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Living Well, Dying Badly
Date: May-31-2012"What people are afraid of is dying badly rather than actually dying". Inaki Olaizola has observed how Basque society feels about euthanasia and the process of dying, and how the perception has changed since the 1970s. For this purpose, he interviewed all kinds of people and has been able to conclude that the fear of dying badly is widespread. In his thesis, defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), he stressed the need to guarantee a dignified death by means of legislation: "We in the Basque Country, and in the West as a whole, basically live well, but we die badly...
Lowering Alcohol Intake May Result In 4600 Lives Saved Each Year, UK
Date: May-30-2012According to experts, 4,600 lives in the UK could be saved each year just by cutting down on the daily alcohol intake to just over half a unit (5 g). In England, alcohol related health problems are estimated to cost the NHS £3.3 billion per year.� The study has been published in the online version of BMJ Open. The researchers state that the current government recommendations of 3 to 4 units per day for men (i.e. 24-32g) and 2 - 3 units for women (16-24g) may "not be compatible with optimum protection of public health...
Aspirin Therapy Places Burden On Manage Care System
Date: May-30-2012SAN DIEGO - Serious gastrointestinal (GI) events are common when antiplatelet therapy is prescribed for secondary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, according to results released at Digestive Disease Week 2012. Hind T. Hatoum, PhD, owner of Hind T. Hatoum & Company and adjunct associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and colleagues calculated the likelihood of serious GI events associated with hospitalization or admission to an emergency room (ER) in newly diagnosed patients who used antiplatelet therapy for CVD prevention...
The Immune System Plays Important Role In Protecting Against Alzheimer's
Date: May-30-2012About 496,000 people in the UK suffer from dementia, with Alzheimer's disease being the most common. According to a recent study in mice, the immune system plays a role in removing beta-amyloid, which is main substance that causes Alzheimer's in the brain. For the first time, researchers have now demonstrated that this may also be the case in humans...
MabThera Confirmed As Beneficial For Treating Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Date: May-30-2012The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has concluded, after conducting a quality review of the genetically engineered monoclonal antibody MabThera, that the batches of rituximab, the active substance of MabThera, that were produced in the U.S. at the Vacaville manufacturing site do not present a risk to public health...
Quitting Smoking - Men Vs. Women
Date: May-30-2012Stereotypes say that women are less likely to quit smoking than men, but research published online in Tobacco Control shows that this is nothing more than idle gossip. If it were true it would of course have wide ranging implications for all manner of smoking cessation, from public awareness campaigns that target women more than men, through to a different therapy and support for women. The rumor seems to have come from data on smoking cessation aids, which show men being more successful at kicking the weed than women...
Kalydeco Recommended For Treatment Of Cystic Fibrosis
Date: May-30-2012About 60,000 Europeans suffer from cystic fibrosis, a rare and life-threatening genetic disorder that is caused by a mutation of the CFTR gene, which regulates salt and water transport in the body. The CFTR mutation in cystic fibrosis patients allows too much salt and water into cells, which results in a build-up of thick, sticky mucus in the body's tubes and passageways that damage the lungs, digestive system and other organs. Symptoms generally occur during early childhood and appear as persistent cough, recurring chest and lung infections and poor weight gain...
Medical Students Concerned About Debts And Their Futures
Date: May-30-2012Student BMJ is celebrating it's 20th anniversary as one of the leading international peer reviewed journals written by and for medical students. Since its launch in 1992, Student BMJ continues to support medical students and has 24,000 online visitors each month. In addition, the journal also has a monthly print readership of 21,000. In April 2012, the Student BMJ asked their readers and BMJ what they thought was the most vital change in the past two decades to medical education...
Acticoat Silver Dressings Destroy Deadly Bacteria
Date: May-30-2012In 2009, New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) strains emerged as a global problem. Individuals who were previously hospitalized in India or Pakistan, where the resistance-causing enzyme that is carried by bacteria is widespread, repeatedly brought the superbug to the UK. NDM-1, an enzyme capable of destroying antibiotics, even powerful antibiotics, can cause infections in hospitalized patients that have common infections, such as urinary tract, blood, lung and wound infections...
Pneumonia Patients With High Glucose Levels At Greater Risk Of Death
Date: May-30-2012Community acquired pneumonia is one of the leading infectious disease in developed nations and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Now, researchers have found that patients without pre-existing diabetes who have hyperglycemia on admission to hospital with community acquired pneumonia are at a significantly greater risk of death than patients with normal glucose levels on admission. Findings from the study, published in British Medical Journal (BMJ), indicate that these patients may require intensified care in order to reduce their risk of death...
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