News tagged with medical evaluation


International research finds heart disorder genetic variants in stillbirth cases

In a molecular genetic evaluation involving 91 cases of intrauterine fetal death, mutations associated with susceptibility to long QT syndrome (LQTS; a heart disorder that increases the risk for an irregular heartbeat and ...

Genetics created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: No significant rise in seizure risk from common kids' vaccine

(HealthDay) -- Children who receive a combination vaccine known as DTaP-IPV-Hib have no significant increased risk of febrile seizure, a convulsion triggered by a fever, during the week after vaccination, ...

Medications created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Studies identify most common causes, risk factors for stillbirth

Common causes for stillbirth include obstetric complications and placental abnormalities, while factors that could be known at the start of pregnancy, such as previous stillbirth or pregnancy loss, were associated with an ...

Medical research created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combination of available tests helps predict Alzheimer's disease risk

With age, forgetfulness and other signs of memory loss sometimes appear, prompting elderly individuals to seek a medical evaluation amid fears that they may be experiencing early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Child-size mannequin: Hands-on training spares real patients

Rice University bioengineering students have modified a child-size training mannequin to give medical students hands-on pediatric experience so that real patients can be spared further stress and pain.

Other created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lessons from major heart trial need implementation

A NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center review of almost 500,000 cardiac cases nationally shows that the clinically indicated medical therapy reported in a widely publicized study was lost in translation ...

Cardiology created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors don't ask about end-of-life plans, study finds

(HealthDay)—There is a lack of communication between doctors and their elderly patients about end-of-life plans, a new Canadian study reveals.

Health created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Small physician practices that care for children unprepared to become medical homes

Primary care practices around the country are being encouraged and even paid to become "medical homes," but small practices might be at a significant disadvantage in this race to improve health care for children, according ...

Pediatrics created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA approves drug for older women experiencing painful sex

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to treat postmenopausal women who experience pain during sex, the agency announced Tuesday.

Medications created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Upper lumbar disc space related to hip pain

(HealthDay)—Disc space narrowing at disc levels L1/L2 and L2/L3, visible on lumbar radiographs, may help to identify hip pain patients whose pain originates in the lumbar spine, according to research published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Not all holiday spice is nice, says toxicologist: Cinnamon, nutmeg and marshmallows abused for cheap thrills

(Medical Xpress)—Watch your kitchen cupboards this season as thrill seekers look to common holiday baking ingredients for a rise – cinnamon, nutmeg and even marshmallows are the primary ingredients in an increasingly ...

Health created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

FDA: Omontys injection pulled from market

(HealthDay)—Affymax Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited of Deerfield, Ill., have voluntarily recalled all lots of Omontys Injection, used to treat anemia in adult dialysis ...

Medications created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bias may exist in rating of medical trainees

Peter Yeates, M.B.B.S., M.Clin.Ed., of the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and colleagues conducted a study to examine whether observations of the performance of postgraduate year 1 physicians influence raters' ...

Other created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop new method for identifying lung nodules

Pulmonary nodules are common, but few studies of lung nodule identification and clinical evaluation have been performed in community settings. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Southern California identified 7,112 patients ...

Cancer created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Grassroots "networks" succeed in recruiting kidney donors, Hopkins program shows

Johns Hopkins researchers say a program they developed that uses personal advocates and community networks to find organ donors for friends and loved ones who need kidney transplants resulted in success for nearly half of ...

Other created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0