acute otitis media is virtually always connected to viral respiratory infection." Antibiotics, which are effective against the bacteria that cause AOM, have no effect on the viruses found in AOM infections. Therefore, the standard treatment for AOM--antibiotics--can be, at best, partially effecti...

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