New test can better uncover hidden breast cancer
...gery, radiation and chemotherapy is considered for everyone withearly stage breast cancer. "Once you get this information, you get a better idea of the nature of thetumor," Cote said. "The ability to identify those patients who need treatment,and the specific type of treatment that would most benefit the pati...How alcohol may harm your baby's brain
...FAS are$1.4 million during their lifetime. "Almost everyone will agree that alcohol abuse during pregnancy is the biggestleading cause of mental retardation that we know about," said West. "But whenpeople at cocktail parties ask me, 'How much can you drink and have it not causedamage,?' I have to answer that...Home exercise equipment increased weight-loss success in study
... widespreadrecommendations because not everyone can afford home exercise equipment, said Jakicic. Also,research still needs to be done on the effectiveness of the home exercise equipment in the regimen ofa longer, single session each day. Other researchers invo...Stereotypes of aging may have significant effect on gaits of older persons
..., stereotypes of aging become directly relevant to everyone who lives a normal lifespan. This latest study wit... in our culture may have numerous implications for everyone who is already or who will one day become old." The authors plan to continue studying the unanticip...... and changed." "The center has something in it for everyone - researchers, theorists and patients," added Michael F. Scheier, professor of psychology and co-principal investigator from Carnegie Mellon. "On one hand, it will allow us to test theoretical notions about how the mind and body interact to affect h...Lack of private health insurance increases risk of dying, study finds
...ople each year. They then linked the responses of everyone aged 18 years old and over in the study to mortality data for each year during the nine-year study period. The professors examined the links between mortality and an array of possible factors including attending religious services, race, gender, fam...Study: Productivity can be increased even as baby boomers retire
...onsored pension assets and individual savings when everyone wants to liquidate and consume but not produce?" One possibility is "the price of consumables would rise and the value of assets being liquidated would fall," implying that retirees might not do as well as they now anticipate. That need not happen ...Eastman gives Clemson University $38 million fiber technology
...ine, Bourne said. "It creates much more value for everyone to license or donate technology that we're not going to use, rather than allow it to sit on a shelf and gradually lose its value to newer technology Clemson is a recognized leader in engineered-fiber research through its School of Textiles, Fiber an...Smoking in later life linked to impaired intellect
...o already had evidence of intellectual impairment, everyone else was followed up a year later to see if there was any evidence of a decline in intellect. The test used was similar to those used to screen for dementia and Alzheimers disease. Of the 417 people who could be retested at the end of the 12-month p...Map makers can avoid confusing the color blind
...a different and more difficult task to accommodate everyone on the same map." The reason one solution will not work for all types of color blindness is that color confusion occurs along lines through the full color space enclosed by the spectrum. Different sets of confusion lines are specific for the type o...'Handwriting challenged' doctors to take penmanship class at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...ragic situation is certainly a cautionary tale for everyone in the medical profession." In order to create interest in the handwriting class, Dr. Hackmeyer borrowed basic techniques from Madison Avenue. He had the Medical Center create posters and flyers featuring a photo likeness -- and cryptic penmanship...Society for the Study of Impotence 2000 Fall Research Meeting In Cleveland September 15-17
... stay informed. It's meetings like this that help everyone stay up-to-date." Some of the new findings that will be presented and discussed during the meeting include: Data on the sexual function of men after a radical prostatectomy to treat prostate cancer. The effect of hysterectomy on...Gender differences in private substance abuse treatment retention
...vere versus more severe drug problems). In 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 ......illation to require a shock," Page explained. "Not everyone who loses consciousness needs a shock. They may be in normal rhythm and have passed out or they may already be dead and not have a rhythm or have a flatline rhythm. In these cases, no shock should be administered." Electrical shock was administered ...Epilepsy conference to focus on new anti-seizure medications
...s scheduled to run until 2:30 p.m. and is free for everyone in attendance. Lunch will be served. Dr. Paul Mu...Food and Drug Administration). "We want to inform everyone who has Epilepsy - as well as their families, friends, and the general public - that life can still ...Alcohol and drug treatment among HMO patients
...s explanation is probably not true, because almost everyone in the sample was a middle-class person. Even within the middle class, we can see that Caucasian substance abusers tend to get in trouble with alcohol, and African-American substance abusers tend to get into trouble with drugs. So, a substance abus...Medical hospitalization may be especially distressing for those with psychiatric disorders
...al illness and hospitalization tends to be hard on everyone -- up to half of medically ill patients report depression, anxiety or distress -- but those who also suffer from psychiatric disorders may be hit even harder with such symptoms when they are hospitalized, according to the study. Booth and colleagues ...New definition may make number of heart attack cases soar
...all of these patients were admitted with symptoms, everyone in Group A would be diagnosed with myocardial infarction according to the World Health Organization criteria from 1979. Group B patients had a normal CKMB level, but elevated troponin. Those patients would not have been diagnosed with myocardial i...Duke orthopedic surgeon bucks conventional wisdom; develops surgical approach for broken collarbones
...I decided that I wanted to fix broken collarbones, everyone thought I was crazy andthat I would certainly ruin my career," Basamania recalled. "As medical students, and even assurgical residents, it is pounded into your head that there is no suitable surgical treatment for these breaks. I wanted to see if we ...