Medical Updates

The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with subcortical stroke according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241210.php

Tweet

Tags: health, news, subcortical, stroke, according, with, patients, bleeding, death, late, breaking, International, Conference, Association, American, research, presented, risk, increase, adds, drug, clopidogrel, regimen, clot, anti, blood, The, Plavix, strokes, may, recurrent, prevent, treatment, unlikely, aspirin, Stroke

Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk of developing colon cancer wh ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241200.php

Tweet

Tags: health, news, found, rats, given, CJPP, Pharmacology, Journal, Physiology, multivitamin, showed, they, exposed, when, developing, significantly, lower, Canadian, published, reduce, help, diet, Could, vitamin, use, study, against, protect, mineral, supplements, risk, carcinogens, cancer, colon, regular

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that multiple exposures to anesthesia at a young age are associated with higher rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children exposed to two or more anesthetics before age 3 had more than double the incidence of ADHD than children who had no exposure, says David Warner, M.D... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241141.php

Tweet

Tags: health, news, two, or, David, exposed, Children, disorder, Mayo, anesthetics, before, children, who, incidence, double, says, exposure, hyperactivity, deficit, exposures, anesthesia, multiple, found, Clinic, researchers, young, Warner, rates, attention, higher, with, are, associated, no, ADHD, age, more, had, than

Increased exposure to sunlight may reduce the risk of both food allergies and eczema in children, according to a new scientific study... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241212.php

Tweet

Tags: health, news, children, eczema, according, new, study, scientific, allergies, food, sunlight, exposure, may, reduce, both, risk, Increased

According to an analysis of complaints in the latest edition of inpractice, the Medical Defense Union's journal that appears twice a year and is aimed at GP practice manager members covering topics like complaints, RCN indemnity changes and dealing with estranged parents, over 90% of 2,410 complaints made by GP members in the year April 2009/2010 s ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241158.php

Tweet

Tags: health, news, changes, dealing, with, indemnity, RCN, topics, like, estranged, parents, been, resolved, locally, seem, April, over, made, covering, manager, inpractice, Medical, Defense, edition, latest, an, analysis, Union, journal, According, practice, aimed, appears, twice, GP, members, year, complaints

According to an investigation published on bmj.com, hip fractures are 35% more likely to occur in post-menopausal women if they take indigestion medications, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). This figure rises to 50% if the women are former or current smokers. Globally, PPIs are one of the most prevalent drugs used, and are often used to tre ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241116.php

Tweet

Tags: health, news, current, smokers, rises, figure, proton, pump, inhibitors, Globally, one, acid, reflex, heartburn, treat, often, most, prevalent, drugs, According, known, hip, fractures, more, bmj, on, an, investigation, published, medications, likely, take, occur, they, menopausal, indigestion, post, PPIs, used, if, women, are

Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241035.php

Tweet

Tags: health, news, number, alone, generation, just, kids, this, quadrupled, has, country, means, That, children, five, about, Today, United, States, are, obese, one

Although women over age 50 who become pregnant via egg donation are at an elevated risk for developing obstetrical complications, their complication rates are similar to those of younger recipients, according to a study by Columbia University Medical Center researchers to be published in the February 2012 issue of the American Journal of Perinatolo ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241021.php

Tweet

Tags: health, news, study, Columbia, University, according, recipients, similar, those, younger, Medical, Center, American, Journal, Perinatology, issue, February, researchers, be, published, rates, complication, pregnant, via, egg, become, who, over, age, donation, Although, obstetrical, complications, their, developing, risk, an, elevated, women, are

A national study of Medicaid data shows most young people who present to emergency departments with deliberate self-harm are discharged to the community, without receiving an emergency mental health assessment. Even more, a roughly comparable proportion of these patients receive no outpatient mental health care in the following month... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240976.php

Tweet

Tags: health, news, more, roughly, comparable, Even, assessment, without, receiving, an, proportion, these, care, following, month, outpatient, no, patients, receive, national, community, who, present, discharged, people, young, shows, most, departments, with, harm, are, study, Medicaid, deliberate, self, data, emergency, mental, health