Even mild depression increases long-term mortality in heart failure
...curred when we lowered the threshold to a score of eight or greater. In our study, patients scoring seven o...n see, it would not be difficult to get a score of eight or greater, pointing out how important it is to identify patients with depressive symptoms early and...School-based smoking prevention programs ineffective
...ity School of Medicine. The researchers reviewed eight randomized, controlled smoking prevention trials with follow-up smoking data through at least 12th grade or age 18. Data from the popular Project DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program were included in the final analysis. Seven of the studie...MRI proves useful in assessment of suspected breast cancer patients
...s of the biopsy specimens, it was recommended that eight women have a mastectomy rather than breast conservation treatment. "About 15% of breast cancer patients have a recurrence of their disease. We don't know precisely why cancer returns in previously thought to be adequately treated breast cancer pati...York study tests enhanced care for depression patients
...5 minutes or so. "At any one time, between six and eight per cent of people in this country are suffering from depression. The World Health Organisation will very soon declare that the economic burden of depression worldwide will be second only to that of coronary heart disease. "This study will helpus to...Meditation may reduce heart disease risk
...ith cardiovascular disease, researchers say. After eight months of meditation, these adolescents experience...age," says Dr. Barnes. At four months and again at eight months, researchers used echocardiography to measure the diameter of the right brachial artery, the ...Folic acid and vitamin B12 decrease risk of hip fracture in stroke patients
... over the two-year follow up was significant, with eight fractures in the treatment group and 32 in the placebo group. Patients receiving folic acid and B12 experienced a 38 percent decrease in their plasma homocysteine levels, while levels increased by 31 percent in the placebo group. "Treatment with fol...How links with tobacco industry may have influenced the publication of research on second-hand smoke
...'s executive: all six members in 1992 and seven of eight members in 2002 had financial associations through industry lawyers. Of the 66 papers published in the journal during the study period that related to environmental tobacco smoke 40 of them (61%) reached conclusions that could be judged to be industr...Is caesarean section linked to postnatal depression?
...er 14,000 pregnant women completed a questionnaire eight weeks after giving birth to a single infant at full term. Postnatal depression was also assessed using a recognised scale. There was no evidence that elective caesarean section altered the odds of postnatal depression compared with planned vaginal de...Branding practices in rural India should be banned
...n branded for either pneumonia or convulsions, and eight had been branded to protect against pneumonia. All of them belonged to Hindu families, illiterate parents, and families in lower socioeconomic groups. In-depth interviews with the parents of branded children and villagers revealed that all 28 childre...New radio-frequency technique for knee injuries
... being out of competition sport for between six to eight months, with the social and economic repercussion that this entails. If the lesion is total with a complete break of the ligament - the usual surgery has to be undertaken involving the graft from another ligament or tendon to replace the injured tis...Diagnosis of prions in patients should utilize novel strategy, team says
...n experiment that focused on 18 brain regions from eight patients with sporadic CJD, the CDI detected prions in 100 percent of the samples, while IHC detected them in 22 percent and routine tissue examination in 17 percent. "In about 80 percent of the different brain regions examined, prions were not consi...Slow growth in infancy signals poor economic prospects in adulthood
...944. Their heights had been measured an average of eight times during the first year of life. The researchers linked these measurements to their educational levels and information on income and occupation, taken from the 1990 census. The analysis showed that boys who were taller between birth and 1 year ea...Stem-cell research hints at better looking cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
...ell-seeded scaffolds were placed under the skin in eight laboratory mice. After four weeks, the implants were removed and examined. The researchers found that the stem cells had differentiated into fat generating cells and the implant had retained both its original size and shape. Conventional implants beg...New European cancer figures for 2004 major efforts needed against the big four killers
... 130,000 deaths 17.4% of the total. One cancer in eight in Europe was breast cancer and this form of cancer represented 7.6% of all cancer deaths. Stomach cancer rates are falling in all countries, but this still accounts for 5.9% of all new cases and 8.1% of all cancer deaths. The major cancers in men a...Single-donor islet transplantation procedure shows promise for patients with type 1 diabetes
...nducted from July 2001 to August 2003 and enrolled eight women with type 1 diabetes. During the trial there...- or immunosuppression-related adverse events. All eight recipients achieved insulin independence and freedom from hypoglycemia. Five remained insulin-indepe...No increase in sexual risk taking among gay men in HIV-study
...they didn't know. Their risk for acquiring HIV was eight times that of men who did not report such sex, and four times that among men who reported taking risks with HIV-positive partners....Promising treatments for Huntington's disease identified in UCI study
...mine within the Huntingtin protein (Htt). At least eight other neurodegenerative disorders also are caused by this polyglutamine activity. The pathology of these diseases is complex and involves multiple cellular events. To address these complexities, the researchers matched compounds that together showe...Herb used to treat diabetes works like modern-day prescription drugs, study suggests
...cipants collect breath hydrogen samples hourly for eight hours after drinking the test beverage. The participants collected their breath in small plastic tubes. The researchers then analyzed these breath samples for hydrogen and methane content the level of either substance in the breath corresponds to th...Women successfully treated to prevent preterm labor at low risk for recurrent episode
...ing the possibility for steroid therapy. The other eight women with repeat preterm labor delivered within 24 hours of readmission to the hospital, which did not allow enough time for the physicians to consider giving the steroid treatment. No measures have been shown to definitively prevent preterm labor...Elderly people cared for by spouse are at greater risk for abuse, Pitt researchers find
...er is more than likely working, so she's not there eight hours a day." He also pointed out that adult children are less likely to have cognitive deficits, physical problems, or depression than elderly caregivers. The findings from this study could provide useful tools to doctors, who can help identify car...