Waist circumference as a predictor of cardiovascular risk
...VD risk. An associated editorial by Lean and Han considers certain practical problems involved in the measurement of WC in a clinical setting. In the future, similar studies should be directed at developing the same type of WC-disease risk correlations for other races and for chronic diseases other than CVD....Gene therapy may increase cancer cure rates, medical physicists show
... To calculate the projected cure rates, the group considers the fraction of tumor cells that are genetically modified, or "transduced," by the injected virus. They also consider the sensitivity of the genetically transformed cells to radiation. With present laboratory technology, the researchers predict an ...Medicare+Choice bills may stop exodus of plans, but are not likely to expand enrollment in HMOs
BETHESDA, MD - As Congress considers legislative proposals aimed at saving Medicare+Choice, a new study published today on the Health Affairs Web site shows that under the best-case scenario, enrollment in the troubled managed care program would stabilize at about 5 million beneficiarie...Nasal spray flu vaccine developed at U-M needs no additional clinical trials, says FDA
...ormation, but no additional clinical trials, as it considers approval of FluMist, an influenza vaccine delivered as a nasal spray. FluMist was invented by Hunein "John" Maassab after more than four decades of research at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Gaithersburg, Md.-based MedImmune has...Studies often ignore domestic violence committed by women
... former partner in the past year. Indeed, when one considers that most violence against children is committed by women, in terms of gender it is women who are most likely to be perpetrators of domestic violence, says the author. Why is domestic violence so often portrayed in such a partisan and unscientific wa...The low-down on high blood pressure more focus on prevention and treatment goals
... Treatment to goal is especially critical when one considers the demographics of the aging population and rising trends in obesity and sedentary lifestyles says Jones. A recent analysis predicts that current middle-aged Americans face a 90 percent chance of developing high blood pressure some time during thei...Pitt researchers find gender differences in the mental health care of children
...alize care. Each child should have a clinician who considers them as their patient, the clinician will then be better prepared to recognize, track and effectively treat mental health problems if they do occur. The researchers studied data from 21,065 individual child visits (50.3 percent female) in 204 primary...Researchers investigate needs of family members when a patient dies
...Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. One who considers patients in isolation from their families may reason that anything doctors do after a patient dies is not cost-effective. But its imperative to realize actions taken after a death have a tremendous long-term impact on families. To ignore the interest...Kaleidescope eyes: the secrets of a novel gift
...do not suffer. Australian PhD student, Anina Rich considers these people to have an unusual gift.As part of a small University of Melbourne team, Rich is one of the few people in the world studying the phenomenon of Synaethesia, a condition that raises more questions than answers and generally has researchers...Tool pinpoints acceptable pricing of combination vaccines
...ule. Rather than finding a single price, the tool considers any number of cost-associated factors and finds a distribution of prices that match a manufacturers target market percentages and what consumers will pay. The 2002 immunization schedule is crowded, with up to five injections recommended at a single o...Pregnancy and childbirth a major cause of death among Afghan refugee women
...Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA, considers the broader issue of the need for rebuilding Afghanistans health-care infrastructure. He concludes: The challenge of returning refugees and the internally displaced to their homes in Afghanistan is great, and the challenge of rebuilding health care f...Alcohol preferences among pregnant Native and African American urban women
...o include questions which get at what a respondent considers to be the size of a drink. We are currently in the process of a controlled trial at a large health maintenance organization, in which the assessment of drink size is being used as an intervention in their prenatal clinics. Women are often very surp...Mayo Clinic Proceedings looks at epidemic of obesity in February issue
...ar disease on the population of Olmsted County. It considers obesity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. "Like the majority of people in the United States, the majority of people in Olmsted County desire to control their weight," said Thomas Kottke, M.D., cardiology, of Mayo Clinic and an author of th......rance, which accredits managed care organizations, considers use of beta-blockers as an indicator of high-quality health care, but a combination of public misapprehensions about side effects, heavy marketing of related drugs, and uncertainty among some physicians has stalled widespread use of beta-blockers, Ph...Mammography programs show benefit
...Canada. In a related commentary Dr. Anthony Miller considers the additional factors required for effective screening programs: validity and acceptability of the screening test, early diagnosis of progressive disease, effective therapy and good compliance of the at-risk population....Kidney transplant proposal reduces wait from 24 to 14 months, improves equity for blacks & women
...s Work Against African Americans & Women The study considers transplant of cadaveric kidneys, which are kidneys taken from accident fatalities and others who died with kidneys suitable for transplantation. Currently, there is a shortage of cadaveric kidneys for transplant. The UNOS system currently used gives...Emotional and physical toll of being poor
...h effects of welfare reform on single mothers. It considers how successful or unsuccessful navigation through work-fare programs leads to better or worse health among low income mothers; how health problems influence their work success; and how community and governmental resources can contribute to better hea...Mayo clinic researchers explore new methods to detect Parkinson's disease in at-risk individuals
...r. This high-risk group is likely larger when one considers otherindependent risk factors. "The key for future research of Parkinson's disease is to find ways to discoverwho is most at risk and to develop therapies that can delay or prevent the onsetof this disease," says Dr. Maraganore. "The results of our ...Wanted: Holistic approach to cancer treatment
...han individualized, patient-oriented approach that considers life circumstances,stress, environmental toxins, and nutritional deficiencies. Eliminating cancer risk factors--smoking, lack of exercise, environmentalcarcinogens, nutritional deficiencies and imbalances, and stress--are importantfor cancer preven......ountries. Like the 1985 project, the new report considers only health conditions of publichealth importance in the United States, except HIV/AIDS, which already is anational priority. However, the new report differs in two significant ways fromthe 1985 project. First, it includes vaccines not only for inf...