Ventilation Positions Comparable in Lung Syndrome Patients Nov 13, 2009
Their study, published in the Nov. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, included 342 adult patients with ARDS receiving mechanical ventilation, including 192 with moderate hypoxemia and 150 with severe hypoxemia ... SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, news release, Nov. 10, 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Mechanical ventilation for patients with lung damage don't always work as planned Nov 13, 2009
In an editorial published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Dr. Slutsky comments on new research published by Fabio S. Taccone and colleagues from the University of Milan in Milan, Italy. The researchers looked at whether patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) who were mechanically ventilated in the prone position (lying on their stomachs) did better than patients ventilated while they were supine (lying on their backs), as is the standard... (EurekAlert!)
Statins May Stave Off Gallstones Nov 13, 2009
"We're talking about people who have been taking them for about 1 years," said Susan S. Jick, director of the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Study at Boston University and a member of the team reporting the finding in the Nov. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ... Nov. 11, 2009, Journal of the American Medical Association. (MEDLINEplus)
Cholesterol Measurements May Be Made Easier Nov 13, 2009
Finally, measuring for triglyceride blood fats "provides no additional information about vascular risk given knowledge of HDL-C and total cholesterol levels, although there may be separate reasons to measure triglyceride concentration (e.g., prevention of pancreatitis)," according to the report in the Nov. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ... SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, news release, Nov. 10, 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Pain lingers for some breast cancer survivors Nov 12, 2009
However, 40 percent of women with lingering symptoms have pain in parts of the body not affected by treatment, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "This is a very well-done study by very well-respected surgeons in Denmark," says Dr. Allen Burton, a professor and the chair of the department of pain medicine in the division of anesthesiology and critical care at , in Houston, Texas. (CNN -- Health)
Surgical Masks Vs. N95 Respirators For Preventing Influenza Among Health-care Workers Nov 12, 2009
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Persistent Pain Common For Many Women 2 To 3 Years After Breast Cancer Treatment Nov 12, 2009
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'No fasting' for cholesterol test Nov 11, 2009
It is hoped the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, may inform new guidelines for doctors in the UK.. Cholesterol tests have long been a key part of assessing a patient's risk of cardiovascular problems, and those who turned up having eaten breakfast were required to make a fresh appointment. (BBC News -- UK)
Getting to the Heart of Dark Chocol... Nov 11, 2009
In his book, The Spectrum, Dr. Ornish, refers to a randomized controlled trial that was published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The JAMA article stated that the study revealed that six grams (or about an ounce) daily of dark chocolate can lower blood pressure. (Suite101.com)
US health care sector is a fairly green giant Nov 11, 2009
Hospitals, nursing homes, drug companies and the rest of the sector contributed 8 percent of U.S. emissions, according to an analysis in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. Health care makes up 16 percent of U.S. gross domestic product. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Smokers Beware: You're at Risk for COPD Nov 11, 2009
Although chemical fumes, air pollution and other industrial exposures can cause the disease, smoking is responsible for 80 to 90 percent of cases, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. 00003958. (Fox News)
Breast cancer pain can last for years Nov 11, 2009
Source: The Journal of the American Medical Association. FORUM: LIVING WITH CANCER. (USA Today -- News)
New specialty spurs hopes for helping abused kids Nov 10, 2009
He said the designation is a critical development in a field that has evolved rapidly since a 1962 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association that urged doctors to consider the possibility of child abuse. Gradually, doctors gravitated to the field and conducted research on broken bones, burns and sexual abuse. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Dr. Scott Geller: Obamacare should frighten anyone who is or plans to grow old Nov 8, 2009
Savings, he writes, will require changing how doctors think about their patients: Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, "as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others" (Journal of the American Medical Association, June 18, 2008). Yes, that's what patients want their doctors to do. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
Respirator or face mask? Best shield still debated Nov 7, 2009
The only other randomized clinical trial comparing health-care workers' use of respirators and surgical masks was published online in October 2009 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Canadian researchers reported no difference in influenza rates among nurses using one type of protective device versus the other. (CNN -- Health)
Kids on psych drugs have alarming weight gain Nov 7, 2009
The study appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. It involved 205 New York City-area children from 4 to 19 years old who had recently been prescribed one of the drugs; the average age was 14. (MSNBC -- Health)
Some vitamins may be harmful Nov 6, 2009
And regarding colon cancer, an article in the June 6, 2007, Journal of the American Medical Association found that 1 mg a day of folic acid in folks who had had polyps in their large bowel actually increased by 67 percent pre-cancerous growths called advanced colorectal adenomas. If you Google my name, you'll see why vitamins E, A, and beta-carotene may also be harmful. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Atkins Fares Best in Study Of Four Weight-Loss Regimens Nov 6, 2009
"This isn't a study testing how well you would do if you followed these diets to the letter," notes Christopher Gardner, assistant professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and lead author of the study, which appears in tomorrow's Journal of the American Medical Association. "This is a study that shows what happens if you bought the book and tried to follow" the diets, as most dieters do. (Yahoo News -- Diet and Nutrition)
Vitamins 'could shorten lifespan' Nov 5, 2009
A supplements industry expert said the Journal of the American Medical Association study was fatally flawed. But nutritionists said it reinforced the need to eat a balanced diet, rather than relying on supplements. (Yahoo News -- Diet and Nutrition)
Older Patients Most Likely to Die From Swine Flu Nov 5, 2009
Of 1,088 patients hospitalized with H1N1 flu in California, 11%, or 118 patients, died, and 30%, or 340 patients, were admitted to intensive-care units, Louie and her co-authors report in today's Journal of the American Medical Association. In patients 50 and older, the death rate was up to 20%, compared with about 2% in hospitalized patients under age 18. (ABC News)
Ditch new drugs, take older meds to cut costs Nov 5, 2009
The pharmaceutical industry spends about 90 percent of its $20 billion annual marketing budget pitching drugs to doctors, according to one estimate in the Journal of the American Medical Association. With greater access to medical information online, consumers are increasingly seeking out independent reviews. (MSNBC -- Health)
World Trade Center Workers Twice As Likely to Have Asthma Nov 5, 2009
A study in the August issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that most new asthma diagnoses --- that is, people who were asthma-free prior to the attacks -- occurred in the 16 months after the attacks, said Lorna Thorpe, deputy commissioner of epidemiology for the New York City Health Department and senior author of that study. This study is different in that it measures not new diagnoses, but actual asthma attacks. (MEDLINEplus)
H1N1 a 'Special Threat' to the Obese Nov 5, 2009
"What our study shows was that once you were hospitalized, if you were elderly you have a higher risk of dying," Dr. Janice Louie of the California Department of Public Health in Richmond, whose study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the study matches the CDC's own observations that H1N1 affects all age groups, including people over 65. (Fox News)
Smart Rx: Drugs that work and won't break the bank Nov 5, 2009
The industry spends about 90 percent of its $20 billion annual marketing budget pitching drugs to doctors, according to one estimate in the Journal of the American Medical Association. With greater access to medical information online, consumers are increasingly seeking out independent reviews. (AZCentral -- Business)
Effectiveness of cancer screenings questioned Nov 4, 2009
An article in the Oct. 21 Journal of the American Medical Association challenged the validity of previous studies that claim screening significantly reduces the number of deaths in those two cancers. In turn, a New York Times story reported that day that the American Cancer Society is considering adding cautions to its guidelines on cancer screening and its benefits. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Obese at risk Nov 4, 2009
That fivefold increase in risk is nearly the same as the sixfold increase observed in pregnant women, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A team from the California Department of Public Health analyzed data from the 1,088 hospitalizations that occurred in the state from the outbreak of the pandemic this spring through Aug. 11 and found that the highest rate of hospitalizations occurred among infants, while the highest rate of deaths occurred among those... (AZCentral -- News)
H1N1 Flu: Hitting the Young, but Riskier for the Old Nov 4, 2009
The latest study, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a snapshot of 1,088 H1N1 cases in California that were severe enough to require hospitalization or resulted in death between April 23 and Aug. 11 of this year. Experts at the California Department of Public Health, who led the study, say their findings are largely in line with the growing body of data on the worldwide pandemic flu, confirming, for instance, that the 2009 H1N1 flu disproportionately... (Time.com)
Spreading swine flu to avoid going broke Nov 4, 2009
In a study in the November 4 Journal of the American Medical Association, there is a distressing ignorance among some health care workers who are refusing vaccination, and in my opinion, it should be written into their contrzcts manditorily. Just as a nurse wouldn t be trained to stab a patient in the carotid artery, a nurse or physician should be trained as to the value of vaccines and it should be a job requirment but CDC, DHS, HHS are not making it mandatory. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Severe swine flu kills young, old alike Nov 4, 2009
The report, appearing in the Nov. 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, somewhat contradicts the popularly held notion that elderly people are relatively immune from the ravages of this new infection. Even though the numbers of elderly hospitalized and dying are relatively small, "that small proportion that are hospitalized who are elderly should be watched because they are at a higher risk of having a bad outcome once hospitalized. It doesn't mean they have a higher risk... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Timing of Kids' Flu Shots: Tricky, Vital Nov 4, 2009
We have to wonder if by immunising our babies/children that we have now done away with what all Dr's used to consider were the mild childhood diseases, in exchange of cancers, leukemia Asthma, autism, ADD, ADHD, and even the Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007; 297: 2755-9) said that 1 in 5 American kids are chronically sick and that the figure has trebled in the last 20 years. So one has to ask oneself that even with all our fantastic immunisations, and medical miracles why are... (CBS News -- Health)
Information on diabetes prevention and antipsychotic drugs Nov 2, 2009
WHERE TO FIND IT: Journal of the American Medical Association, Oct. 28. ELIZABETH COONEY. (Boston Globe)
Hold the salt Oct 31, 2009
Previous studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association have predicted that reducing salt intake by 50 percent a day will reduce the number of deaths by at least 150,000 a year in the United States alone. Research also shows that people who cut back on salt in their diet by half reduce their risk of dying from heart disease by 9 percent and stroke by 14 percent. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Aid for child illnesses stalls amid focus on AIDS fight Oct 31, 2009
Such choices are necessary, he and a co-author wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association in April, "if the United States is going to shoulder the burden of choosing which lives to save in the developing world." ... Such choices are necessary, he and a co-author wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association in April, "if the United States is going to shoulder the burden of choosing which lives to save in the developing world.". (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Kids gain weight on certain meds Oct 30, 2009
The findings were published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Use of atypical antipsychotics in children has increased fivefold since the early 1990s. (CNN)
Alarming weight gain seen in kids on psych drugs Oct 29, 2009
The study appears in Wednesday s Journal of the American Medical Association. It involved 205 New York City-area children from 4 to 19 years old who had recently been prescribed one of the drugs; the average age was 14. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Old, New Pap Methods Equally Good, Dutch Study Finds Oct 29, 2009
In the United States, liquid-based cytology testing has all but replaced the traditional Pap test, but in Europe the debate continues over which method is best, according to Dr. Mark Schiffman, a senior investigator at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, co-author of an editorial accompanying the study's publication in the Oct. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ... Oct. 28, 2009, Journal of the American Medical Association. (MEDLINEplus)
All New Dialysis Patients at Increased Risk of Death Oct 29, 2009
The overall all-cause death rate was higher among patients on dialysis, according to the report published in the Oct. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ... SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, news release, Oct. 27, 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Antipsychotics Cause Rapid Weight Gain in Youth Oct 29, 2009
"These data confirm prior findings that children and adolescents are highly vulnerable to antipsychotic medication," Dr. Christopher Varley and Dr. Jon McClellan of the Seattle Children's Hospital wrote in a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "These results challenge the widespread use of atypical antipsychotic medications in youth," they wrote. (Newsmax)
With cancer, it's always personal Oct 28, 2009
With breast cancer, meanwhile, a "special communication" in the latest Journal of the American Medical Association reports that the mass screening of women in recent decades has resulted in a 40 percent jump in detection of breast cancer and far more treatment for the early stage "low-risk" variety. But that increase in early detection has come "without significantly reducing the burden of more aggressively growing cancers and therefore not resulting in the anticipated reduction in cancer... (Juneau Empire)
Antipsychotic Drugs Spur Dramatic Weight Gain in Kids Oct 28, 2009
The study, reported in the Oct. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the largest analysis of its kind, Correll said. Jeanette M. Jerrell, a professor of neuropsychiatry at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, is the co-author of a similar study published last year in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Larger Pro Athletes Face Future Health Problems Oct 28, 2009
A recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Vol. 297 No. 4, January 24/31, 2007) that examined the incidence of overweight players and obesity among 3,683 high school football linemen found that 45 percent were classified as overweight and 9 percent would be classified with severe obesity. "As younger athletes in high school and college are encouraged to get larger for competitive reasons, these conditions may manifest themselves in younger and younger populations,"... (Newsmax)
Commentary: Cancer won't wait Oct 27, 2009
According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, cancer survivors in the United States were 37 percent more likely to be unemployed than those who have not been afflicted by the disease. This is a health and economic crisis on par with the worldwide recession. (CNN)
Mixed diagnosis for breast screening Oct 26, 2009
As many as one in three breast cancers caught through screening programs might not need major treatment, she wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association, setting many on a path of needless treatment. As well as finding high numbers of relatively benign cancers, Esserman said, the programs did ''not screen patients often enough to detect lethal tumours'' - those whose basic biology made them more likely to spread dangerously. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Limits of screening for breast, prostate cancer Oct 24, 2009
An analysis published this week the Journal of the American Medical Association quantified those concerns. Researchers report that there has been a 40 percent increase in breast cancer diagnoses and about the same percentage increase of early-stage cancers, but just a 10 percent decline in late-stage breast cancers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
American Cancer Society Stands by Cancer Screening Guidelines Oct 23, 2009
The apparent confusion stems largely from popular media reports that, in turn, seemed to have been spurred by an opinion piece published in the Oct. 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ... D., associate professor, Cancer Control Program, Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, D.C.; Oct. 21, 2009, news release, American Cancer Society; Oct. 21, 2009, The New York Times; Oct. 21, 2009, Journal of the American Medical Association. (MEDLINEplus)
Study: Heart Failure Drug Guidelines Often Ignored Oct 23, 2009
The study appeared in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. More Stories. (KWTX.com, TX)
Experts Issue Call To Reconsider Screening For Breast Cancer And Prostate Cancer Oct 23, 2009
22, 2009) Twenty years of screening for breast and prostate cancer -- the most diagnosed cancer for women and men -- have not brought the anticipated decline in deaths from these diseases, argue experts from the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in an opinion piece published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. See also. (Science Daily)
Genes May Link Hip Fractures and Heart Disease Oct 22, 2009
Genetic factors might explain the relationship, including "specific genes involved in cellular mechanisms shared by the vasculature [blood vessels] and bone," said Dr. Karl Michaelsson, an associate professor of medicine at Uppsala University in Sweden and an author of a report on the finding in the Oct. 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ... D., director, preventive cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York City; Oct 21,... (MEDLINEplus)
Should You Get Cancer Screenings? Oct 22, 2009
The epicenter of the controversy is statement by Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the ACS. Brawley made the statement in an about a Journal of the American Medical Association analysis of breast and prostate cancer screening, which. Brawley said the questions raised in the journal article were legitimate, and he said the ACS was in the process of reworking its message on. (ABC News)
Cancer screening benefits exaggerated Oct 22, 2009
The cancer societys decision to reconsider its message about the risks as well as potential benefits of screening was spurred in part by an analysis published Wednesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Brawley said. In it, researchers report a 40 percent increase in breast cancer diagnoses and a near doubling of early stage cancers, but just a 10 percent decline in cancers that have spread beyond the breast to the lymph nodes or elsewhere in the body. (MSNBC -- Health)
Gene Screening: Brings Good With Bad? Oct 22, 2009
The case study appears in the newest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. In a related editorial in the journal, Judith Daar of Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, Calif. (ABC News)
Heart Failure Treatment Underused Oct 22, 2009
The study was published in the Oct. 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, news release, Oct. 20, 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Sperm donor passes heart defect to 9 offspring Oct 21, 2009
BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- An American sperm donor, who has an undetected genetic mutation linked to a heart disease, passed on a potentially deadly condition to nine of his 24 offspring, one of whom died from heart failure at age 2, said a case report in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. According to Barry J. Maron, MD, of Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, the mutation, associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, was discovered only after one of the... (Xinhuanet, China)
Fish Oil Supplements Don't Help Depressed Heart Patients Oct 21, 2009
Participants in the study, which is published in the Oct. 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, were also taking the antidepressant sertraline (Zoloft). Some studies have suggested that the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish might enhance the effects of Zoloft. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Sperm donor passed on deadly heart defect Oct 21, 2009
The latest case highlights the importance of thoroughly screening sperm donors, according to the report and an editorial published with it in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
Heart patients not getting pills Oct 21, 2009
The study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Spironolactone is a generic drug that is not heavily marketed, so doctors may not know how to use it, said Cleveland Clinic researcher Nancy Albert, the study s lead author. (Boston Globe)
New Flu Can Kill Fast, Researchers Agree Oct 20, 2009
Among the doctors speaking to the WHO meeting was Dr. Anand Kumar of St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, who reported swine flu's effects in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week. "At one point, 50 percent of the available ICU (intensive care unit) beds in the entire city were filled with H1N1 patients," Kumar said in a telephone interview. (MEDLINEplus)
'Project Runway' Designer in Philadelphia for AIDS Walk Philly to Educate About Living with HIV through Living Positive By Design Oct 17, 2009
Journal of the American Medical Association. 2008;520-529. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Mastectomy Not First Choice for Most Breast Cancer Patients Oct 15, 2009
The survey, reported in the Oct. 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, also found that U.S. doctors are doing a good job of presenting newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with a range of treatment options ... SOURCES: Monica Morrow, M.D., chief, Breast Service, Department of Surgery, and Anne Burnett Windfohr chair, clinical oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City; Nora Jaskowiak, M.D., associate professor, surgery, University of Chicago Medical... (MEDLINEplus)
Not taking swine flu vaccine is risky Oct 15, 2009
A study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association noted that Canadians who either died of swine flu or were placed in intensive care were relatively young, healthy women whose condition deteriorated quickly. Patients who became severely ill required stays in the intensive care unit that lasted an average of 12 days. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Impotence, Incontinence Risk Casts Doubt On High-Tech Prostate Surgery Oct 15, 2009
"Given the expense of the procedure and the hype around it, expectations are being raised that are too high," said Hu, whose team published the findings in the Oct. 14 Journal of the American Medical Association ... SOURCES: Stephen J. Freedland, professor, urology and pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.; Jim C. Hu, M.D., genitourinary surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston; Oct. 14, 2009 Journal of the American Medical Association. (MEDLINEplus)
Tired Doctors More Prone to Errors Oct 15, 2009
The report is published in the Oct. 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ... SOURCES: Jeffrey M. Rothschild, M.D., M.P.H., associate physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and instructor, medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston; David A. Lubarsky, M.D., Emanuel M. Papper professor, chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, and senior associate dean for quality safety and risk prevention, University of Miami Miller School of... (MEDLINEplus)
Physicians say city in 'good shape' for H1N1 Oct 15, 2009
Earlier in the week, the Journal of the American Medical Association published his editorial "Preparing for the Sickest Patients with 2009 Influenza A (H1N1)." Co-author was Dr. Derek Angus, chairman of critical care medicine for Pitt. "[Pittsburgh] is health-care heavy, as you know," Dr. White said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Aging well starts in womb Oct 14, 2009
Babies and children also can develop abnormal reactions to stress, says Jack Shonkoff of Harvard University, co-author of a June paper on early influences in health in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the short term, reacting to typical, everyday difficulties can help people develop a healthy response to stress. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Sickest Swine Flu Cases in Canada, Mexico Detailed Oct 14, 2009
The reports were published online Monday in the Chicago-based Journal of the American Medical Association. They aren't a true snapshot on prevalence. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
