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Preserving Fertility for Child Cancer Patients

...ility preservation, Dr Heath says. In a related editorial in the same issue of the MJA, Canadian paediatricians Professor Mark Greenberg and Assistant Professor Stacey Urbach argue for consensus and collaborative research. “The paediatric community has been slow to embrace routine and consistent counsell...

A treat for nurses who chip in with tender loving care!

...expected dollop of goodwill and cheer justified an editorial in a leading periodical for nurses, Nursing Times. Source-Medindi MST...

Acupuncture for chronic pain in Osteoarthritis patients

...angchun, Jilin, China, reported in a supplementary editorial in the same issue, "Given that the biologic mechanism of acupuncture is still unclear, the study by Witt et al furthers our understanding of acupuncture and adds to the accumulated evidence supporting its efficacy. Such evidence warrants extensive us...

Exercise helps keep colds away

...cardiology at Hartford Hospital who co-authored an editorial that accompanied the journal report. "Infections were self-reported, colds were reduced [in the exercisers], but there was not a reduction in upper respiratory infections [overall]," he said. "Could subjects have 'reclassified?'" "In other words, t...

Popular Antiaging Supplement Has No Beneficial Effects

...land Journal of Medicine published an accompanying editorial to Mayo’s study, with Paul Stewart, M.D., of the University of Birmingham, Ala., saying the search for eternal youth will continue. But in light of the Mayo findings, he suggests DHEA should no longer be accepted as a food supplement and should inste...

The Search For Eternal Youth-DHEA Not The Magic Potion

...l Stewart of Birmingham University, England, in an editorial accompanying the Mayo Clinic report. This is to avoid its inappropriate use which may cause harmful effects. Opinion on this issue is varied and there are others such as Andrew Shao of the Council for Responsible Nutrition who feel that since DHEA ...

Computer-Driven System Reduces Patient Mechanical Ventilation Time Significantly

...ator breathing assistance for the patient. In an editorial on the research in the same issue of the journal, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, M.D., M.Sc., of Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, wrote: “Every year in industrialized nations, hundreds of thousands of people require mechanical ventilation for acute respir...

Risk of Autism doubled with Single Gene Mutation

...ram at Yale University. State's in an accompanying editorial said that linking the MET gene to autism opens the door to exciting new research. State writes, "The possibility that a MET variant might lead to immune dysfunction and gastrointestinal disturbance along with autism-spectrum disorders is an importan...

Three Molecular Triggers Threaten Leukemia Patients

...ay by a drug, is common in cancer, an accompanying editorial in Blood notes. "This compensatory ability suggests that the use of single "targeted" agents may be suboptimal, a concept that, unfortunately is all too well supported by clinical experience in all malignancies and has broad implications for the en...

Special Section of JCS Addresses Vascular Anomalies

...g vascular anomalies, according to an introductory editorial by Dr. Mutaz B. Habal, Editor of JCS. Hemangiomas, the most common vascular anomaly, are vascular "birthmarks" that can enlarge rapidly. Because many hemangiomas are located on the head and neck, they may cause serious cosmetic problems. Depending on...

Power Naps to Fight Night-shift Fatigue

... performance, research has revealed. // In their editorial published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia, Associate Professor Doug McEvoy and Professor Leon Lack of Flinders University in Adelaide have looked into the benefits of short periods of shut-eye for medical staff working through the night. ...

Incorporate Sleep Evaluation into Routine Medical Care

...a standard part of medical care//, according to an editorial in the September 18 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine , one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The issue is devoted to studies of sleep and health. "The theme that emerges throughout this issue is that sleep serves as an indicator of health and q...

New guidelines for global heart patient management

... reviewed by a blinded, independent, international editorial review board and then presented to the ISHLT board of directors for approval. Revisiting Listing Criteria for Heart Transplantation The first task force, charged with Revisiting Listing Criteria for Heart Transplantation, produced a report particul...

Getting More Out of Guidelines

... Institute of Clinical Studies in Melbourne, in an editorial accompanying the studies, says those who develop guidelines should focus more on the needs of the people using those guidelines. Dr Buchan suggests the use of best practice recommendations could be increased if guidelines are put into easier-to-us...

Prison or Mental Health Institution?

... expanding prison mental health services.// In an editorial in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Paul White, of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, and Dr Harvey Whiteford, of the University of Queensland, have highlighted the disturbingly high rates of mental illness in p...

Upgrading Donor Lung Quality to Improve Availability

...ng patients awaiting lung transplantation. In an editorial on the research in the same issue of the journal, Andrew C. Chang, M.D., of the University of Michigan Medical Center, and Jonathan B. Orens, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, wrote: “It is intriguing that although organ offer rat...

Lost Opportunities for Organ Donation

... the current demand for organ transplants. In an editorial in the same issue, Associate Professor Timothy Mathew, Medical Director of Kidney Health Australia, and Dr Jeremy Chapman, Director of Acute Interventional Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, describe a 20 per cent increase in organ donation rates i...

Women Are More Likely To Die Than Men When On Oxygen Therapy

...ease their risk of cardiovascular disease. In an editorial on the research published in the same issue of the journal, David M. Mannino, M.D., of the University of Kentucky Medical Centre, wrote: “One explanation for worse survival among women might be that some of the systemic complications of COPD, such as...

Anger exacerbates lung deterioration

...ity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, in an editorial in the journal. According to Lehrer, how persistent anger can play a role in physical deterioration is still unknown. However, the scientists have established a connection between chronic anger and age-related deterioration in lung function. "The...

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

...he American College of Cardiology and author of an editorial that will accompany publication of the research. "The concept of recording a physician's judgment before conducting the randomization process to allocate patient treatment allows us to evaluate whether there are differences in outcomes based on that ...

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