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'Obese' Or 'Overweight' Are Hurtful Labels, Whereas Terms Like 'Large' Considered By Parents To Be Less Offensive
Date: Jul-31-2012If doctors want to develop a strong rapport with parents of overweight children, it would be best if physicians used terms like "large" or "gaining too much weight" as opposed to the term "obese." These were findings recently published by medical researchers at the University of Alberta...
Researcher Finds The Use Of Traditional, Natural Medicines Offers Economic Benefits
Date: Jul-31-2012For millions of people around the world being sick doesn't mean making a trip to the local pharmacy for medicines like Advil and Nyquil. Instead it means turning to the forest to provide a pharmacopeia of medicines to treat everything from tooth aches to chest pains. But while questions persist about whether such natural remedies are as effective as their pharmacological cousins, one Harvard researcher is examining the phenomenon from a unique perspective, and trying to understand the economic benefits people receive by relying on such traditional cures...
Liver Cancer Cells Stop Making Glucose As They Become Cancerous; Findings May Lead To New Treatment
Date: Jul-31-2012As liver cancer develops, tumor cells lose the ability to produce and release glucose into the bloodstream, a key function of healthy liver cells for maintaining needed blood-sugar levels. The findings come from a study by scientists at The Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James). The loss of this type of glucose production, a process called gluconeogenesis, is caused by the over-expression of a molecule called microRNA-23a...
National Marfan Foundation's Annual Conference
Date: Jul-31-2012The National Marfan Foundation is gearing up for its 28th Annual conference, held at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, August 2-5. Hosted by Northwestern Medicine® and the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the four-day conference has something for everyone with Marfan syndrome (MFS) and related disorders, including access to many of the top MFS experts in the world. Among the notable MFS experts will be Northwestern's own Marla A. Mendelson, MD, cardiologist, and cardiac surgeon, S. Chris Malaisrie, MD...
Study Suggests Health Coaches Could Be Key To Successful Weight Loss
Date: Jul-31-2012Coaches can help athletes score touchdowns and perfect their golf swing, but can they also influence weight loss? Researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center say health coaches could play an important role in the battle of the bulge, according to the findings of a pilot study published online in the journal Obesity...
Increase In Diagnostic Imaging Among Stage IV Cancer Patients On Medicare
Date: Jul-31-2012The use of diagnostic imaging in Medicare patients with stage IV cancer has increased faster than among those with early-stage (stages I and II) disease, according to a study published July 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The costs of diagnostic imaging have increased more rapidly than the overall costs of cancer care, making diagnostic imaging the fastest-growing division of Medicare-reimbursed services...
Discovery Of New Genetic Target For Diuretic Therapy
Date: Jul-31-2012Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have identified a new genetic target for diuretic therapy in patients with fluid overload - like those with congestive heart failure, liver cirrhosis or kidney failure. These results, presented in the July 30 advance online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may lead to the first new diuretic therapy in 25 years and could help patients who experience diuretic resistance...
Researcher Says Plants Can See, Smell, Feel, And Taste; Could Lead To Breakthroughs In Cancer Research And Food Security
Date: Jul-31-2012Increasingly, scientists are uncovering surprising biological connections between humans and other forms of life. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher has revealed that plant and human biology is much closer than has ever been understood - and the study of these similarities could uncover the biological basis of diseases like cancer as well as other "animal" behaviors. In his new book What a Plant Knows (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and his articles in Scientific American, Prof...
The PCMH Model Aligns With Principles Of Medical Ethics And Professionalism, ACP And SGIM Find
Date: Jul-31-2012The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) explore the ethical dimensions of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) in a new position paper published by the Journal of General Internal Medicine: "The Patient-Centered Medical Home: An Ethical Analysis of Principles and Practice." The text is also available on ACP's website...
A Combined Approach Reduces Surgical Site Infection Rates In A High-Risk Patient Population
Date: Jul-31-2012A surgical patient safety program that combines three components - accurate outcome measurement, support of hospital leadership, and engaged frontline providers - reduces surgical site infections (SSIs) by 33 percent in patients who undergo colorectal procedures, according to a new study published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. SSIs are the most common complication for this high-risk population, occurring in 15 to 30 percent of patients after colorectal operations, according to the study authors...
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