News tagged with adverse events
Deep brain stimulation treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease patients provides benefits
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) who received deep brain stimulation treatment had more improvement in movement skills and quality of life after six months than patients who received other medical therapy, but ...
New type of botulinum toxin appears to be well tolerated and may help reduce forehead wrinkles
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Injections with a new type of botulinum toxin appears to be well tolerated and may help to improve the appearance of moderate to severe forehead lines with no evidence of diminishing treatment response over 13 months, according ...
Post-marketing studies finding adverse events in drugs used in children
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 02, 2008 |
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The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA, 1997), designed to stimulate more drug safety studies in children, has resulted in more than 130 label changes since its inception nearly six years ago, according ...
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Surgical errors remain a challenge in and out of the operating room
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Despite a national focus on reducing surgical errors, surgery-related adverse events continue to occur both inside and outside the operating room, according to an analysis of events at Veterans Health Administration Medical ...
Coronary imaging techniques helps to identify plaques likely to cause heart attacks
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Late-breaking results from the PROSPECT clinical trial shed new light on the types of vulnerable plaque that are most likely to cause sudden, unexpected adverse cardiac events, and on the ability to identify them through ...
Discussing adverse events with patients improves how they rate their hospital care
Nov 10, 2009 |
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A survey of patients had who experienced some sort of adverse event during their hospitalization found that, although caregivers discussed the event with patients less than half the time, those patients to whom the adverse ...
Cogent trial shows lack of adverse interaction between clopidogrel and stomach medicine
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Results from a late breaking clinical trial called COGENT demonstrate that the combination of giving patients clopidogrel, a blood thinner commonly prescribed to patients with cardiovascular disease, and stomach medicines ...
Tissue-cultured smallpox vaccine appears promising
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Administration of a tissue-cultured smallpox vaccine showed signs of an effective vaccine response with no serious adverse events, according to a study in the March 11 issue of JAMA.
Patient perception is vital when reporting medical errors
Sep 01, 2009 |
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When reporting medical errors, patients' perceptions of their physicians' disclosure may be key to gaining their trust, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. However, a positive ...
Girls growing up with heroin-addicted parent more resilient than boys
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Growing up with a heroin-addicted parent exposes children to a variety of detrimental experiences before the age of 18 and new research indicates that girls are four times more resilient than boys in overcoming such adverse ...
Adverse drug events: a large burden in pediatric care
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An 11year national analysis at Children's Hospital Boston shows that side effects or accidental overdoses of medications are a common complication of outpatient care in children, generating more than half ...
Report says dietary supplements for horses, dogs and cats need better regulation
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Aug 21, 2008 |
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The growing use of animal dietary supplements has raised several concerns, including the safety of specific supplements and the approaches taken to determine their safeness. A new National Research Council report, requested ...
Drug for urination difficulties linked with complications after cataract surgery
May 19, 2009 |
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Use of the medication tamsulosin to treat male urination difficulties within two weeks of cataract surgery is associated with an increased risk of serious postoperative ophthalmic adverse events such as retinal detachment ...
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