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After Colorectal Surgery, Surgical-Site Infections May Increase Risk Of Deadly Blood Clots
Date: Jan-17-2013Despite receiving blood thinners and other clot prevention treatment, some patients still develop potentially lethal blood clots in the first month after their operations anyway, especially if they developed a surgical-site infection while in the hospital, according to results of a study at Johns Hopkins...
Coffee Drinking Tied To Urinary Incontinence In Men
Date: Jan-17-2013Men who consume about two cups of coffee a day, or the equivalent amount of caffeine, are significantly more likely to have urinary incontinence or a "leaky bladder" than men who drink less or none at all, according to new research from the US. Senior author Alayne D. Markland, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues, report their findings in a paper published online 2 January in The Journal of Urology...
Stimulating The Brain's Natural Defense Mechanisms Offers Potential For Alzheimer's Disease Vacccine
Date: Jan-17-2013A team of researchers from Universite Laval, CHU de Quebec, and pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has discovered a way to stimulate the brain's natural defense mechanisms in people with Alzheimer's disease. This major breakthrough, details of which are presented in an early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), opens the door to the development of a treatment for Alzheimer's disease and a vaccine to prevent the illness...
Stage 3 Is The Time To Greatly Reduce The Number Of Functional Measures In Health Outcomes: ACP
Date: Jan-17-2013Stage 3 Meaningful Use measures need to focus more on measuring improvements in patient health outcomes rather being than a large and growing collection of functional measures, the American College of Physicians (ACP) says in a letter submitted to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC)...
A Promising Therapeutic Strategy For Muscular Dystrophy: Exon Skipping To Restore Gene Expression
Date: Jan-17-2013A novel therapeutic approach called exon skipping involves bypassing a disease-causing mutation in a gene to restore normal gene expression and protein production. Two innovative examples of this strategy used to correct gene defects associated with muscular dystrophy are described in articles in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The articles are available free on the Human Gene Therapy website...
New Genetic Mutation For ALS Identified
Date: Jan-17-2013Researchers at Western University in London, Canada, have identified a new genetic mutation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), opening the door to future targeted therapies. Dr. Michael Strong, a scientist with Western's Robarts Research Institute and Distinguished University Professor in Clinical Neurological Sciences at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and colleagues found that mutations within the ARHGEF28 gene are present in ALS...
Improving Accuracy Of Quality Measurement Via Electronic Health Records
Date: Jan-17-2013Health care providers and hospitals are being offered up to $27 billion in federal financial incentives to use electronic health records (EHRs) in ways that demonstrably improve the quality of care. The incentives are based, in part, on the ability to electronically report clinical quality measures. By 2014, providers nationwide will be expected to document and report care electronically, and by 2015, they will face financial penalties if they don't meaningfully use EHRs...
Crucial 4-Month Window Between HIV-1 Infection And Treatment With Antiretroviral Therapy
Date: Jan-17-2013Patients who are started on antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 infection within four months of estimated infection date - and who have higher counts of CD4+ T-cells at the initiation of therapy - demonstrate a stronger recovery of CD4+ T-cell counts than patients in whom therapy is started later, a new study shows. The report, published today, Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine, is co-authored by physicians of UT Medicine San Antonio and the University of California, San Diego and drew data from 468 patients followed in the San Diego Primary Infection Cohort...
Emotional Experiences, Outcome Satisfaction, And Enjoyment Of Athletic Events
Date: Jan-17-2013A new study has concluded that sports fans love to root for a hero and against a villain, but if the game is exciting, they'll enjoy it no matter who wins. The research, recently published in the Journal of Media Psychology, examines emotional experiences, outcome satisfaction, and enjoyment of athletic events, particularly ones featuring individual athletes rather than team sports...
Potential Schizophrenia Prevention Through Choline Supplementation During Pregnancy
Date: Jan-17-2013Choline, an essential nutrient similar to the B vitamin and found in foods such as liver, muscle meats, fish, nuts and eggs, when given as a dietary supplement in the last two trimesters of pregnancy and in early infancy, is showing a lower rate of physiological schizophrenic risk factors in infants 33 days old. The study breaks new ground both in its potentially therapeutic findings and in its strategy to target markers of schizophrenia long before the illness itself actually appears...
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