Posts Tagged ‘patients’
15 years after ACL knee reconstruction, 84 percent of male patients still highly active, study says
Eighty-four percent of males who had ACL knee (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction with a patellar tendon (the tendon that attaches the knee to the front of the tibia or shin bone) graft continue at a high level of activity 15 years later, according to a new study. Additionally, these patients have not developed severe osteoarthritis and their knees remain stable.
Decoding Patient’s Genome Found Gene For Inherited Neurological Disorder CMT
Heralding what they hope is a new era of personalized genomic medicine, experts in the US have identified the gene behind a patient’s inherited neurological disorder, in this case a form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, by sequencing his complete genome. Details of the quest are published online in the 10 March issue of the New England Journal of Medicine…
Medical ID Thefts Can Harm Patients’ Health; Prosecutors Go After Medicare Fraud
News outlets covered different aspects of fraud in the health care system. NPR/KSMU: “Experts say a different type of identity theft is on the rise — one that could compromise both the victim’s credit and physical safety…
Non-drug techniques reduce pain in hospitalized patients
Non-traditional therapies relieve pain among a wide range of hospitalized patients as much as 50 percent, according to a first-of-a-kind study. The study shows that an inpatient integrative medicine program can have a significant impact on pain in an environment where pain management continues to be a major challenge, and traditional medications can have negative consequences.
New Data From Caldolor(R) Study In Burn Patients To Be Presented At 42nd Annual Meeting Of The American Burn Association
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CPIX) announced that data from a recent study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Caldolor® (ibuprofen) Injection in treating pain and fever in hospitalized burn patients will be presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Boston…
Updating Risk Factors For Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
A new study published in the March issue of Anesthesiology raises awareness for an additional risk category for patients undergoing routine coronary artery bypass surgery – low to moderate levels of inflammation. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a recognized marker of systemic inflammation, routinely measured in patients to assess their risk for heart attack…
Multi-Center Data In A Large Series Of Patients Show Vertebroplasty Provides Dramatic And Lasting Pain Relief For Vertebral Compression Fractures
The results of a study of more than 4500 patients from six Italian EVEREST (European Vertebroplasty Research Team) Centers (Dr. G.C. Anselmetti-Candiolo Torino, Dr. G. Bonaldi-Bergamo, Dr. P. Carpeggiani-Pisa, Dr. S. Masala-Roma, Dr. M…
Behavioral Therapy Improves Sleep And Lives Of Patients With Pain
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia significantly improved sleep for patients with chronic neck or back pain and also reduced the extent to which pain interfered with their daily functioning, according to a study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers…
Protecting Patients: Study Shows That Johns Hopkins Flu Vaccination Rates Are Twice The National Average
A campaign that makes seasonal flu vaccinations for hospital staff free, convenient, ubiquitous and hard to ignore succeeds fairly well in moving care providers closer to a state of “herd” immunity and protecting patients from possible infection transmitted by health care workers, according to results of a survey at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. In a report published in the Feb…
Young patients with chronic illnesses find relief in acupuncture
Some doctors are now offering pediatric patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses acupuncture therapy to help ease the pain and negative side effects like nausea, fatigue and vomiting caused by chronic health conditions and intensive treatments.
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