October 30th, 2011 by GarySchwitzer in News, Research
Tags: BMP-2, bone morphogenetic protein-2, Cancer, Charles Rosen, Clinical Trial, Conflicts of Interest, John Fauber, Medical Devices, Medical Ethics, Medtronic, Research, Risk, Spine product, U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Senate Committee
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Reporter John Fauber has published the latest in his “Side Effects” watchdog series, headlined “Doctors didn’t disclose spine product cancer risk in journal: Spine-product paper omitted key data.” Excerpts:
“Doctors paid millions of dollars by Medtronic failed to identify a significant cancer risk with the company’s spine surgery product in a 2009 paper about results of a large clinical trial.
The surgeons left out important data and claimed there was no significant link between the product and cancer.
The company and doctors had become aware of information on Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog*
October 30th, 2011 by John Mandrola, M.D. in Research
Tags: AF, AFib, Age, Atrial Fibrillation, Blood-Thinning, Brain Damage, British Medical Journal, CHA2DS2-VASc score, Circulation, Clot, complication, Congestive Heart Failure, Diabetes, Female, Gender, High Blood Pressure, Risk, Stroke, Stroke Prevention, Thrombosis Haemostasis, Vascular Disease, Women
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You don’t want this…
When it comes to the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation, it pays to be a boy. Sorry, ladies.
An important question came up on my recent post on AF and stroke.
Why does being female give you an automatic point on CHADS2-VASc? I keep seeing it, but I don’t see why that is.
It doesn’t seem intuitive that female AF patients should have more strokes. Why? AF should equal AF.
But it does matter. When it comes to AF and stroke, women are very different.
Here are three references that support the fact that female gender increases the risk of stroke in AF.
–First: Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr John M*
October 29th, 2011 by ChristopherChangMD in Opinion, Research
Tags: Alternative Medicine, Anxiety, Believe, Evidence, Faith, Homeopathy, Medical, Medicine, Mental State, Mind, Placebo, Stress, Treatment
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24 years old female presents with several week history of progressive stomach pains, substernal chest discomfort, heart palpitations, loss of appetite, headache, insomnia, and growing lump sensation in her throat. Physical exam was essentially normal.
Can this previously healthy female have suddenly developed reflux, globus, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, brain tumor, and throat cancer with possible overlying thyroid disorder? Or perhaps has she contracted some other horrific mystery disease?
Maybe…
But maybe none of the above…
What if I told you she will be giving a doctoral dissertation for her Master’s next week for which she is ill-prepared given a recent breakup with her boyfriend of 5 years and a growing distaste of her school classmates who have been less than supportive.
In other words, Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Fauquier ENT Blog*
October 29th, 2011 by Medgadget in Research
Tags: Electronic Nose, Electronic Tongue, food, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, NMR, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Organic Chemistry, Research, Spectroscopy, Taste, Taste Test, Tech, Technology, Tomatoes
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Researchers have successfully tested the abilities of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) to function as a so called “magnetic tongue”. Antonio Randazzo, Anders Malmendal, Ettoro Novellino and their team reported their findings in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Sensing the smell and flavor of food is a very complex physiological and cognitive process. A food’s components and the taster’s experience at the moment of tasting influence the process. To be able to objectively measure the sensory descriptor, one needs human sensory tests not involving persons as taste testers. Examples of human sensory tests currently used are the electronic nose and the electronic tongue. Current instruments can only Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
October 28th, 2011 by DeborahSchwarzRPA in Research
Tags: Cancer, Chest X-Ray, Columbia University, Computed Tomography, CT Scan, Health News, Lung, Lung Cancer, Lung Disease, Lyall A. Gorenstein, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Mortality Rate, National Lung Screening Trial, New York-Presbyterian, Research
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Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD, FRCS (C), FACS
A recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that CT screening reduced deaths from lung cancer by 20%. While it may seem intuitive that screening would help to detect lung cancers and reduce deaths, until now, that had not been definitively proven.
“This is a landmark study,” said Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD, Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, who lauded the study’s design and its clear implications for treating patients at risk for lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, but the merits of screening — whether or not it actually improves patient outcomes – has been a topic of debate for the last 30 years. Dr. Gorenstein believes that Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Columbia University Department of Surgery Blog*
