How Safe Are Popular Reflux Drugs? Nov 6, 2009
But Dr. David A. Johnson, chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va ... D., associate professor, otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City; David A. Johnson, M.D., professor, medicine, and chief, gastroenterology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, and past president, American College of Gastroenterology; Michael F. Vaezi, M.D., Ph. (MEDLINEplus)
World Trade Center Workers Have More Cases of Acid Reflux Oct 28, 2009
SOURCES: Benjamin Luft, M.D., professor, medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and director, Long Island World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program; David A. Johnson, M.D., professor, medicine, and chief, gastroenterology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, and past president, America College of Gastroenterology; Oct. 26, 2009, presentations, American College of Gastroenterology annual meeting, San Diego. HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
Implementation of acute care surgery service provides more timely patient care Oct 10, 2009
"The results of this study suggest that an acute surgery service operating largely during daytime hours can provide more efficient emergency care without disrupting the treatment of patients undergoing scheduled operations," said Rebecca C. Britt, MD, FACS, assistant professor, department of surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Norfolk. "These findings argue for the establishment of dedicated acute surgical teams separate from trauma services.". (EurekAlert!)
Mama wasn't always right: 9 updated rules Sep 13, 2009
If you have a kid who goes nowhere without her iPod, there's a good chance she's rocking her way to some hearing loss later, says Dr. Craig Derkay, professor of otolaryngology and pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. If she likes her tunes loud, ask her to take a break every 20 minutes or so. (CNN)
Piece from childhood virus may save soldiers' lives Sep 6, 2009
Introducing the virus's shell in vitro shuts down what's known as the complement response, a primordial part of the immune system that attacks and destroys the organs and vascular lining of people who have been deprived of oxygen for prolonged periods, according to researchers at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) and Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), in Norfolk, Va. The complement response kicks in after the victim has been revived, in what is known as a reperfusion... (EurekAlert!)
Sedentary Kids May Take Longer to Fall Asleep Jul 25, 2009
"I believe that, in an environment that can offer technological toxicity to our children in the form of increased inactivity, this study reminds parents and clinicians alike of the importance of childhood exercise," said Dr. Robert Vorona, an assistant professor of sleep medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School ... SOURCES: Robert Vorona, M.D., assistant professor, sleep medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Va. (MEDLINEplus)
Georgia mulls cell phone restriction Jul 13, 2009
Dr. Harrold, the chief resident at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters and resident physician at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va. presented the study May 2 to the Pediatric Academic Societies. (The Augusta Chronicle)
> Early-stage biotech companies must get creative to survive Jun 17, 2009
The company enjoys a partnership with the Virginia Prostate Center at Eastern Virginia Medical School. We have these sorts of things that can provide either a little bit of beneficial cash flow or highlight the scientific breakthroughs and capabilities the company has created along the way, he said. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Couples To Rely On Male Contraceptive For New Trial May 22, 2009
The study is being funded by the World Health Organisation and the Contraceptive Research and Development (CONRAD) Programme at the Eastern Virginia Medical School. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Texting While Driving Can Be Deadly, Study Shows May 6, 2009
"It's good for us to increase community awareness that this can be a problem," said LaPrecious Harrold, M.D., a resident physician at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) and Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters (CHKD) in Norfolk, Va. This study comes as legislators nationwide debate how and whether to regulate texting-while-driving. (Science Daily)
Nighttime Urination Linked to Higher Death Rate Among Elderly May 5, 2009
Whatever the case, the study "reminds us that we should evaluate and treat nocturia and its cause or causes," said Dr. Robert Vorona, an assistant professor of sleep medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. Urination during sleeping hours becomes more common as people get older. (MEDLINEplus)
Vaccine prolongs life in prostate cancer patients Apr 30, 2009
Provenge, in comparison, causes relatively few harsh side effects, says Paul Schellhammer, a lead researcher in the new study and professor at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. Only 1% of patients dropped out of the study because of side effects. (USA Today)
Prostate Cancer Vaccine Can Extend Lives Apr 30, 2009
"There have been a lot of false starts, but this is a real start," said Dr. Paul Schellhammer, a urologist at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va. who led the study. (KIRO TV, WA)
Vaccine shows promise for prostate cancer treatment, company says Apr 15, 2009
After three years, 34% of men who got the vaccine were alive, compared to 11% of men who didn't get the vaccine, says Paul Schellhammer, a principal investigator in the trials and urology professor at Norfolk's Eastern Virginia Medical School. All of the men in the study had advanced cancer that wasn't helped by hormone therapy. (USA Today)
Serious Infection In Pregnancy: Experimental Vaccine Shows Promise In Preventing Cytomegalovirus Infection In Infants Mar 21, 2009
(June 4, 1997) A vaccine for cytomegalovirus was found to be well tolerated and highly immunogenic in toddlers, according to research at Eastern Virginia Medical School. CMV can cause mononucleosis-type. (Science Daily)
Topiramate Safely Prevents Migraine in Adolescents Mar 17, 2009
Dr. Donald Lewis from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, and colleagues evaluated the efficacy and safety of topiramate (50 milligrams/day and 100 milligrams/day) as migraine prophylaxis in 106 patients 12 to 17 years of age. The higher dose of topiramate significantly reduced the monthly migraine attack rate from an average mean of 4. (MEDLINEplus)
* Oxygen therapy is valuable, sometimes Mar 17, 2009
A persistent criticism of hyperbaric medicine regards the lack of large-scale, multicenter, randomized studies for several of the primary indications, noted Chris Maples and Moss Mendelson of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, in the Emergency Medicine report ... One problem in conducting good studies is the difficulty of randomly assigning patients into treatment and control groups in a way that blinds them to the group they are in, Charles Graffeo, a specialist in hyperbaric... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
How Does Your State Rank On Colon Cancer? Mar 6, 2009
said Dr. David A. Johnson, professor of medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, of the questions that residents in F states should ask. Murray-Rusts cancer spread to two of her lymph nodes, and now shes getting chemotherapy. (CBS News)
Better skin from the beauty aisle Feb 7, 2009
Overall, were just scratching the surface of whats going to be possible, says David H. McDaniel, assistant professor of clinical dermatology and plastic surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Most active ingredients have never been fully researched to determine their most effective concentrations, or how they may work better with other ingredients. (MSNBC -- Health)
