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Healthcare Professionals Benefit From Patient Sexuality Training

Date: Oct-12-2012
Giving healthcare professionals a one-day training session on managing the sexual needs of patients with acquired physical impairment allowed a better understanding of problems patients can face and resulted in equipped staff capable of addressing private questions with appropriate and empathetic responses. Published in the November issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing, these results are so promising that the authors are pushing for all healthcare practitioners to obtain sexuality training, regardless of their position or speciality of healthcare...

Antibiotic Resistance Increasing With Urinary Tract Infection Treatment

Date: Oct-12-2012
Since more and more people are having concerns about antibiotic resistance, American doctors are increasingly prescribing newer, expensive, and stronger antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs). However, since these strong medications are being overused, doctors and patients should explore the problems that come with antibiotic treatment, and only use the stronger drugs if is it critical, according to researchers from Oregon State University. UTIs are one of the most common problems women face, and also some of the most often treated infections in outpatient settings...

Curcumin Inhibits Prostate Cancer Metastases

Date: Oct-12-2012
Curcumin, an ingredient of the Indian spice Turmeric, has been shown to stop the formation of metastases in prostate cancer patients, researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany, reported in the journal Carcinogenesis today. Tumeric, in powdered form, has been used for hundreds of years for the treatment of various illnesses, such as osteoarthritis. Curcumin, its active ingredient, stops inflammatory reactions, the scientists explained. Several studies over the last few years have discovered a wide range of potential medicinal uses for curcumin...

Benefit From A Brand New Oncology Stream Introduced At The Pricing, Reimbursement & Market Access In Pharma Conference, 17-18 January 2013, Barcelona

Date: Oct-12-2012
With the government trying to cut down costs on health spending, market access for oncology therapeutics is becoming more complicated and difficult. On the other hand, oncology medications, which are usually considered to be especially innovative, are increasing in demand...

US And UK Health Care - Opposites Can Learn From Each Other

Date: Oct-12-2012
British and American politicians and members of the public persistently look at each other's health care system as examples of what should never happen at home, yet the two nations could learn a great deal from each other as they both set out to reform their medical services, says a policy paper published in today's issue of The Lancet. Each country recently passed two landmark and controversial health bills aimed at reforming health care...

We Will Share All Trial Data, Says GSK

Date: Oct-12-2012
After being fined $3 billion in the USA for concealing safety issues, GSK (GlaxoSmithKline PLC) says that it will make its clinical trial data available to the scientific community in a new measure to further advance its commitment towards "greater openness, transparency and collaboration". In July 2012, GSK pleaded guilty to promoting two drugs - antidepressants Paxil and Wellbutrin - for unapproved uses, as well as withholding safety data regarding diabetes drug, Avandia, from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)...

Traffic Air Pollution Exposure During Infancy Harms The Lungs For Many Years

Date: Oct-12-2012
Babies who are exposed to ambient air traffic pollution are likely to have poorer lung function up to the age of eight, especially those who are sensitized to common allergens, researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Researchers have known for many years that air pollution harms health and kills. In 2006, the World Health Organization estimated that globally, two million people died prematurely every year because of air pollution...

When Should Breast Screening Occur? It Depends

Date: Oct-12-2012
How often should breast screening occur, and when should they start? It used to be annually after a woman reached forty years of age. However, because of the risk of false positives, needless biopsies, extra financial costs, and the psychological distress overtreatment causes, the answer now is "It depends". Wouldn't it be better to have a more definitive answer? Oguzhan Alagoz, from the University of Wisconin-Madison created a decision-making model that will do just that...

How Melanoma Cells Circumvent The Immune System

Date: Oct-12-2012
Melanoma is so dangerous because it tends to metastasize early on. New treatment approaches utilize, among other things, the ability of the immune defense to search out and destroy malignant cells. Yet this strategy is often only temporarily effective. A research team under the direction of Bonn University has discovered why this is the case: In the inflammatory reaction caused by the treatment, the tumor cells temporarily alter their external characteristics and thus become invisible to defense cells. This knowledge forms an important foundation for the improvement of combination therapies...

Study Of Athletes Finds Inconsistent Criteria Used To Diagnose Head Injuries

Date: Oct-12-2012
In recent years it has become clear that athletes who experience repeated impacts to the head may be at risk of potentially serious neurological and psychiatric problems. But a study of sports programs at three major universities, published in the Journal of Neurosurgery, finds that the way the injury commonly called concussion is usually diagnosed - largely based on athletes' subjective symptoms - varies greatly and may not be the best way to determine who is at risk for future problems...