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Dementia: a guide to improving quality of care in general hospitals
By Mike Broad - 2nd September 2010
For someone who has a dementia, who may be on the edge of his or her limits of coping at home in a familiar environment, who is seeing the same people and doing the same things eac ...
Rheumatology: hormone replacement in joint fluid regenerative
Evidentia - 6th August 2010
Hormone replacement with testosterone in men and oestrogen in women appears to have a positive effect on the regenerative potential of cartilage tissue, according to a study publis ...
Oncology: breast cancer gene linked to ovarian cancer in Western Sweden
Evidentia - 6th August 2010
A new study has shown a startling link between ovarian cancer and a rare gene mutation that causes breast cancer in a Swedish region with above average cancer rates. Previous rese ...
Dermatology: online dermatology treatment for acne is effective
Evidentia - 6th August 2010
Acne patients who received online treatment from dermatologists had similar outcomes to patients who were treated in the doctor's office, a new study finds. Patients who particip ...
Psychiatry: the dos and don'ts of assessing major depression in diabetes
Evidentia - 6th August 2010
It is increasingly recognised that depression constitutes a significant long-term complication of diabetes and is associated with debilitating rates of reduced quality of life, poo ...
Cardiology: a diet high in B vitamins lowers heart risks for women
Evidentia - 22nd July 2010
Eating more foods containing the B vitamins folate and B6 lowers the risk of death from stroke and heart disease for women and may reduce the risk of heart failure in men, accordin ...
Oncology: dutasteride reduces prostate cancer risk in high-risk men
Evidentia - 22nd July 2010
Dutasteride, already FDA-approved to shrink a benign, enlarged prostate, reduced the risk of a prostate cancer diagnosis by 23% in high-risk men in a large, international trial, re ...
Rheumatology: behavioural problems in childhood doubles pain risk later
Evidentia - 22nd July 2010
Bad behaviour in childhood is associated with long-term, chronic widespread pain in adult life, according to the findings of a study following nearly 20,000 people from birth in 19 ...
Dermatology: psoriasis co-morbidity increases over time review shows
Evidentia - 22nd July 2010
Patients with psoriasis have multiple co-morbid conditions that tend to worsen over time, data from a review of medical records showed. At baseline, psoriasis patients had signific ...
Diabetes: has HbA1c in diabetes diagnosis been a change for the better?
Evidentia - 22nd July 2010
Since it was first introduced in the mid to late 1990s, measurement of plasma levels of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) has become a widely used clinical tool for diagnosis and monito ...
Medico-legal: European Commission to review clinical trials directive
Evidentia - 10th July 2010
The European Commission has revealed plans to review the EU Clinical Trials Directive which came into force in 2004. The rules governing medical research across Europe have been un ...
Cardiology: ethnic groups show different cardiovascular risk profiles in Canada
Evidentia - 10th July 2010
A study of ethnic groups living in Canada has found striking differences in cardiovascular risk profiles when comparing white, Chinese, South Asian and black populations. Publis ...
Paediatrics: respiratory syncytial virus kills up to 200,000 children per year globally
Evidentia - 10th July 2010
A virus that causes wheezing and pneumonia kills up to two hundred thousand children worldwide each year, researchers reported in a recent issue of The Lancet. The research also r ...
Anaesthetics: new chronic pain guidelines published in the United States
Evidentia - 10th July 2010
The American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Chronic Pain Management has updated its chronic pain guidelines. The new recommendations are designed to help clinicians wh ...
Dermatology: antiseptic bathing of trauma patients reduces infection in intensive care
Evidentia - 10th July 2010
Bathing critically ill trauma patients daily with chlorhexidine significantly reduced healthcare-associated infections, researchers said. In a single-institution, before-and-aft ...
Diabetes: doctors debate whether we should bother with intensive glucose control?
Evidentia - 10th July 2010
Poor glycaemic control is directly associated with the development of complications in Type 2 diabetes patients. However, as international consensus bodies and treatment guideline ...
A report on the 'seed and soil' theory from San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2009
Evidentia - 19th February 2010
Dr Stephen Pagets in an article published in 1889, in The Lancet, wrote: "While many researchers have been studying the seed, the properties of the soil may reveal valuable insight ...
A report on acid related disorders from Gastro 2009, London
Evidentia - 19th February 2010
Low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and NSAIDs are among the most widely used medications in the adult population, and their use is expected to increase. However, the use of lo ...
Poor exercise response in heart failure patients, University of Birmingham research reveals
Evidentia - 19th February 2010
Heart failure patients with a normal left ventricular ejection fraction have an impaired heart rate response to exercise compared with healthy individuals. These patients also h ...
Obesity is the main therapeutic target for type 2 diabetes, say experts
Evidentia - 9th January 2010
An expert panel, which included Professors Edwin Gale, editor of Diabetologia and John Buse, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, US, tackled the issu ...
Hip fracture rate could drop with aggressive osteoporosis prevention
Evidentia - 8th January 2010
Aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the US by 25%, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the recent issue of ...
Unified approach in understanding and managing cancer delivers results
Evidentia - 8th January 2010
The European Academy of Cancer Sciences was launched at the joint ECCO 15-34th ESMO multidisciplinary congress, in Berlin, to provide a unified approach to cancer health and res ...
No link between isotretinoin treatment and inflammatory bowel disease
Evidentia - 8th January 2010
Questions about a link between isotretinoin treatment of acne vulgaris and development or exacerbation of inflammatory bowel disease have been debated in the medical literature, an ...
Benefits of eating fish in the prevention of heart failure questioned by study
Evidentia - 8th January 2010
The much-vaunted health benefits of eating fish have been called into question by a new study which shows no major role for fish in the prevention of heart failure. Researchers say ...
Negative aspirin result for the prevention of vascular events, says study
Evidentia - 8th January 2010
The effectiveness of antiplatelet therapy in preventing major vascular events in patients with known cardiovascular disease is well established but the value of antiplatelets in pr ...