Three out of the four million newborn babies who die each year could be saved
...n the first week of life, with the highest risk of death on the first day of life. Of all deaths in childre...through committed leadership, have halved neonatal death rates in recent years. Currently, funding for maternal, neonatal and child health is low given the b...Mayo Clinic develops first genomic-based test to predict stroke from ruptured brain aneurysm
...as sporadic brain aneurysm are at highest risk for death and disability due to rupturing and subsequent bleeding into the brain. Sporadic brain aneurysm is a different medical condition from familial aneurysm, for which genetic markers are already known. However, approximately 90 percent of all cases of an...Chest radiographs can predict risk of death in SARS patients
Radiologists can estimate the risk of death to a SARS patient by the seventh day from the onse...he time of their admission into the hospital until death (in 48 of the patients) or discharge from the hospital. The researchers found that by looking at the...Men more likely to get screened for prostate cancer than colon cancer, U-M study finds
... Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in men, but according to a new University of Michigan Health System study, fewer than half of men surveyed were up-to-date with colon cancer screenings. What men do pay attention to is prostate cancer. And that has researchers thinking an annual pros...Brain tumor with dismal prognosis in infants can be cured in older children
...e effects, recurrence or progression of cancer, or death from treatment side effects or the cancer itself. The study also demonstrated that older children who experienced relapse of ATRT could be saved using ICE chemotherapy (ifosfamide, carboplatin- and etoposide). Other authors of the report are Tanya M....Older women can benefit from chemotherapy to treat breast cancer
...ntly worse or patients aged 65 or older because of death from causes other than breast cancer. Thirty-three deaths (0.5 percent of all patients) were attributed to treatment, and older women had higher treatment-related mortality. Older women and younger women derived similar reductions in breast cancer ...Studies address issues of risk and survival in rapidly increasing GI cancers
.../m2) had an approximately 30 percent lower risk of death compared to normal and underweight patients. Pat...00 per year) had an up to 38 percent lower risk of death compared to low-income patients (<$15,000 per year). Women survived longer than men. "Unfortu...African-Americans receive less aggressive heart attack treatment
.... "Heart disease is a leading cause of illness and death in our country that disproportionately affects African-Americans," said Bertoni. "There is still work to be done to understand why this disparity exists. "Severity of illnesses, patient and physician preferences may play some role, but there are no c...Columbia study finds hemophilia therapy dramatically improves outcomes for bleeding stroke
...survival by nearly 40%."The third highest cause of death in the United States, stroke is the leading source...ys, there was a 16% absolute reduction in cases of death or severe disability among the rFVIIa treated patients. This indicates that for approximately eve...Schepens scientists regenerate optic nerve for the first time
...ays. "At the same time, we learned of the untimely death of Christopher Reeves. It was, therefore, a priority for us to redouble our efforts to find ways to restore damaged nerves." According to Senator John Kerry, who supported funding of this important work, "Schepens is doing cutting-edge research tha...UIC offers new weight loss surgery for obese teens
...Obesity is the second leading preventable cause of death in the United States and is increasingly affecting children and adolescents. In the United States, an estimated 10 to 15 percent of adolescents are obese. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the prevalence of overweight and obesity amon...Latest findings on genetic blood disorder 'Cooley's Anemia'
...ay also lead to iron overload that can cause early death from organ failure. The latest advances in the understanding and treatment of this disease will be the focus of an international conference March 17-19 in Orlando, Florida, sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Co...Jefferson scientists uncover potential trigger of diabetic kidney disease
... cells seem to be involved in a self-directed cell death or apoptosis in diabetic kidney disease. "We think CD36 might be a switch that is turned on in the human condition, and might be one of the reasons these cells die in human disease and start a cascade of progressive kidney failure," Dr. Sharma explai...Air pollution thickens the blood
...nhanced in almost all the cell types. The rate of death in immune cells also significantly increased, and exposure to the pollutants boosted inflammatory activity. The authors say their findings suggest that particulate matter has the ability to alter cell function so that it promotes thickening or coagul...How often should women get mammograms?
...is low rather than at 50, reduces overall risk of death by five percent because the incidence of cancer in the younger women is very low. However, Zelen said he believes screening women between 40 and 50 has merit because their breast cancers are more aggressive. If women underwent mammograms every two...Biochemical marker aids prognosis in liver transplant patients
... the accuracy of the MELD score to predict risk of death on the waiting list. Led by Andres E. Ruf, M.D., o...ss than or equal to 130 mEq/L) and MELD to predict death within 3 and 6 months of listing was analyzed with two different statistical methods. Results of the...'Marital strain' increases women's risk of death, heart disease
...marital strain on contributing to heart disease or death from any cause, said Elaine D. Eaker, Sc.D., president of Eaker Epidemiology Enterprises, LLC, in Chili, Wis., and principal investigator of the ancillary study of the Framingham Offspring Study. Together with researchers from Boston University, Eak...HIV patients may be at risk of heart problems when taking protease inhibitor drugs
...conditions that make a person vulnerable to sudden death by a ventricular arrhythmia. There are several specific actions physicians can take to use this new information wisely, Drs. Ackerman and Badley say. The first is to screen by electrocardiogram for heart effects in vulnerable patients. The second is...New European cancer figures for 2004 major efforts needed against the big four killers
...est form of cancer diagnosed (13.2%) and of cancer death (20%). Although colorectal cancer was almost equal...d indication of the burden of cancer incidence and death throughout Europe and will help to clarify the priorities for cancer control action." Improvements ...PENN begins clinical trial of newest technology to treat thoracic aortic aneurysms
...l aortic aneurysms remain the 13th major cause of death in this country, accounting for nearly 15,000 deaths annually. "The STARZ-TX2 trial is groundbreaking and excellent news for patients diagnosed with descending thoracic aortic aneurysms," says Dr. Fairman. "Surgery can be life-threatening for many ...