Vaccinating children protects adults as well
... these bacteria in children but also a significant decline in the disease in adults. Researchers from the Ce...er in 2002 than it was in 2001. There was also a decline in IPD in older children (age 2-4) and very young children (less than 2 months old) as well. Anoth...Improving treatment of medulloblastoma, a common childhood brain tumor
...e loss of some normal brain tissue, resulting in a decline in intellectual function and long-term problems with certain hormones, such as thyroid and growth hormones. Therefore, identifying patients who can safely undergo a milder course of treatment can help minimize these lasting effects of therapy. Ultim...Activism prompts teen smokers to cut back on cigarettes, Stanford study finds
...al offices; and convincing city council members to decline campaign contributions from tobacco companies. The drug and alcohol prevention classes for the five other schools were adapted from a highly regarded curriculum that had proven effective among continuation students, Winkleby said. It focused on he...Study shows United States may have more pediatricians than it needs for the next 20 years
... internal medicine, which are projected to begin a decline during the next 20 years relative to the growth in the populations they serve. According to researchers, the expanding elderly population is the driving force behind this disparity. One of the demographic impacts researchers considered was the chan...Major agreement reached at heart health conference
... to a better quality of life for EU Citizens and a decline in death rates from heart disease." The conference was organised in partnership with the European Society of Cardiology and the European Heart Network. The conclusions from this conference will be brought to the EU Health Council meeting in June 2004...Tip sheet for the February 24, 2004 Neurology
...cal School in Rochester, Minn., says the cognitive decline in PCNSL patients is the result of various factors...atrophy was detected on MRI more consistently than decline on cognitive tests or rating scales in a group of patients ranging from normal elderly to mild cogni...Study compares clinical diagnoses and autopsy diagnoses in ICU deaths
...tes have decreased worldwide. The reasons for the decline in autopsy rates are attributed to fear of potential legal repercussions should misdiagnoses be discovered, reluctance of families to give permission for the procedure, and doubt regarding the usefulness of autopsies given today's modern diagnostic t...Laws designed to prevent too-short hospital stays allow mothers more time, study shows
... passed in 1996, however, that led to a very sharp decline in drive-through deliveries." A key difference was that Maryland's 1995 law allowed exceptions to be made if physicians felt that early discharge would not harm either the mother or the child. State legislators changed the law so mothers had the fina...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, February 17, 2004
...rtery was associated with cognitive impairment and decline in cognitive function over time compared with thos...out history of stroke or TIAs to prevent cognitive decline (Editorial, p. 303)....Study uncovers how stress and hormones lead to smoking relapse
...hours of abstinence. They also exhibited a steeper decline of cortisol concentrations after abstinence compared with a previous day when they were smoking at their usual rate. Cortisol responses to stress were greater in men than in women. However, the acute stressful challenges increased craving and intensi...New study demonstrates key benefits of RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) in young adults with schizophrenia
...ignificantly improve at one month and continued to decline throughout the six month treatment period. Risperdal Consta is the first and only newer-generation, 'atypical' antipsychotic available as a long-acting injection. It combines the increased efficacy and fewer side effects of an atypical antipsychotic ...Alcohol abuse history could pose problems for HIV patients
... independent process." The known risk of cognitive decline in HIV infection has prompted attempts to identify risk factors for this decline, Bornstein said. Numerous studies have shown that deficits in memory and learning, slower reaction time and decreased speed in decision-making are commonly reported in H...Race may be a factor in treatment of rectal cancer patients
...ording to the article. Recently, there has been a decline in colorectal cancer and deaths caused by the disease, but black patients have not experienced the same declines. The article states that from 1992 to 1998, the annual decrease in death rates for white males was 2.1 percent compared with 0.9 percent...Rectal cancer treatment gaps, especially for African Americans, seen in new study
...er in the United States are declining, the rate of decline for African-Americans is slower than for whites. The new study finds that African-Americans with rectal cancer were diagnosed at a younger age than whites, and were more likely to have reached an advanced stage of cancer progression before their canc...Sleep shortage takes toll on middle schoolers
...e years of middle school, they also found a steady decline in the average hours of sleep, which apparently le...dropped for both boys and girls over time, but the decline was steeper for girls, she says. On average, boys and girls went to bed at the same time. But girls ...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 6, 2004
...e headaches, recurrent ischemic attacks, cognitive decline and dementia. Now Finnish researchers find that CADASIL, recognized as a cause of strokes in the young, poses a special risk during pregnancy. The team studied 19 pregnancies and post-birth periods (puerperium) of 12 women with the CADASIL gene mut...Popular drug for chest pain may promote blood vessel damage
...itroglycerin-tolerant rats exhibited a significant decline in activity of mitochondrial ALDH-2, the enzyme critical to nitroglycerin's beneficial effects, relative to control animals, the researchers reported. Therefore, treatment of tolerant blood vessels with other substances known to block ALDH-2 activity...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet February 3, 2004
...n those who did not take HT (2002) was followed by decline in use of HT. Release of the HERS data from the H...dy in 1998 was temporally associated with a modest decline in use of HT. (Before publication of HERS, the use of HT was about 41% in the study group and was in...Mad cow has confidence stirred, but not shaken
...t has fallen 'some' or 'a little'. However, this decline in confidence does seem to be accompanied by a decrease in beef consumption among those who are most concerned. About 14 percent said they are eating less beef and 5 percent said they had eliminated beef from their diets altogether. While confirmi...New guidelines for drug studies for relapsed prostate cancer patients
...te that a significant proportion of patients had a decline or no increase in PSA and have prostate-cancer specific survival or extension of the time to development of metastatic disease. Drugs that cannot pass this high bar should not continue to be tested as a single agent but can be looked at in combinatio...