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  • A Novel Primary Culture Method for Rat...

    Added On : 13th February 2013

    A Novel Primary Culture Method for Rat Choroidal Epithelial Cells

    Sheng-Li Huang, Xi-Jing He, Zong-Fang Li, Lu Yao, Wei Shi

  • One Antibiotic or Two for CAP in Children?

    Added On : 26th January 2013

    Children aged 6 years with community-acquired pneumonia who were receiving a ?-lactam and a macrolide had shorter hospital stays than those receiving a ?-lactam alone.

    Experts disagree as to whether single (?-lactam only) antibiotic treatment is optimal for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or whether adding a macrolide is preferable. (Study findings regarding adults vary, but some favor combination therapy.) In a recent Infectious Diseases Society of America guideline, ?-lactam monotherapy is recommended. To explore this issue further, researchers used data from 38 freestanding tertiary care children's hospitals, obtained from the Pediatric Health Information System.

  • More About Bisphosphonates and Atypical...

    Added On : 4th March 2011

    More About Bisphosphonates and Atypical Femur Fractures

    Long-term bisphosphonate use was associated with a small increase in relative risk.

  • Alcohol Lowers Risk for CHD and Mortality

    Added On : 17th March 2011

    Coronary heart disease and 11-year all-cause mortality were lower with 1 or 2 drinks daily.

    In this systematic review and meta-analysis of 84 prospective cohort studies with >1 million participants, investigators assessed the effect of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular (CV) disease–related mortality, incidence of and mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD), and incidence of and mortality from stroke. Mean follow-up was 11 years.

  • Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee Raises...

    Added On : 31st March 2011

    Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee Raises Mortality Risk

    Excess all-cause mortality was observed in OA patients.

  • Does High-Quality Care Protect Against Litigation?

    Added On : 14th April 2011

    Not much: Good nursing homes were sued only slightly less often than bad ones.

    Legal theory holds that personal-injury litigation serves a social purpose, improving overall medical care by punishing substandard practice. However, a correlation between bad care and litigation risk has been difficult to establish, either for individual practitioners or for institutions.

  • CABG for Patients with Coronary Disease...

    Added On : 28th April 2011

    CABG for Patients with Coronary Disease and Markedly Reduced Ejection Fraction?

    In a randomized trial, coronary artery bypass grafting — compared with good medical therapy — did not lower mortality at 5 years.

  • Greater Role for Leukotriene-Receptor,,,

    Added On : 12th May 2011

    Greater Role for Leukotriene-Receptor Antagonists in Asthma?

    In real-world practices, these drugs compared favorably with guideline-recommended first-line agents.

    NIH asthma guidelines recommend inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) as first-line treatment for patients who have mild persistent asthma, with addition of a long-acting ?-agonist (LABA) for uncontrolled symptoms. Previous double-blind randomized trials — conducted with tightly managed methodology — typically showed that ICS and LABAs were superior to leukotriene-receptor antagonists (LTRAs) for those indications. Now, two open-label randomized pragmatic U.K. studies provide a real-world perspective.

  • More Health Facilities for Hail Province Set

    Added On : 22nd May 2011

    RIYADH: Health Minister Abdullah Al-Rabeeah inaugurated Saturday a number of health projects in Hail province in the presence of Hail Gov. Prince Saud bin Abdulmohsen.

    Inaugurating a 200-bed maternity and children’s hospital in the region, the minister said the hospital would increase its capacity to 300 beds.

    “We will initiate more new health projects with the support of Hail Gov. Prince Saud,” he said.

    He also announced that a 500-bed specialized hospital in the region would be completed before the end of this year.

  • Accuracy of Doppler Echocardiography...

    Added On : 26th May 2011

    Accuracy of Doppler Echocardiography in Pulmonary Hypertension

    In some cases, this technique overestimated or underestimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure substantially.

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