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Mephedrone may cause memory loss

The party drug mephedrone can cause lasting damage to the brain, according to new research led by the University of Sydney.

19 Sep 2012

Visual clue to ICH outcomes

Persistent conjugate eye deviation predicts poor outcomes in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, say researchers.

19 Sep 2012

Extreme temperatures affect cardiac mortality

Extreme temperatures experienced during cold spells and heat waves may increase a person’s risk for premature death from cardiovascular disease, say researchers.

19 Sep 2012

Alendronate decreases BMD loss in prostate cancer

Weekly administration of oral biphosphonate alendronate could reduce loss of bone mineral density in prostate cancer patients who start androgen-deprivation therapy, show study findings.

19 Sep 2012

Bilateral pediatric sinusitis takes longer to heal after surgery

Children should be evaluated for an extended period after undergoing bilateral endoscopic sinus surgery, show findings from a retrospective study.

19 Sep 2012

Inhaled pain relief effective in first labor stage

A Cochrane review shows that inhaled pain relief is more effective than no pain relief at all in reducing pain intensity during the first stage of labor, say researchers.

19 Sep 2012

MRD monitoring falls short in childhood AML assessment

Measuring treatment response by minimal residual disease monitoring offers no more prognostic value than morphologic analysis in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), show study findings.

19 Sep 2012

Phonologic awareness impacts receptive vocabulary in kids with CIs

Children with cochlear implants experience developmental delays in phonologic awareness and nonword repetition, research shows.

19 Sep 2012

Viral cause excluded for chronic fatigue syndrome

New research suggests that chronic fatigue syndrome does not occur as a result of infection with xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or polytropic murine leukemia virus.

19 Sep 2012

Alexithymia linked to white matter integrity in schizophrenia

Increased levels of alexithymia among patients with schizophrenia are associated with reductions in white matter integrity in specific regions of the corpus callosum, researchers report.

19 Sep 2012

Mood disorder, anxiety risk elevated in children with mood disordered parents

Children with a parental history of bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder are at increased risk for any mood or anxiety disorder, research shows.

19 Sep 2012

Social threat reveals self-esteem mismatch in social anxiety disorder adolescents

Adolescents with social anxiety disorder have a marked discrepancy between implicit and explicit self-esteem following a social threat, such as being asked to give a speech, the results of a German study indicate.

19 Sep 2012

Reduced-intensity benefits confirmed for AML cell transplantation

Reduced-intensity conditioning reduces toxicity associated with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia without affecting long-term outcomes, show results from the first randomized trial of this treatment.

19 Sep 2012

Mushroom compound lengthens lives of dogs with cancer, has human potential

Dogs with splenic hemangiosarcoma had significantly delayed metastatic progression and lived longer than any previously recorded time after treatment with an extract of the mushroom Coriolus versicolor, report US investigators.

19 Sep 2012

Fecal incontinence remains a problem after laparoscopic surgery

Fecal incontinence improves after surgery for rectal prolapse, but research shows that the degree of improvement is quite low.

19 Sep 2012

Age at diabetes onset linked to macular edema onset

Older age at onset of Type 1 diabetes significantly increases the risk for developing clinically significant macular edema, show study findings.

19 Sep 2012

i-gel airway device provides reliable anesthesia ventilation

The i-gel supraglottic airway device provides reliable ventilation in patients under anesthesia, results of a prospective multicentre observational study show.

19 Sep 2012

Delirium widespread among older people but often goes ignored and untreated

Delirium is widespread among older people but often goes ignored and untreated, according to new research by US and UK researchers including the University of East Anglia (UEA).

19 Sep 2012

BPA exposure not likely to cause obesity, finds study

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issued the following statement in response to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by Leonardo Trasande, M.D., New York University, et al, and scheduled to be discussed at a media briefing on Tuesday, September 18.

19 Sep 2012