Among Puerto Ricans, immigrant status overrated as barrier to adequate prenatal care
...program. It is the psychological factors, especially those related to unwantedpregnancies, which are the most frequented cited barriers to seeking adequateprenatal health care. Puerto Rican women who migrate to the United States haverelatively few complaints about the level of their prenatal care as lo...National Cancer Institute to support statewide UNC-CH colon cancer study
...olon cancer risk. "Dr. Sandler's sample is especially good because it is a well-balanced,racially divers...high in fat and thosethat include a lot of meat -- especially grilled meats - appear to boost therisk of colon cancer, research indicates. Many volunteers...New studies of a liquid of life -- Lung surfactant
... Ding. The mechanical properties of the monolayer, especially theshear viscosity, are directly related to the mechanism of monolayer collapse. Ding explained the use of a magnetic needle viscometer along withfluorescence microscopy, Brewster Angle Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopyto study model su...UCSF conference examines the impact of 'hospitalists' on doctor-patient relationship
...e discussion on the effect on patients anddoctors, especially those caused by the discontinuity in care," said RobertWachter, MD, UCSF associate professor of medicine, epidemiology, andbiostatistics, associate chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine, and chair ofthe conference. The conference will address the ...Renowned researcher in prenatal diagnostics joins Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...who will be 35 or older at the time ofdelivery are especially encouraged to participate in the BUN study. According to estimates, screening by maternal age and nuchal translucency nowidentifies more than 80 percent of fetuses with Down syndrome. When the maternalblood protein markers are taken into account, the......ng theinternal structure of the material. This is especially usefulfor soft porous substrates such as textiles; the traditionalmethod required physically cutting the sample into thin slicesand then examining each slice using microscopy. Soft materialsare easily deformed during such sample preparations. The M...Penn study shows that head trauma produces Alzheimer's-like neurodegeneration
...ncreased awareness aboutbrain-trauma prevention -- especially in the form of preventable injury. "Ourstudy suggests that even moderate brain injury resulting from a tremendouschange-in-velocity can cause axonal damage sufficient to launch an insidiouslyprogressive degenerative process," said Douglas H. Smith, ...Aging hearts need social support
...is questionis critical for designing interventions especially because even slight decreasesin blood pressure can lower the chance of heart disease. The National Institute on Aging and the University of Utah supported this work....Low doses of aspirin help prevent some strokes; high doses may increase risk for others
...avy doses may increase the bleedingtype of stroke, especially among older women or those with high blood pressure." Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Bostonused data collected in the Nurses' Health Study to examine aspirin use andstroke risk in 79,319 healthy women ages ......he greatest signsof long-term neurological damage, especially if they had a learning disability. "Players with multiple concussions and an LD performed significantly more poorlyon problem solving and information processing tests than players with multipleconcussions who had no history of LD," Dr. Collins says....Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center adds new dimension in radiation treatment
...radiation is used inother parts of the body, it is especially valuable in treating tumors in thebrain and near the spinal cord. Stereotactic radiation therapy directs precise dose of radiation to the tumorfrom a variety of preselected angles. No single "path" to the tumor is exposedto a large dose of radiation...Research finds U.S. adolescents inactive; blacks, Hispanics, Asians at biggest risk
...isks from being overweight, the studyfound. Girls, especially older ones, tend to be least active. "Childhood and adolescent obesity is a major public health problem forAmerican youth, particularly because it is increasing rapidly, lasts intoadulthood and is associated with illness and premature death,"...Alcohol consumption triggers free-radical damage in the body
Light drinking of alcohol, especially of red wine, appears to have modestlybeneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, according to some studies. Anew study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center,however, shows that heavier consumption of alcohol, far from...Drug offers new hope for victims of cardiac arrest
...er acardiac arrest outside the hospital each year, especially those for whomdefibrillation fails to shock the he... given late in the courseof resuscitation, and was especially evident in women compared to men. Kudenchuk noted that the clinical trial is the first of it...UB scientists discover role of melatonin in bone formation
...d to osteoporosis, is an inevitable part of aging, especially among women,"Cho said. "Can melatonin help prevent osteoporosis? Our research indicates itmay have that potential." Roth said human melatonin receptors are very similar to rat and mousemelatonin receptors, a characteristic that makes these ...'Plug and patch' method of hernia repair an effective replacement for old surgical methods
...nia is a weakness or defect in the abdominal wall, especially near thegroin, navel or near any previous surgical incisions. Men usually get this typeof hernia while women tend to suffer from femoral hernias that occur at the topof the thigh, which occur during pregnancy and childbirth. Hernias may bepresent f...Revived drug prevents malaria, skirts drug resistance
...f you plan to expose people to falciparum malaria, especially on anoutpatient basis," says Shapiro, "you'd better know what you're doing. We carefully screened for volunteers who knew what was goingon, whounderstood their consent papers, who knew the risks they were taking and whorealized the importance of bei...Elderly heart attack patients fare well with managed care
...interfere with the provision oftimely urgent care, especially among vulnerable patients like the elderly, thestudy's findings indicate otherwise. One example was the higher use ofemergency transportation by HMO patients (56%) compared to patients withfee-for-service coverage (51%). Most of the ambulance use b...'Silent stroke' linked to depression
...archers say the findings suggest that individuals, especially thoseat risk for stroke, need to be carefully monitored for depression. Depressionmay indicate that a silent stroke has already occurred. Further work is neededto see if individuals with silent strokes are at risk to develop larger strokesand vascu...Indiana University Cancer Center receives National Cancer Institute designation
... universities engaged with their cities andstates, especially in the promotion of health, wellness, longevity and qualityof life," said IUPUI Chancellor Gerald L. Bepko. The IU faculty members affiliated with the IU Cancer Center are recognized fortheir excellence in developing gene therapies for bone marrow di...