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...he world," says Allison Sekuler, one of the senior authors and a Canada Research Chair at McMaster. "But these results are an unusual twist on the standard 'ageing makes you worse' story, and they provide clear insight into what is changing in the ageing brain." Using computer-generated stimuli, the researc...HIV vaccine trial breaks ground for future research
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...that are increasingly popular with employers. The authors comment that even their own coverage from Harvard leaves them at risk for out-of-pocket costs above levels that often led to medical bankruptcy. In many cases, high medical bills coincided with a loss of income as illness forced breadwinners to los...New treatment rivals chemotherapy for lymphoma, U-M study finds
...lity," he adds. In addition to Kaminski, U-M study authors are Melissa Tuck, research associate for Hematolog...usan Fisher, project associate in Radiology. Other authors are Stewart Kroll from Corixa Corp.; Arne Kolstad, M.D., Ph.D., from the Norwegian Radium Hospital, ...NHS Trusts meeting government target on stroke units 'in name only'
... Three out of five had no clinical psychology. The authors conclude: "This study suggests that in many hospitals [the target] is being achieved without adequate resource or expertise."...Male surgeons report highest rate of mistakes in patient care
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...not make kids have more sex," said Dr. Bishai. The authors report in their study that further research is needed to examine the effects of state and local laws and to explore whether the societal factors that contribute to the passage of such state legislation are correlated with better parenting or healthie...More homeless mentally ill than expected according to UCSD study: Interventions urged
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...ts, including the study authors. Additional study authors include: Dr. Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr., Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Dr. William T. Abraham, Department of Cardiology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio; Dr. Cl...Phobic anxiety increases heart disease death risk among women
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...loration." In addition to Dr. Reinherz, the other authors of the paper are Hailin Yang, Ph.D., Mikyung Kim Ph.D., and Pedro Reche, Ph.D., of DFCI; Sung-Kwon Kim, Ph.D., and Raymond Welsh, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts Medical School; and Tiara Morehead and Inger Damon, M.D., Ph.D., of CDC....Treatment for brain tumor does not always follow recommendations
... a comparison for future prospective studies," the authors conclude. (JAMA. 2005;293:557-564. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com ) Editor's Note: For funding and financial disclosure information, please see the JAMA article. Editorial: Malignant Gliomas in 2005 - Where to GO From Here? In an accompany...Clinicians report missing patient information is common
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...istics, such as lesion thickness and location. The authors conclude that sun exposure is associated with increased survival from melanoma. "It would be reasonable to speculate that the apparently beneficial relationship between sun exposure and survival from melanoma could be mediated by vitamin D," Berwick...Other highlights in the February 2 JNCI
...oper surgical care and pathologic assessment," the authors write. Contact: Mary Lawson, University of Minneso...k of either non-Hodgkin or Hodgkin lymphomas. The authors conclude that the growing incidence in obesity is unlikely to explain the increasing incidence world...No magic pill for treating dementia symptoms
...e complicated by an increased risk of stroke," the authors write. "Physicians considering prescribing these d...a are expected to triple in the next 10 years, the authors said it is essential to find more effective treatments. They said non-drug therapies should always b...Brain tumor treatment can vary greatly, according to new JAMA study
...s and their family members. Along with Chang, the authors of the study are: Ian Parney, MD, PhD, and Mitchel S. Berger, MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF; Wei Huang, MS, and Frederick Anderson, Jr., PhD, Center for Outcomes Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Anthony Asher, MD, ...Progesterone therapy could prevent thousands of preterm births
...igible women was reduced by about one-third. The authors of today's paper estimated that in 2002, about 30,000 recurrent preterm births occurred to women who were eligible for 17P, based on a spontaneous preterm birth recurrence rate of about 22 percent. The ACOG Committee Opinion urges more research on th......nosed received either amoxicillin or placebo. The authors report a higher rate of cure after 14 days in the group receiving amoxicillin. However, there was no statistical difference in the number of adverse events or in recurrence rates between the 2 groups....