http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Swine flu is not only dangerous to pregnant women, but it's a threat to new mothers too, the first study to document this risk shows. An analysis of pregnant women and new mothers who were hospitalized with swine flu in California found that those who had a baby in the previous two weeks were at higher risk of severe flu complications. http://www.physorg.com/news180812306.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:39:29 EST news180812306 Researchers from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, have found for the first time that drinking more than 5 servings of sugar- sweetened cola a week prior to pregnancy appears to significantly elevate the risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy. http://www.physorg.com/news178810570.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:20:03 EST news178810570 A Loyola University Health System study has found that one out of five Type 2 diabetics is morbidly obese -- approximately 100 pounds or more overweight. http://www.physorg.com/news178200533.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:20:02 EST news178200533 (AP) -- When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right. http://www.physorg.com/news177919791.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:40:07 EST news177919791 There is good news for women with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant. A new study shows that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are only slightly more likely to have cesarean deliveries and babies with a poor prenatal growth rate than women who do not have MS. http://www.physorg.com/news177783735.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:23:01 EST news177783735 (AP) -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it. http://www.physorg.com/news176741297.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:49:24 EST news176741297 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new national poll from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that a majority of adults who tried to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable to do so. The poll, which examines the American public's response to the H1N1 vaccine shortage, is the fifth in a series of surveys of public views concerning the H1N1 flu outbreak undertaken by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at HSPH. The polling was done October 30 to November 1, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news176730970.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:56:33 EST news176730970 Declining kidney function is linked to a higher risk of heart failure, heart attack, peripheral arterial disease, and early death in individuals with or without kidney disease, according to a pair of studies appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The findings indicate that poor kidney function may raise an individual's risk for cardiovascular complications. To evaluate heart health, clinicians should factor in not only their patients' current level of kidney function, but also changes in kidney function over time. http://www.physorg.com/news176665046.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:10:01 EST news176665046 (AP) -- It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine. http://www.physorg.com/news176113042.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:30:01 EST news176113042 At its most benign, the autoimmune disease scleroderma can discolor parts of the skin of its sufferers. At its most pernicious, it can thicken and harden their skin, their blood vessels, and their internal organs before, in many cases, killing them. http://www.physorg.com/news176041635.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:28:47 EST news176041635 Enrolling in a weight loss program with a family member or friend appears to enhance weight loss among African Americans, but only if the involved partner attends sessions frequently or also loses weight, according to a report in the October 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news175795574.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:10:01 EST news175795574 Most of today's gastroenterologists practice in relatively calm environments with patients of the same species. But for Dr. Leon Kundrotas and his colleagues working in Joint Base Balad, Iraq, the need to diagnose and treat military personnel sometimes required putting their human skills to the test to care for canine heroes. http://www.physorg.com/news175776038.html Biology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:41:20 EST news175776038 Edmonton researchers recommend that people over age 40 be screened for peripheral artery disease (PAD), which puts people at high risk for serious medical complications including heart disease, stroke, and possible lower limb amputation. http://www.physorg.com/news175758233.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:45:02 EST news175758233 (PhysOrg.com) -- A study about why African American seniors do or do not get influenza vaccinations finds that many of them do not have accurate and complete information about the flu itself, the safety and efficacy of the inoculations, and the ease and necessity of getting the shots. http://www.physorg.com/news174843381.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:10:01 EST news174843381 A recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado looked at post-transplant care to determine whether primary care physicians (PCPs) or hepatologists are better suited to manage the overall health care of patients who received a liver transplant (LT). Researchers learned that hepatologists believe metabolic complications to be common in LT patients, but not well controlled. The hepatologists surveyed also felt that PCPs should be responsible for managing these conditions, but that this group was not taking an active role. Full details of this study appear in the October issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news173966341.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:20:01 EST news173966341 A Loyola University Health System study has found that high-risk surgery patients experienced significantly shorter hospital stays when they were seen by general internists trained in managing medical complications in surgical patients. http://www.physorg.com/news173630100.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:20:01 EST news173630100 A compelling University of Michigan Health System study debunks assumptions about the role of complications in distinguishing good and bad hospitals. http://www.physorg.com/news173553032.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:30:06 EST news173553032 A ranking of obstetrics and gynecology training programs based on the maternal complication rates of their graduates' patients found these rankings consistent across individual types of complications, suggesting that these rates may reflect measures of overall quality, according to a study in the September 23/30 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical education. http://www.physorg.com/news172856490.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:50:05 EST news172856490 Patients who sustain injury to their kidneys and require in-hospital dialysis are three times more likely to need long-term dialysis later in life compared to those without a history of this condition, says a new study from St. Michael's Hospital. Patients with acute kidney disease are a high-risk group for whom early medical surveillance and intervention may prevent progression to irreversible end-stage kidney disease. http://www.physorg.com/news172253361.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:00:01 EST news172253361 Genetic researchers at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, are aggressively identifying adult patients who suffer from the genetic disorder, Phenylketonuria (PKU), and are presenting those findings at the 11th International Congress of Inborn Errors of Metabolism in San Diego, August 29 through September 2. http://www.physorg.com/news170498810.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:01 EST news170498810 Contrary to a belief widely held by obstetricians, inducing labor need not increase a woman's risk for cesarean section delivery in childbirth, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stanford University School of Medicine have found. http://www.physorg.com/news169749818.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:44:18 EST news169749818 Predicting whether pregnancy complications affect long-term maternal health as well as future pregnancies is at the heart of two studies conducted by researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news167318602.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:40:03 EST news167318602 Prolonged use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat people infected with both HIV and hepatitis B (HBV) helps to better control the hepatitis B infection and could delay or prevent liver complications, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news166878819.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:50:01 EST news166878819 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Adelaide study has recommended that infertile couples seek advice about their lifestyle before embarking on IVF treatment or other assisted reproductive technology. http://www.physorg.com/news165842261.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:18:31 EST news165842261 Clinical pathways have been used in surgeries since the 1980s, but their nature and usefulness are still subjects of much debate, especially as procedures such as hip and knee joint replacement represent a significant cost to hospitals. Now authors publishing in the open access journal BMC Medicine have concluded that using clinical pathways can effectively improve the quality of the care provided to patients undergoing joint replacement. http://www.physorg.com/news165647116.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:10:02 EST news165647116 A new study indicates that bone-morphogenetic protein (BMP; a biological agent used to promote bone creation) is used in 25 percent of spinal fusion procedures and is associated with a higher rate of complications than in fusions that did not use BMP, and greater hospital charges for all categories of spinal fusions, according to a report in the July 1 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news165598618.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:40:01 EST news165598618 Complications in early pregnancy or in previous pregnancies can predict the likelihood of further problems in current or subsequent pregnancies, according to research carried out by an international group of experts. http://www.physorg.com/news165475586.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:29:14 EST news165475586 (AP) -- People with Type 2 diabetes may soon get a very different treatment approach: A drug that helps control blood sugar via the brain - an idea sparked, surprisingly, by the metabolism of migrating birds. http://www.physorg.com/news160843146.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 15:39:44 EST news160843146 Genetic differences can explain why some patients undergoing heart surgery later experience shock and kidney complications, according to a study by researchers at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch in Germany and the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. The results indicate that performing a genetic test on patients before they have surgery can help guide treatment after they leave the operating room. http://www.physorg.com/news160330655.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:17:59 EST news160330655 Pregnant women with asthma, the most common condition affecting the lungs during pregnancy, should actively manage their asthma in order to optimize the health of mother and the baby, according to new management recommendations published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news160307721.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:55:52 EST news160307721