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...assachusetts General Hospital researchers analyzed data from anannual survey of a random sample of office-based physicians. Physiciansdetermined the tobacco-use status of more than two-thirds of their teenagepatients, but they provided cessation help at only 2 percent of office visits. Doctors were more ...When It Comes To Heart Attacks, Size Apparently Does Matter
...ander based his findings on a close examination of data from the recently completed 10,948-patient PURSUIT trial of the drug eptifibatide (Integrilin), which was funded by the drug manufacturer, COR Therapeutics Inc., of San Francisco. He and his team found that while the drug slightly reduced the number...Flu Shots Keep Health Workers On The Job
...teinhoff and his colleaguesconclude that their new data confirm the benefits of annual vaccination forhealth care workers. Partial support for this study was provided by the National Institutes ofHealth-National Center for Research Resources....Study Highlights Flu Risks For Women With Chronic Illness
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... more than 500,000 people received stents, and our data suggestthat one in 12 may not have required them,"... very controversial topic, without much scientific data on eitherside," Ohman said. "This evidence suggests that we can achieve reasonableresults with the ...More Evidence Of Possible Adverse Effects From New Hormone Use In Women With Heart Disease
...em before their heart attack (21 percent). "These data contribute to the evolving understanding of the be...tween the two treatments, it had amassed detailed data on 8,803 patients with heart disease who had suffered a heart attack, including any use of HRT. In ...UB Oral Biologists Find Link Between Gum Disease And Passive Exposure To Tobacco Smoke
...periodontaldisease, Grossi and colleagues analyzed data from 13,798 participants in theThird National Heal...erize severe periodontal disease. Analysis of the data showed that persons exposed to passive smoking were atsignificantly increased risk of having more se...ENBREL Phase III Data Published In Annals Of Internal Medicine
...n (NYSE:AHP), announce thepublication of Phase III data for ENBREL (etanercept) for the treatment ofrheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the Annals of Internal Medicine. What: The six month study is based on 234 patients with active rheumatoidarthritis with inadequate response to DMARDs. Date of Publicatio......D.S., senior research scientist. Both studiesused data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Exami...of gum detachment from underlyingbone. Linking the data on alcohol consumption and attachment level showed adirect dose-response relationship between the am......onitoring Board (DSMB) on March 10, 1999, based on data on the first 800patients which showed approximately 25 percent fewer deaths among patientsreceiving small, rather than large, breaths of air from a mechanical ventilator. The ARDS Network Study of Ventilator Management in ARDS, scheduled toen...Health And Wealth: Women Are DifferentOr Are They?
... Journal of Health and Social Behavior thatearlier data doesn't adequately predict women's mortality risks primarilybecause the socioeconomic measures used in those studies were tailored to men'sposition in the labor market, but not to women's. The occupation, education,and income of the male household h...Canada's Most Powerful Supercomputer Now At Sick Kids
...he world's researchers willproduce more scientific data in the life sciences than has been previouslygener...estions -- will helpturn these large quantities of data into knowledge that can be used to improvediagnosis and treatment of childhood diseases. A job that ...Fifteenth Anniversary Of The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
...ers. Over the years the MACS hasprovided critical data about early events in the course of HIV infection...y of biologic specimenswith detailed epidemiologic data for investigators, which have been used in awide variety of studies by AIDS researchers nationwide. ...Poor Health In Pregnancy And After Childbirth Tied To History Of Abuse
...rhurt in other ways. Of 47 women for whom complete data were available, 16 (34 percent) saidthey had been physically or sexually abused in their lifetime. "The largemajority had both sexual and physical abuse," the Leserman says. On average,more than five years had passed since the abuse, with many having...Standardization Of Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Offers Hope To Patients Nationwide
...e the effectiveness of thisinteraction." Five-year data show patients undergoing this treatment live longer and have abetter quality of life. "We are very pleased with the dramatic survival and quality of lifebenefits that have been observed in our clinical trials initiated in 1991,"Loggie said. ...Managed-Care Systems Could Save By Eliminating Restricted Access To Dermatologists
...ative estimate," he said. The results are based on data about office visits to doctors as recordedin the National Ambulatory Medical Care surveys for 1990 through 1994. A separate study found that dermatologists take less time to diagnoseskin problems even when seeing a patient for the first time, compare...UI Study Finds Social Support May Increase Longevity Of People With Schizophrenia
...duate in psychology, Dornink collected the project data as part of asenior honor thesis which Christensen supervised. Other UI investigatorsincluded Susan K. Schultz, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, and ShawnaL. Ehlers, doctoral student in clinical psychology. The researchers examined the medical...Office Stress, Large Family Responsibilities Put Women At Risk
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