News tagged with atypical symptoms

Women with chest pain less likely then men to get proper treatment from paramedics

Women with chest pain are less likely than male patients to receive recommended, proven therapies while en route to the hospital, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Despite evidence ...

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Other mental health medications no safer than atypical antipsychotics in nursing home residents

Conventional antipsychotics, antidepressants and benzodiazepines often administered to nursing home residents are no safer than atypical antipsychotics and may carry increased risks, according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solving the puzzle of Henry VIII

Blood group incompatibility between Henry VIII and his wives could have driven the Tudor king's reproductive woes, and a genetic condition related to his suspected blood group could also explain Henry's dramatic ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Use of atypical antipsychotics in treatment of dementia declined after FDA warning

A warning issued by the Food and Drug Administration regarding the use of atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of dementia was associated with a significant decline in the use of these medications for treating dementia ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More intensive methods needed to identify TB in HIV-prone populations

Identifying tuberculosis patients in Africa using passive methods is leaving many cases undiagnosed, according to researchers from the Netherlands, Kenya and the United States, who studied case detection methods in HIV-prone ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

On the road: Bike riding helps Parkinson's diagnosis

Neurologists examining a patient with early symptoms of Parkinson's disease should ask that individual to ride a bike, according to unusual research by Dutch doctors.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Signs of womb cancer can be seen with early screening

In a paper published today in Lancet Oncology, scientists in the Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre at UCL have demonstrated that an ultrasound scan being used in screening trials for ovarian cancer can also pick up si ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds rate of celiac disease is growing

Working to solve the puzzle of when people develop celiac disease has led researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Celiac Research to some surprising findings. They have found that the autoimmune ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Moderate drinking: Health benefits or not?

While moderate drinking - one to less than three drinks per day - is linked to a decrease in mortality in middle-aged and older adults, there is also concern that the health benefits of moderate drinking have been overestimated. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mental problems in an old person do not always mean Alzheimer's disease

The case of an elderly woman who had mental problems associated with Alzheimer's disease, but turned out to have treatable limbic encephalitis, is detailed in a Case Report in this week's edition of The Lancet. The case i ...

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created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Appendectomy may be best for patients with positive CT exam

When CT results suggest appendicitis, but a patient's symptoms are inconsistent with the acute condition, physicians should consider a diagnosis of chronic or recurrent appendicitis and surgical treatment, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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