A study that appears in the May edition of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, shows that as many as 47 percent of patients receiving glaucoma therapy do not comply with their doctor’s prescribed medicine regimen. This is in startling contrast to the 90 percent of doctors who believe that their patients are following the prescribed treatment.
“Non-adherence to the glaucoma therapy is probably what causes patients to go blind,” said Alan L. Robin,
When last week’ s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine published a paper on iron-overload disorders, one of the authors already knew a reason why the condition is under-diagnosed: Many front-line physicians don’t think of it when patients who complain of fatigue and who have arthritis, impotence, diabetes or cirrhosis of the liver.
That’s important, because the condition is easily treated if detected early. UAB’s Ronald T. Acton, Ph.D. “Although simple treatment by drawing b
Psychological treatment that teaches children to face their fears is the most effective treatment for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a new Mayo Clinic analysis of previously published research.
The treatment, a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) called exposure and response prevention, produces almost twice as much benefit compared with medications used for childhood OCD, says Jonathan Abramowitz, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic psychologist and lead res
While the incidence of disease from HIV and hepatitis is increasing in the United States, little is known about their prevalence in patients undergoing surgery. Now, researchers have shown that nearly 40 percent of surgeries at The Johns Hopkins Hospital occur in patients who tested positive for a bloodborne germ.
“While these rates are alarming, they are not entirely unexpected. General precautions have been in effect for some time to prevent the spread of disease to health
Do you – like millions of full-time workers – surf TV channels, play video games or boot up the computer in what little free time you have? If so, there’s a good chance you’re skimping on heart-healthy physical activities, scientists report at the American Heart Association’s 45th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
In their study of nearly 4,500 men and women, a subset of full-time workers who spent more of their down time engaged in seden
Heart failure patients who are treated in accordance with established European guidelines do better than patients who are not, yet many doctors are still not adhering to the guidelines, according to pioneering research published today (Tuesday 3 May) in Europe’s leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal.
In the first large European study to look at the effect of prescribing practices on outcome in heart failure outpatients outside of a clinical trial[1], Professo
Every day, in thousands of busy pediatric medical offices, doctors and nurses routinely use a variety of questions to determine which of their young patients are at risk for exposure to second-hand smoke in their homes.
But these don’t always provide a clear enough picture of a young child’s environment. Questions can be ambiguous or misunderstood by the child’s caregiver, or the caregiver may be consciously or unconsciously less than accurate with their answers.
A rep
Den Trialog zwischen Betroffenen, Angehörigen und Behandelnden stärken, dies nennt Prof. Dr. Gaebel, Direktor der psychiatrischen Universitätsklinik Düsseldorf und Sprecher des Kompetenznetzes Schizophrenie, als Ziel der 3. Informationsbörse für Schizophrenie in Rostock.
400 Menschen, vor allem Betroffene und Angehörige, besuchten die Vorträge, Diskussionsrunden und Ausstellungen der ganztägigen Veranstaltung. Diese Resonanz übertraf die Erwartungen des Kompetenznetzes Schiz
Scientists may have found a way to dramatically slow organ transplant rejection by as much as several years.
That’s the promising implication of an animal study carried out by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Florida (UF) published in today’s (May 2) issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The research team reported that they have identified the biological pathway of a potent molecule that cou
PegInterferon-alfa-2b with ribavirin shows promise
More than half of 61 children infected with chronic hepatitis C achieved a sustained viral response after treatment with peginterferon-alfa-2b and ribavirin, report the authors of a new study published in the May 2005 issue of Hepatology, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the journal is available online via Wiley InterScience at
With its doughy, carbohydrate-dense crust and high fat content, pizza can wreak havoc in people with diabetes. A Penn State Diabetes Center study suggests a slow and steady insulin-dosing pattern may best combat the glucose-raising effects of that common favorite food.
“Keeping glucose levels from jumping too high or dipping too low may help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, which has been connected to erratic glucose levels in those with diabetes,” said Robert Ga
Patients suffering from asthma and diabetes could benefit
Patients suffering from conditions as diverse as asthma and diabetes could benefit from research at Cardiff University to improve the effectiveness of drugs taken through spray inhalers. Scientists in the Welsh School of Pharmacy are working on new nano-particle drug formulations for inhalers, and enhancers to improve the effectiveness of proteins, such as insulin, delivered to the lung.
“Drugs delivered through in
Children exposed to cocaine before birth show subtle but discernible differences in their ability to plan and problem-solve once they reach school age, University of Florida researchers report.
Still, most fare far better in the first few years after birth than many experts once predicted, contradicting the notion that as a rule, cocaine-exposed infants would be born with devastating birth defects or miss major developmental milestones. “I think the early information we had was
Exposure to carcinogens in traffic emissions at particular lifetime points may increase the risk of developing breast cancer in women who are lifetime nonsmokers, a study by epidemiologists and geographers at the University at Buffalo has found.
Their study was conducted among women who lived in Erie and Niagara counties of New York State between 1996 and 2001. They found that higher exposure around the time of first menstruation to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), potent
American Heart Association meeting report:
Some structural and functional measures of cardiovascular disease risk may improve by the eighth week of a diet and exercise regimen, according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association’s Sixth Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.
“Our lifestyle management program appears to improve the health of the vasculature, so it might lower the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart at
A computerized tool to help emergency room physicians determine whether a patient is having a heart attack may not work as well among some racial and ethnic groups, according to research of almost 12,000 patients at nine medical centers.
“It’s notorious that women and elderly patients have markedly different heart attack symptoms from the younger male patient,” said Chadwick D. Miller, M.D., from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. “This study shows us that race and eth
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