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Care Improved For Rural Residents In Nova Scotia By Provincial Stroke Strategy
Date: Oct-03-2012Stroke patients in rural Nova Scotia receive better treatment and are less likely to end up in long-term care facilities than they were before the province's stroke strategy was rolled out in 2008, according to a study presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress. Nova Scotia's stroke strategy - a plan to provide optimal stroke care across the province - led to the creation of designated stroke units in hospitals, interprofessional stroke teams, district stroke coordinators, and the application of Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care...
Treating Kaposi Sarcoma Using A Sugar-Free Approach
Date: Oct-03-2012A sugar-loving protein drives the growth of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) tumors, according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine. Interfering with these sugary interactions inhibited growth of Kaposi sarcomas in mice, hinting at the potential for new treatment strategies in humans. KS is a cancer that is associated with infection with a herpes virus called HHV-8 and is prevalent in HIV patients. Effective antiretroviral drugs have decreased the incidence of KS, but the cancer eventually progresses in many patients and treatment options are limited...
News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine, Oct. 2, 2012
Date: Oct-03-20121. Survey: Online Access to Doctors' Notes Improves Patient Engagement in Care with Little Impact on Doctor Workload Inviting patients to read their doctors' notes improves patient engagement, understanding, and compliance in health care plans without increasing physician workload. Researchers surveyed 105 primary care physicians and 13,564 patients who had their doctors' notes made available to them through an electronic portal during a one-year voluntary program...
New Vaccinia Virus Shows Potential For Treating Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Date: Oct-03-2012Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City have shown that a new vaccinia virus, acting as both an oncolytic and anti-angiogenic agent, can enter and kill triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells. Study findings presented at the 2012 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons could lead to a more targeted therapy against this deadly form of breast cancer. According to the medical literature, TNBC is a form of breast cancer that is responsible for 10 to 20 percent of all breast cancer cases...
An Apple A Day Keeps The Cardiologist Away
Date: Oct-03-2012A new study of middle-aged adults found that eating one apple a day reduced blood levels of a substance linked to hardening of the arteries by forty percent. The scientists found that apples lowered blood levels of iodized LDL ("bad" cholesterol). When LDL cholesterol mixes with free radicals to become chemically combined with oxygen, the cholesterol is more likely to encourage inflammation and can cause tissue damage...
Earlier Onset Of Pancreatic Cancer Likely In Those Who Smoke And Drink Heavily
Date: Oct-03-2012Those who smoke and drink heavily may develop pancreatic cancer at an earlier age than those who don't, according to a study led by a University of Michigan Health System gastroenterologist. In the study, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, heavy smokers with pancreatic cancer were diagnosed around age 62 and heavy drinkers at age 61 - almost a decade earlier than the average age of 72...
Cognitive Improvements From Exercise After Stroke
Date: Oct-03-2012Just six months of exercise can improve memory, language, thinking and judgment problems by almost 50 per cent, says a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress. Toronto researchers found that the proportion of stroke patients with at least mild cognitive impairment dropped from 66 per cent to 37 per cent during a research study on the impact of exercise on the brain...
Low Levels Of Vitamin D Linked To Mortality In The Elderly
Date: Oct-02-2012New research confirms low levels of vitamin D are associated with a larger rate of mortality in older adults. Additionally, the chance of reversing this impact is more likely in African Americans than Caucasians because of increased Vitamin D insufficiency in African Americans. This study, published in The Endocrine Society's The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM), has discovered that low levels of vitamin D and high levels of parathyroid hormone, are linked to increased mortality in Caucasian and African American older adults...
Fraud In Published Scientific Papers Rises Dramatically
Date: Oct-02-2012Fraud, suspected fraud, plagiarism and duplicate publications are the main reasons why scientific papers are retracted today, researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reported in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) today. Misconduct occurs at ten times the rate it used to in 1975 among scientific papers - scientific papers refers to articles that are published in academic journals. Two thirds of all retractions today are due to misconduct. Senior author Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D...
Oral Bacteria Linked To Increased Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer
Date: Oct-02-2012Gum disease and pancreatic cancer may be associated with one another, according to the British Dental Health Foundation. Published in the journal Gut, the study found that certain types of bacterium present in the formation of gum disease is linked to a 2 times higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer. On the other hand, oral bacteria that is not harmful resulted in a 45% decreased risk of pancreatic cancer. A 2007 study, conducted by the same researchers, found that men with a history of periodontal disease had a 64% increased risk of pancreatic cancer than men who did not...
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