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Low sodium salt may pose hyperkalaemia risk 7/21/2011

Use of low sodium salt may lead to high potassium levels (hyperkalaemia) in patients with reduced kidney function or taking particular drugs, warn doctors in a letter to this week’s ...

A doctor’s right: Conscientious objection to medical procedures 7/18/2011

Doctors should be allowed to object to any procedure that conflicts with their personal, moral, or religious beliefs, reveals a survey of medical students, published in the Journal ...

PACS improves use of clinical decision support systems 7/4/2011

Integration with a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) improves radiologists’ use of clinical decision support tools, according to a study in the July issue of the ...

Patients treated with Sunitinib & Sorafenib respond to flu vaccine 6/29/2011

Patients treated with sunitinib and sorafenib responded to the flu vaccine, which suggests the agents do not damage the immune system as much as previously feared, according to a ...

Obesity is a killer in non-smoking women 6/29/2011

Obesity is an important contributor to premature death in women who have never smoked, especially among women in low income groups, finds research published on bmj.com.

Breakfast with a friend could be just what the doctor ordered 6/27/2011

Spending too much time alone and regularly skipping breakfast might be pushing you closer to heart disease, warns the National Heart Foundation of Australia.

Breakthrough in the search for MS treatments 6/22/2011

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a molecular mechanism which could bring about the development of new treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) — a chronic ...

Damage on heart by cocaine habit can be "silent": study 6/21/2011

Heavy cocaine users may not realise the extent to which their habit is seriously damaging their heart, because they won’t necessarily have any symptoms, reveals a small study published ...

Exposure to air pollution linked to "uncontrolled" asthma 6/20/2011

Long term exposure to air pollution is strongly linked to uncontrolled asthma, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Should pregnant women sleep on their left? 6/15/2011

Women who do not go to sleep on their left side on their last night of pregnancy have a doubled risk of late stillbirth compared with women who sleep on their left side, finds research ...

Low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets reduce tumor growth 6/15/2011

Eating a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may reduce the risk of cancer and slow the growth of tumors already present, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal ...

Antibody-guided drug works against leukemia 6/9/2011

An antibody packaged with a potent chemotherapy drug to selectively destroy acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells eradicated or greatly reduced the disease for 61 percent of 46 ...

Brisk walking could improve prostate cancer outcomes 6/9/2011

Men with prostate cancer can improve their outcomes if they walk briskly for at least three hours a week following their diagnosis, according to a recent study in Cancer Research, ...

Cancer benefits expected from polypills 6/6/2011

The world’s first international polypill trial has shown that a 4-in1 combination pill can halve predicted heart disease and stroke risk. Results were published today in the open ...

Factors affecting medical imaging utilisation 6/1/2011

Imaging utilisation on stroke patients is affected by age and imaging capacity — the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) machines at any given ...

Overcoming resistance to breast cancer treatment 5/26/2011

A pioneering expert in Medical Oncology at The University of Nottingham is to carry out a year-long study to find out why breast cancer treatments may stop working in some patients. ...

Patient reporting helps highlight serious side effects of drugs 5/19/2011

New research has shown that patient reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is richer in detail and better at describing the impact on their daily lives than information ...

Yoga improves quality of life for women undergoing radiotherapy 5/19/2011

For women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy, yoga offers unique benefits beyond fighting fatigue, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson ...

My pain's not your pain 5/17/2011

When a person's been deskbound all day, it's often not until they stop work they realise how sore their lower back is.

Are medical schools failing to teach legal skills? 5/17/2011

Most medical students feel they lack the skills and legal knowledge required to challenge poor clinical practice and promote better patient care, reveals research published ahead of ...

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