Overall prognosis for gallbladder cancer appears to be improving, although many patients still have incurable disease and poor survival rates, according to a new report. The report followed a study in which doctors identified 402 patients with gallbladder cancer at one university-affiliated tertiary care centre between 1962 and 2008. Of these, 260 underwent surgical exploration [...]
Persons of Asian descent who have adopted more aspects of western culture may be more likely to engage in behaviours that increase sun exposure and risk of skin cancer, according to a new report. According to background information supplied by the authors of the report, skin cancer typically affects individuals of Asian descent at a [...]
A new study has concluded that splinting could be an inexpensive and effective alternative to drug treatment for patients with base-of-thumb osteoarthritis (BTOA). According to background information supplied by the study’s researchers, the recommended treatment for BTOA include drugs and steroid injections, which can have troublesome side effects. Against that background, the researchers studied 112 [...]
Facial fractures from motor vehicle crashes appear to be decreasing, most likely due to design improvements in newer vehicles, according to a new report. The report followed a study in which doctors in the United States analysed records from a national database of individuals with facial fractures following motor vehicle crashes. Between 1993 and 2005, [...]
At a recent Palliative Care Symposium, a number of experts in the field elaborated on the issue of breakthrough cancer pain and looked at definitions of and ways to treat it. The recent Cephalon Pharma (Ireland) Ltd Palliative Care Symposium foc-used on the issue of breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP) and how to define and treat [...]
Dr Heather Church and Dr James V Lucey list the main anxiety disorders in psychiatry and discuss how they affect women in terms of incidence and clinical features. Anxiety disorders are common in women and although often disabling, they are eminently treatable. Nevertheless for many reasons they are frequently under diagnosed and/or inadequately managed. Sufferers [...]
Three types of acupuncture therapy – an individually tailored programme, standard therapy and a simulation involving toothpicks at key acupuncture points – appear more effective than usual care for chronic low back pain, according to a new report. According to the report, researchers compared four different types of treatment in a randomised clinical trial involving [...]
A home-based diet and exercise programme reduced the rate of functional decline among older, overweight long-term survivors of colorectal, breast and prostate cancer, according to a new study. Researchers conducted a randomised, controlled trial that tested a home-based diet and exercise intervention and its effect on functional decline among 641 persons aged 65 to 91 [...]
Doctors’ advice on drinking during pregnancy is paternalistic and ethically dubious, according to a leading medico-legal expert. According to Colin Gavaghan, of the School of Law at the University of Glasgow, the evidence for a link between moderate to light drinking, and harm to the developing foetus, is far from clear-cut. Dr Gavaghan referred to [...]
Greg Baxter reports on new research into prostate cancer, which has shown that a protein present in prostate cancer cells can inhibit the growth of tumours New research published in the American Journal of Pathology has shown that a protein shown to be present in prostate cancer cells can inhibit the growth of tumours. The [...]
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