Non-Drug Treatments For Dementia Show Promise, Experts Say December 31, 2006
Memory training and other non-drug treatments may one day help older adults ward off declines in mental function, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in an editorial in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. [click link for full article]
Low LDL Cholesterol And Higher Occurrence Of Parkinson’s Linked
People with low levels of LDL cholesterol are more likely to have Parkinson’s disease than people with high LDL levels, according to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers.LDL stands for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; low levels of LDL cholesterol are considered an indicator of good cardiovascular health. [click link for full article]
Access To Prior Mammograms Helps Radiologists Detect Breast Cancer
Viewing prior mammograms in association with current mammograms significantly improves radiologist performance and may decrease unnecessary recalls by up to 44 percent, according to a study in the January issue of Radiology."Prior mammograms should always be used when available," said the study’s lead author, Antonius A. J. Roelofs, Ph.D. [click link for full article]
Is Workers’ Comp Fair? Research Finds No Link Between Cash Settlements, Future Impairment
People who receive higher disability ratings for work-related back injuries don’t necessarily fare worse over the long term than those who get lower ratings, a Saint Louis University study finds.The study, which reinforced previous research showing blacks receive less treatment for their back pain than whites, was published online this month in the Journal of Pain. [click link for full article]
New Technologies For Heart Disease: Are Drug-Eluting Stents Worth The Cost?
Over the past 3 decades, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI, or balloon angioplasty) has significantly changed the treatment of coronary artery disease (narrowing of the arteries supplying the heart muscle). Unlike the more invasive coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, angioplasty is a nonsurgical procedure in which a tiny catheter with a balloon is inserted into the coronary artery. [click link for full article]
Blood Transfusions Raise Heart Patients’ Infection And Death Risk -- Especially Women
Blood transfusions save the lives of millions of heart surgery patients and others each year. But a new study suggests that patients who receive transfusions during heart bypass surgery have a higher risk of developing potentially dangerous infections, and dying, after their operation. [click link for full article]
UIC Named NIH Islet Cell Resource Center
The University of Illinois at Chicago has been named a National Institutes of Health Islet Cell Resource Center and awarded a three-year $3.25 million grant.One of seven federally funded centers in the United States, UIC will provide researchers across the country with human pancreatic islet cells for transplantation into diabetic patients and provide cells for basic science research. [click link for full article]
EU Asks Libya To Recall Death Sentences Of 6 Health Workers
After five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor have been sentenced to death by a Libyan court for allegedly infecting about 400 children with HIV on purpose, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU commissioner for Foreign Relations and Neighborhood Policy has urged Libya to recall the sentences. [click link for full article]
The Majority Of Ulcerative Colitis Patients Are Not Compliant With Medications, CCFA Survey Finds
A new, large survey supported by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) finds that 65 percent of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients are less than fully compliant with first-line therapies to treat their disease. The findings are significant because an earlier study found that patients less than fully compliant experience five times the number of disease flare-ups. [click link for full article]
The Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis May Be Decreased By High Levels Of Vitamin D In The Body
The possibility that vitamin D could help protect people from developing multiple sclerosis (MS) has been posited by researchers in recent decades, but evidence to support that link has been scant. [click link for full article]
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