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Bleeding risk from aneurysm high in hemorrhagic AVM radiosurgery

In patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery for hemorrhagic arteriovenous malformations, endovascular or surgical strategies that reduce bleeding risk should be used if an aneurysm is found, advise US researchers.

24 Aug 2012

Incidence of early-onset schizophrenia ‘increasing’

The incidence of diagnosed early-onset schizophrenia has increased in recent years, study results show.

24 Aug 2012

Study highlights importance of using appropriately treated water for sinus irrigation

When water containing the Naegleria fowleri ameba, a single-celled organism, enters the nose, the organisms may migrate to the brain, causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a very rare-but usually fatal-disease. A new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases describes the first reported cases in the United States implicating nasal irrigation using disinfected tap water in these infections.

24 Aug 2012

Close contact strategy does not work for young people after suicide attempts

Researchers, doctors and patients tend to agree that during the high-risk period after an attempted suicide, the treatment of choice is close contact, follow-up and personal interaction in order to prevent a tragic repeat. Now, however, new research shows that this strategy does not work. These surprising results from Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark and the University of Copenhagen have just been published in the British Medical Journal.

24 Aug 2012

Gibbons use same vocal techniques as professional soprano singers

Have you ever heard an opera singing ape? Researchers in Japan have discovered that singing gibbons use the same vocal techniques as professional soprano singers. The study, published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, explains how recording gibbons singing under the influence of helium gas reveals a physiological similarity to human voices.

24 Aug 2012

New disease causes AIDS-like symptoms but not spread through virus

"Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV," the Associated Press reports.

24 Aug 2012

Study shows how cancer survival rates developed in West Germany

Data from the 1970s and 1980s show that people affected by cancer survived significantly longer in West Germany than cancer patients behind the Iron Curtain.

24 Aug 2012

UK carotid endarterectomy results revealed

Round 4 of the UK Carotid Endarterectomy Audit, organized by the Royal College of Physicians, has revealed that the average delay from stroke or transient ischemic attack symptom onset to surgery is shortening.

23 Aug 2012

Concern over ameba-infested tap water deaths

People with sinusitis who regularly treat their condition using nasal irrigation should be aware of a potential contamination risk associated with using inadequately filtered tap water, say US researchers.

23 Aug 2012

Inappropriate prescriptions for the elderly prevalent in primary care

One in five prescriptions in primary care for the elderly is inappropriate, say the authors of a systematic review.

23 Aug 2012

Hand-held CO2 monitors could improve school air quality

A new hand-held sensor may be the answer to improving air quality in schools, say researchers.

23 Aug 2012

Adult surgery rescues overcorrected club foot deformity

Study findings support the use of supramalleolar osteotomy for patients with hindfoot valgus or subtalar joint deformity following an overcorrected clubfoot.

23 Aug 2012

Novel questionnaire reliably assesses antiepileptic adverse effects in children

The adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs can be reliably measured in children from across the epilepsy spectrum in clinical and research settings with the novel Pediatric Epilepsy Side Effects Questionnaire, say US scientists.

23 Aug 2012

Poor affect recognition may not predict psychosis in high-risk patients

Decreased affect recognition is associated with psychosis vulnerability, but it is not a marker of conversion to psychosis in high-risk individuals, researchers report.

23 Aug 2012

Annual follow up after ESD for early gastric cancer recommended

Almost all recurrent lesions in gastric epithelial cancer could be cured by endoscopic submucosal resection with annual follow-up exams, say the authors of a Japanese study.

23 Aug 2012

Schizophrenia patients benefit from text message reminders

A text message-based service may help improve medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia, researchers report.

23 Aug 2012

Nicotine dependence risk increased in bipolar disorder

Adults with mood and anxiety disorders are significantly more likely to be smokers than the general population, a US study of data from the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions shows.

23 Aug 2012

Salivary IL-6 could predict recurrence after surgery in mouth cancer patients

Salivary levels of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 could be a useful predictor for locoregional recurrence in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients who are treated surgically, report researchers.

23 Aug 2012

Nonoperative management of inflamed gallbladder may be best for elderly

Medical rather than surgical management of acute cholecystitis – or inflamed gallbladder – may be the most appropriate option for elderly patients who may be unsuitable for surgery, report researchers.

23 Aug 2012

Fizzy tablet is best method to receive fentanyl for cancer pain

Results of a mixed treatment comparison show that fentanyl in the form of an effervescent buccal tablet can better relieve the intensity of breakthrough cancer pain in the first 60 minutes after dosing compared with other fentanyl formulations.

23 Aug 2012