Disabilities Don't Raise Insurance Costs
... More than half welcomed more information,however, especially on how to accommodate employees with mental healthproblems. A full 87 percent of the respondents said that insurers did not deny health,life and long-term disability coverage to company employees or dependents withdisabilities nor were the policies ......o the repertoire of effective treatments for ADHD, especially forchildren in which Ritalin dissipates rapidly and who need a longer-actingmedication. The first studies of Adderall's action had suggested that its effectlasts longer than Ritalin's, raising the possibility of eliminating a mid-daydose of ...Study: Birth Defects Decrease Survival, Childbirth, Boost Risk Of Similar Defects
...orn with birth defects are less likely to survive, especially duringthe first years of life, than others born without them. Survival is lowest forsuch catastrophic conditions as anencephaly, hydrocephalus, other syndromes andcentral nervous system irregularities and highest for cleft palate and lip,clubfoot and...Female Soccer Players Perform Best On A High-Fat Diet, UB Study Finds
...n a long, intermittently intense sport likesoccer, especially during the later phase of the menstrual cycle." Additional researchers on the study were Rita Genovese, BarbaraO'Reilly, Renee Melton-Bork and Louise Gilchrist, Ph.D., all of the UBDepartment of Physical Therapy, Exercise and Nutrition Scien......hink the way this disorder works is that patients, especially pediatricpatients who have not been exposed to the Epstein-Barr virus, have the virustransmitted to them when they receive the organs of adults," said Stanley C.Jordan, M.D., director of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplant Immunology, andmedical dire...Study Reveals Gender Affects Lung-Cancer Development
...e at risk of lung cancer, does notseem to be valid especially for women; and that lung damage due to smokingpersists for many years and probably for life. More men and women die from lung cancer than from any other type of cancer. Thisyear an estimated 171,600 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed, and158,......The risk of developing thyroid cancer in males was especially high --164 times that of controls. "These are big relative risks," said Daniel M. Green, M.D., UB professorof pediatrics, a specialist in pediatric oncology at RPCI and senior researcheron the studies. "These studies should alert physicians t......permanent way than a mere physiological change. An especially attractivecandidate for such structural changes is the postsynaptic spine, a tinyprotrusion of the dendritic tree that is distinguished by several features: itis the almost exclusive carrier of the postsynaptic sites of excitatorysynapses, it covers ...Balloon Procedure In The Brain? Longest Follow-Up To Date Shows Good Results
...e is noother proven therapy to treat this problem, especially for patients who arehaving continuing problems." Co-researchers include Mary Marcellus, R.N.; Alexander M. Norbash, M.D.; Gary K.Steinberg, M.D., Ph.D.; David Tong, M.D. and Gregory W. Albers, M.D....Women May React To General Anesthesia Differently Than Men
...is asleep. But when it happens, it is devastating, especially if theirpain medication also is not adequate," Gan said. "Our commitment to our patientsis to keep them asleep during surgery, and this information on the level ofsedation should help us do that." Gan and the research team did not answer the ...Irritable Bowel Syndrome The Focus Of Three UNC-CH Reports At Digestive Diseases Conference
... reporthaving been abused sexually or physically - especially those who were abusedsexually during childhood - may be at increased risk of depression and suicide,according to a study led by researchers at UNC-CH School of Medicine. The study team, headed by Dr. William Whitehead, professor of medicine...Research Shows Religion Plays A Major Role In Health, Longevity
...arch also revealed that women and blacks can enjoy especially longerlives if they are religiously active. The findings are contained in a study conducted jointly by Rick Rogers, ofCU-Boulder, Robert Hummer and Christopher Ellison, of the University of Texas atAustin, and Charles Nam, from Florida State Universi......share data, which he says is a missed opportunity, especially when it is perfectly feasible to collect data whilst maintaining the anonymity of the patient. O'Conor concludes that for any electronic patient information to work, good security design, appropriate organisational procedures and the right cultural ...Breakthrough New Therapy Uses Antibody-Targeted Chemotherapy To Fight Leukemia
...d well-tolerated relative to standardchemotherapy, especially by elderly patients," says Eric Sievers, M.D., of FredHutchinson Cancer Research Center. "Also, the treatment did not produce some ofthe more common chemotherapy-induced side effects." Whereas standard combination chemotherapy treatment often prod...New Strategy May Succeed At Extending The Life Of Transplanted Kidneys
...dneys over time. "Many kidney transplant patients, especially those whose kidneys came fromcadaver donors, experience a slow but steady deterioration of function of theirnew kidney. Before, we had no proven way to intervene. We have been trying todevelop new strategies to prevent kidney dysfunction or at least......eing transplanted significantly reduces rejection, especially ifmultiple doses of the donor bone marrow cells are given, according to results ofa major, ongoing study at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition,preliminary results of the first-ever human trial involving children whoreceived bone marrow inject...Testosterone Is Mixed Blessing To Men's Health
...tween testosterone's positive and negativeeffects, especially if it is done as part of overall physical checkups. "Monitoring testosterone through saliva samples is now possible andoffers distinct advantages over the traditional means of assaying blood,"Granger notes. "Saliva sampling is non-invasive, ...Kidney Transplants From Living Donors Reduce Long-Term Costs Of Care
...ings will spur efforts to increaseorgan donations, especially from living donor organs. Most often, living kidne... members may be unable to donate, however. This is especially trueof women who have developed an intolerance to a husband's or a child's tissueduring pregnancy....Family Support A Factor In Cardiovascular Responses To Stress
... a high level of socialsupport from their family - especially from their spouse - show better heart andblood pre...g that couples need to be aware of andto work on, especially if there's high blood pressure or heart disease present." For the new study, published in th......f the group, severe stress and depressivesymptoms, especially when they occurred jointly, were associated with greaterdecreases in immunity -- specifically, some of the immune system's naturalkiller cells and CD8 T lymphocytes. "At that point, because we knew that CD8 and natural killer cells wereinvolv...