News tagged with patient control
Canada okays 'liberation therapy' trials
Canada will fund clinical trials for a controversial multiple sclerosis treatment that targets blocked neck veins, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found
Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying "superbug" germs.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 11, 2011 |
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Strokes striking younger patients, but where do they turn?
When Kate Watts fell ill with pneumonia in both lungs last year, doctors at a hospital in Sebring, Fla., put her into a medically induced coma to help her recover.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Novel strategies target health care-associated infections
Can probiotics prevent pneumonia in patients breathing with the help of ventilators? That's just one question researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis hope to answer as part of innovative new studies ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Health care disparities seen in epilepsy patients with low socioeconomic status
A newly published report reveals patients with epilepsy and low socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to have uncontrolled seizures, drug-related side effects, and a lower overall quality of life. The study also indicates ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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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
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Many recommendations within practice guidelines not supported by high-quality evidence
More than half of the recommendations in current practice guidelines for infectious disease specialists are based on opinions from experts rather than on evidence from clinical trials, according to a report in the January ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Personalized multimedia program may help prevent falls in patients without cognitive impairment
A patient education program combining videos with one-on-one follow-up did not appear to reduce the risk of falls among all older hospital patients, but was associated with fewer falls among patients who were not cognitively ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Pediatric clinical studies appear prone to bias, Hopkins review shows
A Johns Hopkins review of nearly 150 randomized controlled trials on children — all published in well-regarded medical journals — reveals that 40 to 60 percent of the studies either failed to take steps to minimize risk for ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Antiseptic cloths associated with reduced rate of treatment-resistant bacteria in the trauma center
Bathing trauma patients daily using cloths containing the antiseptic chlorhexidine may be associated with a decreased rate of colonization and infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other difficult-to-treat ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza
Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Research highlights need for national HIV strategy
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that well over one million people in the United States are infected with HIV/AIDS. New research from North Carolina State University shows that many of those infected ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Obesity a risk factor in swine flu?
(AP) -- Some swine flu cases in Michigan are raising questions about obesity's role in why some people with infections become seriously ill.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Research: Improving treatment of patients with heart attack
When faced with patients suffering a heart attack, doctors have two choices: inject them with medication to dissolve the blood clot (fibrinolytic therapy) or insert a small balloon to open the blocked artery (primary percutaneous ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Ownership of electronic health information must be addressed, article says
Clarifying legal rights of patient control over electronic health records could be the key to making the best use of the huge amount of electronic medical information that the "Stimulus" funding will create in the next few ...
Mar 24, 2009 |
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