VIDEO: Residents Unfamiliar With Skin Cancer Exams, Short Antibiotic Course After Tonsillectomy Still Effective, Internet Good For Brain Function in Older Adults

20.10.2009 | 1:46 min

(October 20, 2009 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - According to a report published in the Archives of Dermatology, residents are inadequately trained to conduct skin cancer exams. Researchers surveyed over 300 residents from four different programs. They found that 55% of these residents said they had never even seen a skin cancer exam, while 76% maintained that they had never been taught how to conduct one. From New York - Putting children on a shorter antibiotic course following tonsillectomy is still effective, according to a report published in the Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery. Researchers studied nearly 50 tonsillectomy patients 1-13 years old, administering amoxicillin for three days after the procedure, and then either placebo or amoxicillin for four more days. Results showed that there was no difference between the two groups, as both groups of children took the same amount of time to get back to normal. And finally, from Chicago - Browsing the internet may have a positive effect on brain function, according to a report presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Researchers studied brain scans of over 20 adults 55 to 78 years old; half were experienced with the internet, while the other half was not. MRI results showed that those with experience with the internet had much higher levels of brain activation, while the inexperienced group showed improvements in brain function after merely a few days of surfing the internet.
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