Patients given the drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) after a stroke appear to have better outcomes if they were already taking anti-platelet medications, according to a new study. According to background information supplied by the researchers, dissolving blood clots by administering tPA appears to improve outcomes in some patients with stroke. However, the medication is [...]
Patients with Crohn’s disease who took omega-3 free fatty acids supplements did not have a significantly different rate of relapse compared to patients who took placebo. Researchers conducted two large-scale trials of high-dose omega-3 free fatty acids as maintenance in patients with Crohn’s in remission. The studies, EPIC-1 and EPIC-2, involved 363 and 375 patients [...]
Patients with diabetes who reduced their blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol to below standard target levels had a greater decrease in carotid artery wall thickness, but they did not have a significant difference in cardiovascular disease events than patients who had recommended blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol levels, according to a new study. Individuals with diabetes are [...]
Mr Ray Moran, Mr Mark Jackson and Dr Eanna Falvey on advances in treating sports injuries and using a multi-disciplinary focus to return athletes to optimum performance. With high demand activity no longer the preserve of the elite athlete, the world of sports medicine is vast and expanding. It is hoped that with the development [...]
The Irish Medical Times’ UK correspondent Natalya Anderson reports from a recent London conference where cognitive remediation therapy on patients suffering from anorexia nervosa was found to have a positive effect. Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) may be beneficial to patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), according to research presented at a recent conference held by b-eat [...]
Natalya Anderson reports from HIV Europe in Brussels, where it was revealed that an estimated 30 per cent of HIV-positive people in the EU are unaware that they are infected with the virus. Physicians at all healthcare levels need to be made newly aware of HIV indicator diseases to prevent late presentation, as approximately 760,000 [...]
New research being carried out in the University of Ulster could lead to new ways of treating cataracts, one of the leading causes of blindness in the world. It is hoped that research being carried out by an academic in the University of Ulster, Prof Barbara Pierscionek, could lead to a major breakthrough in the [...]
Antibiotics appear to be frequently prescribed to individuals with advanced dementia in nursing homes, especially in the two weeks before death, according to a new report. According to the report, doctors studied 214 residents (whose average age was 85.2 years) with advanced dementia living in 21 area nursing homes. The participants underwent an initial assessment [...]
Natalya Brown writes that surgeons must keep up-to-date with breast cancer treatments as they become more integrated with their colleagues in medicine and radiation oncology. Breast surgeons should continue to ensure they have up-to-date and in-depth understanding of the advantages and limitations of adjuvant treatment in the management of patients with breast cancer, and should [...]
Techniques for treating cardiac problems by the ‘percutaneous’ approach (what we call ‘interventional cardiology’ or, in layman’s terms, ‘keyhole surgery’) continue to develop at an exciting pace. Coronary angiography and stenting are now routinely performed via the radial artery, on completely ambulant patients. Same-day discharge is becoming more and more common, even after coronary stenting [...]
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