Other highlights in the March 2 JNCI
...gned to one of five different screening options: a biennial FOBT delivered by mail; a biennial FOBT delivered through clinical practice; a choice of FOBT or sigmoidoscopy; sigmoidoscopy; or sigmo...Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) biennial meeting
...Research in Child Development (SRCD) will hold its biennial meeting in Atlanta, April 7-10, 2005, at the Marriott Marquis and the Hilton Atlanta. More than 5,000 leading national and international experts will be attending the meeting to hear and present the latest research in child development. Some of the...Elevated glucose levels and diabetes are associated with increased risk for cancer
...from the National Health Insurance Corp. and had a biennial medical evaluation in 1992-1995. During the 10 years of follow-up, there were 20,566 cancer deaths in men and 5,907 cancer deaths in women. The researchers found that, while controlling for smoking and alcohol use, the group with the highest fasting ...Study examines impact of two-year screening interval for breast cancer
... been diagnosed with breast cancer after receiving biennial screening were more likely to have been diagnosed ...owever, for women in their 40s, those who received biennial screening were more likely to have late-stage disease when they were diagnosed with breast cancer th...Cancer research in Europe: A 'foundation' for the future
... will officially come into existence during ESMO's biennial congress, which is being held in Vienna this year. In the city where Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, and the Strauss family did their most significant work, it is only fitting that a concert should be the event through which the Foundation will ...Postmenopausal hormone therapy associated with increased risk for developing asthma
...le, exercise, and hormone use. From 1988 to 1996, biennial follow-up questionnaires were sent inquiring about new asthma and COPD diagnoses. The researchers found that current use of estrogen alone was associated with increased risk (2.29 times higher) of asthma compared with women who never used hormon...Earth Institute at Columbia University hosts State of the Planet 2004
...tute at Columbia University will convene the third biennial State of the Planet conference on March 29-30, 2004. The two-day conference, hosted by Earth Institute Director Jeffrey D. Sachs, brings together an international roster of influential and innovative thinkers discussing ideas to ensure delivery of ba...Aspirin use may be associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer
... was based on questions about aspirin use asked on biennial questionnaires beginning in 1980. Among those women, 34% were current regular aspirin users, defined as women who took two or more 325 mg aspirin tablets per week. The remaining women were non-regular aspirin users who took less than 2 tablets per we...Differences in cancer screening rates reported
...lth Services and the Public Health Institute, this biennial survey is the largest of its kind conducted in any state and one of the largest in the nation. In addition to releasing the report on cancer screening in California, the Center for Health Policy Research announced Sept. 18 the launch of CHIS 2003, fu...Vaccine development sparks debate on changes to cervical cancer screening guidelines
...hers was the strategy of vaccination combined with biennial screening beginning at age 24. This combination was cost-effective and effectively reduced cancer incidence and mortality. Other combinations were either too costly because of screening costs, or resulted in higher cancer incidence and mortality. "Al...Fluorine chemists take their expertise to the sunshine state
...argest scientific society, will convene its 16 th biennial winter fluorine conference, Jan. 12-17, 2003, in St. Pete Beach, Fla., hosted by the ACS' Division of Fluorine Chemistry. Over 100 scientific presentations will be made at the winter conference and approximately 250 scientists and students will atten...Human papilloma virus test increases cancer detection rate, study finds
... further by suggesting that adding the HPV test to biennial Pap tests at the outset is a cost-effective and potentially life-saving alternative for routine screening. The incidence and death rates from cervical cancer have declined substantially in the United States over the last 50 years due to widespread Pa......when they also analyzed data from the survey's two biennial followups, and when they eliminated 8th graders from the sample -- 95 percent of whom had not started to smoke in 1988 --the effect that price increases seemed to have on teen smoking disappeared. The researchers presented their findings at the Ame...