Biogen drug for ALS fails in key trial
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Walking linked to fewer strokes in women
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who walk several hours every week are less likely to suffer a stroke
than women who walk less or not at all, according to new research from Spain. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Email reminders encourage end-of-life talks
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Email alerts may encourage cancer doctors to talk with terminally ill
patients about their end-of-life wishes and to record those preferences in their medical records, a new study
suggests. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Games fail to stoke kids' appetite for fruit
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Healthy food advertising in the form of online games didn't make kids
crave more wholesome snacks in a recent Dutch study. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Many patients unaware of radiation risk from CT scans
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One-third of people getting a CT scan didn't know the test exposed their
body to radiation, in a new study from a single U.S. medical center. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Robotic cystectomy may cut blood loss, hospital stay
Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who undergo robot-assisted radical cystectomy may
experience less blood loss and shorter hospital stays than those undergoing open cystectomy, results of a new
randomized study indicate. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Upholding LCA policy on PCa agents would save $33M
If least costly alternative (LCA) policies for certain prostate cancer drugs had not been rescinded in
2010, Medicare expenditures would have been reduced by more than $33 million over 1 year, a new government report
suggests. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Web reviews of urologists generally positive
Online reviews of urologists tend to be positive, but this consensus is generally composed of only two
or three patient scores per physician, researchers report. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Studies examine recent prostate Ca screening trends
Two new studies shed light on recent trends in prostate cancer screening. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Keep recess in school, says AAP
Cutting recess to increase time for academics makes children less productive in the classroom and
diminishes their social and emotional development. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Empiric MRSA therapy can stop if nasal/throat cultures are negative
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Empiric vancomycin for suspected healthcare-associated MRSA pneumonia can
be stopped in most cases if nasal and throat cultures are negative, researchers say. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Major laparoscopic hepatectomy safe in selected patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Three different types of laparoscopic major hepatectomy, and traditional
open liver resection, all yielded similar results in a systematic literature review by Japanese
surgeons. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
No best antipsychotic for preventing schizophrenia relapse: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a recent meta-analysis comparing long-acting injectable vs oral
antipsychotics, there was no clear winner for preventing schizophrenia relapse. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Healthcare worker job outlook perception, reality don't match
Healthcare workers perceive that fewer jobs are available than reality suggests, but they also feel
increasingly secure in their current positions, according to a new quarterly poll from staffing and human resources
services firm Randstad Healthcare. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
AAP endorses concept of school physicians, nurses
The AAP says that all school districts should have a school physician to oversee student health
services and policies. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
