Mammography Messages Need To Be Tailored For Older Women
...ed more information on mammography's benefitsand a reassuring reminder that most breast lumps are not cancerous. Those held back mainly by erroneous beliefsmay decide to get exams if given proper information about theirrisk of breast cancer and benefits of early screening, she notes.Although having a doctor o...Reassuring Findings About Infants Exposed To Zidovudine
...icine branch in the Division of AIDS. "It also is reassuring that none ofthe children have developed cancers or died." The JAMA article reports on data collected through February 1997. The medianage of the children was 4.2 years (range 3.2 to 5.6 years). They continue to befollowed in the PACTG clinics. The ......provided trusted and accurate information. "It's reassuring to have it available," said Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., ChancellorEmeritus, Baylor College of Medicine, and a pioneer of 20th Century medicine. "It's almost like having a dictionary when you want to look up a word and knowthe exact meaning of it." A C...No link between oral contraceptives and myocardial infarction
...ry: Oral contraceptives and myocardial infarction: reassuring new findings) There is no significantly increased risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) in women who use oral contraceptives, say researchers in this week's BMJ. The team led by Dr Nicholas Dunn from the Drug Safety Research Unit in Southam...Combination HIV vaccine induces diverse immune response
...ent with a major life impact was quite low. Also reassuring was the fact that overall, participants reported a decrease inrisky behaviors after one year in the study. These findings reflected thesustained efforts of the study team to counsel volunteers to practice safe sexand avoid high-risk behaviors. Duri...Of vasectomies, vitamins and prostate-cancer risk: Hutchinson Center study examines the links
...h question, and webelieve that our results will be reassuring to physicians performing theprocedure and to couples selecting vasectomy for contraception," she says.Vasectomy costs less than tubal ligation, the surgical-contraceptive counterpartfor women, and is associated with fewer side effects. While several ...Emotional support during conflict situations elevates blood pressure in African-American boys
...o improve your grade next time," or an emotionally reassuring one such as, "This is really hard but you can do it." Blood pressure readings were taken during the role playing and several times during the recovery period. Results obtained from female subjects in the study differed from results for African-Ame...Chronic disease: the overlooked & understudied epidemic
... -- have serious methodological flaws. Attempts at reassuring patients newly diagnosed with chronic conditions often provoke anxiety -- not because physicians do not spend sufficient time with their patients, but because they need to communicate differently. Compared to pre-determined appointment schedules, fle...UT Southwestern researcher finds beta-blocking drug reduces heart failure in blacks
...s and by 30 percent in nonblacks. "It's incredibly reassuring and very much pertinent for contemporary medicine to be able to say with emphasis that this regimen works in African-American patients. It represents a new standard that we are able to prescribe in a positive way. This is a therapeutic strategy that ......Dr Jane Armitage said that the trial provided much reassuring safety evidence. Weve shown that the benefits of cholesterol-lowering are additional to those of other treatments, such as aspirin and blood pressure-lowering drugs, commonly used in patients at risk of vascular disease. Furthermore, none of the pre...Severe symptoms, social functioning predict cancer patients depression
...r and take other steps such as giving information, reassuring patients and referring patients to other resources....Light-weight heparin has heavy-weight results in heart attack treatment
...r patients who received enoxaparin.This finding is reassuring to doctors, because it means we dont lose any of the benefits we have grown accustomed to seeing with unfractionated heparin, says Antman. The 30-day analysis of clinical events showed a significant advantage for the newer blood thinner, as 4.4 perce...Simple breath test may replace endoscopy
...e and as safe as endoscopy. Furthermore, it was as reassuring to the patient as endoscopy, less uncomfortable and distressing, and substantially cheaper than endoscopy. For these reasons, non-invasive H pylori testing seems to be the preferred investigation for patients with uncomplicated dyspepsia, conclude th...No association between ageing gametes and birth defects
... Leigh Simpson comments: Overall, our findings are reassuring for users of natural family planning, for couples who have intercourse episodically, or for couples who have intercourse infrequently of their own volition for health or other reasons....Update on national asthma guidelines released
...ddition, the update reflects new data that provide reassuring evidence on the safety of inhaled steroid use at appropriate doses in children. The expert panel reviewed studies examining possible side effects of inhaled corticosteroids, including slowed growth in children. The update reports that large clinical...Few women regret sterilization procedures
... vasectomy or tubal sterilization. "This study is reassuring in that a comparatively small number of the women ...ears later, regretted tubal sterilization. "It's reassuring that such large percentages of those who chose either vasectomy or tubal sterilization were satisfie...New study finds vasectomy does not increase prostate cancer risk
...ector of the NICHD. "The results of this study are reassuring since they indicate that these men are no more likely than other men to get prostate cancer." The study, by Brian Cox, M.B., Ph.D. and colleagues, appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Prostate cancer is a...Study finds no association between oral contraceptive use and breast cancer for women 35 and over
...exander, M.D., Director of the NICHD. "It is very reassuring that the NICHD Women's CARE study found no increase in breast cancer risk among past or present oral contraceptive users in this age group." The researchers interviewed more than 9,200 white and black women between the ages of 35 and 64 living in A...World's first study on surrogacy reveals high quality parenting and no problems
...ncluded: "The findings of this study are generally reassuring with respect to relationships with surrogate mothers, quality of parenting and the temperament of the child. There is no evidence so far to support the concerns that have been voiced about the practice of surrogacy. However, these children were sti...An SSRI antidepressant is safe and effective for depressed, hospitalized heart patients
...-principal investigator. "But our results are very reassuring about the safety of sertraline. It's OK to go ahead and prescribe the drug to treat the depression." Dr. Christopher O'Connor, associate professor of cardiology at Duke University Medical Center, was the other co-principal investigator. Although dep...