Nursing
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<ѻý>CCSVI Practices Suboptimal but Patients Don't Mindѻý>
DALLAS -- Canadian multiple sclerosis patients who left the country to undergo the controversial procedure called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) often received poor pre- and postoperative care, but most were still relatively satisfied overall, a researcher reported here.
Jun 01, 2014
<ѻý>Gastro Effects Dog Oral MS Drug Tecfideraѻý>
DALLAS -- Large proportions of patients starting on dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) for multiple sclerosis need additional medications to manage the drug's GI and other side effects, and a substantial minority ultimately find the drug intolerable.
May 30, 2014
<ѻý>Vaccines and Biologics: Questions Remainѻý>
Vaccinations for patients with autoimmune diseases -- specifically patients being treated with biologics -- bring with them a variety of issues, including disease-specific, medication-related, and vaccine-associated factors, researchers suggested.
May 24, 2014
<ѻý>Lung Foam Disappoints in COPDѻý>
SAN DIEGO -- A trial of hydrogel-based lung volume reduction therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) complicated by emphysema failed to show consistent enough results and has been abandoned by the agent's developer, researchers said here.
May 20, 2014
<ѻý>Fewer False Positives With ECG for Young Athletesѻý>
SAN FRANCISCO -- When screening high school athletes for cardiac abnormalities, an electrocardiogram (ECG) interpreted using athlete-specific criteria had a lower false-positive rate than a history and physical examination, researchers found.
May 11, 2014
<ѻý>Leadless Pacing Shows Promise, But Hits Snagsѻý>
SAN FRANCISCO -- Longer-term results from the first-in-man study of the Nanostim leadless pacemaker showed the device continued to work as expected, but a postmarketing study in Europe has been temporarily halted following reports of perforations and deaths.
May 10, 2014
<ѻý>Nasogastric Tube May Be Obsolete for GI Bleedsѻý>
CHICAGO -- Placement of a nasogastric tube for determining treatment of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding may be unnecessary since almost all these patients will eventually undergo an endoscopic procedure, researchers argued here.
May 07, 2014
<ѻý>Murder: Another Ambien Side Effect?ѻý>
NEW YORK CITY -- Forensic psychiatrists are facing new challenges with murders committed by people under the influence of the sleep drug zolpidem (Ambien) -- not least to persuade the criminal justice system to take their conclusions seriously.
May 07, 2014
<ѻý>APA Meeting Highlights Mental Health Biologyѻý>
NEW YORK CITY -- The biological basis for normal and abnormal mental function is emerging as a dominant theme in psychiatry research, and the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting that starts here Saturday won't be an exception.
May 01, 2014