Exploring the brain chemistry of people at risk for alcohol disorders
...hout (FH-). All participants were interviewed and completed self-reports in order to create a personal, psychological and alcohol-history profile, and had their eye-blink electromyogram (EMG) activity to acoustic startle probes measured while viewing 36 color photographs. Following the latter procedure, part...Lack of awareness of acute stroke symptoms and treatment
... people in Olmsted County, Minn., and received 364 completed surveys. The survey assessed knowledge of overall definition of stroke, stroke risk factors, symptoms, treatment, and potential for prevention, along with prior medical history, attitudes towards health care, and other factors. Less than half of res...Highest sustained virologic response in treatment of Hepatitis C ever reported in prospective study
...scontinuation of treatment. Results of a recently completed phase III study of the investigational hepatitis C therapy were presented today at the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL) annual meeting in Madrid, Spain. The study also revealed strong evidence that, to achieve optimal results, treat...Stanford team prevents kidney transplant rejection without drugs
...e needed to prevent organ rejection while the team completed the next step. After the transplant, the kidney recipient received multiple small doses of radiation targeted to the immune system combined with a drug to reduce the number of cells capable of an immune attack. The team then injected blood st...Non-traditional roles may boost risk of heart disease and death
...,769 men and 1,913 women, ages 18 to 77 years, who completed psychological surveys during the third examination of the Framingham Offspring Study and were followed for 10 years for incidence of coronary heart disease and death. Researchers used the Karaseks Job Demand Control model to define occupational str...Declining physical activity levels are associated with increasing obesity
...747 women at the conclusion of the study. Subjects completed a self-administered questionnaire on socioeconomic factors, medical history, perceived health, and lifestyle. During the 15 years of the study, obesity incidence levels rose from 15.4% to 19.8% in the men and from 17.2% to 19.4% in the women. Overwei...Early intercourse and self-esteem linked in adolescent behavior
...o Indianapolis-area schools for the data. Students completed a questionnaire and were administered a standardiz...nning of seventh grade. A second questionnaire was completed by the students at the beginning of their ninth-grade year. In the seventh grade, all 188 students i...New hope for treating or avoiding heart failure after cancer drugs
...rescribing ACE**** inhibitors once chemotherapy is completed can actually prevent cardiotoxicity. In earlier studies the research team used ACE inhibitors to treat patients who developed decreased cardiac function after anthracyclines. Dr Jensen said: "The patients did not spontaneously recover during the obse...Depressed brains get better on placebo!
... Symptom remission was seen in eight of the 15 who completed the six-week study. Of those eight who responded, four were on placebo and four were treated with the active drug. Researchers tracked the metabolic changes in their brains using PET. "Our findings are consistent with the well-recognized placebo phen...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for May (first issue)
...underwent symptom-limitedexercise testing, and all completed it without serious complications. Fifteen of the 17 stopped exercise due to leg discomfort; 6 of the 17 patients complained of mild shortness of breath. The researchers said that the pathophysiologic pattern of the women suggests all of the patient...Low referral rates, low income keep women out of cardiac rehab programs
...ic information, such as family income and age, and completed tests designed to measure such traits as anxiety levels and strength of social supports. The results, Grace reports, duplicate previous observations of lower referral rates for women. Among eligible patients, 32 percent of men -- but only 21 percent ......alth. Program participants must come to U-M having completed medical school and clinical training, and the preference is toward those who have board certification in another area like pediatrics or family practice. The residents spend their first year getting a master's of public health in epidemiology. In t...UCLA study shows many parents not getting antibiotic message
...ight physicians were enrolled at 27 sites. Parents completed a pre-visit survey that gathered information on de... the doctor to prescribe antibiotics. Doctors then completed a post-visit survey to determine diagnosis, treatment and whether or not they believed the parent ex...... in dermatology at the University of Maryland, and completed a fellowship in dermatopathology at Johns Hopkins ...heastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and completed a residency in dermatology in the UAMS College of Medicine. She is director of the Dermatology Clini...Study finds intraocular pressure improved when switched to XALATAN from other monotherapy
...Fort Lauderdale. Mean IOP in the 825 patients who completed the study improved by 3.0+/-3.4 mmHg after switchi...primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension completed the ongoing, multicenter, prospective, open-label study. All patients administered XALATAN once dai...'SolarScan' for earlier skin cancer detection
... Almost 750,000 skin cancer removal operations are completed each year, costing Australian taxpayers more than $300 million. "SolarScan will ensure more accurate melanoma diagnosis so that fewer people have to undergo an unnecessary operation." The device was developed over eight years by Australian company Po...Pitt researchers find gender differences in the mental health care of children
...e ages 4 to 15 years. Prior to evaluation, parents completed a questionnaire, which included the Pediatric Symptom Checklist, which was not available to the treating physician....Whitewater death inspires students to create safer helmet
...ewater helmet was one of 11 Johns Hopkins projects completed this year by undergraduates in the Senior Design Project course. The class is taught by Andrew F. Conn, a Johns Hopkins graduate with more than 30 years of experience in public and private research and development. Each team of two or three students,...Viagra significantly effective, well-tolerated for men taking multiple blood pressure treatments
...und to be effective and well tolerated in over 100 completed and ongoing clinical studies. Viagra has been approved by regulatory authorities in over 115 countries around the world and is among the most widely prescribed medications, with over 100 million prescriptions written for more than 16 million men....Pfizers 'tune-up for life' (TM) identifies heart disease risks among race fans
...cose levels, men participating in Tune-Up for Life completed the Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM), a standard screening tool to assess the presence of ED. The results revealed that 50 percent of men who reported having high blood pressure also had SHIM scores consistent with possible ED, while only 31 p...