Archive: 22/08/2014

Online screening for rare lung cancer subtypes opens door to new kind of clinical trial

In the previous few years, several breakthrough treatments have become available for key subtypes of lung cancer. Patients who may benefit from these treatments can be pre-identified by looking for defined genetic abnormalities ...

Aug 22, 2014

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Use a rule of thumb to control how much you drink

Sticking to a general rule of pouring just a half glass of wine limits the likelihood of overconsumption, even for men with a higher body mass index. That's the finding of a new Iowa State and Cornell University study to ...

Aug 22, 2014

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Clinical trial of Auxilium's Xiaflex shows it to be effective in smoothing cellulite

(Medical Xpress)—Biopharmaceutical company Auxilium has announced that the results of Phase 2a clinical trials of its drug Xiaflex are thus far showing promising results in smoothing cellulite in women. In a double-blind ...

Aug 22, 2014 report

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More common procedures for painful facial tics carry high costs, reports study in Neurosurgery

For patients who need surgery for facial pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia, the most cost-effective procedure is the least often used, reports a study in the September issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress ...

Aug 22, 2014

Educational intervention helps ensure appropriate ECHO use

(HealthDay)—An appropriate use criteria (AUC)-based educational intervention can improve the appropriate use of outpatient transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), according to a study published online Aug. 13 in the JACC ...

Aug 22, 2014

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Study identifies challenges faced by NYU nurses after Hurricane Sandy

Many recall the dramatic images of nurses at New York University's Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) heroically evacuating over three hundred patients, carrying many including the youngest and most vulnerable down flights of ...

Aug 22, 2014

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Study shows epigenetic changes in children with Crohn's disease

A new study finds a wide range of epigenetic changes—alterations in DNA across the genome that may be related to key environmental exposures—in children with Crohn's disease (CD), reports Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, ...

Aug 22, 2014

Many patients are discharged without a diagnosis

Chest pain, breathing difficulties, fainting. Each year approx. 265,000 Danes are acutely admitted to medical departments with symptoms of serious illness. New research from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital ...

Aug 22, 2014

Research underway to create pomegranate drug to stem Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

The onset of Alzheimer's disease can be slowed and some of its symptoms curbed by a natural compound that is found in pomegranate. Also, the painful inflammation that accompanies illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis and ...

Aug 22, 2014

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Wellness visits, physicals need different documentation

(HealthDay)—Documentation rules for annual wellness visits (AWVs) for Medicare differ from those for preventive visits, which are not covered by Medicare, according to an article published Aug. 5 in Medical Economics.

Aug 22, 2014

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Archive: 22/08/2014

Online screening for rare lung cancer subtypes opens door to new kind of clinical trial

Use a rule of thumb to control how much you drink

Clinical trial of Auxilium's Xiaflex shows it to be effective in smoothing cellulite

More common procedures for painful facial tics carry high costs, reports study in Neurosurgery

Educational intervention helps ensure appropriate ECHO use

Study identifies challenges faced by NYU nurses after Hurricane Sandy

Study shows epigenetic changes in children with Crohn's disease

Many patients are discharged without a diagnosis

Research underway to create pomegranate drug to stem Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

Wellness visits, physicals need different documentation

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