Cocaine triggers heart attacks within one hour
...ttacks and strokes. But this is thefirst study to examine the direct and devastating short-term effects of c...ted risk." The researchers plan a similar study to examine the relationship between strokeand cocaine. "Studying the mechanisms by which cocaine triggers heart...Success of plasma centers could hurt Red Cross, study finds
... right direction, Anderson says. Such a groupwould examine and monitor the effectiveness of current federal blood policies. Anderson's future research plans include exploring ways to include paidplasma donors in the public discussion on effective blood collection policies. The study, which wa...Study finds predictors for youth violence and drugs
...tter, finds a new, large-scale study, the first to examine this factorin a systematic manner. So does marijuana use (but not 'harder' drugs), beingmale, and feeling vulnerable to violence or having been victimized by violenceamong other factors. The research, done long before the Columbine shootings by a gro...Older, disabled women have trouble managing pain
...lth & Aging Study, a longitudinal studydesigned to examine the causes and course of disability among older women. Atthe start of the study, participants had trouble in at least 2 out of 4functional 'domains,' including mobility and basic self-care tasks. For thisanalysis, researchers looked at the severity...7,000 Pharmaceutical scientists to share latest drug developments and discoveries
...pharmaceutical sciences during the 20th Centuryand examine how recent advances in research, development and technology willlead the pharmaceutical sciences into the next century. "The plenary session promises to provide a glimpse into the future of drugtherapy and health care and a recap of the most signifi...Immune system rebounds for some children with AIDS, finds UF study
... vaccinations," he said. The researchers also will examine whether it would be safe to stop givingchildren some medications designed to prevent specific illnesses, such ascertain types of pneumonia. "Many of these children have to take 20 to 30 pills a day," he said."Imagine with a small child how difficult ...Follow-up care can reduce hospital readmission rate, cost
...n health care costs,"she said. "It was a method to examine the quality of health care as reflected in patient outcomes and costs." The randomized clinical study involved 363 patients age 65 and older from two hospitals in Philadelphia. Of these, 186were in the control group and received standardized care whi...3-D magnetic resonance imaging safer way to diagnose heart disease
...ray angiograms. The team has initiated a study to examine the accuracy of this MRA techniquecompared to X-ray angiography at eight medical centers around the world, saysManning. Another advantage of the MRA technique is that it also can be used to evaluatethe anatomy, contractility, perfusion and valvular f......ontinence management, the RehabR&D Center began to examine environmental factors affecting patients' rest --namely noise -- which led to Ahuja's involvement and invention. "Sleep for these people is very disrupted to begin with," explainedOuslander, who is also professor at Emory University's School of Medi...Clues to heart disease seen in cholesterol reactions to stress
...nt of Psychology conducted the study, the first to examine relationshipsbetween parental history of cardiovascular disease and atherogenic lipidreactivity under stress. They report their findings in the current issue ofPsychophysiology. "We chose only men for the investigation because men generally have gre...... the first wave of data from an on-goingproject to examine how parents' work affects family life and, in turn, child andadolescent development, particularly the middle childhood years. The Penn State Family Relationships Project, in the journal article,reports initial findings from a three-year s...Female hormones don't cause overeating and weight gain
...rst randomized, placebo-controlledinvestigation to examine how eating and calorie burning are affected both by themenstrual cycle and by a popular injectable long-acting contraceptive drug,Depo-Provera, in the same women. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute,more than a million American women used Depo...Financial stress doubles periodontal disease risk
...in the ongoing study, which is one of the first to examine therelationship of periodontal disease to stress, distress and coping in a largepopulation. Psychological tests were given to identify and weigh the causes ofstress (children, spouse, financial strain, single life and work stress) inparticipants' da...Jefferson scientist begins clinical trial to study promising Parkinson's disease drug
...r says. "The second part of the trial will examine whether long-term use of GM1actually influences the course of Parkinson's," he says. This study phase willaddress the question of whether a difference exists between the rate of symptomadvancement and loss of dopamine terminals in GM1 versus non-GM1-...For-profit hospital ownership means higher costs, Dartmouth-VA study finds
... 5 New England Journal ofMedicine, is the first to examine the association between for-profit hospitalownersh...ointout. They say it is increasingly important to examine how this trend willaffect our health-care system. "Our study reveals that we have a health-care sys...Senior volunteering indicates well-being
...levels of well-being in older life," she says. To examine the links between community participation and well-being, Moen andVivian Fields, a Cornell research associate, examined data from the CornellRetirement and Well-being Study. The study, funded by the National Institute onAging through its support of ...National Cancer Institute to support statewide UNC-CH colon cancer study
...fpublic health and medicine, said the project will examine strategies forpersuading both colon cancer survivo...le in 33 N.C. counties and taking blood samples to examine behavioral andgenetic factors that boost the colon cancer risk. "Dr. Sandler's sample is esp...'Thick' blood may increase stroke risk
...believed to be the first prospective study ever to examine therelationship between factor VIIIc levels and stroke risk. A prospective studyfollows healthy individuals over time to look for disease risk factors.Compared to whites, black participants had 15 to 20 percent higher levels of vonWillebrand factor ...Decline in awareness and treatment of high blood pressure could pose a serious public health threat
...dy at the Mayo Clinic's department of neurology to examine riskfactors for stroke and heart disease in the community. When Meissner and other researchers interviewed 636 adults from the Olmstead,Minnesota, community and measured their blood pressure they found that 53percent had high blood pressure (defined ......orado illustrate. Findings from three studies that examine the prevalence of bullying behavior,children's perceptions of who bullies and who the victims are and why bullyingis rising in middle schools will be presented at the American PsychologicalAssociation's 107th Annual Convention in Boston. In a surv...