Not enough evidence that multivitamins prevent infections in the elderly
...to help prevent infections. Researchers identified eight trials evaluating the effect of multivitamin and mineral supplements on infections in elderly people. Although three studies reported fewer days spent with infection, overall the evidence was weak and conflicting. The evidence does not support a pol...First head-to-head study to compare lidoderm patch and Celebrex in treating pain
...re well tolerated, with adverse events reported in eight patients in each group. The most common adverse events were itchiness or redness at the patch site. Additionally, three patients in the Lidoderm group discontinued the study due to adverse events. There were no discontinuations due to treatment-r...Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
...re well tolerated, with adverse events reported in eight patients in each group. The most common adverse events were itchiness or redness at the patch site. Additionally, three patients in the Lidoderm group discontinued the study due to adverse events (typically other pain, not being treated). There we...Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
...ients who had enrolled in the study, including the eight who continued to receive treatment after the study had been halted, 26 percent in the chemotherapy arm achieved pathologic complete remission, compared with 65.2 percent in patients treated with both Herceptin and chemotherapy, according to the JCO s...... uric acid in the prediction of disease but in the eight studies where all possible confounders had been removed this predictive role was lost. What this paper does not do is directly address the question of whether or not serum uric acid is involved in causing CHD although it does suggest that seru...Study finds majority of women willing to accept cervical cancer vaccine for self and children
...alveston. Women with children between the ages of eight and 14 were asked to take the survey, which was available in both English and Spanish. Women also received an education statement that explained that the human papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus that can cause cervical cancer. The statement also expla...Employment prospects good for most cancer survivors -- but not all
...ter four years was 84 percent. One worker out of eight quit work because of cancer within four years of being diagnosed, with women more likely to quit than men. The highest rates of quitting were among those with blood, central nervous system and head and neck cancers. The lowest rates of quitting wer......ciated with traffic fumes. The operators worked in eight hour shifts, for four consecutive days, before taking a day off. During their shift, they took breaks of between 30 and 45 minutes every couple of hours. They regularly changed lane booth, working a rotation system. Smoking also increases the amount...Storage time and temperature effects nutrients in spinach
...39 degrees still loses much of its nutrients after eight days. The average temperature of a refrigerator is...grees retained only 53 percent of its folate after eight days. When it was kept at higher temperatures, the spinach lost its nutrients at an accelerated rat...Diagnostic test for range of blood disorders on the horizon
...9 (57%) of 51 with essential thrombocythaemia, and eight (50%) of 16 with idiopathic myelofibrosis. The mutation was not detected in any of the controls. Distinguishing myeloproliferative disorders from other blood disorders such as thrombocytosis can be difficult; the authors suggest the detection of the...Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
...witches the researchers had flicked. The remaining eight samples became cancerous much like normal skin cells that the researchers had studied previously. It turns out that the difference in cancer formation had to do with the type of alteration in the children's collagen VII gene. The cancer-resistant ski...Countywide forecasts of water use available for Illinois, Midwest
... said. That amount, Winstanley said, will be about eight times greater than the amount of water diverted from Lake Michigan. "Some 97 percent of the water needed to produce energy is recycled, but up to 3 percent is consumed," he said. "This means that by 2025 up to 500 million gallons of water per day wil...Explosion of child obesity predicted to shorten us life expectancy
...en and adults. More than 500 scientists, including eight members of the National Academy of Sciences, nine members of the Institute of Medicine and 10 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute comprise Children's research community. For more information about the hospital visit: http://www.childrensh...Other highlights in the March 16 JNCI
...n 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, cognitive problems, weight problems, and arm ...Genetics important in age-related macular degeneration
... with decreased vision related to advanced AMD and eight million with earlier stages of the disease, according to background information in the article. Despite the public health impact of AMD, however, the relative roles of genes and environment in the development of AMD remain unclear. The authors state ...Finances, not having a dentist are primary barriers to seniors receiving needed dental care
...r-citizen centers and nutrition centers across the eight counties of Western New York, were 71 percent female, 88 percent Caucasian and 66 percent rural. The data revealed that barriers affect different age groups of seniors in different ways. Participants were categorized as "early seniors" (ages 60-7...Age shouldn't be a factor in kidney transplantation
...kidneys donated under the standard criteria, about eight to 12 years. He cautions, though, that "long-term follow-up is needed to ultimately determine the risks and benefits of kidney transplantation in this setting."...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...ng their radiation treatment instead of once every eight weeks the common dosage for other chemotherapy drugs" "This landmark study represents the most important advance in the management of glioblastoma since radiotherapy was shown to be of benefit over 35 years ago", comments Dr. Warren Mason, a lead in...New scale predicts recovery of consciousness from coma after brain injury
...brain injury. The test stimuli were organized into eight subscales, including social knowledge; taste and swallowing; olfactory; proprioceptive (perception of one's body in space) and vestibular (balance); auditory; visual; tactile; and testing-readiness. The investigators found that DOCS accurately detec...Student identifies electrical changes preceding heart failure
...r of initial diagnosis, and over 80 percent within eight years," Hahn said. "Of the deaths in patients with heart failure, up to 50 percent are sudden and unexpected, and the result of lethal arrhythmias." For their study, Hahn and Akar isolated small samples of heart tissue about the size of large postage...