Archive for September, 2009
Robotic Surgery Expert Dr. David Samadi Advises Being Proactive In Prostate Cancer Treatment
When it comes to the prostate cancer, the disease known as the “silent killer” because it often exhibits no symptoms, to be forewarned is to be forearmed. It is the second leading cancer killer in men, just behind lung cancer. Every year, more than 218,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States, claiming about 28,000 lives.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsHealth Insurers Shifting The Blame For Higher Premiums … Yet Again, Australia
AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that an attack on doctors by the Australian Health Insurance Association (AHIA) indicates that health insurers must be planning another round of premium increases.Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsDevelopmental Delay Syndromes: Psychometric Testing Before and After Chiropractic Treatment of 157 Children
Conclusions: This report suggests that a multimodal chiropractic method that assesses and treats motor dysfunction reduced symptoms and enhanced the cognitive performance in this group of children. (Source: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics)Original post by Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
No commentsAutomated identification of ERP peaks through Dynamic Time Warping: An application to developmental dyslexia
Conclusion: We showed that our hybrid method outperforms peak-picking, when dealing with data involving several peaks of interest.Significance: The proposed method can reliably identify and label ERP components in challenging event-related recordings, thus assisting the clinician in an objective assessment of amplitudes and latencies of peaks of clinical interest. (Source: Clinical Neurophysiology)Original post by Clinical Neurophysiology
No commentsTaking Antidepressants In Early Pregnancy Linked To Child Heart Defects
Children born to women taking antidepressants in early pregnancy have a small but important increased risk of septal heart defects (a defect in the wall dividing the right side of the heart from the left side), concludes research published on bmj.com today. Depression affects up to 20% of pregnant women and the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy is common and increasing.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsNot Enough Evidence To Support Routine Prostate Cancer Screening
There is insufficient evidence to support population-wide screening for prostate cancer using the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, conclude two papers published on bmj.com today. The authors say that the PSA test cannot distinguish between lethal and harmless prostate cancer, leading to overdiagnosis and overtreatment of healthy men.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsCharity Concerned That One Third Of Women Ignore Breast Screening Invite
On the eve of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cancer Research UK today sends out a warning that if thousands of women continue to ignore invitations to breast screening they could be putting their lives at risk. The NHS breast screening figures have shown that around three in 10 women still do not attend screening*. In 2008, out of 2.2 million women who were sent an invitation for screening, 1.7 million attended - around 73 per cent.Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsToo Few Americans Eating Their Fruit And Veg, CDC Report
Not enough Americans are eating their fruit and veg: a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that not one state is meeting national objectives for consumption of fruit and vegetables. The report, titled State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables, 2009, was published by the CDC on Tuesday 29 September.Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsPopulation Health Improves During Recession, Study
A new US study appears to confirm the notion that population health improves during recession: researchers from the US found that life expectancy rose during the Great Depression and other times of economic recession. The study was the work of researchers from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and is published online before print in the 28 September issue of PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsWhat Is Jaundice? What Causes Jaundice? What Is Icterus?
Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a term used to describe a yellowish tinge to the skin and sclerae (the white part of the eye) that is caused by hyperbilirubinemia (an excess of bilirubin in the blood). Body fluids may also be yellow. The color of the skin and sclerae varies depending on levels of bilirubin; mildly elevated levels display yellow skin and sclerae, while highly elevated levels display brown.Original post by Diabetes Mine
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