Mayo Clinic Proceedings looks at epidemic of obesity in February issue
...tients who undertake moderate physical activity is equal to or greater than the gains experienced by individuals who are already physically active and increase their level of activity," said Frank W. Booth, Ph.D., of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Missouri, and an author of the ...Doctors steer sick patients away from capitated HMOs
...ndermined their ability to offer a quality of care equal to that of other types of managed care reimbursement. One-third of the surveyed doctors said capitated care was of lower quality and were twice as likely to steer sicker patients away from capitated plans. Although quality concerns clearly influence...Torture, ill-treatment, and sexual identity
... human rights by taking away its central plank-the equal rights and dignity of all human beings."...Pain, price, insurance delays for new vaccines concern kids' doctors
...owing wish for combination shots, lower costs, and equal availability for children with all types of insurance ANN ARBOR, MI - When a new vaccine to protect infants and children against meningitis, pneumonia and ear infections was introduced last year, the public's response was overwhelming: parents cla...All food energy improves memory in elderly, study says
... consuming carbohydrate, fat and protein drinks of equal calories compared to a placebo with no food energy, regardless of the drinks' effects on blood glucose levels. The positive results occurred in verbal recall tests administered 15 minutes after the participants -- 11 males and 11 females, aged 61 to ...New pilot study suggests flaxseed and low-fat diet can be protective against prostate cancer
...the diet were then matched with 25 historic cases, equal in age, race, PSA level atdiagnosis and biopsy Gleason sum (a scoring system used to grade prostate tumors) to compare tumorprogression and biomarkers after the dietary intervention. The men were on the low-fat, flaxseed-supplemented diet for an ...Study points to potential role for caffeine in reducing the risk of Parkinsons disease
...eated the mice with caffeine (at levels that would equal about a cup or two of coffee to humans), their brain dopamine levels remained near normal, and thus the MPTP toxicity was decreased. Interestingly, caffeine's neuroprotective effect may be closely linked to its stimulatory effect. Genetically ...NIDA and partners announce national initiative on prescription drug misuse and abuse
... and women use prescription drugs non-medically in equal numbers. However, some studies indicate that women may be more likely to misuse narcotics and anti-anxiety drugs, in part because women are two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with depression and, as a result, to be treated with psychother......per employee per year in medical care costs and an equal amount in productivity gains. "Work site health management programs are part of the new way to do health care in America. Everyone benefits and it is truly one of the classic win-win situations for all the stakeholders." Other conference presenters ...Hand size counts in safe handgun use
...lly be made if one selects a handgun whose TGLH is equal to or smaller than the user's TGLU. The user shoul... Select one or more handguns for which TGLH is equal to or smaller than the user's TGLU, and conduct meaningful handling and shooting trials to verify th...In a new observational analysis, Risedronate significantly reduced nonvertebral fracture risk
...systemic glucocorticoid treatment (greater than or equal to 7.5 mg/d prednisone or equivalent) for chronic diseases. In clinical trials, Actonel was generally well tolerated. Actonel is contraindicated in patients with hypocalcemia, known hypersensitivity to any component of this product, or inability to ...Gender differences in private substance abuse treatment retention
...n short, everyone does not enter treatment with an equal chance of remaining in treatment. Third, this article also points out that the characteristics associated with individuals staying in treatment longer differ, in many respects, for men and women." Both Mertens and Finney believe the study's findings...ARICEPT better tolerated than Exelon in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimers disease
...mergent adverse events occurred in greater than or equal to 5% of patients and at least twice as frequently in either treatment group (all causalities)....Fine-tuning naltrexone treatment for alcoholics
...ics were helped and others were not, despite their equal commitment to quit drinking. McCaul's findings may help resolve this mystery. "This paper is especially important on two fronts," said Volpicelli. "First, it begins to identify that, for at least blocking the pleasure associated with drinking, do...Major new study finds long-acting calcium channel blockers inferior to other antihypertensive drugs
...idence that antihypertensive drugs, despite having equal effect on blood pressure, may vary in their ability to prevent heart attacks and congestive heart failure, said Curt D. Furberg, M.D., Ph.D., professor of public health sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and a co-researcher of the ...Kidney transplant proposal reduces wait from 24 to 14 months, improves equity for blacks & women
...ly score low on the health benefits scale can gain equal access to transplantation. The study, "Dynamic Allocation of Kidneys to Candidates on the Transplant Waiting List," is by Dr. Stefanos A. Zenios, Assistant Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology, Graduate School of Business, Stanford Un...New evidence suggests reconsidering causes and treatments for schizophrenia
...t of REM activity at all doses. Both groups had an equal intensity of REM sleep at baseline, but only schizophrenic patients experienced a drop in amount of REM as the dose increased. Tandon says these results appear to be contradictory -- the first part relating to amount of time from sleep onset to RE...AAPS Workshop to Examine Chemistry and Manufacturing Controls Trials, Emerging Products
...t Pharmaceuticals. "This unique workshop will give equal time to regulators from Europe and the U.S. and to industrial scientists from the innovator and generic companies." The workshop will bring together pharmaceutical scientists and regulators from the U.S. and Europe to discuss factors that have resul...Dietary bioflavonoids induce DNA breaks, may contribute to infant leukemia
...nt, and fisetin, which is derived from herbs, were equal to VP16 in triggering MLL cleavage. Combinations of these substances demonstrated a cumulative effect. Another group, the flavanones, found in citrus fruits, did not induce MLL cleavage. "The public health message from this study is not yet cl......cerous cells show that only a few hundred cells -- equal to about a billionth of a liter -- are needed to detect abnormal growths. Using the Advanced Light Source to produce an intense beam focused on a tiny spot (typically 10 microns, the size of a human cell), Michael Martin of Lawrence Berkeley Lab (510...