Patients whose occupation involves contact with pesticides appear to have an increased risk of having Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to a new report. The report followed a study of 519 individuals with PD and 511 controls who were the same age and sex and lived in the same location. Participants were surveyed about their occupational [...]
A comparison of outcomes of different eras of conservative treatment for localised prostate cancer indicates that overall and prostate cancer-specific survival rates are higher for men diagnosed from 1992 through 2002, when compared to men diagnosed in the 1970s and 1980s, according to a new study. In the course of the study, researchers analysed data [...]
CLINICAL FOCUS: DEMENTIADr Sean Kennelly looks at the diagnostic methods of determining Alzheimer’s disease, treatment options and emerging disease-modifying agents that aim to enhance the lives of patients and carers Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative dementia, resulting in cognitive and behavioural impairment of sufficient severity that markedly interferes with social and occupational functioning. [...]
CLINICAL FOCUS: DEMENTIA Dr Paula Hickey differentiates between dementia and delirium, a challenging condition that is also associated with cognitive decline and which can be indicative of the later development of dementia itself An 84-year-old lady is found on the floor of her bungalow with mild dehydration and confusion. Her family brings her to her [...]
Rosemarie Kelly and Prof Andrew Green take a look at the genetics of Huntington’s disease and explain the sensitive process of predictive genetic testing for patients whose family members have the condition Huntington’s disease (HD) is a disorder of the central nervous system, first described by George Huntington in 1872 and it subsequently came to [...]
Natalya Anderson reports on a treatment method for anorexia that focuses on thinking style, emotional style and the interpersonal nature of the patient Improvements in intervention may be possible through examination of the Maudsley maintenance model of anorexia nervosa (AN), according to data presented at a conference held by BEAT (the working name of the [...]
Dr Bobby Coughlan offers readers his top tips on the management of rheumatology patients in the first article in a new, six-part series In a new six-part series, specialists offer top tips on the diagnosis, assessment and management of stroke, dyslipidaemia and heart failure, as well as bone, rheumatology and respiratory/sleep disorders. In the first [...]
Men with coronary artery disease-induced congestive heart failure or heart attack who receive hormone therapy before or along with radiation therapy for treatment of prostate cancer have an associated increased risk of death, according to a new study. Doctors assessed if neoadjuvant hormonal therapy (HT) use in men with prostate cancer treated with brachytherapy affects [...]
Use of beta blockers and ACE inhibitors seem to increase the risk of corrective cataract surgery, a new study has found. In the study, Australian researchers tracked the eye health of over 3,500 people for between five and 10 years. At the start of the study in 1992-4, all participants were at least 49 years [...]
Results from brain scans suggest an association between a reduction in the transmission of dopamine markers with symptoms of inattention for individuals with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a preliminary study. Doctors conducted the study to determine whether there are abnormalities in the mesoaccumbens – site of the dopamine reward pathway in the mid-brain [...]
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