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Public acceptance and willingness-to-pay for a future dengue vaccine: a community-based survey in Bandung, Indonesia
Date: Sep-20-2013Vaccinating children would be an acceptable strategy, from the community perspective, to control dengue in Indonesia, and delivering the vaccine through the private market could reach a significant proportion of the targeted population, according to a study by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health. Indonesia is among the countries that have been hardest hit by dengue. With more than 200 million people at risk for acquiring dengue, efforts to control the disease have not yielded significant results...
Functional disability high among newly diagnosed older breast cancer patients, especially African-Americans
Date: Sep-20-2013Many older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer have difficulty accomplishing daily tasks, and African-Americans seem to be disproportionately affected. Those are the findings of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest that many breast cancer patients could benefit from receiving therapy to improve their physical function...
Versatile imaging systems will transform ultrasound imaging, says congress poll
Date: Sep-20-2013A new breed of versatile, portable and easy to use imaging systems will have the most significant impact on ultrasound imaging over the next five years, a recent poll of healthcare professionals by Siemens Healthcare has found*. Nearly half of respondents (44%) at the UK Radiology Congress 2013 said versatile imaging systems would take the lead as sonographers look to solutions suitable for a wide range of clinical environments...
Pivotal trial results for Brisdelle™ (paroxetine) capsules, an FDA-approved non-hormonal therapy for vasomotor symptoms associated with menopaus
Date: Sep-20-2013Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has announced the publication of results from its two Phase 3 clinical studies in Menopause, the peer-reviewed, scientific journal of The North American Menopause Society. Brisdelle™, paroxetine capsules, 7.5 mg/day, was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in June 2013, for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS) associated with menopause, commonly referred to as hot flashes and night sweats...
Awareness during surgery and a 'third state' of consciousness: dysanaesthesia
Date: Sep-20-2013Awareness during surgery - wherein a patient consciously experiences and remembers things that happen during their surgery - is a rare yet alarming prospect for patients. In a presentation at the Annual Congress of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI), in Dublin, Ireland, Professor Jaideep Pandit, Consultant Anaesthetist & Fellow of St John's College, Oxford, UK, will discuss the difficulties inherent in monitoring the conscious state...
'Silent' heart attacks remain a significant risk after surgery
Date: Sep-20-2013A call is made today for increased awareness of 'silent' heart attacks that may follow surgery. In a session at this week's Annual Congress of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI), Professor Daniel I. Sessler, Michael Chudahy Chair of the Department of Outcomes Research at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA, will present evidence that about one in 11 patients having major non-cardiac surgery will have a heart attack, and among these one in 10 will die within 30 days of the operation...
Study supports 10-year colonoscopy screening interval
Date: Sep-20-2013According to a large, long-term study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), 40% of all colorectal cancers might be prevented if people underwent regular colonoscopy screening. The new research also supports existing guidelines that recommend that people with an average risk of colorectal cancer should have a colonoscopy every 10 years. The new study helps address previous uncertainty about the effectiveness of colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer incidence and mortality -- particularly among people with cancer that originates in the proximal, or upper part of the colon...
Focus on improving surgical quality could reduce health care costs
Date: Sep-20-2013Reducing hospital readmission rates is an important clinical and policy priority but whether those rates really measure the quality of hospital care isn't clear. In a new study, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found strong evidence of a relationship between surgical readmission rates and quality of surgical care. The finding provides an opportunity for policymakers to improve surgical quality and decrease readmission costs and supports plans by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to expand its readmission penalty program to include surgical procedures...
Distinguishing between viral and bacterial infections using genomic test
Date: Sep-20-2013A blood test developed by researchers at Duke Medicine showed more than 90-percent accuracy in distinguishing between viral and bacterial infections when tested in people with respiratory illnesses. The test, which detects a specific genetic "signature" that the sick person's immune system expresses as a response to the virus, demonstrates a potential new method for diagnosing the source of illnesses that have long been tough to pinpoint...
Alzheimer's disease visualized as it progresses
Date: Sep-20-2013What if doctors could visualize all of the processes that take place in the brain during the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease? Such a window would provide a powerful aid for diagnosing the condition, monitoring the effectiveness of treatments, and testing new preventive and therapeutic agents...
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