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A significant proportion of breast cancer survivors have chronic fatigue

UK study results show that over a third of breast cancer survivors have cancer-related fatigue syndrome and that these women have significantly lower subjective quality of life and mood than their nonfatigued peers.

6 Sep 2012

Hopes dashed for ginkgo biloba in Alzheimer’s disease

The GuidAge trial of ginkgo biloba extract in people with evidence of memory problems confirms that the treatment does not reduce their risk for progression to Alzheimer’s disease.

6 Sep 2012

Alzheimer’s disease is not prevented by ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo biloba extract does not significantly reduce the likelihood of diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in older people, according to the results of the largest ever Alzheimer’s prevention study in Europe, published in The Lancet Neurology.

6 Sep 2012

Better recognition of rising burden of cancer in Africa needed

Cancer kills more than seven million people a year throughout the world. This is more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, and African countries, which carry a large part of the burden, are the least able of all developing countries to cope with the challenges it presents, says a consortium of international cancer organizations.

6 Sep 2012

Workers with job insecurity more likely to report symptoms of anxiety and depression

Workers who perceive their jobs aren't secure are more likely to rate themselves in poor health and have increased symptoms of anxiety and depression, reports the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

6 Sep 2012

Teenage brains being changed by the digital revolution

The digital revolution appears to be changing the adolescent brain to enable it to cope with constant technological stimulation, says visiting U.S. adolescent brain researcher Dr Jay Giedd.

6 Sep 2012

Study examines relationship between life events and survival after diagnosis of melanoma

A study that is published in the last issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics examines the relationship between life events and survival after diagnosis of melanoma, a life-threatening cancer of the skin. Negative, undesirable events are important for health outcomes.

6 Sep 2012

Study sheds light on lingering effects of natural disasters, mass shootings and terrorist attacks

Repeated exposure to violent images from the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the Iraq War led to an increase in physical and psychological ailments in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, according to a new UC Irvine study.

6 Sep 2012

Two UNC autism researchers receive $12.6 million in grants from ACE program

Two autism researchers in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have each been awarded $12.6 million grants in the latest round of funding from the National Institutes of Health's Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) research program.

6 Sep 2012

Exposure to household chemical may raise cardiac risk

Exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid may be associated with cardiovascular disease and peripheral arterial disease, say researchers.

5 Sep 2012

Unemployment barrier to antidiabetic medication adherence

People with diabetes are less likely to adhere to their oral antidiabetic medication if they are unemployed, report researchers.

5 Sep 2012

Corticosteroids needed after DALK to avert stromal rejection

Like those undergoing penetrating keratoplasty, patients treated with deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty may benefit from taking postoperative corticosteroids to prevent stromal rejection, report US researchers.

5 Sep 2012

Voice therapy should be offered to more thyroidectomy patients

Voice problems following surgery to remove the thyroid gland are a common problem reported by patients, but only a minority are offered voice therapy, show results from a US study.

5 Sep 2012

Final push needed to eliminate malaria in Sri Lanka

Malaria has almost been eliminated in Sri Lanka, say researchers, who hope that the disease will be completely eradicated from the island by 2014.

5 Sep 2012

Predictors for pain after breast cancer surgery unveiled

Researchers have identified that chronic preoperative pain, axillary surgery, and psychologic robustness significantly predict acute pain outcomes after breast cancer surgery.

5 Sep 2012

Kidney stones signal poor renal prognosis

People who develop kidney stones may be at an increased risk for developing serious kidney disease later in life, report researchers.

5 Sep 2012

Sacral neuromodulation cost-effective for fecal incontinence

Sacral neuromodulation is less costly than dynamic graciloplasty and artificial bowel sphincter for the treatment of fecal incontinence, show the results of a Dutch health economics study.

5 Sep 2012

On-the-spot test aids postsurgical coagulopathy management

Point-of-care thromboelastometric and aggregometric testing helps to reduce exposure to allogenic blood products in patients with coagulopathy after cardiac surgery, a randomized trial shows.

5 Sep 2012

Arsenic induces acute promyelocytic leukemia remission

Elderly patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia have a high rate of response to arsenic trioxide, say researchers who believe the drug should be a first-line treatment in this population.

5 Sep 2012