Thanks to its new Pediatric General Surgery Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center now offers children the minimally invasive, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures that have been available to adults for years.
Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute in Los Angeles have documented development of a malignant tumor 7 years after radiosurgery to treat a benign tumor. (Lancet, 11-00)
There is no Mayo Clinic Diet. But, there is a new Mayo Clinic Healthy Food Pyramid. This is the first food pyramid developed to encourage weight loss, weight maintenance and long term health.
Black Americans fare better now than they did seven years ago in the way donated kidneys are allocated for transplantation, but the playing field is still uneven, according to researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham. (NEJM, 11-23)
Pharmacists and other health care professionals discuss the latest developments in pharmacy practice and patient care, advances in pharmaceutical therapies, and advanced technologies at the ASHP 35th Annual Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas.
As reported in this week's Science News, scientists have begun to see evidence from studies of monkeys that severely restricting calorie consumption prevents cancer and endometriosis.
New York University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that a gene normally found in the bladder may contribute to a common birth defect that is the leading cause of kidney failure in children. (Journal of Cell Biology, 11-27-00)
Athletes hoping to boost their performance by consuming an over-the-counter dietary supplement known as "andro" may actually increase their risk of testing positive for banned steroid use.
Harvard medical researchers have concluded that Americans with mental illness are nearly twice as likely to smoke cigarettes as people with no mental illness. (JAMA, 11-22-00)
Findings on a wide-angle or panoramic dental radiograph (x-ray) uncovered a patientÃs critically clogged neck arteries, prompting potentially life-saving treatment, according to a case study. (Journal of the American Dental Association, 11-00)
Individuals who have been diagnosed with or are at risk for Type 2 diabetes can substantially improve their glucose tolerance and can even reduce or eliminate their need for insulin treatment through a combination of herbs and nutrients, such as those found in in ScienceBased Health's SucratrolRx.
The first human clinical trial of a new treatment for spinal cord injuries was announced today (11/20) by the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine and the Indiana University School of Medicine.
1) Coping with diabetes during the holidays; 2) Coping with depression and dress during the holidays; 3) Successful weight management during the holidays; 4) Coping with loneliness and grief during the holidays; and 5) Coping with alcohol dependency during the holidays.
Tooth decay remains prevalent among the very old, according to university researchers in a study of Iowans 79 years or older. (Journal of the American Dental Association, 11-00)
The old adage "once a cesarean, always a cesarean," has met with significant controversy over the years. But a new study suggests that low-risk women shouldn't agonize so much over the decision. (American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 11-20-00)
The American Academy of Physician Assistants estimates there will be 40,469 PAs in clinical practice at the beginning of 2001, an estimate based in part on results of the 2000 AAPA Physician Assistant Census Survey.
The American Dental Association (ADA) and its for-profit subsidiary, ADA Business Enterprises, Inc. (ADABEI), today announced an Internet alliance with rdental.com, including Web site content and continuing education marketing efforts.
People with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are likely to have a blood vessel impairment that may cause daytime blood pressure elevation and may lead to heart disease, according to a new Mayo Clinic study published this week in Circulation.
With sinister efficiency, retroviruses such as HIV use only a small portion of their genetic programming to steal away from the cell where they were born and infect other cells. A new study provides details of how retroviruses make their escape and cloak themselves in the cellÃs membrane to avoid attack from the bodyÃs immune system. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 11-21-00)
New laboratory research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appears to kindle prospects of finding ways to treat head and neck cancer with gene therapy. (Human Gene Therapy, 11-20-00)
How a woman views her life can keep her healthy or put her at risk for health problems, according to two new studies that examine the effects of stress on women's health during their reproductive years. (Health Psychology, 11-00)
The personality characteristic of sensation seeking is associated with a greater risk of smoking, and a new study provides evidence that this may be due to greater initial sensitivity to nicotine. (Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 11-00)
Physicians at UAMS Medical Center are investigating an innovative new therapy for advanced heart failure that is intended to make sick hearts beat more effectively.
A material invented at Purdue University that swells dramatically in water is showing promise as a drug-delivery system that might replace some multiple-dose medications with a single daily formulation.
Experts know a lot about what heart attack patients need. But at many hospitals, there's a troubling gap between what experts say is best, and what patients actually get. Two new studies report on an effective way to get patients the therapy they need far more often.
The results of a long-term study on transmyocardial revascularization were presented Nov. 15, 2000, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2000. TMR is a breakthrough laser therapy that provides significant pain relief to severe angina patients.
Despite studies that indicate benefits of soy isoflavones, a report finds insufficient data to draw any definitive conclusions in the use of soy isoflavones as an alternative to estrogen for hormone replacement in postmenopausal women. (Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 11-00)
Detailed nutritional counseling by dieticians achieves better short-term reduction of high blood cholesterol than when counseling is carried out by physicians, according to a study in Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (American Journal of Medicine, 11-00)
Guidelines for getting pregnant usually assume an average woman is fertile between days 10 and 17 of her menstrual cycle. But researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have demonstrated that only about 30 percent of women actually have their fertile window entirely within that timespan. (British Medical Journal)
The UI team has found that two molecules, perforin and interferon gamma, already known to participate in the fight against infections, are also responsible for regulating the size and nature of both the initial immune response and the residual protective immunity. (Science, 11-17-00)
Trizivir, a new product that combines three anti-HIV medicines into one single tablet, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. This marks an important advance for dosing of combination drug regimens.
Patients with aspirin-induced asthma, who constitute from 10% to 20% of the approximately 15 million U.S. asthma sufferers, can be successfully desensitized if they must take the product. (Chest, 11-00)
Antiprotease augmentation therapy reduces lung infection in patients with Alpha 1-Antitrypsin deficiency, the most prevalent, potentially lethal hereditary disorder among the white adult population in the United States. (Chest, 11-00)
Knoll Pharmaceutical Company today launched a national weight management program that will provide people who have at least 30 pounds to lose with an opportunity to receive for free up to 12 months of the prescription weight-loss medication, MERIDIA(tm).
Medicare patients enrolled in managed-care plans were significantly less likely than those with traditional Medicare fee-for-service coverage to receive needed coronary angiography--a potentially lifesaving diagnostic procedure--following a heart attack, even though the procedure is a highly recommended practice (New England Journal of Medicine, 11-15-00).
Thanks to a brand new monitoring device under clinical investigation, Dr. Robert Bourge was able to connect one patientÃs Sunday shortness of breath to an almost-weekly Saturday night dinner date with his girlfriend.
How effectively the body uses the insulin it produces is directly related to risk of developing high blood pressure, reported researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center today at the American Heart Association's annual conference.
American Heart Association's 73rd Scientific Sessions tips include: 1- Blood components indicate risk of rejecting a transplanted heart; 2- Women less likely to get "aggressive" treatment for vessel disease.
Laughter, along with an active sense of humor, may help protect you against a heart attack, according to a new study by cardiologists at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, presented at the American Heart Association's Meeting 11-15-00 in New Orleans.
New study shows that Internet users should check online health information for web site authorship and potential conflicts of interest. (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 11-00)
1. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among patients with human immunodeficiency virus is clustered in specific zip codes; 2. Low birthweight and prematurity increase ozone's effect on asthmatic kids 4 to 9.
From a routine study of the life span of human skin cells, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research project gave rise to an astonishing accident: A line of skin cells that simply wouldn't die.
Many of the 48 million American smokers will try to quit during the Great American Smokeout on November 16. Here are 10 questions and answers that may help them. They are excerpted from a consumer brochure from the Surgeon General.
Patients in chronic pain are so dissatisfied with the efficacy of their prescription and over-the-counter pain control medications that 78 percent are willing to try new treatments and 43 percent would spend more on a treatment if they knew it would work, according to a U.S. survey.
After studies spanning more than a decade, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have become the first to identify and purify hepatic stem cells, progenitor cells capable of regenerating liver and bile duct tissue. (National Academy of Sciences, 10-24-00)
There is considerable delay among parents in recognizing when children with advanced cancer have no realistic chance of cure, according to a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and ChildrenÃs Hospital-Boston study published in the November 15 issue of JAMA.
Results from a multicenter clinical trial headed by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham show that weight loss induced by Xenical (orlistat) can significantly reduce elevated blood pressure in overweight people.
Reporting at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs researcher finds that people at risk for heart disease, were four times more likely than others to suffer a myocardial infarction soon after eating a big meal.
Surprise findings by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham indicate that white stroke patients may have a higher incidence of atherosclerotic plaques than black stroke patients.
Researchers at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore now think they know why some of the people who take aspirin are not protected from heart attacks. Their study shows that in the unprotected patients, high cholesterol is hindering the effectiveness of the aspirin.
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