http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Over the last decade, the number of American children who die each year awaiting an organ donation dropped by more than half, new research reveals. And increasing numbers of children are receiving donor organs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-kids-donor-gaps-persist.html Pediatrics Wed, 22 May 2013 16:13:55 EST news288458021 (HealthDay)—There is a significant association between performing surgeons and patient quality of life following radical prostatectomy, according to a study published in the April issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-surgeon-variation-affects-qol-prostatectomy.html Cancer Wed, 15 May 2013 19:50:01 EST news287860907 Researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City have developed and implemented the first real-time electronic screening tool to identify patients with pneumonia to speed up diagnosis and treatment and improve outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-world-real-time-electronic-tool-diagnosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:03 EST news282828727 Heart patients who can't tolerate the side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs may have a new option, according to a new study by researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-alternative-cholesterol-lowering-drug-patients-tolerate.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:04:50 EST news282225884 Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, who studied the DNA of more that 3,500 patients with heart disease, say yes it can. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-length-dna-strands-life.html Medical research Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:45:00 EST news282113073 The use of electronic discharge orders aimed at providing evidence-based decision support and clear instructions to heart failure patients helped increase compliance with quality care measures and lowered hospital readmission rates, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-electronic-discharge-tool-hospital-readmissions.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:28:39 EST news281881713 A new test may help to streamline genetic testing for Huntington Disease (HD) by generating accurate results, avoiding unnecessary additional testing, and improving turnaround time. The test, which uses chimeric or triplet repeat primed PCR (TP PCR) methodology, yielded results that were 100% concordant with standard genotyping methods in an analysis of 246 samples. The high sensitivity and specificity of the test could reduce the number of false negative results and facilitate both diagnosis and prognosis by correctly sizing the genetic abnormality characteristic of HD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-huntington-disease.html Genetics Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:09:22 EST news279947344 A simple, inexpensive blood test performed on trauma patients upon admission can help doctors easily identify patients at greatest risk of death, according to a new study by researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-simple-blood-trauma-patients-greatest.html Health Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:20:01 EST news277661804 Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC said Wednesday that is acquiring vitamin and nutrition supplement maker Schiff Nutrition International Inc. for $1.4 billion, topping an earlier bid by Bayer AG. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-reckitt-vitamin-company-schiff-14b.html Other Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:26:57 EST news272741190 Some heart attack patients end up back in the hospital just weeks after going home. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but doctors haven't had a reliable way to predict which patients will return—until now. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-tool-doctors-heart-patients-hospitalization.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:00:01 EST news271336986 "Off label" drugs are medications that have not been tested for safety or efficacy for a specific patient age or condition. New research presented Oct. 21 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans found that off-label treatments were ordered for 96 percent of all pediatric patients, and 100 percent of patients ages 13-17, in the intensive care unit of an urban children's hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-off-label-medications-pediatric-intensive-patients.html Medications Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:25:05 EST news270015752 Many survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers avoid routine medical care because it's too expensive, despite the fact that most have health insurance. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The results indicate that expanding insurance coverage for young cancer survivors may be insufficient to safeguard their long-term health without efforts to reduce their medical cost burdens. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-young-cancer-survivors-forgo-medical.html Cancer Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:44:59 EST news267677090 Severely obese patients who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery had significant weight loss that was sustained for an average of 6 years after the surgery and also experienced frequent remission and lower incidence of diabetes, hypertension, and abnormal cholesterol levels, compared to participants who did not have the surgery, according to a study in the September 19 issue of JAMA, and theme issue on obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-long-term-gastric-bypass-surgery-higher.html Diabetes Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:08:05 EST news267185279 A study that used a Utah genealogic database and a statewide cancer registry to examine the relationship between Parkinson disease (PD) and cancer suggests an increased risk of prostate cancer and melanoma in patients with PD and their relatives, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-association-parkinson-disease-cancer.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:00:12 EST news265890409 Thousands of veterans and warfighters returning to the U.S. suffer with limb amputations, and for many, standard prosthetics are not an option. Skin issues or short remaining-limb length can cause amputees to forgo the typical socket-type attachment systems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-utah-prosthetic-implant.html Medical research Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:10:20 EST news262602612 A new study published in Spine shows that early treatment by a physical therapist for low back pain (LBP), as compared to delayed treatment, was associated with reduced risk of subsequent healthcare utilization and lower overall healthcare costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-early-physical-therapist-treatment-healthcare.html Health Fri, 25 May 2012 14:58:32 EST news257176701 Multidrug-resistant pathogens are becoming more frequent, and the few "last resort" treatments available for infections with these bacteria have also shown an increase in use in recent years, according to a study published May 16 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-resort-antibiotics-increasingly-multidrug-resistant-bugs.html Medications Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:15 EST news256405963 Investigators have identified a human chromosome containing a specific gene associated with susceptibility to herpes simplex labialis (HSL), the common cold sore. Published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases and now available online, the study looks at how several genes may affect the severity of symptoms and frequency of this common infection. The findings, if confirmed, could have implications for the development of new drugs to treat outbreaks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-specific-gene-linked-cold-sore.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:28:41 EST news238994797 In a first of its kind study, researchers have found that using two way audio-video telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that don't have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. The research is published in the September 14, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-good-news-rural-patients-virtual.html Neuroscience Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:29:43 EST news235236545