(September 27, 2011) – Nearly half of all adults over 20 will experience at least one lower urinary tract symptom by 2018 – an estimated 2.3 billion people and a worldwide increase of 18% in just one decade – according to research in the October issue of the urology journal BJUI.  

  London, Großbritannien (September 23, 2011) – This page lists the opinions adopted at the September 2011 meeting of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) and other important outcomes.  

  Hamburg, Germany (September 22,  2011) – As pain concerns the everyday lives of millions of people worldwide, understanding its mechanisms is crucial to improve patients’ conditions and treatments. In line with this thought, five former winners of the EFIC-Grünenthal Grant (E-G-G) presented insights into the development and progress of their projects at the show
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  Leesburg, VA, USA (September 22, 2011) – Breast imaging reports generated using an automatic speech recognition system are nearly six times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, a new study in Canada shows.  

  Washington, DC, USA (September 22, 2011) — Stereotypes suggest women are more cooperative than men, but an analysis of 50 years of research shows that men are equally cooperative, particularly in situations involving a dilemma that pits the interests of an individual against the interests of a group.  

  Leesburg, VA, USA (September 22, 2011) – Residents who attend conferences that focus on missed or misinterpreted cases are 67% less likely to miss important findings when reading on-call musculoskeletal x-ray images, a new study shows.  

Stockholm, Sweden (September 22, 2011) – Women diagnosed with breast cancer late in life are at greater risk of dying from the disease than younger patients, assuming they survive other age-related conditions, according to a study to be presented at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress on Saturday. The results point to shortcomings in patient
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  Baltimore, Maryland, USA (September 22, 2011) – In a study of complication rates following prostate biopsy among Medicare beneficiaries, Johns Hopkins researchers have found a significant rise in serious complications requiring hospitalization. The researchers found that this common outpatient procedure, used to diagnose prostate cancer, was associated with a 6.9 percent rate of hospitalization
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  Berkeley, CA, USA (September 22, 2011) – Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one’s own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are bringing these futuristic scenarios within reach.  

  Chicago, Ill., USA (September 15, 2011) – Ovarian cancer is a rare but often deadly disease that can strike at any time in a woman’s life. It affects one in 70 women and in the past was referred to as a silent killer, but researchers have found there are symptoms associated with ovarian cancer
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  Washington, DC (September 15, 2011) – To highlight Pain Awareness Month in September, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) — the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging — is announcing two forthcoming publications focused on pain relief and medication for seniors.  

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (September 15, 2011) – The changing tide of Alzheimer’s diagnosis presents new challenges to the public, physicians and lawmakers: if you could find out your Alzheimer’s risk, would you want to know? How should doctors tell you your risk? And what does it mean for the many newly diagnosed Americans still
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  Los Angeles, CA, USA (September 15, 2011) – Treatment with a telaprevir-based combination regimen for hepatitis C – heretofore a chronic, destructive and difficult to manage disease – effectively can be shortened to six months in about two-thirds of patients, finds a new study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.  

  Maastricht, The Netherlands (September 15, 2011) – Small group homes for people with dementia provide good quality care and a domestic environment where people can live as individuals and families can get involved. But tension can arise when it comes to deciding who takes responsibilities for certain practical and caring tasks.  

  Los Angeles (September 15, 2011) – Two newer drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes could be linked to a significantly increased risk of developing pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, and one could also be linked to an increased risk of thyroid cancer, according to a new UCLA study.  

  Granada, Spain, (September 14, 2011) – In Spain, 5-year survival following breast cancer diagnosis is more than 83%. Around 66% suffer fatigue following treatment. A Spanish research establishes the factors associated with tiredness in cancer survivors to improve their quality of life and rehabilitation.  

Ophthalmic antibiotics associated with antimicrobial resistance after intraocular injection therapy   Chicago, Ill., USA (September 12, 2011) – Repeated exposure of the eye to ophthalmic antibiotics appears to be associated with the emergence of resistant strains of microbes among patients undergoing intraocular injection therapy for neovascular retinal disease, according to a report in the September
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  Haifa, Israel (September 12, 2011) – Exposure to the light of white LED bulbs, it turns out, suppresses melatonin 5 times more than exposure to the light of High Pressure Sodium bulbs that give off an orange-yellow light. "Just as there are regulations and standards for ‚classic‘ pollutants, there should also be regulations and
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  St. Paul, Minn., USA (September 12, 2011) – People with high cholesterol may have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the September 13, 2011, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.  

  Utrecht, The Netherlands (September 12, 2011) – Researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, have discovered a substance that has an adverse effect on nearly all types of chemotherapy – making cancer cells insensitive to the treatment. Chemotherapy often loses effectiveness over time. It is often unclear how or why this happens.  

  Chicago, Ill., USA (September 12, 2011) – Intranasal insulin therapy appears to provide some benefit for cognitive function in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease, according to a report published Online First today by Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.  

  Chicago, Ill., USA (September 12, 2011) – Long-term use of nonaspirin anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with an increased risk of renal cell cancer (RCC), according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.  

  Washington, DC, USA (September 12, 2011) – How doctors, nurses and other health care professionals can be better prepared to reduce medical mistakes and improve patient care is the focus of several studies published in a special issue of the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.  

  Arlington, VA, USA (September 12, 2011) – Higher flu vaccination rates for health care personnel can dramatically reduce the threat of flu outbreak among nursing home residents, according to a study published in the October issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.  

  Los Angeles, CA, USA (September 11, 2011) – For the first time, USC scientists have mapped out a neuroreceptor. This scientific breakthrough promises to revolutionize the engineering of drugs used to treat ailments such as Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia.  

  Aurora, Colorado, USA  (Sept. 9, 2011) – Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that high levels of a specific hormone can predict which kidney patients will develop heart problems, require dialysis or die prematurely.  

  Bethesda, MD, USA (September 8, 2011) – A new commentary published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) argues that patients should be diligent and demand proof of safety and benefit before beginning any treatment regimen for chronic pain, as some treatments have very little scientific evidence that they actually alleviate the conditions for which
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  Rochester, Minnesota, USA (September 7, 2011) – Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition’s progression once it starts, reported a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Researchers examined the role of aerobic exercise in preserving cognitive abilities and concluded that
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  Gothenburg, Sweden (September 6, 2011) – Patients who have received high doses of chemotherapy may find it harder to express themselves verbally, according to new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Speech difficulties among cancer patients who received chemotherapy treatment were two times higher than among those who did
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  Columbus, Ohio USA (September 6, 2011 – An innovative approach to treating neonatal feeding problems at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has allowed infants who were struggling to feed orally to be discharged earlier and without feeding tubes, subsequently saving millions of annual healthcare charges.  

  Granada, Spain (September 6, 2011) – Going back to work after the holidays is a nightmare for many. Can you improve your health by remembering the past in a positive way? A study by the University of Granada (UGR) reports that people’s attitude to past events, present experiences or future expectations, influences their perception
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  Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (September 6, 2011) – Doctors have been prescribing codeine for postpartum pain management for many years, and, until recently, it was considered safe to breastfeed while taking the opioid. But the death of an infant exposed to codeine through breast milk has many health care providers questioning the safety of the drug
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  Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom (September 6, 2011) – The majority of people who undergo bariatric weight-loss surgery benefit from the procedure, but long-term complications and further surgery are not uncommon, according to a UK paper on late postoperative complications in the October issue of BJS, the British Journal of Surgery. However, a Finnish paper, published
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  Ann Arbour, Michigan, USA (September 6, 2011) – Obesity is a known risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. But it hasn’t been clear whether the "dose" of obesity — how much excess weight a person has, and for how long — affects the risk of diabetes. A new University of Michigan Health System
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  Baltimore, Maryland, USA (September 6, 2011) – Contradicting the long-held medical belief that the risk of cardiovascular death for women spikes sharply after menopause, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests instead that heart disease mortality rates in women progress at a constant rate as they age.  

  Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (September 6, 2011) – The way some people talk, you’d think that a flat tax system — in which everyone pays at the same rate regardless of income — would make citizens feel better than more progressive taxation, where wealthier people are taxed at higher rates. Indeed, the U.S. has been
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  New York, NY, USA (September 6, 2011) – A newly published study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health heightens concerns over the potential health effects on children of a group of ubiquitous chemicals known as phthalates. Phthalates are a class of chemicals that are known to disrupt the endocrine system,
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  Utrecht, The Netherlands (September 5, 2011) – A major landmark study released today by the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) sheds new light on the state of Europe’s mental and neurological health. The study finds reveal that mental disorders have become Europe’s largest health challenge in the 21st century. The study also highlights that
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  Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (September 5, 2011) – Cognitive impairment, even when detected at an early, mild stage, is a significant predictor of decreased life expectancy. According to a new, long-term study from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University researchers, cognitive impairment, especially at the moderate to severe stages has an impact on life expectancy similar
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  Darien, Illinois, USA (September 1, 2011) – A natural yellowing of the eye lens that absorbs blue light has been linked to sleep disorders in a group of test volunteers, according to a study in the September 1 issue of the journal Sleep. As this type of lens discoloration worsened with age, so did
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  Denver, Colorado, USA (August 31, 2011) – When it comes to defibrillators, simpler may be safer, even though more complex machines are used on a majority of patients.  

  Washington, DC, USA (August 31, 2011) – Critical life course events and experiences — in both youth and middle adulthood — may contribute to health and cognition in later life, according to a new supplemental issue of the Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. Furthermore, the authors find that the
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  Cleveland, Ohio, USA (August 31, 2011) – Research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine gives cause for optimism that federal investments in electronic health records (EHRs) could reap major benefits in better patient care and health outcomes.  

  Los Angeles, California, USA (August 31, 2011) – Women who breast-feed are far more likely to demonstrate a "mama bear" effect — aggressively protecting their infants and themselves — than women who bottle-feed their babies or non-mothers, according to a new study in the September issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association
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  Rochester, Minnesota, USA (August 30, 2011) – More than 150 cases of measles have been reported in the United States already this year and there have been similar outbreaks in Europe, a sign the disease is making an alarming comeback. The reappearance of the potentially deadly virus is the result of unfounded fears about
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  New Rochelle, NY, USA (August 30, 2011) — Despite recent concerns that changes in atmospheric pressure during airplane travel may affect the amount of insulin delivered via pump devices, the current evidence is limited and it would be unwise to overreact until more data are available, according to an insightful editorial in Diabetes Technology
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  Cleveland, Ohio, USA (August 30, 2011) – Nurses, just like many of their patients, struggle to find time and motivation to exercise. But a new study may give these all-important caregivers some additional pressure and responsibility: nurses’ attitudes can influence whether their patients commit to a healthy lifestyle.  

  Washington, DC, USA (August 29, 2011) – Campaigns about hand-washing in hospitals usually try to scare doctors and nurses about personal illness, says Adam Grant, a psychological scientist at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. “Most safety messages are about personal consequences,” Grant says. “They tell you to wash your hands so you don’t
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  Toronto, Canada (August 24, 2011) – Canadian researchers have found the first evidence that older brains get more benefit than younger brains from learning information the hard way – via trial-and-error learning. The study was led by scientists at Baycrest’s world-renowned Rotman Research Institute in Toronto and appears online Aug. 24, 2011 in the
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  Dallas, Texas, USA (August 24, 2011) – Exercise can be as effective as a second medication for as many as half of depressed patients whose condition have not been cured by a single antidepressant medication.