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(Medical Xpress)—Patients with the most severe and dangerous form of chronic anorexia are more likely to make a significant improvement towards recovery and stay in therapy if traditional psychological treatments are re-focused from weight gain to quality of life issues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-rethinking-treatment-goals-results-untreatable.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 May 2013 07:40:05 EST news288252713 Researchers at the University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London have shown that exercise is not effective in reducing burden of depression among elderly care home residents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-ineffective-home-depression.html Health Thu, 02 May 2013 06:31:40 EST news286695094 (Medical Xpress)—Wearing a knee brace has been shown to "significantly improve the pain and symptoms" of a type of osteoarthritis affecting the kneecap, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-knee-bracing-significantly-pain-kneecap.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:20:02 EST news285580865 In high income countries brain cooling is standard treatment for neonatal encephalopathy - unexpected, devastating brain injury due to low oxygen and blood in the baby's brain at birth. This therapy reduces mortality and disability. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-brain-cooling-birth-asphyxia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:07:07 EST news283072006 Dietary advice about fats and the risk of heart disease is called into question in BMJ today as a clinical trial shows that replacing saturated animal fats with omega-6 polyunsaturated vegetable fats is linked to an increased risk of death among patients with heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-dietary-fats-heart-disease-guidance.html Cardiology Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:30:01 EST news279305891 (Medical Xpress)—Two treatments most likely to lead to recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have been identified by UK researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-treatments-chronic-fatigue.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:30:02 EST news278841481 A physiotherapy service based on initial telephone assessment has the ability to provide faster access to the service and cut waiting times, a study published today in BMJ suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-physiotherapy-equally-good-patient-results.html Health Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:30:01 EST news278676630 A 48-week course of antiretroviral medication taken in the early stages of HIV infection slows the damage to the immune system and delays the need for long term treatment, according to research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (1). However, the delay was only marginally longer than the time already spent on treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-early-treatment-hiv-immune-transmission.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:00:07 EST news277577675 The results of a pioneering UK-wide clinical trial that compared treatments for patients with a common type of kidney disease has found one to be significantly more effective. The results of the study, published online in The Lancet today, will be recommended to clinicians worldwide as the most effective approach to treating the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-reveal-effective-treatment-common-kidney.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:44:22 EST news276947047 (Medical Xpress)—Skin reactions following radiation therapy for breast cancer have been the focus of a recent clinical trial conducted by Dr Patries Herst from the Department of Radiation Therapy, University of Otago, Wellington and a team of radiation therapists in public hospitals in Dunedin, Wellington and Palmerston North and Auckland Radiation Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-silicone-painful-skin-reactions-breast.html Cancer Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:46:13 EST news270971160 A major three-year trial led by researchers at UCL, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, has shown that giving one-to-one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice as likely to clean their hands or use soap. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-personalized-feedback-healthcare-workers.html Other Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:20:04 EST news270225195 (Medical Xpress)—Chronic pain sufferers may benefit from learning the Alexander Technique in NHS outpatient pain clinics according to a new service evaluation project. More than half of the service users in the study stopped or reduced their use of medications between the start of the lessons and three months, making cost savings to the NHS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-reveals-benefits-alexander-technique-lessons.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:27:00 EST news267344810 A study commencing in the same week as World Blood Donor Day will determine whether blood can be safely collected more frequently than present practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-optimum-frequency-blood-donation.html Other Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:34:45 EST news258968074 Patients with vascular disease are at higher risk of suffering a further event or death. Treatment of vascular risk factors by nurse practitioners is proven to be very effective in reducing this risk although treatment goals are often not reached and it is costly and time-consuming. Previous studies did not show clear beneficial effects but this study looks at one year effect in a relatively large group of patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-online-treatment-beneficial-heart-disease.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:30:02 EST news258721668 Pre-birth exposure to the anti-HIV drug tenofovir does not adversely affect pregnancy outcomes and does not increase birth defects, growth abnormalities, or kidney problems in infants born to African women who are HIV positive, supporting the use of this drug during pregnancy, according to a study by a team of international researchers published in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-anti-hiv-drug-tenofovir-safe-pregnancy.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 15 May 2012 17:00:11 EST news256312370 Adolescents suffering from depression can benefit just as much from specialised computer therapy as they do from one-to-one therapy with a clinician, a study published on bmj.com finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-therapy-young-people-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:00:01 EST news254105017 Applying mild electrical currents to the brain has been shown to be an effective treatment for depression. But could the treatment also benefit people with bipolar disorder? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-treatment-trial-bipolar-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:44:41 EST news253338273 Cognitive therapy reduces the severity of psychotic experiences in adults who are at risk of developing conditions such as schizophrenia, a randomised controlled trial published in the British Medical Journal claims. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cognitive-therapy-severity-distress-psychotic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:30:01 EST news252860687 The use of ultrasound-guided surgery to remove tumours from women who have palpable breast cancer is much more successful than standard surgery in excising all the cancerous tissue while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible, according to the results of a randomised controlled trial. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-ultrasound-guided-surgery-breast-tumours.html Cancer Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:29:54 EST news251713783 A new study by researchers at The University of Nottingham has proved that assessing family medical history is a significant tool in helping GPs spot patients at high risk of heart disease and its widespread use could save lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-family-history-significant-cardiovascular.html Cardiology Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:14:35 EST news249131665 Hot flushes and night sweats (HFNS) affect 65-85% of women after breast cancer treatment; they are distressing, causing sleep problems and decreased quality of life. Hormone replacement therapy is often either undesirable or contraindicated. A new study published Online First by The Lancet Oncology shows that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a safe and effective treatment for these women, with additional benefits to mood, sleep, and quality of life. Furthermore, CBT could be incorporated into breast cancer survivorship programmes and delivered by trained breast cancer nurses, conclude the authors, led by Professor Myra Hunter, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK. The study was funded by Cancer Research UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-safe-effective.html Cancer Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:30:02 EST news248449349 A study carried out by the Primary Care Research Group at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and NIHR PenCLAHRC, has analysed the results of an exercise programme to prevent falls in those with Parkinson's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-falls-parkinson-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:49:44 EST news237631764 The second generation drug-eluting stent Xience V performs well in patients having primary PCI for ST elevation myocardial infarction, and has a better safety profile than that of bare metal stents, according to results of the EXAMINATION (Evaluation of Xience-V stent in Acute Myocardial INfArcTION) trial. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-stent-thrombosis-second-generation-drug-eluting-metal.html Cardiology Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:42:17 EST news233919578 Colchicine, when given in addition to conventional therapy, was more effective than placebo in reducing the incidence of recurrence and the persistence of symptoms of pericarditis in a randomised controlled trial. This is the first time that the efficacy of colchicine in preventing recurrent episodes of pericarditis has been demonstrated in a double-blind multicentre randomised trial. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-colchicine-safe-effective-recurrent-pericarditis.html Cardiology Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:51:08 EST news233837437 Researchers from the Heart Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia, have demonstrated the benefits of the 8-week 'Beating Heart Problems' group programme in a randomised controlled trial. According to Principal Research Fellow at the Centre, Dr Barbara Murphy, depressed participants appear to have benefited from the contact with their non-depressed peers: "In groups for depressed patients, progress can be slow. With our programme, which involved depressed and non-depressed patients in a group together, we saw that the depressed patients improved dramatically. We believe that the 'well' patients were positive role models for the depressed patients, helping them to embrace healthy behaviours and a more positive mood." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-heart-problems-combined-group-therapy.html Cardiology Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:47:44 EST news233837246