Stroke awareness low among women, especially minorities
...y to die of a stroke than white women. "Our study documents a knowledge gap between racial/ethnic minorities and whites regarding stroke warning signs," Ferris said. "It is paradoxical that racial and ethnic minorities at highest risk were least aware. As with heart attack, it is critical that women at risk...Does the college experience damage your brain?
...t colleges and universities. Recent brain research documents how this college experience can take a terrible toll on a student's brainand what can be done to reverse the damage and develop the total potential of the brain. Introducing the first 'Brain Integration Report Card' for college students To assess ...CAS science spotlight identifies most requested article
...tified in a search. Listings of the most requested documents appear in CAS Science Spotlight at http://www.cas.org/spotlight . "Scientists like to know what are the exciting areas of science," said CAS Vice President, Editorial Operations, Dr. Matthew J. Toussant. "Publications that are frequently requested...Tobacco industry pays scientists to challenge secondhand smoke's link to infant death risk
...o company documents. Analysis of the Philip Morris documents shows that the company sought and paid an author t...dhand smoke (SHS) and childhood health issues, the documents show. One document summarized the "impact assessment" for this project as follows: "Should provide t...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...ial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Research documents that less acculturation in Latino children and their parents is associated with lower infant and postneonatal mortality, decreased low birth weight rates, better immunization coverage, a healthier diet, possibly a lower prevalence of asthma and aller...Telemedicine revolution is 'disappearing' from the NHS
...e found that despite significant support in policy documents and very active champions of the cause in the clinical world, these systems have largely failed to become integrated in routine healthcare delivery." The study shows that patients and other users are rarely consulted in any meaningful way about devel...How links with tobacco industry may have influenced the publication of research on second-hand smoke
...ntil February 2004. They analysed tobacco industry documents and looked for industry associations with the Society's executive, the journal's editorial board and the extent to which the journal published papers on environmental tobacco smoke that would be deemed favourable by the tobacco industry. They found ...UCLA study: Nearly a third of drug ads in medical journals contain no references for medical claims
...available, only a minority of company data-on-file documents were provided upon request; and the majority of or...enced by pharmaceutical ads. We wanted to see what documents were being used to substantiate the claims and how accessible these were to physicians who may want ......available, only a minority of company data-on-file documents were provided upon request; and the majority of or...enced by pharmaceutical ads. We wanted to see what documents were being used to substantiate the claims and how accessible these were to physicians who may want ...COX-2 inhibitor increases the risk of heart attack in elderly adults with no history of heart attack
... version of the Annals of Internal Medicine today, documents an increased risk of heart attack with one of the COX-2 inhibitors used in elderly adults with no previous history of heart attack--a group previously considered low-risk. The study, sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and ...Exposed: Tobacco industrys' efforts to cast doubt
...amined 43 previously confidential tobacco industry documents relating to p53 and tobacco smoke. The researchers found that prior to 1996, several tobacco companies supported research projects investigating the mechanisms of p53 mutations. Following the 1996 landmark study, tobacco companies planned a number of...A new service from the European Patent Office
...ation they need. For example, to view the original documents belonging to European patent application number 91105271, all you have to do is enter this number in the search mask on the Register Plus page. At the top of the results screen you will find the information that the patent has been revoked. Clicking ...Stanford study shows hypnosis helps kids undergoing difficult procedure
...at could change if more evidence is developed that documents the benefits of hypnosis....BMJ turns missing murder case documents over to FDA
The BMJ has turned over confidential drug company documents that went missing from a 10 year old murder case t...e their likely negative effect on prescribing. The documents reportedly went missing during the case of Joseph Wesbecker in 1994, who killed eight people at his ...OHSU researcher says FDA could broaden access to results of clinical drug trials
...several years, the FDA has been posting the review documents for some approved drug-indication combinations on its Web site. Unfortunately, these reviews are only sporadically available. I believe that the FDA could make all -- not just some -- NDA [new drug application] reviews, at least for approved NDAs, av...Fair decisions more important when hospitals face crisis like SARS
...tions are met. Researchers examined more than 200 documents (including e-mails and minutes of meetings) and 35 interviews with senior administrators, physicians, managers, nurses, other staff, a patient and family members. The study found there were two distinct phases of priority setting at the hospital ...European study highlights persistent 3 decade increase in childhood cancer incidence
...opean countries in this week's issue of THE LANCET documents how childhood cancer, while still rare, has been slowly increasing over the past 3 decades. Cancer is rare before age 20 years. Eva Steliarova-Foucher (International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France) and colleagues used the large European ...Examination of possible conflicts of interest to influence look at suspected adverse drug reactions
...f the published literature and of internal company documents from the manufacturer of cerivastatin, a cholester...d medical literature and reviewed internal company documents that have become part of the public record during a trial in Nueces County, Texas. The information ...Leading tobacco manufacturer conceals links to tobacco research facility
...utiny. By means of material from internal industry documents it can be revealed that one company, Philip Morris, acquired a research facility in Germany and created a complex mechanism seeking to ensure that the work done in the facility could not be linked to Philip Morris. Arrangements were made to conceal t...... be unsuitable for mechanical support. This study documents the shift in the demographic profile of patients in need of artificial hearts to a more high-risk group. Looking at clinical records of 131 consecutive recipients receiving LVAD as a bridge to transplantation, it was discovered that despite the patie...