Patient Navigation May Boost Colorectal Cancer Screening WEDNESDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) - Patients with low back pain in the care of primary care physicians or orthopedists who own or lease magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment are more likely to receive an MRI, according to a study published online April 21 in Health Services Research. More Scans for Back Pain by Doctors Who Bill for MRI WEDNESDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) - The extent of contact that medical students have with the pharmaceutical industry is associated with positive attitudes about marketing, according to a review published online May 24 in PLoS Medicine. WEDNESDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) - Psychiatrists are more likely than nonpsychiatrists to prescribe subtherapeutic doses of medication and believe in the clinical value of placebos, according to a study published in the April issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.Ĭontact With Drug Industry Linked to Positive Attitudes More Psychiatrists Believe in Clinical Value of Placebos THURSDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) - Delaying radical prostatectomy by six months or more in men who meet the D'Amico low-risk criteria for prostate cancer is correlated with worse outcomes, according to a study published in the June issue of The Journal of Urology. Surgical Delay Associated With Worse Prostatectomy Outcome THURSDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) - Use of combination cardiovascular medications, or polypills, is associated with significant reductions in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, according to a study published online May 25 in PLoS One. Polypills May Reduce Blood Pressure and LDL Cholesterol Most Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients Develop AnemiaįRIDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) - Anemia develops in the majority of patients who are hospitalized for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBC) is associated with improved outcome, according to a study published in the May issue of Neurosurgery.Ĭhanges in Sleep Duration May Impair Cognitive FunctionįRIDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) - Adverse changes in sleep duration - too little or too much sleep - in middle-aged people may have a detrimental effect on their cognitive function, according to research published in the May 1 issue of SLEEP.
Health-Related Quality of Life Lower in Arthritis SufferersįRIDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) - Adults with arthritis report lower health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than those without the condition, according to research published online April 29 in Arthritis Care & Research.Ībstract Full Text (subscription or payment may be required) Food and Drug Administration to treat diarrhea associated with Clostridium difficile infection.Ĭenters for Disease Control and Prevention TUESDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) - Dificid (fidaxomicin) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat fecal incontinence in adults after other therapies have failed.ĭificid Approved to Treat C. TUESDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) - Solesta gel has been approved by the U.S. Solesta Gel Approved for Fecal Incontinence TUESDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) - Biomarker effects are often overestimated in highly cited studies compared to the effects reported in subsequent meta-analyses of the same associations, according to a review published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.Ībstract Full Text (subscription or payment may be required) Editorial (subscription or payment may be required)
TUESDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) - In older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), bone mineral density (BMD) T score and age or World Health Organization Fracture Risk Algorithm (FRAX) score are associated with increased fracture risk, according to a study published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.Ībstract Full text (subscription or payment may be required)Įffect Estimates May Be Inflated in Biomarker Studies This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and regulatory changes that are the most likely to affect clinical practice.īMD and FRAX Score Tied to Fracture Risk in Diabetes Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Geriatrics for May 2011.