: : skip to main skip to sidebar The East and the West in the Middle Ages : Crusades and Crusaders the crusades , crusades timeline , middle ages timeline , the magna carta , magna carta summary , crusades in the middle ages , crusades map , the templars , crusades definition , the holy land , medieval times , medieval weapons , medieval monk , medieval clothing , medieval times coupons , medieval fashion , medieval castles , medieval costumes , middle ages timeline , medieval clothing , medieval art , medieval food , medieval weapons , medieval castles , william the conqueror , middle ages medieval The Middle Ages or the medieval age is a period of European history covering around a millennium from the fifth century through to the sixteenth century . It is commonly dated from the drop of: : skip to main skip to sidebar The East and the West in the Middle Ages : Crusades and Crusaders the crusades , crusades timeline , middle ages timeline , the magna carta , magna carta summary , crusades in the middle ages , crusades map , the templars , crusades definition , the holy land , medieval times , medieval weapons , medieval monk , medieval clothing , medieval times coupons , medieval fashion , medieval castles , medieval costumes , middle ages timeline , medieval clothing , medieval art , medieval food , medieval weapons , medieval castles , william the conqueror , middle ages medieval The Middle Ages or the medieval age is a period of European history covering around a millennium from the fifth century through to the sixteenth century . It is commonly dated from the drop of: : skip to main skip to sidebar The East and the West in the Middle Ages : Crusades and Crusaders the crusades , crusades timeline , middle ages timeline , the magna carta , magna carta summary , crusades in the middle ages , crusades map , the templars , crusades definition , the holy land , medieval times , medieval weapons , medieval monk , medieval clothing , medieval times coupons , medieval fashion , medieval castles , medieval costumes , middle ages timeline , medieval clothing , medieval art , medieval food , medieval weapons , medieval castles , william the conqueror , middle ages medieval The Middle Ages or the medieval age is a period of European history covering around a millennium from the fifth century through to the sixteenth century . It is commonly dated from the drop of
A post hoc analysis of mortality data from the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes study
has determined that rapid glucose lowering and maintenance of lower A1C levels through intensive control -- as
opposed to a standard strategy -- was not the cause of increased death rates in that arm of the study, according to
research published in the May issue of Diabetes Care.
The formation of new neurons may decrease the severity of stroke and improve motor function after a
stroke, suggesting that drugs that promote neurogenesis in rodents -- such as antidepressants and mood stabilizers
-- could benefit human stroke victims, according to a rodent study published online April 12 in the Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences.
Low testosterone levels in men with erectile dysfunction are associated with an increased risk of
dying of cardiovascular disease, according to a study presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology, held
from April 24 to 28 in Prague, Czech Republic. A study by the same researchers also presented at the meeting found
that impaired penile blood flow is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in obese men with erectile
dysfunction more than in leaner men with the condition.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about external defibrillators manufactured
by Cardiac Science Corp. that may malfunction when being used to rescue people in cardiac arrest.
As has been reported previously, in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen, a panel of four
kallikrein forms in serum -- total, free and intact PSA, and kallikrein-related peptidase 2 -- may predict the
result of biopsy and help reduce unnecessary biopsy rates, according to a replication study published online April
26 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Vitamin E may be an effective treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in adults without diabetes,
and pioglitazone also has some benefits in treating the disease, according to research published online April 28 in
the New England Journal of Medicine.
African-American children with chronic kidney disease have lower hemoglobin levels than white children
with the disease, regardless of the disease's underlying cause, according to a study published online April 26 in
the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
Obese children may metabolize drugs differently than children with a healthy weight, according to
research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics,
held April 24 to 28 in Anaheim, Calif.: : skip to main skip to sidebar The East and the West in the Middle Ages : Crusades and Crusaders the crusades , crusades timeline , middle ages timeline , the magna carta , magna carta summary , crusades in the middle ages , crusades map , the templars , crusades definition , the holy land , medieval times , medieval weapons , medieval monk , medieval clothing , medieval times coupons , medieval fashion , medieval castles , medieval costumes , middle ages timeline , medieval clothing , medieval art , medieval food , medieval weapons , medieval castles , william the conqueror , middle ages medieval The Middle Ages or the medieval age is a period of European history covering around a millennium from the fifth century through to the sixteenth century . It is commonly dated from the drop of: : skip to main skip to sidebar The East and the West in the Middle Ages : Crusades and Crusaders the crusades , crusades timeline , middle ages timeline , the magna carta , magna carta summary , crusades in the middle ages , crusades map , the templars , crusades definition , the holy land , medieval times , medieval weapons , medieval monk , medieval clothing , medieval times coupons , medieval fashion , medieval castles , medieval costumes , middle ages timeline , medieval clothing , medieval art , medieval food , medieval weapons , medieval castles , william the conqueror , middle ages medieval The Middle Ages or the medieval age is a period of European history covering around a millennium from the fifth century through to the sixteenth century . It is commonly dated from the drop of: : skip to main skip to sidebar The East and the West in the Middle Ages : Crusades and Crusaders the crusades , crusades timeline , middle ages timeline , the magna carta , magna carta summary , crusades in the middle ages , crusades map , the templars , crusades definition , the holy land , medieval times , medieval weapons , medieval monk , medieval clothing , medieval times coupons , medieval fashion , medieval castles , medieval costumes , middle ages timeline , medieval clothing , medieval art , medieval food , medieval weapons , medieval castles , william the conqueror , middle ages medieval The Middle Ages or the medieval age is a period of European history covering around a millennium from the fifth century through to the sixteenth century . It is commonly dated from the drop of
Screening women with a human papillomavirus DNA test first, with cytology triage if the result is
positive, is more sensitive for the detection of cervical cancer and pre-cancerous lesions than conventional
cytology, according to a study published online April 27 in BMJ.
The use of a single flexible sigmoidoscopy examination in individuals between the ages of 55 and 64
provides long-term benefits, according to research published online April 28 in The Lancet.
Genetic variants appear to play a role in several aspects of smoking behavior, according to three
articles published online April 25 in Nature Genetics.
Dietary selenium can help re-establish circadian rhythms critical to the growth and behavior of cells
that have been disrupted by carcinogenic agents, according to an animal study published online April 27 in Cancer
Prevention Research.
Despite reductions in particle and ozone pollution in recent years, unhealthy air remains a threat to
about 58 percent of Americans, according to the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2010
report.
Doctors who are male, are from lower socioeconomic groups or had academic difficulties in medical
school may be at increased risk of professional misconduct, according to a study published online April 27 in
BMJ.
The use of a head-mounted display that shows patients' vital signs in anesthesiologists' field of
vision during a procedure is associated with more time spent monitoring the patient and surgical field, according
to research published in the April issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
The use of diagnostic imaging in Medicare patients with cancer has increased, as have imaging costs,
which are outpacing the rate of the increase in total costs among Medicare recipients who have cancer, according to
research published in the April 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Adding coronary artery calcium scores to traditional risk factors for coronary heart disease events
significantly improves predictions of risk, and results in more individuals being placed in the highest and lowest
risk categories, according to research published in the April 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical
Association.
After learning a new task, individuals who take a nap and dream about the task may perform it better
when they return to it than those who don't sleep after learning it or sleep but don't report associated dreams,
according to research published online April 22 in Current Biology.
Covidien and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have initiated a voluntary recall of certain lots
of cuffed Shiley tracheostomy tubes and custom/specialty tracheostomy tubes because pilot balloon inflation
assembly leaks result in the cuffs not holding air.
Patients with diabetic nephropathy who take high doses of vitamin B may experience a greater decrease
in glomerular filtration rate than those on placebo, as well as an increase in vascular events, according to
research published in the April 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Long-term users of anabolic-androgenic steroids may have more severe cardiac dysfunction than
previously suspected, possibly putting them at higher risk of heart failure, according to research published online
April 27 in Circulation: Heart Failure.
Nearly half of all U.S. adults have either high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, or some
combination of the three, according to a new report on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999
to 2006, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome can develop impaired fasting glucose and combined glucose
intolerance despite having hyperinsulinemia, and their insulin response patterns vary though they have similar
insulin resistance, according to research published in the April issue of Diabetes Care.
Physicians from two different medical centers recently identified therapeutic home swings, used for
vestibular stimulation in patients with autism-spectrum disorders, as the common culprit in recurrent corneal
metallic foreign bodies in two of their patients, according to an article published in the Journal of AAPOS, the
official periodical of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.
Disclosure of financial ties to industry influences patients', physicians', and research participants'
beliefs about the quality of research evidence, according to a review published in the April 26 issue of the
Archives of Internal Medicine.
Since 1993, more infants born at less than 24 weeks' gestation have lived more hours or even days
thanks to active resuscitation, but overall survival has not improved, according to a report published online April
22 in the Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal Edition.
The use of a mobile compression device for the prevention of thromboembolic disease after total hip
arthroplasty is likely just as effective as low-molecular-weight heparin treatment but safer, according to a study
in the March issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Nurses who are interrupted in the process of preparing and administering medications are more likely
to make an error, with error severity increasing with the number of interruptions, according to a study in the
April 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Continuous heavy smoking may speed up the age-associated progression of structural stiffening of
large- to mid-sized arteries, and there is a dose-response relationship between consumption of cigarettes and
accelerated arterial stiffening, according to a study in the May 4 issue of the Journal of the American College of
Cardiology.
It is important for pediatricians to be familiar with the signs of intimate partner violence, to
identify abused caregivers, and to be able to evaluate and treat children from homes where family violence may
occur, according to a clinical report published online April 26 in Pediatrics.
A new tool may help identify comatose patients with irreversible neurologic injury who are candidates
for organ donation after cardiac death protocols, according to research published in the April 27 issue of
Neurology.
People who are depressed really do appear to eat more chocolate than those who are not depressed,
though it is unclear whether there is a causal link, according to a study in the April 26 issue of the Archives of
Internal Medicine.
The combined ill effects of several negative health behaviors -- ranging from suboptimal fruit and
vegetable intake to smoking -- result in major increases in mortality, according to a study in the April 26 issue
of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Daily routine chest radiography in adults in intensive care units could likely be eliminated without a
subsequent increase in adverse outcomes, according to research published in the May issue of
Radiology.
National report — Little did dermatologist Luette Semmes, M.D., know that her successful
treatment of a young patient with bullous pemphigoid would land her a spot on national television a few years
later.
Using routine data for cardiovascular risk stratification before inviting high risk individuals to be
screened may be just as effective, and less costly, for preventing cardiovascular disease than the U.K.
government's recommended national strategy to screen everyone aged 40 to 74 for cardiovascular risk, according to
research published April 25 in BMJ.
Pediatricians have a critical role to play in working with school nurses and officials to ensure the
do-not-attempt-resuscitation requests of the families of children and adolescents with complex chronic conditions
are honored, according to a policy statement published online April 26 in Pediatrics.
Most physicians are not knowledgeable about herbal medicines and believe the general public is poorly
informed as well, according to the results of a survey published in the April issue of the Drug and Therapeutics
Bulletin.
Dual X-ray absorptiometry scans may be more accurate indicators of obesity than traditional body mass
index measurements, and suggest that the obesity epidemic is much more widespread than currently believed,
according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists,
held from April 21 to 25 in Boston.
The treatment of medically evacuated soldiers with neck pain at a military treatment facility is
associated with low return-to-unit rates, according to a study in the April 1 issue of Spine.
Breast cancer risk factors that have been established in non-Hispanic white women have less influence
on the risk of breast cancer in Hispanic women, according to a study published online April 26 in
Cancer.
Immigrants from areas where female genital cutting in infants, children and adolescents is common may
request physicians in the United States to perform such procedures, but the American Academy of Pediatrics opposes
all types of female genital cutting that pose physical or psychological risk, and counsels its members not to
perform such procedures, according to a policy statement published online April 26 in Pediatrics.
Individuals who have more knowledge about their copayments for visits to the doctor and the emergency
department appear to behave in a more cost-efficient manner, with fewer emergency department visits and more office
visits, according to research published in the April issue of the American Journal of Managed Care.
Pyronaridine-artesunate, a new anti-malarial drug that can be given once a day, is as effective as the
current standard Plasmodium falciparum malaria treatment, artemether-lumefantrine, which requires twice-daily
dosing, according to a study in the April 24 issue of The Lancet.
Attiva -- a superabsorbent hydrogel -- may significantly increase feelings of satiety after meals and
reduce hunger between meals in obese patients, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, held from April 21 to 25 in Boston.
Researchers have identified minimally acceptable performance levels for physicians who interpret
screening mammography studies, and they recommend that those who don't meet the standards be considered for
additional training, according to a study in the May issue of Radiology.
Iodine intake from fast food restaurants may be low unless iodinated bread, milkshakes or fish are
eaten, so the fact that fast food is a daily source of nutrition for one in four Americans could help explain the
50 percent decrease in median urinary iodine observed between 1971 to 1974 and 1988 to 1994, according to research
presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, held from April 21 to 25
in Boston.
Nulliparous women with type 1 diabetes mellitus have a high rate of cesarean delivery, and their
potentially modifiable risk factors for cesarean delivery include pre-pregnancy body weight, gestational weight
gain, and accuracy of the prediction of fetal macrosomia, according to a study published in the May issue of
Obstetrics & Gynecology.
In type 2 diabetes patients who have inadequate glycemic control on metformin therapy, liraglutide
injections are well tolerated and are more effective than oral sitagliptin in reducing HbA1C, according to a study
in the April 24 issue of The Lancet.
Electronic health records are vital to achieving effective reporting of quality measures, according to
research presented at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Physicians, held from April 22 to 24
in Toronto.
A new initiative announced this week at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of
Physicians, held from April 22 to 24 in Toronto, will provide physicians and patients with evidence-based
recommendations about the benefits, harms, and costs of diagnostic tests and treatments across a wide range of
medical conditions. The object is to help physicians and patients determine whether the tests and treatments
provide good value.
Younger workers (15 to 24 years of age) are often employed in jobs that place them at high risk for
injury, and employers should ensure that they can safely perform their jobs by identifying and mitigating safety
hazards, according to a report published in the April 23 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
A series of articles summarizing some of the most important 2009 studies in the fields of cardiology,
gastroenterology and hepatology, hematology and oncology, pulmonary/critical care medicine, and nephrology were
published online April 21 in the Annals of Internal Medicine to coincide with the annual scientific meeting of the
American College of Physicians, held from April 22 to 24 in Toronto.
: Medieval News Latest News Your Ad Here Medievalists.net Promote Your Page Too Friday , April 23, 2010 Conference to expose the hidden history of underwear in the Middle Ages A topic that so far has received little attention from historians gets its moment in the open tomorrow when Binghampton University hosts a one day conference on Underpinnings : The Evolution of Underwear from the Middle Ages through Early Modernity The conference , organized by the undergraduate students of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Medieval Studies Club , will feature seven speakers who will look at various aspects of undergarments from the medieval to the early modern . periods The broad scope of the conference is described by organizers as : From the trailing sleeves and towering
First-trimester vaginal bleeding during a woman's first pregnancy is associated with an increased risk
of complications later in the pregnancy and with a recurrence of bleeding and other complications in a later
pregnancy, according to a study in the May issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
In men with prostate cancer, lower socioeconomic status is associated with a significantly lower
likelihood of undergoing radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy, according to a study published online April 22 in
BMJ.