Study measures risks of exclusive pipe smoking
...ied. Based on this follow-up data, the researchers determined the risks of nine cancers (bladder, colon/rectum, esophagus, kidney, larynx, lung, oropharynx, pancreas, and stomach) and three other diseases (coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) in exclusive p...Calvin professor invents lymphedema sleeve
...ve. She found some twill, with a bit of lycra, and determined that it would do the trick. And then she sewed a sleeve that replicated the gradient pressure of the bandages. She took it to her therapist and he was impressed. It could, he said, substitute for the bandages. Van'tHof rejoiced. But she did more tha...African-Americans respond poorly to hepatitis C treatment
... comparing similar patient groups, the researchers determined that the difference in infection rates does not explain the lower response rate to treatment among African-Americans. Statistical analyses of characteristics such as sex, age, weight, level of education, duration of infection and other medical condit...Zengen reports positive phase I/II trial results of its peptide molecule for vaginal yeast infection
...ects in the study reported evidence of efficacy as determined by potassium hydroxide (KOH) tests and mycological...s to assess the systemic absorption of CZEN-002 as determined by the plasma concentrations of the molecule through 21 days following dosing. The CZEN 002 was del...Study finds lung transplants increase survival of cystic fibrosis patients by more than four years
...val of 5.7 years after transplant, the researchers determined that lung transplantation improved the life expectancy of patients with CF by almost 4.5 years. "Next, we hope to see if transplanted patients are not only living longer, but enjoying a better quality of life than those who remain on the waiting list...Guideline evaluates treatment of infantile spasms
...out the treatment of this disorder." The guideline determined that adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is probabl..., as the drug can affect the retina. The guideline determined that there is insufficient evidence to recommend other treatments for infantile spasms. "This guidel......luding CMAJ) that same year. Rochon and colleagues determined that only 16% of the trials were highly relevant to international health. In a related commentary, Jha and Lavery take a wider perspective, pointing out that RCTs are only one component of the research needed to improve population health in developin...Yerkes researchers discover combination of drug therapies reduces cocaine use in primates
... will present a subsequent study in which his team determined fluoxetine (Prozac), a SERT inhibitor, enhanced the effectiveness of a DAT inhibitor in reducing cocaine self-administration. Howell's next step is to determine an optimal dosing level for this combination strategy in order to develop the best potent...Delay in transfer to the ICU increases risk of death
...to the medical/surgical ICU over five months. They determined when these 47 patients first met any of 11 pre-specified physiologic criteria, such as changes in breathing rate, blood pressure, heart rate and mental status. The researchers found that 48% of patients who were transferred to the ICU more than four ...Alzheimer's pathology reduced, longevity improved in mouse model, Gladstone study shows
...f atoms known as phosphate groups. The researchers determined that changing levels of Fyn had no effect on plaque formation or aberrant sprouting (the abnormal growth of nerve terminals, in which neuchemical messages are stored), indicating that these pathologies involve discrete molecular mechanisms. However, ...National Academies news: vaccines and autism
...ccine and thimerosal. At that time, the committee determined that the evidence did not show an association between the MMR vaccine and autism, but there was not enough evidence to determine whether thimerosal was associated with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. Given that mercury is known to have ...Jefferson researchers announce recommendations on when to test blood pressure in young children
...he normal range of blood pressure is traditionally determined by body size and age. The guidelines offer blood pressure standards that are based on gender, age and height, which, Dr. Falkner says, provide a more precise classification according to body size and avoid misclassifying children who are very tall or...Interventional procedures significantly improve quality of life for obese patients
...ry procedures, total costs and length of stay were determined from the administrative database. Overall, 33 per... and calcium, post-operatively. Retail costs were determined by a query on drugstore.com, an online pharmacy, and generic drugs were selected when appropriate. ...Novel vitamin discovery offers clues for cancer chemotherapy and lipid disorders
...ophilus influenza, that lives in blood. When they determined that the compound also supported the growth of yeast cells, they began a search for the yeast equivalent of the bacterial kinase enzyme that is required to begin turning it into NAD. They used what Brenner termed a "biochemical genomics approach," ta...Minimally invasive colon cancer surgery is effective
...ton University School of Medicine in St. Louis has determined that minimally invasive surgery is as safe and effective as standard open surgery for most patients with cancer confined to the colon. In addition to the cosmetic benefits of having a smaller incision, patients who received the minimally invasive pr...Hospital gowns' benefits outweigh costs in intensive care unit
...ng patients. Colonization pressure on a patient is determined by calculating the percentage of patients in a medical unit who have a particular infection. If there are 18 other patients in a medical unit, and six have VRE on a given day, the nineteenth patient's VRE colonization pressure for that day is 6/18 or......lso found that the success of control measures was determined as much by the amount of disease transmission before symptoms were displayed, as how easily the disease is transmitted....Long-term study proves ADDERALL XR is a safe and effective option to treat adults with ADHD
...ERALL XR at 20 mg/d. Then patients and physicians determined the optimal dose of ADDERALL XR (either 20, 40, 60 mg/day) through weekly visits, assessments of the severity of ADHD symptoms via the ADHD-RS, and dosage adjustments during the first part of the extension study. This dose optimization resulted in a...Plain film X-rays may not be necessary in some children with non-traumatic stomach pain
...ients, 173 had plain film examinations. The panel determined that 72% of plain films were not clinically useful. In other words, they did not provide information that altered or ended the evaluation of the patient's abdominal pain, said David A. Boyajian. Dr. Boyajian, a medical student at Massachusetts Gener...If core breast biopsy shows minimal abnormal cells, surgical excision is still necessary
...ed was examined under a microscope; the tissue was determined to have "minimal or focal evidence of a high risk lesion," said Catherine Giess, MD, lead author of the study. The cells were not completely normal, but they did not classify as cancer cells pathologically, she said. However, when the lesions were ...