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Source: American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) 05/2009 No, this will not help your golf game. But it may save your life. Remember Night Time Radiology? Yeah, it’s like that. High quality videoconferencing systems have been accepted as, “[A]n effective avenue to eliminate disparities in access to acute stroke and TIA (transient [...] Source: American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO), 05/2009 Ginger, already legal, has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing nausea for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy (chemical treatment). Chemotherapy induced nausea occurs in 70% of patients receiving same. Not surprising. What is surprising is that patients taking antiemetics (Medication to combat nausea) who supplemented with ginger reported [...] One thing most lawyers won’t admit is that we are, inherently, risk takers. Before the backlash starts, I don’t mean that lawyers, as a group, engage in risky behaviors. (Although some of you do and you know who you are). The general perception of lawyers (the positive one) is that lawyers are very careful and [...] Gene mapping continues to batter the nurture end of the nature-nurture argument. In this latest round, a study presented at the 57th Meeting of ACOG (the Ob/Gyn doctors) has linked premature rupture of membranes with a single gene, MMP3. “Prematurity” during pregnancy is between 20 and 37 weeks. 72% of premature deliveries are spontaneous with 30% [...] A little too close to home here, but results of a recent British cohort study suggest that infants who required resuscitation are at increased risk for low IQ scores by 8 years of age. Significantly, the results were said to be similar for those infants with and without encephalopathy. The theory advanced to explain this is [...] Source: American Roentgen Ray (x-ray) Society 2009 Annual Meeting Researchers have found that a little known ultrasound feature may be beneficial in the detection of malignant breast masses. Elastography, literally testing the stretch of breast tissue, diagnosed all malignant masses in the study vs. 88.5% diagnosed by routine ultrasound. Elastography is generally available on ultrasound machines [...] The U.S. Food and Drug Administation (FDA for the rest of us) has warned consumers to stop ingesting all Hydroxycut products. Hydroxycut is produced by Lovate Health Sciences, Inc. and distributed by Lovate Health Sciences USA, Inc. Hydroxycut products have been associated with serious liver damage resulting in an agreed recall by Lovate. 23 reports of [...] The American College of Gastroenterology (the Group which certifies GI doctors) has updated the year 2000 guidelines issued to GI doctors for colorectal cancer screening. For 2009, prevention screening has replaced early detection as the stated goal. 50 is still the recommended age for the first 10 year colonoscopy for most of the population. However, [...] |
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