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Older Patients Taking Digoxin For Chronic Heart Failure At Reduced Risk For Hospital Admissions
Date: Mar-14-2013Digoxin significantly reduces the likelihood of hospital admission due to all causes among ambulatory older patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. Researchers reviewed patient outcomes from 1995 in the Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG) trial of 6,800 patients with HFrEF - a condition in which the heart is too weak to pump and patients suffer from breathlessness and fatigue...
Avoiding Scary Situations In Childhood Suggests Anxiety Disorder
Date: Mar-14-2013Children who avoid situations they find scary are likely to have anxiety a Mayo Clinic study of more than 800 children ages 7 to 18 found. The study published this month in Behavior Therapy presents a new method of measuring avoidance behavior in young children. The researchers developed two eight-question surveys: the Children's Avoidance Measure Parent Report and the Children's Avoidance Measure Self Report...
Swine Study Shows That Moderate Exercise During Pregnancy Can Affect Ovarian Cells
Date: Mar-14-2013A short walk around the barn might improve the future fertility of Yorkshire gilts. According to research presented by Samantha Kaminski, a graduate student at North Dakota State University, swine fetuses showed significant ovarian development after their mothers exercised. Kaminski and fellow researchers already knew that uterine blood flow could affect blood flow to the ovaries of developing fetuses. To further study the relationship between uterine blood flow and ovary development, Kaminski and fellow researchers designed an experiment to increase blood flow through exercise...
Memory Improvement In Schizophrenia Using RTMS
Date: Mar-14-2013Cognitive impairments are disabling for individuals with schizophrenia, and no satisfactory treatments currently exist. These impairments affect a wide range of cognition, including memory, attention, verbal and motor skills, and IQ. They appear in the earliest stages of the disease and disrupt or even prevent normal day-to-day functioning. Scientists are exploring a variety of strategies to reduce these impairments including "exercising the brain" with specially designed computer games and medications that might improve the function of brain circuits...
Over-Prescribing Of Antibiotics For Dialysis Patients Increases Risk Of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
Date: Mar-14-2013Patients who receive hemodialysis are at a significant risk of developing infections, a leading cause of hospitalization and death in this patient population. A new study highlights the need to improve antibiotic use in outpatient dialysis facilities as data shows nearly a third of antibiotic prescriptions are deemed inappropriate. The study is published in the April issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America...
Shock Treatment Can Kill - Clinical Trial Shows How 'Standard' Procedure Results In Children's Deaths
Date: Mar-14-2013Results from the Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy (FEAST) trial in East Africa show that children who are given fluid to treat shock have an increased risk of death due to cardiovascular collapse at 48 hours. These findings in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine challenge the generally held idea that early and rapid reversal of shock by fluid resuscitation translates into longer-term survival benefits. The FEAST trial was conducted in six African hospitals across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda without intensive care facilities...
Swine Flu Vaccine Linked To Rare Paralyzing Disease
Date: Mar-14-2013A new study finds that the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine in the U.S., which was given out in 2009, was associated with a small increased risk of developing the rare paralyzing disease Guillain-Barré syndrome. However, the authors note that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks. Guillain Barré syndrome is a disorder which affects the peripheral nervous system, it is characterized as symmetrical weakness, usually affecting the lower limbs first and then progressing to other parts of the body...
Intermediate-Risk Patients With Pulmonary Embolism Benefit From Clot-Busting Drug
Date: Mar-14-2013The clot-busting drug tenecteplase prevents death or circulatory collapse in a subgroup of patients with a blood clot in the lungs and appears to be especially useful in patients younger than 75, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. Pulmonary embolism occurs when part of a blood clot in a vein breaks off and travels to the lungs. It is fatal about 10 percent of the time, killing between 60,000 and 100,000 Americans each year...
Survival Differences In Advanced Cancer Not Linked To Medicare Spending
Date: Mar-14-2013Substantial regional variation in Medicare spending for patients with advanced cancer is not linked to differences in survival, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Cancer care accounts for approximately 10% of Medicare spending, and costs are highest for cancer patients with late-stage disease...
TAVR Vs Standard Surgery: Midterm Stroke, Death Rates Comparable
Date: Mar-14-2013All-cause and cardiovascular mortality were similar for transaortic valve replacement compared to open-heart surgery in high-risk older patients at three years with no increased risk of stroke after 30 days, according to results from the PARTNER study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. The transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system was investigated as an alternative to open-heart surgery for high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis - narrowing of a main circulatory gateway in the heart that reduces blood flow...
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