Young people in Britain see significantly more on-screen smoking in movies than their US peers, finds research published ahead of print in the journal Tobacco Control. The UK film classification system, which rates more films as suitable for young people than its US counterpart, is to blame, say the authors. The research team assessed the [...]
Patients who continue to receive the full risperidone dose used for their acute episode of schizophrenia had fewer relapses than those who had dose reductions after four weeks or 26 weeks during the maintenance period, a new randomised, controlled trial has determined. In the study, patients with schizophrenia who were clinically stabilised following an acute [...]
Prisoners in the UK are significantly more likely to have drug-resistant TB than other people with the disease, suggests research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. And one in four of TB cases fall through the healthcare net once they leave prison, researchers at the London-based Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections [...]
The use of dual antiplatelet therapy for longer than 12 months in patients who had received drug-eluting stents was not significantly more effective than aspirin monotherapy in reducing the rate of myocardial infarction (MI) or death from cardiac causes, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has concluded. Researchers randomly assigned [...]
Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist Dr Mary Ryan examines the diagnosis and treatment options for polycystic ovary syndrome Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women, accounting for between 7 per cent and 10 per cent of presentations, and is a major cause of infertility. PCOS can present in any age during [...]
Pregnant women in Australia and New Zealand who had swine flu were 13 times more likely to be admitted to hospital with a critical illness, according to new research. The authors concluded that 11 per cent of mothers and 12 per cent of babies died as a result of being admitted to intensive care with [...]
Augmenting the lips with grafts of muscle and connective tissue from the neck appears to result in improved appearance for at least two years, according to a new report. The report followed a study in which plastic surgeons treated 25 consecutive patients who underwent lip augmentation with segments of their own sternocleidomastoid muscle and fascia. [...]
Women who have ever used the oral contraceptive pill are less likely to die from any cause, including all cancers and heart disease, compared with ‘never users’, researchers have claimed. The results of a new study show a slightly higher risk in women under 45 years old who are current or recent users of the [...]
More high-risk cases of human papilloma virus (HPV) could be detected by offering home-testing kits to women who do not come forward for cervical screening, according to new research. While cervical cancer screening programmes in western countries have contributed to a decrease in deaths from cervical cancer, one of the major drawbacks remains the number [...]
Visit-to-visit variability in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and maximum SBP are strong predictors of stroke, independent of mean SBP, according to a team of Irish and international experts. A new study in The Lancet has found that increased residual variability in SBP in patients with treated hypertension is associated with a high risk of vascular [...]
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