How often should women get mammograms?
...rying among health systems and insurers sometimes dramatically the model provides quantitative predictions of the mortality benefits, on average, in populations of women over the course of 40 years. "We're not advocating any particular interval for mammography screening," says Sandra Lee, ScD, a biostatisticia...Changing chemistry helps explain estrogen threat to the heart
...it can kill her." He holds up a graph plotting the dramatically dropping rates of tetrahydrobiopterin over a woman's life, a drop that parallels the drop in estrogen levels. "We have to confirm it," he says of the new grant in which researchers will use different drugs to mimic aging, drugs that knock out L-argin...Researchers track program's success in curbing aggressive behavior
...d his colleagues found that the Good Behavior Game dramatically reduced aggressive behavior and helped children stay on task in the classroom, particularly boys who had begun first grade as highly aggressive. In the "Good Behavior Game" students motivate their teammates to follow class rules and are rewarded wit...New surgical procedure could save millions
...cal fiber and the pulsed-dye laser is dynamite and dramatically extends our in-office surgical capabilities. "For 25 years, the CO2 laser has been the 'workhorse' laser of our specialty, but until now it could be used only in the operating room. The difference between that experience and the new procedure," Koufm...Full-body MRI shows promise for screening, but should stay in research area for now, study says
...organs and detect a variety of diseases, making it dramatically more difficult to calculate risks and benefits. Our recommendation is not to advertise this to the population, but to first undertake long-term studies to see if the benefits outweigh the potential risks," said Dr. Gehde. However, the researchers adm...Stroke patients receive better care when hospitals 'get with the guidelines'
...EANS, Feb. 2 The care of stroke patients improved dramatically over a short time when hospitals implemented "Get With The Guidelines StrokeSM" (GWTGStroke), an American Stroke Association hospital quality improvement program, according to two studies presented today at the American Stroke Association's Internat...New bedside tool gauges mortality risk in heart failure patients
...e risk tool using only three variables was able to dramatically distinguish between low, intermediate, and high risk heart failure patients." The overall mortality risk for patients hospitalized with acute heart failure was 4.1 percent. The model determined mortality risk levels starting from low risk at 2.1 per...15 minutes training enough to save lives with an automated external defibrillator
...85 seconds during the first session, and decreased dramatically to around 59 seconds during the second. The authors conclude that untrained laypersons are able to use automated external defibrillators quickly and safely. Their performance significantly improves after basic theoretical explanation of the device. ...2005: A critical year for action towards millennium development goals
...e lives of hundreds of millions of people could be dramatically improved and millions could be saved every year, but only if the world takes bold steps in 2005. This essay is the first in a series summarising key conclusions of the UN Millennium Project, a 3-year independent advisory effort initiated by UN Secret...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
... Los Angeles County/USC Hospital could trim delays dramatically and relieve overcrowded conditions, according to a new USC/Los Angeles County Hospital study. "County/USC Hospital serves an enormous population in the region, with many patients going to the emergency room first, so the waits can be long," said R...Getting pregnant while on the pill: Yet another health hazard of being overweight
...artiles of body-mass index, but the risk jumped up dramatically among women in the fourth quartile," said Holt, also a professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Holt and colleagues found the association between extra pounds and pill failure first...Study suggests obesity has lesser financial impact on African-Americans
...hites. In white Americans, healthcare spending was dramatically higher for those who were obese than for those in the recommended weight range, but in Africans Americans, higher body weight was not significantly associated with higher overall healthcare spending" says Christina Wee, MD, MPH, of BIDMC's Division o...Holidays, birthdays and postponement of cancer deaths
...ious and cultural celebrations and then increased dramatically immediately afterwards. But Young points out those studies covered relatively small populations, and may reflect a general tendency for people to selectively remember positive events. He says while some may feel the findings of the study ta...Young people face increasing risk of suicide in Scotland
Suicide rates for young people have increased dramatically in Scotland's most deprived areas, according to research in this week's BMJ. During the two decades 1980 2000 young people became more than four times as likely to commit suicide in Scotland's poorest areas than its least deprived sectors. For young...Country's first 'simplified maze' using new ultrasound technology is done at Northwestern Memorial
...x million people worldwide. "Ultrasound technology dramatically simplifies the Maze procedure, eliminates the need to stop the heart from beating and soon will allow us to perform the Maze procedure minimally invasively and routinely as a stand-alone surgery," says Patrick McCarthy, M.D., co-director of the North...Scientists identify protein critical to melanoma growth
... of CDK2, the gene that manufactures CDK2 protein, dramatically slowed the growth and proliferation of the cancer cells. Unlike conventional chemotherapy drugs, a CDK2 inhibitor drug wouldn't be aimed at killing melanoma cells, only halting their growth. Fisher said that CDK2-inhibiting drugs exist, and he hopes ...First US SARS vaccine trial opens at NIH
...infectious disease. "In the case of SARS, we have dramatically cut vaccine development time with powerful new tools from two different fields, molecular biology and information technology," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. Instead of using weakened or inactivated virus, which is typical for vacci...Long-term data show benefit of DETROL LA as first-line therapy for overactive bladder
...hat OAB is an important medical condition that can dramatically impact quality of life for some sufferers. Yet many are resigned to coping with their symptoms or concerned about bothersome treatment side effects," said lead study author Dr. Alan D. Garely, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York. "This ...Cumulative trauma in adulthood can worsen health in later years
...nd when their expectations and dreams were changed dramatically by a traumatic event, their coping abilities may not have been developed enough to help them. This set them up for health problems in their later years." The second oldest group the old old group may have built up some resilience from growing up ...Reducing anti-rejection meds after transplant shows less complications
...'s Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute have dramatically improved intestinal transplant graft survival, and reduced rejection and infection rates by successfully using a novel immunosuppression minimization protocol, thus improving patients' overall quality of life and avoiding the use of several anti-reje...