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...atry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "A link between cigarette smoking and suicide has been reported in...t Lansing, and colleagues examined the association between cigarette smoking and suicidal thoughts and attempts. Participants aged 21 to 30 years were intervie...Study finds drug eluting stents as effective as vascular brachytherapy in preventing restenosis
...h included 2063 patients implanted with Cypher SES between August of 2003 and December of 2003 -- 136 of whom...rdiac databank who received VB as treatment of ISR between July of 2003 and January of 2004. These patients were contacted by telephone 4 to 8 months following...Study says rare allergic reactions to drug-eluting stents may raise risk for heart attack
...ut of 2067 patients who received the Cypher stents between August and December of 2003, 39 patients (1.9%) had what appeared to be allergic reactions. Although non-Cypher stent causes were found in 28 patients with hypersensitivity reactions the remaining 11 patients had hypersensitivity symptoms (ranging f...Proteins found in urine of pregnant women could help diagnose preeclampsia
...f whom had other causes of hypertension. The ratio between two of the proteins correctly identified all the w... in the serum and blood, but only the relationship between them has diagnostic significance." The proteins studied were vascular endothelial growth factor (VEG...St. John's wort amplifies effect of blood thinner Plavix
...r, they decided to look for a possible interaction between the two. St. John's wort is available in health food stores and drug stores, and marketed as a "natural" antidepressant or mood enhancer. It is known to interact with other drugs, including prescription antidepressants and some antiviral drugs, and ...Studies underscore genetic involvement in nicotine addiction & aggressive hostility
...e Chrna4 protein, does not affect the relationship between Chrna4 and alcohol consumption. Therefore, Chrna4...y play a part in why there is such a [strong] link between nicotine and ethanol intake, which in humans means smoking and drinking." In addition, the finding...Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
... their autistic students. Tracking the correlation between eye movements and brain activity, the researchers found that in autistic subjects, the amygdala - an emotion center in the brain associated with negative feelings - lights up to an abnormal extent during a direct gaze upon a non-threatening face. Wri...Depression predicts heart rhythm abnormalities in heart attack patients
...nter investigators have found a strong association between depression and the incidence of irregular and rapi...erestingly, the researchers found this association between depression and ventricular tachycardia in patients who were relatively healthy and that the risk of ...New trials for counseling caregivers and patients with Alzheimer's begin
...se can have devastating impact on the relationship between spouses, and couples counseling may improve their ability to cope together with the diagnosis and the progression of the disease. Dr. Mittelman says, "People have traditionally been treated separately, with the spouse in one room and the person with ...Jefferson Lab medical imager spots breast cancer
...ose metabolism, you can often distinguish a cancer between normal surrounding tissue, which in general has low uptake of FDG," Dr. Rosen says. For the study, Duke physicians recruited patients with suspicious mammograms who were scheduled for biopsies. "We recruited 23 patients that had 23 lesions that were...A shallow hip socket predicts osteoarthritis of the hip
...e hip. "Furthermore," he notes, "the associations between acetabular dysplasia and incident radiographic OA ...ssume that in a younger population the association between acetabular dysplasia and OA may be even higher."...School-based smoking prevention programs ineffective
...cally significant difference in smoking prevalence between students enrolled in school based smoking prevention programs and students not enrolled in this type of program. Only one program, Life Skills Program, had fewer smokers at long-term follow-up than in control schools. The Centers for Disease Contro...The impact of cruciate ligament rupture on osteoarthritis of the knee
...ure knee OA. However, much about the relationship between knee OA and cruciate ligament damage is still unkn...study's authors, Catherine L. Hill. "The interval between ACL injury and significant knee symptoms may be as long as 30 years, providing one explanation for t...Some HIV patients at risk of exhausting treatment options
...duals who had attended one of the centres for care between 1996 and 2002. They found that, although patients infected with HIV are becoming increasingly exposed to different antiretroviral treatments over time, immunological and virological profiles of these patients continue to improve. Currently little evi...Heart surgeons publish death rates
...ry or aortic valve replacement) for the first time between April 2001 and March 2004. The data was then risk-adjusted, to take into account the complexity and severity of the patients' illness, and the figures were compared with national data. A total of 10,163 patients had surgery under the care of 25 surge...Inflammation elevates risk of cardiac death in rheumatoid arthritis patients
...ster residents diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis between Jan. 1, 1955 and Jan. 1, 1995. The researchers collected detailed information about all study subjects' cardiac events and their cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index and smoking. They also collec...Sunflower seed oil can protect low birth weight babies from infection
... and preterm babies (less than 33 weeks gestation) between 1998 and 2003 in Bangladesh. The babies were randomly assigned to receive sunflower seed oil, an ointment called Aquaphor (petrolatum, mineral oil, mineral wax, and lanolin) or no intervention. The treatment was applied to the entire body of the babi...Three out of the four million newborn babies who die each year could be saved
...stem, and the obstacles faced, all differ markedly between and within countries as do support from policymakers and the availability of resources. A shortage of skilled staff is the biggest problem facing the scaling up of clinical care in high mortality settings. Many countries train insufficient numbers of...Daily supplement may boost birthweight of babies in the developing world
... weeks of pregnancy, were recruited onto the trial between August 2002 and October 2003. Women were randomly assigned to receive either a supplement containing 10 vitamins (vitamin A, E, D, B1, B2, B6, B12, C, niacin, folic acid) and five minerals (iron, zinc, copper, selenium, iodine) or the nationally advi......l will establish the pattern and nature of contact between case manager and patient. Case managers will use t...likely to last 15 minutes or so. "At any one time, between six and eight per cent of people in this country are suffering from depression. The World Health Org...