Older, disabled women have trouble managing pain
...t 49percent, said they were in severe pain, and an additional 22 percent rated theirpain as moderate. Ten percent said their discomfort was mild, and nearly 20percent said they had no pain at all. For women with severe pain, the mostfrequent sites were the knees or hips, followed by lower back pain for about ......dings, andsocioeconomic changes. They attribute an additional 40 percent to improvedmedical care and communications. The National Weather Service publication Storm Data recorded 3,239 deaths and9,818 injuries from lightning strikes between 1959 and 1994. Only flash floodsand river floods cause more weather-rel...Alcohol researchers prove brief intervention successful in older problem drinkers
...ws ina physician's office. The interviews gathered additional information on alcoholuse, medications, injuries, depressive symptoms, and other medical and socialcharacteristics. The 158 patients who remained eligible after exclusion foralcohol withdrawal symptoms, past alcohol treatment, cognitive impairment, o...Help for women's urinary tract infections
...ne were essentially correct. The authors notethat additional studies using follow-up tests would be needed to assess howoften phone diagnoses are accurate. A follow-up patient survey of 100 randomly selected women also was conducted.Ninety-five percent of the patients were satisfied with the medical care theyr...Novel drug therapy tackles third 'pathway' causing congestive heart failure
...otensin, which increasesblood pressure, putting an additional strain on the heart. However this is thefirst cli...at while the results of the study are encouraging, additional studies areneeded because of the small number of patients and the short duration of theclinical tri...Scientists show hormone involved in cryptorchidism
...ility. "It would be so much better if by taking an additional dose of hormone, we couldeliminate surgery and the risk of cancer in these boys," said Parada. Normal testicular descent consists of two stages - transabdominal descent intothe inguinal canal and then descent into the scrotum. Parada and Nef createdm...Walking cuts risk of heart attack in elderly men
... a first heart attack dropped 15 percent for every additional half mile aday walked. The men, all of whom were enrolled in the Honolulu Heart Program(HHP) and were participants in a larger study of men of Japanese ancestry livingon Oahu, walked from less than a quarter mile a day to eight miles daily. Robert D......ugher whenfathers' job stress is combined with the additional challenges of dealing with aless than harmonious marriage and an active young son, say Penn Stateresearchers. On its own, work stress does not necessarily make parents lessknowledgeable, but fathers' high job pressure in combination with cert...Dental students help close care gap at Indian reservation
...issioned officers are entered into alottery for an additional $30,000 tax-free stipend, which can be used to repay student loans. The chances of winning"improve enormously" for those who apply for a post in an underserved area, Tommasone said. In addition to CWRU, dental students from Indiana University and the......ts, enhancing the accuracy of theirdecisions. The additional information aids in determining the degree of heartfailure or wall damage. With this information, physicians can determine if thepatient's heart would benefit from cardiac bypass surgery, or is strong enoughto withstand chemotherapy if the patient n...New nationwide study in six cities will look at the method & message for changing risky HIV behavior
...ns are scheduled during thefirst four months, then additional counseling visits take place every threemonths for the rest of the three-year study period. A participant sees the samecounselor each time. In both intervention groups, participants will take part in individualcounseling sessions with trained couns...Correlation between brain shrinkage and education found
...rve memory and thinking in the face ofbrain aging, additional research is needed to determine the mechanism by whicheducation may be related to preserved cognitive function," Dr. Coffey said. The study was funded in part by the Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, theMental Illness Research Association and the......reat AIDS in 1987. In August 1994,AZT received an additional indication for use in preventing perinatal HIVtransmission....Children CATCH on to heart-health messages
...s are narrowing over time. The authors suggestthat additional research is needed to investigate the best ways to maintainhealth promotion intervention effects beyond the elementary school level. "Although the effects of the behavioral intervention persisted over along period of time," said Philip R. Nade...Heart valve disease increases risk of death, research shows
...heart attacks. The researchers called for additional studies to learn how aorticsclerosis and events such as heart attack and stroke are related: Is early valvedisease a marker for heart vessel disease? Or, does the valve disease somehowcause heart attacks, strokes, angina and heart failure? The answe...Aspirin's role in colon cancer prevention focus of $5 million grant
...more than $1million during the first year, with an additional $4 million in support over thenext four years. In addition to the amount of financial support it provides, thegrant is significant because it is the first to the VICC to be specificallyearmarked for cancer prevention research. It is also among the fi......ssessment with regard to proteinstructure." As an additional benefit, Ben Franklin will grant new Pennsylvaniacompanies up to $5,000 toward services rendered by the Institute. The Ben Franklin Technology PArtners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a statewidenetwork that promotes economic development and competi...Obesity drugs not a quick fix for achieving weight loss
...f you have obesity,everybody knows it, so there is additional social pressure to lose weight. Thispressure drives many patients to look to drugs as a possible quick fix." The Food and Drug Administration has approved nine obesity drugs to date. Eightwork by altering metabolism in the brain to suppress appetite ...ReQuip cuts risk of dyskinesias by 15-fold in early Parkinson's disease
...tients receiving ReQuip®, either alone or with additional L-dopa(incidence 20%). In patients who completed t... the group receiving ReQuip® supplemented with additional L-dopa,required a much lower dose of L-dopa to control disease symptoms, compared tothose treated wi......ubstances, NTP is requestingpublic comment and any additional scientific information be sent to Dr. WilliamEastin, NIEHS/NTP, Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, or email him at Eastin@NIEHS.NIH.gov by Sept. 7, 1999. The four herbs are aloe vera, which is used as a dietary supplement aswell ...