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Disease Management Programs – Effective for Heart Patient

...ich patients received their medications from their physicians and were only “coached” by nurses and dieticians on factors aimed at improving their cardiovascular health. The research involved nearly 800 heart disease patients at six university hospitals. About half took part in the program and the other half di...

Does Your Prescription Have An Inappropriate Medicine?

...anxiety. Researchers say, “One possibility is that physicians are used to prescribing the older drugs and inappropriate drugs in these classes and may not be aware of their risks.” Researchers say the above findings suggests the need for quality improvement efforts that address these specific issues -- physic...

Antibiotics Overload For Kids Questioned

... pain medicines. The new guidelines also recommend physicians observe selected children for 48 to 72 hours before proceeding with antibiotic treatments. The panel says this option should be limited to otherwise healthy children 6 months to 2 years of age with non-severe illness and who have an uncertain diagnos...

The Effectiveness Of Cancer Drug In Women At Risk Of Developing Cancer

...y conclude that both the practice and attitudes of physicians toward at-risk women are responsible for the low rates of tamoxifen use. The largest American trial to date showed a 49-percent risk reduction in all eligible women....

Lung Therapy Found To Have Long-Term Side Effects

...ed on a recent study , Asian investigators suggest physicians should not recommend dexamethasone therapy because of its adverse effects.// A therapy routinely given to newborns to prevent or treat chronic lung disease may result in slower neuromotor and cognitive functioning by school age.Previous research sh...

Beer Found To Be Effective In Fighting Cardiovascular Disease

...death. Researchers studied data from 14,125 male physicians who were enrolled in the Physicians’ Health Study and who reported past or current treatment for hypertension. However, they had no history of heart attack, stroke, cancer or liver disease. However researchers say doctor recommendations regarding a...

Screening Test For Early Diagnosis Of Colorectal Cancer

...79 percent of their eligible patients. Half of the physicians surveyed recommended the fecal occult blood test t...ion efforts, and simple reminders for patients and physicians would improve screening rates and save lives....

Investigations That Help Detect Lung Disease

... A test known as spirometry may significantly help physicians diagnose patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease earlier.Researchers compared an office spirometry test and a screening questionnaire to determine which could more effectively detect early stages of COPD.Doctors screened more than 3,000 p...

Evaluating The Risk Factors Of Osteoporosis

... hope that the above guidelines will be useful for physicians in evaluating the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women....

The Positive Effects Of A Healthy Lifestyle

...chers conclude saying that their study should make physicians and policy makers take notice that they can make significant contributions to health aging in several areas by encouraging people to eat healthful foods....

The Positive Effects Of A Healthy Lifestyle

...chers conclude saying that their study should make physicians and policy makers take notice that they can make significant contributions to health aging in several areas by encouraging people to eat healthful foods....

Better Treatment Options For Osteoporosis

...ilability of new medications and they say that now physicians are prescribing drugs with greater effectiveness and convenience, and recognition of osteoporosis is increasing....

Pain-Free Heart Attacks Often Misdiagnosed

...hat they hope in future their findings will remind physicians that these events do occur in the absence of chest pain and will prompt them to make the diagnoses and institute the appropriate treatment more rapidly....

Effective Management Of Heart Patients

...ich patients received their medications from their physicians and were only “coached” by nurses and dieticians on factors aimed at improving their cardiovascular health. The research involved nearly 800 heart disease patients at six university hospitals. About half took part in the program and the other half di...

Swallowing Magnets Found To Be Dangerous for Kids

...years thus they stress on the need for parents and physicians to be more alert....

Preventing Strokes Using Less Invasive Techniques

...are as effective as surgery. During the procedure, physicians insert a catheter through a hole in an artery in the groin and thread it through to the carotid artery. Then, the artery is widened by inflating a balloon at the tip of the catheter. A wire stent is inserted to hold the artery open. Though surgery h...

Preventing A Heart Attack Can Also Prevent Memory Loss

...hers say that until further studies are completed, physicians should talk with each patient or family individually about the treatment route to pursue and patients with dementia that might have a cardiovascular component, should include advice about lifestyle changes and treatments to address risk factors such ...

Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Could Be Effective In Treating Patients With Osteoporosis

.... Thus researchers say based on their findings , physicians should consider BMD testing and drug therapy for patients who are at higher risk for osteoporosis and fractures, and not only for those who merely have Crohn's disease as a diagnosis....

Preventing Strokes With Aspirin

...gh, the difference is meaningful, and patients and physicians should be informed about the potential risk....

Effective Treatment Option For Dehydrated Kids

...vey reveals that most pediatric emergency medicine physicians do not use this therapy instead they use intravenous methods, which are performed by injecting the fluid directly into a vein. In a study conducted to evaluate the two methods patients received either oral rehydration therapy or intravenous fluid th...

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