New laparoscopic hysterectomy offers quicker recovery time than traditional surgery
...nting the usual incontinence most women experience after conventional hysterectomies. "For women who have a medical indication for a hysterectomy but who have been afraid of losing the support that the pelvic structure gives or fear losing sexual function, this is an excellent alternative," Dr. Thompson sa...Parents who quit smoking may influence their offspring to quit as young adults
...2th grade (17 or 18 years old) and again two years after high school. "This study is unique because it is the first prospective study to follow a large group of parents and children over time to examine whether parents' quitting behavior might be related to their young-adult children quitting smoking," Bri...NYU'S Duster cautions against FDA approval of 'race-based' pharmaceutical
...ch intends to market the drug to African Americans after FDA approval, has noted that African Americans between the ages of 45 and 64 are two-and-a-half times more likely to die from heart failure than are Caucasians in the same age range. However, in the Science article, Duster responds that this age gr...Inpatient smoking cessation counseling is associated with early differences in mortality
Giving up smoking after a heart attack has been clearly associated with im...ements in long-term patient survival, but how soon after myocardial infarction does smoking cessation begin to have positive effects? A study published in th...New imaging technologies can enhance orthopaedic outcomes
...aily activities," said Dr. Potter. "With time and after treatment, patients may feel better, but sometimes the underlying biology for that patient's problem tells a very different story." Dr. Potter said that observable clinical outcomes such as walking and stair climbing ability are still important meas...Is caesarean section linked to postnatal depression?
...egnant women completed a questionnaire eight weeks after giving birth to a single infant at full term. Postnatal depression was also assessed using a recognised scale. There was no evidence that elective caesarean section altered the odds of postnatal depression compared with planned vaginal delivery. Amon...Branding practices in rural India should be banned
...ical care. Researchers investigated this practice after noting that many young children attending a rural health centre had scars from branding over their chest. Off 144 children under 5 years, 20 had been branded for either pneumonia or convulsions, and eight had been branded to protect against pneumonia...New radio-frequency technique for knee injuries
...c resonance studies over a period of at least year after the retraction. From these studies, satisfactory results were obtained in 90% of the patients. The remaining patients were able to benefit from more traditional treatment techniques, but with longer recuperation periods. It would appear to be the cas...History of broken bones overlooked when treating osteoporosis
...ch often goes undetected) and especially the wrist after age 20 are two to 10 times more likely to be at future risk of osteoporosis. Results of the study, which also involved McMaster University and the Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, appear in the February issue of Osteoporosis International. Bone d...Major review of subway systems suggests potential for significant health and safety hazards
...level- prevention may be as simple as hand washing after riding the subways," she states. Another hazard examined in this paper was subway noise. Not surprisingly, subways are noisy environments, given the many noise producing processes that are common in rail transit and the amplification provided by the...Plant derivative attacks the roots of leukemia
...t study, the UR group began investigating Feverfew after other scientists showed that it prevented some skin cancers in animal models. Intrigued by the plant's anti-tumor activities, the UR team analyzed how a concentrated form of parthenolide would act on the most primitive types of acute myelogenous leuk...Columbia study finds hemophilia therapy dramatically improves outcomes for bleeding stroke
...cided to investigate rFVIIa as a treatment for ICH after reading about its coagulation effects. With the b...d factor VII (rFVIIa) could reduce hematoma growth after ICH. The primary outcome measure was the percent change in ICH volume at 24 hours. Clinical outcome...CK2 protein sustains colon cancer cells by sabotaging ability to commit suicide
...e jumble of proteins that interact with each other after TRAIL binds to the outer cell membrane. After DISC forms, an enzyme called caspase-8 triggers the cascade of biochemical events outside DISC that eventually leads to cell death. By desensitizing the cell to TRAIL, CK2 disrupts the DISC response, whic...A safer route to school makes children more likely to walk and bike, study shows
...d to school, there was a more significant increase after the improvements. But at schools where most children were already in the habit of getting to school by car or bus, behavior changes were less marked. Although projects funded by the Safe Routes to Schools program produced measurable increases in the ...Schepens scientists regenerate optic nerve for the first time
...eings, CNS nerves lose their ability to regenerate after injury at the point in their development when they...ssure, or with injuries that sever the optic nerve after that developmental milestone, destruction can be permanent and blinding. Chen and her research team ...Cartilage repair techniques shown to restore patient mobility and reduce pain
...vered more knee function and experienced less pain after the procedure. Prior to these results, surgeons ha...this study were examined at a minimum of two years after their procedure to assess the short and long-term outcomes of their surgery. The research showed tha...Potential drug target for treating cocaine abuse found
... later injected with cocaine. This effect wore off after a day. Cocaine produces intense feelings of euphor... by binding to receptors on the receiving neurons, after which it is reabsorbed for later use by a protein that transports it back into the sending neuron. B...Study examines three-day antibiotic regimens for treating bladder infection in women
... occurred almost entirely within the first 2 weeks after therapy. Microbiological cure (determine by follow-up urine culture) at 2 weeks was observed in 118 (76 percent) of 156 women treated with amoxicillin-clavulanate compared with 153 (95 percent) of 161 women treated with ciprofloxacin. "Trimethoprim...Cancer in patients with hepatitis C
...a slow process and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma develops after a long influence," say the authors. They suggest t...cent years. As most Swedish HCV patients were born after 1950, the cancer increase might be related to long-lasting HCV infection. In conclusion, "this is t...Celecoxib safe for short-term use in patients with cirrhosis
...proxen significantly reduced plasma renin activity after furosemide administration. "These results suggest that selective COX-2 inhibitors may be safer than nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in these patients," the authors report. "Further studies using COX-2 inhibitors for a longer period ...