Clinical Research

A Little Stress Could Speed Recovery After Surgery

The right kind of stress response in the operating room could lead to quicker recovery for patients after knee surgery, according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. The results could be used to develop methods for predicting ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 1 2009 - 3:23pm

Ginkgo Biloba Has No Impact On Cognitive Decline

Ginkgo biloba, popularly consumed for its supposedly positive effect on memory, has no such effect, according to new research published in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA.  In the study, older adults who used the herbal supplement  for several years did n ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2009 - 7:44pm

Running May Be Good For You, But Running Shoes Aren't

Although running can confer many health benefits, the shoes runners wear while exercising may actually be doing them harm. In a study published in the December 2009 issue of PM&R: The journal of injury, function and rehabilitation, researchers compared ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2010 - 6:43pm

Daily Dose Of Caffeine May Ease The Effects Of Liver Fibrosis

Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) who consume more than 308 mg of caffeine daily have milder liver fibrosis, according to a study featured in the January 2010 issue of Hepatology. The daily amount of caffeine intake found to be beneficial was e ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 5 2010 - 12:21pm

Depression: Of Placebos And Paxil

If the coming Olympic games handed out gold medals for news coverage of medical topics, the coveted podium in a winner-takes-all contest would likely be a lonely place. Not that there aren't worthy contestants, but like figure skating's Michelle ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Jan 7 2010 - 2:33pm

Caffeine Consumption Not Linked To Tinnitus

 Giving up caffeine does not relieve tinnitus and acute caffeine withdrawal may actually add to the problem, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Audiology.  ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2010 - 2:26pm

Pain and Laboratory Animals

Hot off the press: the National Research Council’s Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals.  The NRC’s publications on laboratory animal care articulate (usually in the most cautious language possible) the standard of care on which labs ...

Blog Post - Larry Carbone - Jan 18 2010 - 8:00pm

My Pet Peeve-- (Non)-Reporting on Lab Animal Pain

I’ve already written how it irks me that so few scientific publications include good detail of how the animal subjects were used. Everyone needs a pet peeve; this is [one of] mine. ...

Blog Post - Larry Carbone - Aug 7 2012 - 10:16am

Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Reduce Risk Of Psychotic Disorders

According to a new report in the Archives of General Psychiatry, individuals at extremely high risk of developing psychosis appear less likely to develop psychotic disorders following a 12-week course of fish oil capsules containing long-chain omega-3 poly ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2010 - 7:56pm

Holy retraction, Batman

Sorry to take the wind out of your sales, parents who use Andrew Wakefield's 1998 paper on MMR vaccine as the cause of their child's autism. Here are three related stories in the news: BBC Bloomberg Reuters The paper has since been discredited, b ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Feb 2 2010 - 11:12am