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(National Jewish Medical and Research Center) For children whose asthma is not well controlled and on low doses of inhaled corticosteroids, a long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) may be the most effective of three possible step-up treatments.

National Jewish clinician-scientists Stanley Szefler, Joseph Spahn, Ronina Covar, Gary Larsen and Lynn Taussig, and colleagues in the NIH-funded Childhood Asthma Research and Education Network published their findings March 2, 2010, online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Vaccination against rotavirus appears to be highly effective in reducing death and serious gastrointestinal disease among young children in developing countries, according to two reports in the Jan. 28 New England Journal of Medicine.

In the early days of Health Care Renewal (2005-2006) we posted several times about allegations that Guidant hid information about defects in the implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) the company manufactured.  As we noted in early 2005 here, Guidant executives allegedly knew that ICDs made from 2000-2002 were at risk for short-circuiting and failing, thus making them unable to deliver potentially life saving electrical shocks meant to prevent cardiac arrests, but the company only revealed the problem in 2

(Mayo Clinic) Results of a Mayo Clinic survey published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that while physicians are open to being involved in health care reform discussions, some opposition may exist.

(Scottsdale Healthcare) Study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicate effectiveness of the drug GDC-0449 for advanced skin cancer, as well as potential use for other cancers.

The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare in Scottsdale, Ariz., was lead site for the "Hedgehog" clinical trial.Dr.

Daniel Von Hoff, chief scientific officer at Scottsdale Healthcare and physician-in-chief at Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), was principal investigator and lead author of the paper.

(Radiological Society of North America) The Radiological Society of North America reaffirmed its commitment to patient safety today in responding to a study and accompanying perspective on radiation dose from medical imaging procedures in the New England Journal of Medicine.

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Breast cancer survivors who lift weights are less likely to experience worsening symptoms of lymphedema, the arm- and hand-swelling condition that plagues many women following surgery for their disease, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research published in the August 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

The findings challenge the advice commonly given to lymphedema sufferers, who may worry that weight training or even carrying children or bags of groceries will exacerbate their symptoms.

In his recent review of Dr Ezekiel Emanuel's book, (Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for America,) Dr Arnold Relman, Editor-Emeritus of the New England Journal of Medicine, discussed the history of the deprofessionalization of American physicians.

In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, Harvard researchers call on life insurance companies to divest their holdings in tobacco-related stocks

(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) A new study, published in the May 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that chemotherapy in addition to surgery or surgery and radiation improves survival among older women with breast cancer.