US doctors can consider spinal taps for more steroid patients-CDC
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:42 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. doctors monitoring patients for signs of fungal meningitis can consider performing spinal taps, possibly weekly, on some of those who received contaminated steroid injections, even if they show no symptoms, health officials said on Wednesday. The revised guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reflect concern that the last groups of patients ... |
School "hand hygiene" plan shows no asthma benefit
Reuters via Yahoo! News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:08 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An arsenal of hand sanitizers, hygiene education and good old-fashioned soap failed to prevent asthma attacks among school children in one Alabama county. For children with asthma, the common cold is the top trigger of symptom attacks. So in theory, cleaner hands at school could mean fewer colds being passed around - and fewer asthma attacks. But in a new clinical ... |
Are cancer patients' hopes for chemo too high?
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:07 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - At least two thirds of people with advanced cancer in a new survey believed the chemotherapy they're receiving might cure them, even though the treatment is only being given to buy some time or make them comfortable. "Their expectations are way out of line with reality," Dr. Deborah Schrag of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston told Reuters Health. ... |
People more likely to do CPR in wealthier areas
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:06 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People in wealthier white or integrated neighborhoods are more likely to try to save a cardiac arrest victim using CPR than people in other neighborhoods, according to a large U.S. study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Where you drop literally can determine your likelihood of having someone stop and do CPR, and it changes from one side of ... |
Ecuador fears for Assange's health, seeks UK safe passage
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:36 PM PDT
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - Ecuador is worried about the health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has asked Britain to guarantee him safe passage from its London embassy to hospital if he needs medical treatment, a senior Ecuadorean diplomat said in Moscow. Assange, an Australian, has been holed up inside Ecuador's embassy in central London since June to avoid extradition to Sweden to face ... |
UPDATE 2-Ecuador fears for Assange's health, seeks UK safe passage
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:33 PM PDT
* WikiLeaks' founder locked up in embassy since June * Said to be living cramped life, eats mostly take-out food MOSCOW/LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Ecuador is worried aboutthe health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has askedBritain to guarantee him safe passage from its London embassy tohospital if he needs medical treatment, a senior Ecuadoreandiplomat said in Moscow. Assange, an ... |
Newer Pill has low blood clot risk: ob-gyn group
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:31 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A newer version of the Pill may carry a slightly higher blood clot risk than older formulations - but it's still a small risk, says the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. In new recommendations, the group says that women should be aware of the "possible minimally increased risk" of blood clots with birth control pills containing the hormone ... |
Pharmacy linked to meningitis deaths failed on sterility measures
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:39 AM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pharmacy linked to a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak repeatedly failed to follow standard safety and quality procedures, including waiting for results of sterility tests on its injectable steroid before shipping them to doctors and maintaining sterile conditions, health officials said on Tuesday. ... |
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