Individually tailored health promotions can help working women, research shows
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...dergo surgery. However, microscopic grade did not differ by ethnicity. Median survival was 22 months and 32...carcinoma, after adjustment for all variables that differ significantly between these two ethnic groups." The authors add, "additional variables should be in...Cocaine use associated with often fatal heart condition
...e two groups (cocaine users and non-users) did not differ with respect to type of dissection; however, cocaine users were more likely to undergo emergency surgery. Twenty nine percent of the cocaine users died as a result of aortic dissection as compared to seventeen percent of the non-cocaine users....Common cold no more frequent in people with asthma - but symptoms are more severe
...an in healthy participants. The two groups did not differ in frequency, severity, or duration of URT infections or symptoms associated with rhinovirus infection. Jonathan Corne comments: Rhinovirus infection is one of the commonest causes of asthma attacks, and there must be a reason why the infection has...Most popular websites not necessarily of highest quality
...ce. More popular and less popular websites did not differ in any of the quality measures studies. Furthermore, the presence of inaccurate information did not differ between more popular and less popular sites. These results show that type rather than quality of con...Two viruses team up in West Nile vaccine
...er shown that although the individual flaviviruses differ from one another, their parts could often be interchanged with those of dengue virus to produce a weakened hybrid that is suitable for testing as a vaccine. The researchers used this strategy to construct two potential WNV vaccines and test them in ...First-of-its-kind study of vascular dementia patients taking ARICEPT presented at AAGP meeting
...e Events Overall, adverse events did not differ significantly in frequency between the ARICEPT (donepezil hydrochloride tablets) groups (90.4 percent for 5 mg patients; 91.6 percent for 10 mg patients) and the placebo group (86.5 percent). Rates of cardiovascular events were also similar among al...Study shows weight loss with an antidepressant medicine in combination with lifestyle intervention
...y weight by week 48. Patient withdrawals did not differ significantly between treatment groups. In addition, there were no significant differences in the occurrence of adverse events across treatment arms. The most common adverse events experienced in this study at the highest dose that were greater tha...UCSD researchers find raloxifene is not associated with early cardiovascular harm
...ts reported in the overall MORE population did not differ significantly among raloxifene and placebo. Because the overall MORE population was at relatively low cardiovascular risk, researchers also explored the effect of raloxifene on cardiovascular events in a subset of 1,035 women at increased cardiovascu...Re-designed care could reduce postnatal depression
...epression; however, physical health scores did not differ between women in the intervention and control groups. The investigators conclude that the redesign of care so that it is midwife-led, flexible, and tailored to needs, could help to improve womens mental health and reduce probable depression at 4 mont...... events Overall, adverse events did not differ significantly in frequency between the ARICEPT (donepezil hydrochloride tablets) groups (90.4 percent for 5 mg patients; 91.6 percent for 10 mg patients) and the placebo group (86.5 percent). Rates of cardiovascular events were also similar among al...Study: Dental sealants for children on Medicaid can reduce dental costs
...h Carolina, there is no reason to think they would differ in other states, Rozier said. Strengths of the study include the large number of subjects, the relatively long follow-up period and the many factors controlled for in the analysis. Limitations were that it relied on claims data and that children were......t to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially depending on factors such as the availability of resources, the timing and effects of regulatory actions, the strength of competition, the outcome of litigation, and the effectiveness of patent protection. Additional information regarding ...Uninsured, medicaid patients more likely to die from heart attack
...th rates from heart attack. Mortality did not differ between races and reduced income was only modestly associated with increased risk of dying following a heart attack. However, patients in the "extremely unfavorable group" (those who lived in a low-income area and were either uninsured or ...New UNC center plans intensive studies of retired athletes suffering disabilities
...s to national data to see how the retired athletes differ from the general population," he said. "Our overall goals will be to find out what happens to professional and other top athletes and, over time, to try to lessen whatever negative impacts playing has on their health and quality of life." The UNC Cen...Depression turns generation gap into a chasm
... their parents quite often disagree. When opinions differ over fashion, music and television programs, there is no real cause for concern, but you cant say that about disease. Clinical depression in adolescents is an alarming illness, made much more so by the finding that adolescents and their parents of...Specifying alcohol-related brain damage in young women
...flects a change in activity between two tasks that differ in only one aspect. The signals obtained from the two different conditions are then subtracted from one another and the remaining regions of the brain that demonstrate significant activation are interpreted as having contributed to the task. I...Alcohol and drug treatment among HMO patients
...eeds and problems of alcohol and drug patients may differ even though they are now usually treated in the sa...atment needs, and the development of problems, can differ among those there to be treated. However, the homogeneity of the population and the managed care se...Common hearing test for newborns may be wrong up to a third of the time
...blished as the "gold standard". The two techniques differ in their basic underlying principle. DPOAE measures sounds made in the inner ear in response to two simultaneous tones of slightly different frequency fed into the ear via a microphone, while ABR plays clicks into the ear and measures the brain's res...... users and control subjects) did not significantly differ on their prolactin or cortisol responses. This suggests that not all youth with significant alcohol use disorders early in life have a dysregulation of serotonin metabolism. However, the most 'extreme subjects' - nine boys with both alcohol use dis...