News tagged with randomized controlled
Online messaging delivers follow-up care for depression
Online messaging can deliver organized follow-up care for depression effectively and efficiently, according to a randomized controlled trial of 208 Group Health patients that the Journal of General Internal Medicine e-published in adv ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Evidence poor for link between biomarkers and risk of CV events for patients with kidney disease
Even though clinical practice guidelines for patients with chronic kidney disease recommend specific treatment target levels for serum phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, and calcium to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Guided care reduces the use of health services by chronically ill older adults
A new report shows that older people who receive Guided Care, a new form of primary care, use fewer expensive health services compared to older people who receive regular primary care. Research published in the March 2011 ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Vitamin E may increase the life expectancy of restricted groups of men
Depending on the level of smoking and dietary vitamin C intake, vitamin E supplementation may extend the life-span of restricted groups of men, according to a study published in the Age and Ageing.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Use of antidepressant associated with reduction in menopausal hot flashes
Women who were either in the transition to menopause or postmenopausal experienced a reduction in the frequency and severity of menopausal hot flashes with the use of the antidepressant medication escitalopram, compared to ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Behavioral therapy program reduces incontinence following radical prostatectomy
For men with incontinence for at least one year following radical prostatectomy, participation in a behavioral training program that included pelvic floor muscle training, bladder control strategies and fluid management, ...
Jan 11, 2011 |
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For CABG, use of artery from arm does not appear to be superior to vein grafts from the leg
Use of a radial artery (located within the forearm, wrist and hand) graft compared with a saphenous vein (from the leg) graft for coronary artery bypass grafting did not result in improved angiographic patency (the graft ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Benefit of brachytherapy in patients with early-stage prostate cancer is still unclear
It remains an unresolved issue as to whether interstitial brachytherapy has advantages compared to other therapy options in men with localized prostate cancer, nor do newer studies provide proof in this respect. This is the ...
Jan 11, 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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Prenatal micronutrient supplementation boosts children's cognition in Nepal
In developing countries where iron deficiency is prevalent, prenatal iron-folic acid supplementation increased offspring intellectual and motor functioning during school age, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins ...
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Use of methods to protect lungs after brain death increases number of lungs suitable for donation
Use of certain measures for lung preservation after brain death in potential organ donors resulted in a nearly doubling of lungs eligible for donation, compared to a conventional strategy that is used, according to preliminary ...
Dec 14, 2010 |
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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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Exercising to piano music appears to help reduce falls among older adults
Introducing a music-based multitask exercise program for community-dwelling elderly people may lead to improved gait (manner or style of walking), balance and a reduction in the rate of falling, according to a report posted ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Alternative treatment for preventing relapse of certain type of vasculitis appears less effective
In a comparison of treatments for maintaining remission of a certain type of vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels), the immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil, regarded as an alternative to the drug often used to prevent ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Statins did not reduce colorectal cancer in WHI analysis
The use of statins among a group of postmenopausal women did not reduce the risk for colorectal cancer, according to the results of a prospective analysis of data from the large population-based Women's Health Initiative ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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