Measuring a patient’s ratio of white blood cell types may help to distinguish between infectious mononucleosis and bacterial tonsillitis, according to a new study. In the study, doctors at St George’s Hospital in London retrospectively analysed laboratory tests from 120 patients with infectious mononucleosis and 100 patients with bacterial tonsillitis treated at their facility. All [...]
Use of the drug gemcitabine for chemotherapy significantly delays the recurrence of cancer for patients following pancreatic cancer surgery, according to a new study from Germany and Austria. In the study, doctors at 88 oncology centres in Germany and Austria treated 179 patients with gemcitabine and provided no chemotherapy to 175 other patients after surgery [...]
In a small series of patients who underwent closed reduction to repair a broken nose, nearly one-third reported dissatisfaction with the outcome and about one-third said they would consider further surgery to correct their nasal deformities, according to a new report. According to the report, doctors interviewed 62 patients who underwent a closed reduction. The [...]
Current practices around the use of oral chemotherapy need to be improved, according to US doctors. In the study, researchers from Boston set out to analyse the guidelines and practices used by 42 comprehensive cancer centres for the provision of oral chemotherapy. Variations in practice emerged in the prescribing methods, consent requests and the coordination [...]
Once-off melanoma screening of adults aged 50 years or older appears to be as cost-effective as other recommended cancer screening programmes, according to a new study. In the study, researchers constructed a mathematical model to simulate the melanoma events that occur in a population, including disease occurrence, progression, detection with and without a screening program, [...]
Individuals who received instruction on skin self-examination with their partners may be more likely to engage in this cancer prevention behaviour, according to a new report. In the study, doctors performed a trial of a skin self-examination instruction programme with 130 participants who had previously had melanoma. Sixty-five of the participants were randomly assigned to [...]
Outcomes from surgically implanted hearing aids that are anchored to bone appear comparable for children younger than five years and those older than five years of age, according to a new report from Canada. In the study, doctors reviewed surgical data from children receiving bone-anchored hearing aids over a 10-year period between 1996 and 2006. [...]
With an estimated 400,000 sufferers, Ireland has the fourth highest number of people with asthma in the world- 11.5 per cent.Managementof the condition follows the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) evidence-based international guidelines. Many patients have significant asthma related morbidity and although 80 to 100 asthma-related deaths are reported annually, it is a cause for [...]
People who are native to south Asia experience acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) at a younger age because of greater levels of heart attack risk factors such as smoking and diabetes at a younger age, according to a new study. The south Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal account for about a [...]
Textbook of Cosmetic Dermatology (Third Edition)- Robert Baran and Howard I. Maibach, 832pp (Lippincott) This book is addressed to dermatologists, both clinical and cosmetic, and details the scientific testing of cosmetics. At the end of each chapter there is also a very useful summary of the chapter’s contents. The two principal editors have exercised strict [...]
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