Latest Asian-American tobacco use data reported
...ncer Institute. "The good news is that the overall decline we've seen in smoking among Asian Californians could be achieved in other states -- at the same time, the worrisome sign of higher smoking prevalence among the most acculturated young Asian American women in California could be indicative of a trend ...Researchers monitor progression of Parkinson's disease by studying molecular changes in brain
...eved that the disease's progression is marked by a decline in dopamine transporter binding, part of the brain's neurotransmitter circulation system.) The study demonstrates that it is possible to measure, quantitatively and over a significant period of time, the molecular changes that take place in the b...Major overhaul needed in end-of life care for patients with dementia
...tia as a terminal illness. Patients with dementia decline slowly, with long periods of stability punctuated ...storative and palliative care services as patients decline and goals are adjusted. With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the author...Blacks report better sexual, urinary function after prostate surgery than whites
...erapy actually saw their sexual function gradually decline throughout the five years following surgery....Epilepsy study shows memory loss after brain surgery
...post-surgical epilepsy patients have a significant decline in verbal memory. This type of memory loss is asso...gained their memory. The results indicate that the decline observed in a small portion of patients who had surgery on the right side of their brains was tempor...Blood pressure drugs may slow deterioration of Alzheimer's
... declined by an average of 4.6 points. The average decline was 4.9 points for those on calcium channel blocke...etrating ACE inhibitors work to slow the cognitive decline in Alzheimer's. The brain-penetrating ACE inhibitors did not lower the blood pressure more than the ...Breathing problems during sleep may affect mental development in infants and young children
...the sleep problems during these episodes cause the decline in test scores or if the sleep episodes and the lower test scores are both related to some common underlying mechanism." More than 10 percent of young children have habitual snoring, the mildest form of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). One to three...Postmenopausal women have lower grip strength than premenopausal women
...enopausal status was associated with a significant decline in pinch strength and a marginally significant decline in grip strength for all women in the study. However, the relation between menopausal status and gr...High blood pressure related decline in cognitive function affects adults young and old
... ages of 18 and 83 is associated with a measurable decline in cognitive function, according to a report publi... the printed journal. While they characterize the decline as "relatively minor and manageable in terms of everyday functioning," the authors underscore the im...Federal policy has failed to prepare nation for possibility of bioterrorism
...iability insurance could help reverse the national decline of emergency-room doctors, which further exposes the country to potential disaster in the case of a bioterrorist attack. "If one profession is crucial to control smallpox, it is the emergency-room doctor. If that physician identifies a case two or t...Chicken pox vaccine saves $$, protects whole population
...t in most states. But teens and adults also had a decline in hospital costs, probably due to an effect calle...9, ages 10 to 19 and age 20 or older, the sharpest decline is among 0 to 4 year olds, the first group targeted for vaccination. But all other groups declined t...Prison stigma leads to poor health for African American men
...xperiences after being released. Data reflected a decline in the types of jobs available to them in comparison to opportunities before incarceration. These men were limited in how they were able to conduct a job search and those who did find success in work were only able to do so "self-employed." An inab...Children walk nearly as much as their grandparents did
...e urban areas challenges recent statements about a decline in the amount of exercise children get through wal...ent travelling declined a little. There has been a decline in the proportion of 10/11 year olds allowed to travel around unaccompanied, but even today over 50...Long term benefits of health care require greater emphasis
...sts that discount rates for health benefits should decline with time. Little evidence supports uniform discounting. No empirical evidence exists to determine an optimal and final solution regarding the methodology for discounting in economic evaluation. This overview suggests that the current method of ...Siblings help children get along with others in kindergarten
...s," he said. Findings suggest benefits may decline slightly when children have three or more siblings or when there are large age differences between the siblings, but Downey said these differences were not very large. However, full siblings did seem to benefit children more than step-sibling...First proof that cutting Rx drugs due to cost harms health
...percent more likely to have suffered a significant decline in their overall health, and 50 percent more likel...e study began, were more likely to suffer a health decline or a heart event if they had under-used their medications because of cost. The findings are the firs...Study says widely reported side effect of chemotherapy may be overestimated
...til now, studies linking chemotherapy to cognitive decline have looked only at post-treatment neurocognitive function, without comparing to pre-treatment function. In the first prospective study to characterize cognitive abilities of breast cancer patients before adjuvant chemotherapy, Dr. Christina A. Meyer...Generics slow rising cost of prescription drugs in 2003
...ls for the first time in 2003 saw their drug costs decline by 4.6%. Those who implemented one or more tools for the first time in 2003 saw their costs increase by only 5.9%. Plan sponsors who used at least one trend management program in 2003 saw their drug costs grow by 10.4%. According to th...Two landmark studies show Taxotere (R) significantly improves survival in men with prostate cancer
.... In addition, the majority of patients had a PSA decline of more than 50 percent. "These studies are the first to show that a chemotherapy agent, Taxotere®, can deliver a significant survival benefit in androgen-independent (hormone-refractory) metastatic prostate cancer patients, giving hope to thousa...... decade. Researchers suspect that the substantial decline in asthma-related health services may be due to more effective disease control, as well as milder forms of newly diagnosed asthma. The study appears in the June issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. ...