Older People at Greater Risk of Swine Flu Death Nov 12, 2009
The research, published online Nov. 11 in The Lancet, analyzed medical records of patients at clinics in the Mexican Institute for Social Security network, who became sick with flu-like illnesses between April 28 and July 31, 2009. The researchers found 63,479 cases of flu-like illness. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Retirement Brings Most a Big Health Boost Nov 11, 2009
"The results really say three things: That work puts an extra burden on the health of older workers, that the effects of this extra burden are largely relieved by retirement and, finally, that both the extra burden and the relief are larger when working conditions are poor," said Hugo Westerlund, lead author of a study published online Nov. 9 in The Lancet ... D., assistant professor, internal medicine, Texas Ath Science Center College of Medicine and research scientist in geriatrics, Scott ,... (MEDLINEplus)
Retiring 'is new lease of life' Nov 11, 2009
Those who were in high-status, high-satisfaction jobs showed the least change, The Lancet study reports. The researchers asked employees from the French national gas and electricity company to rate their own health up to seven years before retirement and up to seven years after. (BBC News -- Health)
Dont miss chance for health-care reform Nov 11, 2009
"IF that is a good thing then please explain while all other major industrialized nations that provide universal health care have much lower survival rates across the board for all major deseases such as cancer?Overall Cancer Survival Rates. According to the survey of cancer survival rates in Europe and the United States, published recently in Lancet Oncology : 1 American women have a 63 percent chance of living at least five years after a cancer diagnosis, compared to 56 percent for European... (Nogales International, AZ)
Pfizer Broke Law by Promoting Drugs for Wrong Uses In Violation of Pledge Nov 9, 2009
Most physicians dont keep track of FDA-approved uses of drugs, says Lurie, a physician who has published articles in The Lancet and the. . (Bloomberg)
Making medical decisions Nov 9, 2009
Prof Cyril Chantler, in his article in the leading medical journal, The Lancet, stated that medical care "used to be simple, ineffective, and relatively safe; now, it is complex, effective, and potentially dangerous." (The Role and Education of Doctors in the delivery of Healthcare, The Lancet, 3 April 1999; 353 [9159]: 1178-81). Whenever decisions have to be made about medical care, it is most effective when patients and doctors work together. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
LIVING TO 100: Most babies born this century will Nov 9, 2009
In an article published Friday in the medical journal Lancet, the researchers write that the process of aging may be "modifiable.". LONGEVITY. (USA Today -- News)
Emergency department turf war Nov 8, 2009
But doctors have pointed out that a 2007 study published by Sydney-based researchers in The Lancet medical magazine found recovery from back pain was not improved by chiropractic treatment. The bottom line is that the research the chiropractors are asking for has already been done and it has been shown that they don't offer any greater service than paracetamol and early active mobilisation,'' Dr Incoll said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Dr. Scott Geller: Obamacare should frighten anyone who is or plans to grow old Nov 8, 2009
Your browsers security settings are preventing some features from appearing. By Dr. Scott Geller Guest Opinion November 7, 2009. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
Pandemic Flu Vaccine Campaigns May Be Undermined By Coincidental Medical Events Nov 7, 2009
This is the conclusion of a paper published online Oct. 31 by the Lancet and authored by an international team of investigators led by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. "Regardless of whether someone gets the vaccine, bad things happen to people every day and generally occur at fairly predictable rates," said Steven Black, M.D., lead author and a physician in the Center for Global Health and Division of Infectious Diseases at Cincinnati Children's. (Science Daily)
Cooling May Reduce Brain Lesions in Newborns Nov 7, 2009
In the new study, reported online Nov. 5 and in the January issue of The Lancet Neurology, researchers investigated whether MRI scans would reveal fewer cerebral lesions in infants who were cooled ... SOURCE: The Lancet Neurology, news release, Nov. 4, 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
After setbacks, small successes for gene therapy Nov 7, 2009
In addition, a paper last month in the journal Lancet reported that a different method of gene therapy, which did not involve inserting a new gene into DNA, partly restored the sight of five children and seven adults with a rare congenital eye disease, Leber's congenital amaurosis ... In addition, a paper last month in the journal Lancet reported that a different method of gene therapy, which did not involve inserting a new gene into DNA, partly restored the sight of five children and seven... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Sex & amnesia ... not a soap opera Nov 6, 2009
In these cases, the act of "bearing down" -- which occurs when people move their bowels, give birth or have sex -- created pressure in the brain's blood vessels, resulting in temporary lack of blood flow that caused amnesia, according to the study published in The Lancet. Levitra, which is a pill for erectile dysfunction, lists TGA as a possible adverse reaction. (CNN)
How Safe Are Popular Reflux Drugs? Nov 6, 2009
Since then, three prospective studies, including papers published in The Lancet and data presented at a major cardiology meeting, have shown no adverse cardiac outcomes from the drug combination, Johnson noted. Dr. Michael F. Vaezi, clinical director in the department of gastroenterology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, also believes the clinical importance of the associations reported in many of the PPI studies has been "overblown.". (MEDLINEplus)
* Russia ponders how to give up the Vodka bottle Nov 5, 2009
Researchers studying mortality in three industrial cities in Siberia in the 1990s found that in several years, alcohol was the cause of more than half of all deaths of people aged 15 to 54, often from accidents, violence or alcohol poisoning, according to a report this year in The Lancet, a London-based medical professional journal. The Public Chamber, a Kremlin advisory panel, has asserted that roughly 500,000 people die annually in Russia from causes directly related to or aggravated by... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Common Pain Relievers May Dilute Power Of Flu Shots Nov 4, 2009
A study by researchers in the Czech Republic reported similar findings in the Oct. 17, 2009, edition of The Lancet. They found that giving acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, to infants weakens the immune response to vaccines. (Science Daily)
Leading organizations join forces to launch first annual World Pneumonia Day Nov 3, 2009
"It surprises most people to learn that pneumonia kills more children than any other disease taking more than 2 million young lives annually," write former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Save the Children Board member, Bill Frist, MD and co-author Dr. Richard Sezibera, Rwanda's Minister of Health in this week's edition of the Lancet. "Nearly half of these deaths could be prevented with existing vaccines and the vast majority of cases could be treated with inexpensive antibiotics. Yet, lives... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Giving sight by therapy with genes Nov 3, 2009
The study, reported in the journal Lancet, involved five children and seven adults, from Belgium, Italy and the United states, with a type of Lebers congenital amaurosis, rare but serious congenital retinal diseases. The researchers injected into the eyes of the patients a virus with the normal version of the gene REP65 inserted into its genome. (India Times, India)
Live healthy, avoid diabetes for a decade Nov 3, 2009
"The fact that weve continued to delay and possibly even prevent diabetes in people at very high risk for developing the disease is certainly a positive finding," The Lancet quoted Dr Crandall as saying. "The fact that weve continued to delay and possibly even prevent diabetes in people at very high risk for developing the disease is certainly a positive finding," she added. (India Times, India)
People Will Fear Flu Vaccine "Adverse Events" Nov 3, 2009
"Highly visible health conditions, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome, spontaneous abortion or even death will occur in coincident temporal association with novel influenza vaccination," they wrote in the Lancet medical journal. So they calculated what might be expected anyway, even if there were no vaccination campaign. (MEDLINEplus)
World's largest malaria vaccine trial now underway in 7 African countries Nov 3, 2009
Findings from a Phase II trial initiated in 2002 and conducted with more than 2,000 children in southern Mozambique, published in the medical journal The Lancet in 2004 and 2005, showed that RTS,S was efficacious for at least 18 months in reducing clinical malaria by 35 percent, and severe malaria by 49 percent. In addition, RTS,S was shown to have a promising safety and tolerability profile when used alongside the World Health Organization's (WHO) standard infant vaccines. (EurekAlert!)
Swine flu shot safety monitored by new group Nov 3, 2009
A report in The Lancet British medical journal on Friday said the intense monitoring will be crucial for an additional reason: For example, 2,500 miscarriages occur every day in the U.S., and about 3,000 heart attacks and some are sure to coincide with vaccination yet not be caused by it. Video. (MSNBC -- Health)
Aspirin 'only for heart patients' Nov 3, 2009
But the DTB said a recent analysis of six controlled trials involving a total of 95,000 patients published in the journal the Lancet does not back up the routine use of aspirin in these patients because of the risk of serious gastrointestinal bleeds and the negligible impact it has on curbing death rates. Dr Ike Ikeanacho, editor of the DTB, said: "Current evidence for primary prevention suggests the benefits and harms of aspirin in this setting may be more finely balanced than previously... (BBC News -- UK)
Information on diabetes prevention and antipsychotic drugs Nov 2, 2009
WHERE TO FIND IT: Lancet, Oct. 29. Antipsychotic drugs tied to weight gain in children. (Boston Globe)
Exercise, Diet, Meds: Diabetes Control Keys? Nov 1, 2009
Writing online in The Lancet, the researchers said people initially assigned to diet and physical activity modifications showed a 34 percent reduction in later diagnosis of type 2 diabetes during follow-up, compared to a group that took a placebo pill. Another group assigned to metformin treatment were at 18 percent less risk for type 2 diabetes compared with the placebo group. (ABC News)
Side effects not always due to swine flu shot Nov 1, 2009
The research was published online Saturday in the British medical journal Lancet. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
The Vaccine/Autism Scare Oct 31, 2009
But in that year, a paper appeared in the British medical journal The Lancet ... In addition, ten of the twelve initial authors of the study withdrew their names, and The Lancet eventually retracted the paper. (Suite101.com)
Change may curb diabetes risk Oct 31, 2009
The Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, published online yesterday in The Lancet medical journal, found that lifestyle changes such as consuming less fat and calories, and increasing regular physical activity to 150 minutes per week reduced the rate of developing type 2 diabetes by 34 percent and delayed onset of the disease by four years. Researchers also found a 13 percent reduction in the rate of diabetes in those taking metformin, a generic oral medicine used to treat the disease,... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Study shows lifestyle changes work best in fighting diabetes Oct 31, 2009
So results after 10 years, reported yesterday in the medical journal Lancet, are not a complete surprise ... So results after 10 years, reported yesterday in the medical journal Lancet, are not a complete surprise. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Diet and Exercise May Prevent Diabetes Oct 30, 2009
His study appears in the journal Lancet. The findings follow up on a large randomized trial of 3,234 overweight or obese adults with elevated blood sugar. (Newsmax)
Diabetes can be delayed with diet, exercise Oct 30, 2009
His study appears Wednesday in the journal Lancet. The findings follow up on a large randomized trial of 3,234 overweight or obese adults with elevated blood sugar. (MSNBC -- Health)
Health experts: Kids should get seasonal flu shot Oct 30, 2009
Their commentary, based largely on animal studies, was published online Friday in the British medical journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. Yet many top health officials said there was no proof that children are more likely to avoid swine flu by passing on a seasonal flu shot. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Dutch scientists: Kids should skip flu vaccine Oct 30, 2009
Their commentary, based largely on animal studies, was published online Friday in the British medical journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. The theory is that children infected with seasonal flu acquire a certain kind of immunity that might protect them against new flu outbreaks like swine flu or bird flu. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Diet, Exercise Thwart Diabetes Oct 30, 2009
But new research, published in the Oct. 29 online edition of The Lancet, shows that losing weight and exercising can delay or prevent the onset of diabetes more effectively than the prescription drug metformin or a placebo ... D., M.P.H., U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, Ariz; Anoop Misra, M.D., director and head, department of diabetes and metabolic diseases, Fortis Group of Hospitals, New Delhi and NOIDA, India; Ronald Goldberg, M.D., professor of... (MEDLINEplus)
A Decade Later, Lifestyle Changes Or Metformin Still Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk Oct 29, 2009
Results of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS), which examines the persistence of the interventions tested in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), appear online in the Lancet on Oct. 29, 2009. "In 10 years, participants in the lifestyle changes group delayed type 2 diabetes by about four years compared with placebo, and those in the metformin group delayed it by two years. The benefits of intensive lifestyle changes were especially pronounced in the elderly. People age 60... (Science Daily)
Dieting 'keeps diabetes at bay' Oct 29, 2009
The Lancet report notes it was the dieters who reaped the most benefit ... Dr Anoop MisraLancet editorial. (BBC News -- Americas)
Diet, Exercise Thwart Diabetes: Study Oct 29, 2009
But new research, published in the Oct. 29 online edition of The Lancet, shows that losing weight and exercising can delay or prevent the onset of diabetes more effectively than the prescription drug metformin or a placebo. "Interventions that result in weight loss lower the risk of diabetes, and that lower risk appears to persist for a long period of time," said study author Dr. William C. Knowler of the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Diabetes program shows promise Oct 29, 2009
The study is published online today in the The Lancet, a medical journal. Overall results show that participants randomly assigned to make lifestyle changes had more favorable cardiovascular risk factors including lower blood pressure and triglyceride levels, despite taking fewer drugs to control heart disease risk. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Adding Chemo Helps Head, Neck Cancer Patients Oct 29, 2009
The findings show the long-term benefit of non-platinum chemotherapy drugs, which are "inexpensive, relatively easy to deliver, and have lower toxicity than platinum therapies ... [which] considerably improves the likelihood of completing treatment, essential for improving the chances of a cure," wrote the U.K. Head and Neck Cancer Group researchers in their report published in the Oct. 27 online edition of The Lancet Oncology ... SOURCE: The Lancet Oncology, news release, Oct. 27, 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Antipsychotic Drugs Spur Dramatic Weight Gain in Kids Oct 28, 2009
What's more, a 2008 report in The Lancet suggested that some of these drugs -- sometimes called "second-generation" antipsychotics -- may be no better than older, "first-generation" medicines. The authors concluded that each drug must be weighed individually based on its efficacy and side effects. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Are you at risk for a sudden heart attack? Oct 28, 2009
According to the 2004 INTERHEART study in the Lancet, stress is one of three main risk factors for coronary artery disease, and is responsible for a fifth of heart attacks worldwide. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
Obama: Health Care Reform Closer than Ever Oct 28, 2009
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Gene therapy experiment restores sight in a few Oct 27, 2009
"All 12 patients given gene therapy in one eye showed improvement in retinal function," Dr Katherine High of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and colleagues wrote in a report to be released at the same time by the Lancet medical journal. LCA causes the retina to degenerate and the researchers found that the younger the patient treated with the therapy, the better the effects. (MSNBC -- Health)
No ghost stories found in the history of Provincial House Oct 27, 2009
This technique is visible in the [building s] height, the intricate stone trim, the lancet windows, the clock tower, the crenelated roof, [and] the arched entrance, a pamphlet written by Sister Frances Mary Rutt said. She said another example is the hammer beam ceiling made out of solid oak in the chapel. (The Current Online, MO)
Gene Therapy Cures a Form of Blindness Oct 27, 2009
Their study was published online by The Lancet on Saturday, coinciding with a presentation at a conference of American ophthalmologists in San Francisco ... In an analysis also carried by The Lancet, Frans Cremers and Rob Collin of Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands predicted a major boost for further gene therapy trials. (Newsmax)
Gene Therapy Restores Vision in Blind Children Oct 26, 2009
Younger patients appeared to respond best to the treatment, which involves injecting the eye with genetic material "piggybacked" on a virus, the researchers wrote in a paper released in the medical journal Lancet ... Though the research on the treatment is still in its early phases and the results thus far have been based on only a few treated patients, the findings hold great promise, according to a commentary accompanying the Lancet paper. (ABC News)
Gene therapy helps eyesight for 12 with rare visual defect Oct 26, 2009
The study, by researchers at the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was published online by the journal Lancet. The 12 patients suffered from Leber s congenital amaurosis, which affects about 130,000 worldwide. (Boston Globe)
1 shot of gene therapy and children with congenital blindness can now see Oct 25, 2009
The study team reported their findings today in an online article in The Lancet. "Children who were treated with gene therapy are now able to walk and play just like any normally sighted child," said co-first author Albert M. Maguire, M.D., an associate professor of Ophthalmology at Penn and a physician at Children's Hospital. (EurekAlert!)
Eye gene therapy boost for young Oct 25, 2009
The study, published in The Lancet, builds on work carried out by doctors at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital. The eye is proving to be a particularly successful target for gene therapy. (BBC News -- Health)
Diabetes drug helps obese adults loss weight Oct 24, 2009
Obese adults may shed more weight with the diabetes drug liraglutide than with the weight-loss drug orlistat (Xenical, Alli), suggests a study in The Lancet this week. The finding that liraglutide was superior to orlistat was "unexpected," Dr. Arne Astrup, from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, told Reuters Health. (MSNBC -- Health)
Diabetes Drug Helps Obese Lose Weight Oct 24, 2009
A hormone drug licensed for diabetes also helps obese people lose weight when used in combination with a low-fat diet and physical exercise, according to a trial published online on Friday by The Lancet ... He is also an advisor to liraglutide's manufacturers, the Danish company Novo Nordisk A/S. The study data was vetted by The Lancet, a peer-reviewed journal ... He is also an advisor to liraglutide's manufacturers, the Danish company Novo Nordisk A/S. The study data was vetted by The Lancet, a... (Newsmax)
Diabetes drug 'trumps fat pill' Oct 24, 2009
Not only does the drug appear to curb hunger, it also reduces type 2 diabetes risk factors, the Lancet study found ... " Professor Astrup has received funding from Novo Nordisk, but is regarded as an authoritative voice on obesity. In an accompanying editorial in the Lancet, Dr George Bray of the division of clinical obesity at Louisiana State University, said he was optimistic the promise of the new generation of anti-obesity drugs "will be fulfilled". But he warned: "Whether long-term use of... (BBC News -- Health)
A labor of love - and low pay Oct 23, 2009
A RECENT report in the medical journal The Lancet estimates that half the babies born in the United States this year will live to age 100. That means plenty more work for people like Evelyn Coke. (Boston Globe)
SAGE launches Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease Oct 22, 2009
Editor in Chief, Philip Sambrook OAM, has published over 270 peer reviewed papers including invited editorials in the New England Journal of Medicine, British Medical Journal and The Lancet. In addition he is the current President of the Australian ealand Bone al Society, on the Committee of Scientific Advisors of The International Osteoporosis Foundation, and on the Board of the International Bone and Mineral Society. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Stroke Treatment Window May Allow a Bit More Time Oct 22, 2009
The study was released online Oct. 20 in advance of publication in the December print issue of The Lancet ... SOURCE: The Lancet, news release, Oct. 20, 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Can UK scientists keep us alive till 100? Oct 21, 2009
About half of the babies born in Western countries today will live until they are 100 years old, according to recent research published in the medical journal The Lancet, so the challenge is to ensure they remain active throughout their old age. While most of us will live longer than our parents and grandparents, the aging population means that in coming decades more people will suffer from age-related conditions such as osteoarthritis, heart disease and chronic back pain. (CNN -- World)
* The truth about sleeping with baby Oct 20, 2009
The new study, she says, is just one study (although in a Lancet 2006 paper the Bristol team also found a link to drink and drugs). George Haycock, professor emeritus of pediatrics at St Georges hospital in London, who is the foundations scientific advisor, points to nine previous studies that have looked at co-sleeping and cot death and concluded that sharing a bed is risky. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bowel Disease Drugs Increase Cancer Risk Oct 20, 2009
Statistical analysis showed that patients receiving thiopurines -- like azathioprine produced by several generic drugmakers and by GlaxoSmithKline as Imuran -- had a more than five-fold increased risk of lymphoma compared with those who had never received the drugs, the researchers said in a study published in The Lancet journal. Older male patients with a longer history of inflammatory bowel disease also had increased lymphoma cancer risk. (MEDLINEplus)
Comparing facts (20) Oct 19, 2009
Fact #3, Kramers almost direct quote is in a respected medical journal, The Lancet, in an article co-written by Dr. Emanuel and two others, entitled: Principles for Allocation of Scarce Medical Interventions. They evaluate the ethics of allocating scarce resources such as organs for transplant. (Boerne Star, TX)
Who uses cannabis? Oct 18, 2009
Nearly four percent of adults around the world use cannabis, even though the drug raises many major health concerns, according to a paper published in The Lancet on Friday. It cited figures from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, which estimated that in 2006 there were 166 million users of cannabis aged from 15-64, or 3. (iAfrica.com)
Tylenol After Shots May Dull Vaccine's Effect Oct 17, 2009
After booster doses at 12 to 15 months, children who received acetaminophen to ward off fever still had reduced immune responses to the vaccines against pneumococcal disease, Hib, and tetanus, the investigators reported in the Oct. 17 issue of The Lancet. "To our knowledge, such an effect of prophylactic [acetaminophen] on post-immunization immune responses has not been documented before," the researchers said. (ABC News)
North America, Australia Top Countries for Pot-Smoking Oct 17, 2009
North Americans and Australians are among the tops in the world for pot-smoking, according to a paper published in the British medical journal, The Lancet. It's estimated that more than 8 percent of people ages 15-64 in North America and Australian use marijuana at least once a year. (Fox News)
Paracetamol dampens vaccine effect in kids: Study Oct 17, 2009
While the paracetamol, known as acetaminophen in the United States, generally does limit post-vaccination fever, it also reduces the childs response to some of the vaccine antigens, according to a study in the Lancet journal. Mothers in developed countries whose babies have a series of routine vaccinations at around the age three months are often told by medical staff to give paracetamol to try to cut the risk of fever or febrile convulsions. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
No paracetamol after jabs, study advises Oct 16, 2009
A UK doctor said the Lancet study backed advice not to use medicines in children without good cause. Study leader Professor Roman Prymula said paracetamol was sometimes given prophylactically to allay parents fears of high fever in children after a vaccination. (BBC News -- Health)
Down under is often world's most high: study Oct 16, 2009
The paper, published in The Lancet, includes a UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimate that cannabis was used by 166 million people, or 3. 9 per cent of the global population aged 15 to 64 years, during 2006. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
