Medical News - Doctors Lounge

Suicide attempts decline after depression treatment

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:12:02 PST

Group Health study, which included 100,000 patients, sheds new light on FDA warning for antidepressants - Am J Psychiatry.

Cellular atypia of the breast in at least 3 sites is more predictive of cancer

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:35:19 PST

Women with at least 3 sites of cellular atypia in the breast are nearly 8 times more likely to develop breast cancer - J Clin Oncol.

Magnesium sulfate has more side effects than nifedipine as tocolytic

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:13:43 PST

Magnesium sulfate, is more likely than nifedipine to cause mild to serious side effects in pregnant women - Obstet Gynecol.

Needle-stick injuries are common but unreported by surgeons in training

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:51:56 PST

Resident surgeons fail to report needle-stick injuries risk serious infection such as HIV or hepatitis - N Engl J Med.

Sperm abnormalities seen in male lupus patients

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:39:59 PST

Male SLE patients with reduced testicular volume have high frequency of sperm abnormalities - Arthritis Rheum.

Cervarix may provide broader protection against cervical cancer

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:27:13 PST

Vaccine provides effective protection against HPV types 16 and 18 infections as well as other strains - Lancet.

Surgery more effective for degenerative spondylolisthesis problem

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:21:28 PST

Surgery provides better results than nonsurgical treatments for degenerative spondylolisthesis problem - N Engl J Med.

Donated embryos could result in new embryonic stem cell lines

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:44:36 PST

Up to 60 percent of fertility clinic patients willing to donate remaining embryos to stem cell research - Science.

More women than men having mid-life stroke

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:41:22 PST

More women than men appear to be having a stroke in middle age according to a Neurology article - Neurology.

A faster way to recover from chemotherapy and marrow transplant

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:38:02 PST

Discovery in zebrafish could lead to new ways of boosting patients blood cells according to a Nature study - Nature.

Femara (letrozole) offers new hope for ovarian cancer patients

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:35:10 PST

Hormone therapy can extend life in ovarian cancer patients, giving women a new alternative to chemotherapy - Clin Cancer Res.

Family structure size could affect breast cancer risk prediction

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:31:53 PST

Finding may challenge accuracy of some breast cancer prediction models that do not include family structure - JAMA.

Estrogen in young postmenopausal women linked to less arterial plaque

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:44:17 PST

Estrogen use lowered one risk factor for heart disease among some younger postmenopausal women - N Engl J Med.

Entecavir (hepatitis B drug) leads to cross-resistance with HIV drugs

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:58:35 PST

Entecavir should not be used on its own in patients co-infected with HIV - N Engl J Med.

Blood brain barrier breached by new therapeutic strategy

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:56:58 PST

A short peptide from the rabies virus can carry a strip of therapeutic material into the brain via IV administration.

Medical metal detector finds lost orthopedic screws

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:23:38 PST

Undergraduates invention at Johns Hopkins emits tone to guide doctors to hidden hardware.

New procedure allows diagnosis of lower back pain cause

Sun, 06 May 2007 20:38:58 PST

Procedure involving injecting anesthetic into a spinal disc, useful in confirming the diagnosis of injured discs.

Malaria-infected mice cured by 1 dose of new drug

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:45:54 PST

Johns Hopkins researchers have cured malaria-infected mice with single shots of a new series of potent drugs.

Eating cured meats leads to COPD and lower lung function

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:20:32 PST

American Thoracic Society study shows a relation between cured meats and lower lung function - COPD.

MRI of opposite breast necessary for recent breast cancer diagnosis

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:20:38 PST

MRI detected cancer in the opposite breast in 3.1 percent of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer.