Boys growing up in one-parent families are twice as likely to report sexual abuse as boys from two-parent families and are also more likely to be abused by a female, a new US study has found. Rresearcher questioned 197 men in Philadelphia County, in Pennsylvania, about their family set-up, economic circumstances, and whether they had [...]
Antibiotics are prescribed for approximately 82 per cent of acute sinus infections and nearly 70 per cent of chronic sinus infections, despite the fact that viruses are by far the most frequent cause of this condition, according to a new US report. In 2002, rhinosinusitis accounted for 21 per cent of all antibiotic prescriptions for [...]
A new Japanese study has found that bystander cardiac-only resuscitation has a better outcome for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest than conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Doctors compared the outcomes for over 4,000 adult patients who underwent cardiac-only resuscitation or conventional CPR by bystanders in an observational study. Cardiac-only resuscitation resulted in a better outcome than [...]
The success of long-term hip replacement surgery may lie in a patient’s genes, according to new research. The researchers analysed genetic variations in 312 people, just over half of whom (162) had problems after hip replacement in the 10 years following surgery. Among those with symptoms, 91 had early signs of “aseptic loosening.” The other [...]
A history of smoking may be associated with a higher degree of aging in skin not regularly exposed to light in both women and men, according to a new study. In the study, doctors used photographs of 82 healthy participants’ upper inner right arms to create a nine-point scale on which to grade aging of [...]
Transdermal estrogen, delivered by a patch or gel, is not associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to French researchers. VTEs are only a risk when taking estrogen by mouth. Data from the multi-centre case-control study of VTE among postmenopausal women also suggested that micronised progesterone and pregnane derivatives (medroxy-progesterone acetate) appear [...]
Calcium and vitamin D supplementation neither increased nor decreased heart disease and stroke risk in generally healthy postmenopausal women over seven years of use, according to a new study. Researchers evaluated the risk of coronary and cerebrovascular events in 36,282 postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative randomized trial of calcium plus vitamin D supplementation. [...]
Faecal incontinence, while primarily the domain of the colorectal surgeon, is a condition with which all medical practitioners need to be familiar. The condition can be defined as the recurrent involuntary and/or uncontrollable passage of faecal material. As the material involved is faeces, many patients find it embarrassing to discuss. Estimates of its prevalence vary [...]
Two months into the dry season in the African “Meningitis Belt”,15 595 cases including 1670 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from four countries: Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda. Two of these countries, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are at the extreme [...]
Researchers at the University of Ulster are developing a support package to help parents of children with autism and the health professionals who treat them. Parents‚ Education as Autism Therapists (PEAT), a local charity, is putting together a multimedia training and support DVD– the first of its kind in Europe– which aims to be distributed in [...]
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