Early onset of puberty the EU gets serious
...puberty affects a large number of children and can eventually give rise to new reproductive patterns," says Professor Olle Sder, vice coordinator of PIONEER at KI. "It's also been shown that girls who reach puberty early are affected in a way that can have consequences for their future, both socially and financ...Hepatitis C and health-related quality of life
...CV. While approximately 20 percent of these people eventually develop cirrhosis, the vast majority of people never exhibit clinically significant liver disease. Still evolving data suggests that HCV can diminish quality-of-life even without causing liver disease, perhaps due to HCV symptoms that do not involve ...Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
...ight, this may be one of the earliest changes that eventually lead to congestive heart failure, a disabling, sometimes lethal condition affecting nearly 5 million Americans. "What we are saying is that long before the pumping chamber of the heart becomes enlarged and dysfunctional a classic sign of congestive ...NYU College of Dentistry study equates poor oral health with preterm birth risk
...ervix becomes dilated, more bacteria can enter and eventually cause the uterine membranes to rupture and preterm birth to occur. Preterm low birth weight is generally defined as delivery before 37 complete weeks of pregnancy with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams. PLBW babies have a greater risk of morbi...First mouse model for multiple system atrophy points to new treatment targets for brain diseases
...es, leading to a loss of the sheath on neurons and eventually nerve-cell malfunction and death. The mice also showed slowly progressive problems with their motor skills associated with the nerve-cell damage. Neurons are important in transmitting signals and in maintaining learning and memory. "The uniqueness of...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
... (although developments in drug-eluting stents may eventually alter this situation). 4. Patients presenting with NSTE-ACS (unstable angina or myocardial infarction without ST-segment elevation) have to be stratified first for their risk of acute thrombotic complications. A clear benefit from early angiography ...Scientist works on innovative treatments for brain tumors
...rticipate in these studies. Debinki's findings may eventually benefit patients with other types of cancer. The researchers have observed that some other cancers have the same IL 13 receptors found in glioblastomas. Debinski's project is part of $4.5 million in research grants recently awarded to the Brain Tumor...Pushy parents can be bad for their children's health
...ychological help, and only three of these children eventually improved. In each of these three cases, the families had eventually realised the impact of psychological factors. The authors suggest that their findings illustrate the...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...ted ice collision looked imminent. However B-15A eventually slowed down and stopped. Local bathymetry charts suggested the iceberg had become anchored at a point near the middle of its coastward (or western) side to a shallow section of seabed. In early March local tides and currents lifted B-15A free from i...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
... to five years in the next 50 years -- that it may eventually exceed the current life-shortening effects of cancer or ischemic heart disease. The findings are contrary to what some scientists predict about human life expectancy, which assumes that past increases will continue indefinitely. Most forecasts of lif...Most hospital executives have substantial concerns about mandatory error reporting systems
...spitals that become accustomed to transparency may eventually grow to be more accepting of it. However, if hospital leaders continue to harbor negative views of reporting, it is unlikely that state mandatory reporting systems will be highly successful in the long run," the authors write....Newly discovered pathway might help in design of cancer drugs
...e DNA's ability to reproduce, a finding that could eventually lead to the development of new anti-cancer drugs and therapies. The method could enable future doctors to target treatment more precisely, rather than directing chemotherapeutic medication or radiation to tumors through a scattershot approach, said M...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...progress to greater mood and cognitive disruption, eventually reaching full criteria for dependence, as is hypothesized, it would be a particularly strong indicator that binge drinking represents a key component in promoting the progression to alcohol dependence. Further, it would more strongly link the behavi...Finances, not having a dentist are primary barriers to seniors receiving needed dental care
...age increased, the impact of anxiety decreased and eventually disappeared, while the importance of transportation/weather increased. Transportation issues accounted for nearly 85 percent of dental-care barriers listed by late seniors, with finances accounting for the remaining 15 percent. For the middle seni...Rasagiline reduces disability for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease
...e receiving long-term treatment with levodopa will eventually have motor fluctuations, defined as periods of the day with poor or absent motor response to their medication (off-time) alternating with periods of clearly improved motor function (on-time). Several drugs (pergolide, pramipexole, ropinirole, entacap...Study examines lessons learned at Africa's first public antiretroviral treatment clinic
...linic patients, a core team of HIV specialists was eventually created to staff the clinic and train junior staff as HIV care providers. All ARV clinic staff members involved in patient care received ongoing training to get the most up-to-date information on HIV treatment. The lack of medical personnel availabl...Study says rare allergic reactions to drug-eluting stents may raise risk for heart attack
...ausing plaque. In the past, stented arteries often eventually closed up again with fatty deposits, a process called restenosis. However, since their FDA approval in 2003, stents coated with sirolimus (a pharmaceutical agent that prevents excess tissue growth) have been shown to greatly reduce restenosis. But s...Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
...king directly at them," says Davidson. Researchers eventually could assess whether such approaches improve the ability to make eye contact and whether they might even induce positive developmental changes in the brain. Because autism is more inheritable than any other psychiatric condition, researchers also cou...Studies address issues of risk and survival in rapidly increasing GI cancers
...osed at a late stage, most people with the disease eventually die. According to the American Cancer Society, 14,520 people will be diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the United States in 2005 and 13,570 will die from the disease. At one time, stomach cancer was the leading cause of cancer deaths in the Unit...New laparoscopic hysterectomy offers quicker recovery time than traditional surgery
...ong convalescence didn't fit with her plans. She eventually opted, however, for a new procedure offered at UT Southwestern Medical Center called a laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy. In the procedure, surgeons use new technology to remove the uterus and sometimes one or both ovaries through tiny incision...