Women seeking treatment for even minimal 'male-type' hair growth need endocrine evaluation
...excess disorder did not differ in race, body mass, degree of hair growth or family history. However, patients with an identifiable androgen excess disorder were slightly younger and more likely to complain of infertility." Acne was seen in about one-fourth of the study population, affecting those with and w...Risk of stroke doubles for migraine sufferers
...at odds with other studies which suggest a smaller degree of increased risk for women in this category indicating the need for much more research in this area. The increased risk of stroke is probably down to the reduced blood flow to the brain which usually occurs in a migraine, suggest the researchers. M...Multi-center study finds therapy boosts kidney transplants in 'highly sensitized' patients
...rm of a potentially life-saving donated organ. The degree of sensitization is measured in terms of "panel reactive antibody" or PRA levels. For a non-sensitized patient with end-stage renal disease, the wait time for a cadaveric transplantation averages four to five years. For sensitized patients, the odds ...Stem cell research: The new medicine of the future
... The key in the United Kingdom is an unprecedented degree of collaboration among government, commercial and academic players. A model of early and aggressive regulation has encouraged important and ethically acceptable areas of stem-cell research, while criminalizing irresponsible and unethical endeavors. T...Younger children in the child welfare system could benefit from specialty mental health services
...g children involved with child welfare vary by the degree of coordination between local child welfare and mental health agencies. The researchers examined mental health services used for one year after contact with child welfare in a national sample of children aged two to 14 years. Child and agency data w...Encryption, data hiding and watermarking: Subject of new book by NJIT expert
... and tracing. Akansu received his bachelor's degree from the Technical University of Istanbul in 1980, and his master's (1983) and doctorate (1987) from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn. He joined NJIT in 1987 as a professor of electrical and computer engineering. ...The impact of body weight on the progression of knee osteoarthritis
... of weight loss for knee OA patients depend on the degree of alignment in the affected leg. ...llow-up examination, each subject was assessed for degree of alignment in the affected leg, which was then categorized as moderate, severe, or neutral. Malal...Imatinib (Gleevec) has activity in AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma
...ng the same dose. Although the reason for the high degree of toxicity is unclear, researchers speculate that imatinib may interact with the medications involved in the HAART regimen, which can also cause diarrhea. Researchers noted that once patients develop KS, it tends to recur after therapy, and mos...Scholarship to attract 'top students' for optometry
...octorate in optometry, she received her bachelor's degree in biology from Rice University and graduated from Thomas K. Gorman High School in Tyler, Texas. "UH has given me my whole career and expert training in my profession," Hopping said. "I appreciate and love my profession because it allows me to...Antidepressants may increase risk of abnormal bleeding
...000. Individuals were classified according to the degree (high, intermediate, or low) of serotonin reuptake...on. "We found a significant association between degree of serotonin reuptake inhibition by antidepressants and risk of hospital admission for abnormal blee...Study helps define headaches of whiplash
...tific evidence, we can now show there is a certain degree of safety built into the human system which needs to be exceeded before injury can be precipitated."...Chernobyl disaster caused cancer cases in Sweden
... statistically established correlation between the degree of fallout and an observed rise in the number of cancer cases. The increase involves all types of cancer in the aggregate. On the other hand, no clear effect can be seen for individual forms of cancer, not even for those types that have been regarded...Surgery without the scapel: U. Va. Health System marks fifteenth anniversary of Gamma knife
...e instrument. "With experience comes a higher degree of technical success and fewer complications," said Dr Neal F. Kassell, professor of neurosurgery and one of three Gamma Knife experts at U.Va. "Patients know that when they come to U.Va. to have this type of surgery, they're getting the best possibl...Tide of new nurses rises but shortages still loom large
...rtage, and many have just graduated from associate degree nursing education programs," said Buerhaus. The research shows older women and foreign-born women are still a factor and account for a large share of the growth. But Buerhaus said the most surprising findings from his research show that even with th...Gastric bypass works for GERD and obesity in patients with prior surgery, says Pitt study
...mass index from 37.5 kg/m2 to 26.8 kg/m2." "This degree of weight loss is equal to that experienced by patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery primarily for obesity, and is enough to impact dramatic improvements in obesity-related co-morbid medical conditions." said Anita P. Courcoulas, M.D., assistan......ye Institute in an effort to improve eyesight to a degree previously unheard of. Using Williams' laboratory work as a road map to the intricacies of the inner eye, MacRae developed customized ablation, a custom version of refractive surgery that corrects for the previously unknown nuances of a person's vi...HPV vaccine shown to 'substantially' reduce cervical cancer
...ith one vaccine. "Our trial results showed a high degree of safety, with no adverse effects to the participants, and highly significant and complete protection against persistent infection. This has enormous implications for women worldwide, and for our health system, which annually spends billions of dol...Following heart care guidelines saves lives
...tals were then divided into quartiles based on the degree to which they adhered to the guidelines. Each hospital was characterized as either: process worsening, no improvement, modest improvement or large improvement. Altogether, adherence to the guidelines by the hospitals in the study improved fr...Abdominal fat decreases, insulin action improves when elderly take hormone
...lts indicate an improvement in insulin action. The degree of improvement in insulin action correlated closely to the amount of decrease in visceral fat. "Among the different fat stores, visceral fat is specifically considered potent and metabolically active because its blood drains directly to the liver," V...As obesity increases in people with diabetes, so does risk of cardiovascular disease
...to heart disease."Among persons with diabetes, the degree of obesity may be an important barrier to optimal ...creasing exercise. "Few studies have investigated degree of obesity and control of risk factors for cardiovascular disease," he said. Bertoni, assistant prof...