Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...lly sensitive educational health care materials in different languages available for their patients. "The underlying causes for health care disparities are deeply rooted in our society and are not merely medical issues," Bonow said. "Thus, health care professionals and scientists alone cannot solve them. Bu...Other highlights in the March 16 JNCI
...ffects among four groups of women participating in different breast cancer studies. They identified eight factors corresponding to the physical symptoms associated with cancer treatment, chemoprevention, menopause, and normal aging: hot flashes, nausea, bladder control, vaginal problems, musculoskeletal pain, ...New ways to design safer & more effective topical (transdermal) drug delivery announced in the PNAS
...rb through the skin. After analyzing more than 100 different CPEs to better understand how they manage to increase skin permeability, the researchers engineered more than 300 new CPEs. The design of the new CPEs was based on the researchers' understanding of the molecular forces that are associated with CPE sa...GlaxoSmithKline receives unanimous favorable recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee for Boostrix
...llowed by vomiting. Adolescents generally exhibit different symptoms of the disease, often without the classic "whoop," making it difficult to diagnose. However, for these older pertussis sufferers, severe coughing episodes can lead to vomiting, a hernia, or even a broken rib. These severe coughing episodes...Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
... The study, an analysis of data pooled from seven different North American residential radon studies, demonstrates an 11 to 21 percent increased lung cancer risk at average residential radon concentrations of approximately 3.0 picocuries per liter of air, during an exposure period of 5 to 30 years. The lung ...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for March 15, 2005
... (Editorial, p. 469.) The writer says, "Using many different diets with different approaches to food restriction for individual patients at different times in their efforts to lose w...Effects of education level on rates of obesity differ by race
... may influence overweight and obesity for women of different racial groups. Ten T. Lewis, Ph.D., of Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and colleagues examined the interactive effects of race and three levels of education: low, high school or less; moderate, some college; and high, college degree or more,...Simple blood test may help to predict cardiovascular risk in older women
...rmation in the article. Measurement of a number of different molecules involved in inflammation has been proposed as a way to identify and monitor patients at risk for coronary heart disease. The authors state that white blood cell count is a stable, well-standardized, widely available and inexpensive measure ...New study shows how very low-carb diets take off the pounds
...rm metabolic ward study." He says that using "many different diets with different approaches to food restriction for individual patients at different times in their efforts to lose w...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...to suggest that recovery of the lower limb is very different from recovery of the upper limb within five weeks post stroke. Stroke outcomes database joins patient information from several sources, pg 77 This study describes the creation of a stroke database that pulls challenging to assemble patient inform...Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
...sponse to painful heat. They also had a distinctly different pattern of brain activity compared to when they were not hypnotized and experienced the painful heat. The changes in brain activity suggest that hypnosis somehow blocks the pain signal from getting to the parts of the brain that perceive pain. "The m...Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny
...icals. Overall, the study covers 17 inks from five different manufacturers. "We chose to study five different brands of black ink as it is the most common color used in tattoos," Finley-Jones says. The research...Finances, not having a dentist are primary barriers to seniors receiving needed dental care
...ent rural. The data revealed that barriers affect different age groups of seniors in different ways. Participants were categorized as "early seniors" (ages 60-74); "middle seniors" (ages 75-84...Gene for age-related macular degeneration discovered by Yale researchers
...ticular alteration in the CFH gene that produces a different form of the CFH protein compared to individuals wi...esponsible for diseases, you have to use a totally different approach, instead of an educated guess. Our findings support greater use of this technique." Other...Failure to count Iraqi casualties is irresponsible, say experts
...they do not allow for reliable attribution between different causes of death and injury. The inadequacy of the current US/UK policy was highlighted when the Lancet published research suggesting that Iraq had suffered around 100,000 excess deaths since the 2003 invasion, but the UK government rejected this surv...Sex selection popular among infertile women
...s acceptable to provide a family with a child of a different sex than an existing child -- known as family balancing -- provided the methods are safe and effective. The tricky part for physicians will be determining if families want to choose the sex of their child for family balancing or for other reasons, Ja...Drug that hinders blood vessel growth under study in ovarian cancer
... of a monoclonal antibody that targets CA 125 as a different approach to forestalling cancer recurrence. ...rent study explores the safety and efficacy of two different doses of the drug compared to placebo. Study participants must be in clinical remission and have a h......of proteins--named SCAMPs--occurring widespread in different mammalian tissues that may be important in a late step in exocytosis. Dr. Castle is also responsible for demonstrating a total of four pathways of secretion in parotid cells--the constitutive, the constitutive-like, the minor regulated, and the majo...2005 Behavioral Sciences & Health Services Research Award
...t in Eastern Finland. Since 1975, he has worked in different posts at the Universities of Kuopio, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), and Oulu. He has applied his broad knowledge of biostatistics and epidemiological methods to major dental public health problems in Europe and Africa. He has inspired numerous junior fac...Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
...a priority for caries prevention using fluoride in different formats. Dr. Stookey served on the faculty at Indiana University from 1964 until his retirement in 2001. He continues to be an active researcher, and, in 2002, he received the IADR Distinguished Scientist Award for Dental Caries Research. This is the...