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Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights An observational study at two urban primary care clinics with 254 parents of 3- and 4-year-old children suggests that 1 in 4 low-income preschool-aged children screened positive for social-emotional problems, and most parents were open to referrals…
Study Examines Use of 5 Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers for Differentiating Parkinson Disease from Common Dementia
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Sara Hall, M.D., email sara.hall@med.lu.se or to contact corresponding author Oskar Hansson, M.D., Ph.D., email oskar.hansson@med.lu.se. To contact editorial author Richard J. Perrin, M.D., Ph.D., call Judy Martin Finch at 314-286-0105 or email martinju@wustl.edu. CHICAGO – A study of cerebrospinal…
Study Reviews Discontinuation of LABA Therapy in Patients with Asthma
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Thomas B. Casale, M.D., call Deborah Daley at 402-280-1786 or email deborahdaley@creighton.edu. To contact corresponding commentary author Andrew F. Shorr, M.D., M.P.H., call So Young Pak at 202-877-2748 or email soyoung.pak@medstar.net. CHICAGO – A review of five clinical trials…
Study Compares Cardiovascular Events, Stroke in Patients Prescribed Beta-Blockers for Hypertension
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Emily D. Parker, M.P.H., Ph.D., call Mary Van Beusekom at 952-967-7361 or email Mary.B.VanBeusekom@HealthPartners.com. To contact corresponding commentary author James S. Floyd, M.D., M.S., call Leila Gray 206-685-0381 or email leilag@uw.edu. CHICAGO – A study that compared the incidence of myocardial…
Study Links Fitness in Midlife with Lower Risk of Chronic Diseases
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jarrett D.Berry, M.D., M.S., call Remekca Owens at 214-648-3404 or email remekca.owens@utsouthwestern.edu. To contact commentary author Diane E. Bild, M.D., M.P.H., call the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute communications office at 301-496-4236 or email nhlbi_news@nhlbi.nih.gov. CHICAGO– Fitness in…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights Fitness in midlife appears to be associated with a lower risk of common chronic health conditions later in life in men and women older than 65 years and enrolled in Medicare (Online First, see news release below). A study…
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Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights A study of 46 otolaryngology residency program graduates that compared overall faculty rating with their residency applications suggests that excellence in a team sport, instead of the typical factors used during resident selection, was correlated with higher…
Study Examines Risk of Heart Attack Associated with Various Psoriasis Treatments
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Jashin J. Wu, M.D., call Sandra Hernandez-Millett at 626-405-5384 or email sandra.d.hernandez-millett@kp.org. CHICAGO– Use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for treatment of psoriasis is associated with a significantly reduced risk for heart attack (myocardial infarction) compared to other forms of…
Archives of Dermatology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 Archives of Dermatology Study Highlights Use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for treatment of psoriasis is associated with a significantly reduced risk for heart attack (myocardial infarction) compared to other forms of treatment (Online First, see news release below). A study of 132 adults…
Study Projects Increases in Health Care Costs, Infections with Declines in Male Circumcision
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Aaron A.R. Tobian, M.D., Ph.D., call David Marchat 410-955-1534 or email dmarch1@jhmi.edu. To contact editorial author Arleen A. Leibowitz, Ph.D., call Alex Boekelheide at 310-206-0159 or email alex.boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu. CHICAGO – Using a computer-based simulation model, researchers project that a continued decline…
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights Using a computer-based simulation model, researchers project that a continued decline in male circumcision rates in the United States to levels in Europe, where the procedure is not routinely covered by insurance, may be associated with increased…
Archives of Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights A study of 986 patients with gallbladder polyps detected through ultrasonography suggests that polyps between 5 and 10 mm should be monitored with ultrasonography surveillance, while polyps greater than 10 mm or showing an increase in size should be removed…
Survey Finds Symptoms of Burnout Common Among U.S. Physicians
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact author Tait D. Shanafelt, M.D., call the Mayo Clinic Department of Public Affairs at 507-284-5005 or email newsbureau@mayo.edu. CHICAGO– A national survey of 7,288 physicians (26.7 percent participation rate) finds that 45.8 percent of physicians reported at least one symptom of…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights A national survey of 7,288 physicians (26.7 percent participation rate) finds that 45.8 percent of physicians reported at least one symptom of burnout (Online First, see news release below). A study that examined the association of delirium and cognitive…
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Archives of Neurology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012 Archives of Neurology Study Highlights A phase 2 randomized study to determine the safety and tolerability of a medication called avagacestat (an oral γ-secretase inhibitor) for patients with Alzheimer disease found that in 209 patients with mild to moderate disease, the drug was well tolerated…
Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012 Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights A study of 6,966 Medicare beneficiaries between 2004 and 2006 found that there does not appear to be a statistically significant association between vitamin D deficiency and subsequent diagnosis of either nonneovascular (dry) or neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration, according…
Strategy Appears to Help Rule-In, Rule-Out Heart Attack Within 1 Hour
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Christian Mueller, M.D., F.E.S.C., email chmueller@uhbs.ch. To contact commentary L. Kristin Newby, M.D., M.H.S., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. CHICAGO – A strategy using an algorithm that incorporates high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) values appears to be…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights A strategy using an algorithm that incorporates high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) values appears to be associated with ruling-out or ruling-in myocardial infarction (heart attack) within one hour in 77 percent of patients with acute chest pain who presented…
Pay for Performance Appears Associated with Improved Treatment Implementation for Adolescent Substance Use Disorders
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Bryan R. Garner, Ph.D., call Celeste Brennan at 309-820-3717 or email cbrennan@chestnut.org. To reach editorial author Alyna T. Chien, M.D., M.S., call Erin Tornatore at 617-919-3110 or email erin.tornatore@childrens.harvard.edu. CHICAGO– Pay for performance appears to be associated with improved implementation of…
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Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights The odds of undergoing cranial computed tomography (CT) among children with minor blunt head trauma who were at higher risk for clinically important traumatic brain injury did not appear to differ by race/ethnicity in a secondary analysis…
Study Examines Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cranial CT Among Children
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact JoAnne E. Natale, M.D., Ph.D., call Phyllis Brown at 916-734-9023 or email phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. To reach editorial author M. Denise Dowd, M.D., M.P.H., call Melissa Novak at 816-346-1341 or email mdnovak@cmh.edu. CHICAGO – The odds of undergoing cranial computed tomography (CT) among…
Archives of General Psychiatry Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 Archives of General Psychiatry Study Highlights Patients with hoarding disorder (defined as the excessive collection of objects and an inability to discard them) exhibited abnormal activity in regions of the brain that was stimulus dependent when deciding what to do with objects that did or…
Study Examines Decision-Making Brain Activity in Patients with Hoarding Disorder
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact David F. Tolin, Ph.D., call Rebecca Stewart at 860-545-4285 or email rstewart@harthosp.org. CHICAGO– Patients with hoarding disorder exhibited abnormal activity in regions of the brain that was stimulus dependent when deciding what to do with objects that did or did not…
Study Examines Effects of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone on Cognitive Function
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Laura D. Baker, Ph.D., call Leila Gray at 206-685-0381 or email leilag@uw.edu. CHICAGO– Treatment with growth hormone-releasing hormone appears to be associated with favorable cognitive effects among both adults with mild cognitive impairment and healthy older adults, according to a randomized…
Physical Activity Associated with Lower Risk of Death in Patients with Diabetes
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Diewertje Sluik, M.Sc., email Diewertje.Sluik@dife.de. To contact editorial author Mitchell H. Katz, M.D., call Michael Wilson at 213-240-8059 or e-mail micwilson@dhs.lacounty.gov. CHICAGO– Higher levels of physical activity were related to lower risk of death in patients with diabetes, according to a report published…
Weight Training Associated with Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Study of Men
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Frank B. Hu, M.D., Ph.D., call Marge Dwyer at 617-432-8416 or email mhdwyer@hsph.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – Weight training was linked with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes in a study of male health professionals, and those men who engaged…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights Weight training was linked with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes in a study of male health professionals, and those men who engaged in weight training and aerobic exercise for at least 150 minutes a week had the…
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Study Examines Use of Diagnostic Tests in Adolescents with Hypertension
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Esther Y. Yoon, M.D., M.P.H., call Mary Masson at 734-764-2220 or email mfmasson@med.umich.edu. To reach editorial author Sarah D. de Ferranti, M.D., M.P.H., call Keri Stedman at 617-919-3110 or email keri.stedman@childrens.harvard.edu. CHICAGO– A study of adolescents with hypertension enrolled in the Michigan…
Archives of Neurology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 Archives of Neurology Study Highlights Shortening of chromosomal telomeres, which provide a protective role for genetic material, is a consequence of cell division. The findings of a study of 1,983 people (average age 78.3 years) enrolled in a population-based study of aging and dementia in…
Increased Heart Attack Risk Associated with Total Hip, Knee Replacement Surgeries
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact author Arief Lalmohamed, Pharm.D., email a.lalmohamed@uu.nl. To contact commentary author Arthur W. Wallace, M.D., Ph.D., call Kristen Bole at 415-476-2743 or email kristen.bole@ucsf.edu. CHICAGO – Total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) surgeries were associated with increased risk of…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights Total hip replacement and total knee replacement were associated with increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack) in the first two weeks after the surgical procedures (Online First, see news release below). A study that describes intensive…
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Study Examines Patient Experience at Safety-Net Hospitals
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. To contact editorial author Mitchell H. Katz, M.D., call Michael Wilson at 213-240-8059 or e-mail micwilson@dhs.lacounty.gov. CHICAGO – A study suggests that safety-net hospitals (SNHs), which…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights A study suggests that safety-net hospitals (SNHs), which typically care for poor patients, performed more poorly than other hospitals on nearly every measure of patient experience, a situation that could have financial consequences as hospital payments are connected to…
Study Examines Health Care Expenditures After Bariatric Surgery
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Matthew L. Maciejewski, Ph.D., call Peter Tillman 919-824-3769 or email peter.tillman@va.gov. CHICAGO– A study suggests bariatric surgery to treat obesity was not associated with reduced health care expenditures three years after the procedure in a group of predominantly older men, according…
Archives of Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights Bariatric surgery to treat obesity was not associated with reduced health care expenditures three years after the procedure in a study of predominantly older men (see news release below). Results of a study of 303 patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis…
Study Suggests Racial Disparities May Exist in Larynx Preservation Therapy for Cancer
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Allen M. Chen, M.D., call Dorsey Griffith at 916-734-9118 or email dorsey.griffith@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. CHICAGO– A study of laryngeal (voice box) cancers suggests that racial disparities may exist with black patients less likely to undergo larynx preservation than white patients, according…
Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights A study of laryngeal (voice box) cancers suggests that racial disparities may exist, with black patients less likely to undergo larynx preservation than white patients (see news release below). Balloon dilation may be beneficial for children with…
Study Finds Increases in Restrictions on Indoor Tanning in Several Countries
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Robert P. Dellavalle, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.P.H., call Lyndsey Crum at 303-941-7400 or email lyndsey.crum@ucdenver.edu. To contact corresponding commentary author Steven Q. Wang, M.D., call Courtney Nowak at 212-639-3573 or email denicolc@mskcc.org. CHICAGO– Restrictions on indoor tanning, which studies suggest…
Archives of Dermatology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Archives of Dermatology Study Highlights Restrictions on indoor tanning, which studies suggest is linked to skin cancer, have increased in several countries since 2003 (Online First, see news release below). According to a research letter, a study of nearly 400 female students at two Midwestern…
Archives of Neurology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Archives of Neurology Study Highlights A study describes a panel of plasma biomarkers that researchers suggest may distinguish patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disease, from cognitively healthy individuals. Researchers comment that the biomarkers identified in the analysis of data from the Australian…
Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery Study Highlights A study of 263 patients who underwent face and neck lift procedures suggests that antidepressant medication use by patients was not associated with an increased risk of bleeding. The study notes selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have come…
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Use of Drug-Eluting Stents Varies Widely; Only Modestly Correlated with Risk of Coronary Artery Restenosis
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Robert W. Yeh, M.D., M.Sc., call Ryan Donovan at 617-724-6433 or email rcdonovan@partners.org. To contact commentary author Peter W. Groeneveld, M.D., M.S., call Katie Delach at 215-349-5964 or email katie.delach@uphs.upenn.edu. CHICAGO – A study based on more than 1.5…
Study Examines Quality of Life Factors at End of Life for Patients with Cancer
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Holly G. Prigerson, Ph.D., call Anne Doerr at 617-632-4090 or email anne_doerr@dfci.harvard.edu. To contact corresponding commentary author Alan B. Zonderman Ph.D., call Megan Homer at 301-496-1752 or email nianews3@mail.nih.gov. CHICAGO – Better quality of life at the end of…
Cranberry Products Associated with Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Chien-Chang Lee, M.D., M.Sc., email cclee100@gmail.com. CHICAGO– Use of cranberry-containing products appears to be associated with prevention of urinary tract infections in some individuals, according to a study that reviewed the available medical literature and was published by Archives…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights A study that reviewed the available medical literature suggests that use of cranberry-containing products appears to be associated with prevention of urinary tract infections in some individuals (see news release below). Better quality of life at the end of…
Study Suggests Poorer Outcomes for Patients with Stroke Hospitalized on Weekends
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact William L. Palmer, M.A., M.Sc., email w.palmer07@imperial.ac.uk. CHICAGO– A study of patients with stroke admitted to English National Health Service public hospitals suggests that patients who were hospitalized on weekends were less likely to receive urgent treatments and had worse outcomes,…
Archives of Neurology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Archives of Neurology Study Highlights A study of patients with stroke admitted to English National Health Service public hospitals suggests that patients who were hospitalized on weekends were less likely to receive urgent treatments and had worse outcomes (Online First, see news release below). A…
Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights A study suggests that glaucoma, ocular hypertension, or both, occurs more often in the eyes of patients with severe Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD), a condition associated with progressive endothelial dysfunction and corneal edema that can result in vision loss…