Fresh data on kidney disease are presented in the report ‘Measuring kidney disease-related loss in samples of predialysis and dialysis patients: validating the kidney disease loss scale.’ "Kidney disease-related loss is clinically significant in patients with ESRD and is related to depression and quality of life. The Kidney Disease Loss Scale (KDLS) was recently developed [...]
A report, ‘Risk stratification of patients with acute chest pain without a rise in troponin: current practice in England,’ is newly published data in Emergency Medicine Journal. According to a study from Liverpool, the United Kingdom, "Patients presenting with acute chest pain without a rise in cardiac troponins are considered to be at low risk [...]
MORRISTOWN, N.J., and SAN MATEO, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with Itero Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a venture-backed specialty biopharmaceutical company, to develop and commercialize Itero's Recombinant Follicle Stimulating Hormone (rFSH). The product is currently in preclinical development as a biosimilar molecule for the treatment [...]
According to a study from Liverpool, the United Kingdom, "The purpose of this study was to evaluate outcomes between nonlaser endonasal endoscopic and external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) in a district general hospital in the United Kingdom. We conducted retrospective case notes review and postal questionnaire.""Case notes of patients who had DCR from August 2003 to August [...]
Homeopathic remedies should be banned on the NHS and taken off pharmacy shelves where they are sold as medicines, say doctors as they developed policy on the issue.Medics at the British Medical Association conference voted three to one in favour of banning NHS funding for homeopathic remedies and removing support for the UK’s four homeopathic [...]
Homeopathic remedies should be banned on the NHS and taken off pharmacy shelves where they are sold as medicines, say doctors as they developed policy on the issue.Medics at the British Medical Association conference voted three to one in favour of banning NHS funding for homeopathic remedies and removing support for the UK’s four homeopathic [...]
Investigators publish new data in the report ‘Prevalence of comedications and effect of potential drug-drug interactions in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.’ According to a study from Basel, Switzerland, "Potential drug-drug interactions (PDDIs) might expand with new combination antiretroviral therapies (ART) and polypharmacy related to increasing age and comorbidities. We investigated the prevalence of comedications [...]
According to recent research from Hobart, Australia, "This study aimed to determine which culture method would yield the highest culture success rate, mitotic index, banding resolution, and abnormality rate in investigation of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). A range of culture techniques for conventional cytogenetic (CC) analyses was compared: 24-hour unstimulated, 72 hours incubation [...]
The Guardian: 28.6%: 1.1%: 9.0%: Safety in numbers for hospital patients: Hospitals and their death rates: More procedures means lower death rates – study Consolidation plan put on hold by health secretaryNo of operationsDeaths 06-08Death rate %Trusts 2006-08St George’s Healthcare 400 8 2.0%University Hospitals of Leicester 378 4 1.1%Leeds Teaching Hospitals 337 24 7.1%Guys’ & [...]
New research, ‘Patterns of brain activity in response to respiratory stimulation in patients with idiopathic hyperventilation (IHV),’ is the subject of a report. "Dyspnoea, usually defined as an uncomfortable awareness of breathing, is one of the most frequent and distressing symptoms experienced by patients with lung disease. Idiopathic hyperventilation (IHV) has unknown aetiology and little [...]
