Holidays, birthdays and postponement of cancer deaths
...ignificance for many people," says Young. In examining the records, he found no significant difference overall in the proportion of cancer patients dying before the events compared with the number dying afterward. There was an increase in cancer deaths among blacks during the week prior to Thanksgi...NIH halts use of COX-2 inhibitor in large cancer prevention trial
... safety of participants in clinical trials. We are examining the use of these agents in all NIH-sponsored clinical studies. In addition, we are working closely with our colleagues at FDA to ensure that the public has the information they need to make informed decisions about the use of this class of drug." "Th...Assessing the season: LSU hurricane experts learned lessons during Hurricane Season 2004
...time in Florida after Hurricanes Charley and Ivan, examining and assessing schools that were used as hurricane shelters. He looked at 25 schools in hard-hit areas and made a detailed report. Levitan said that, after Andrew struck in 1992, Florida adopted new, stricter building codes for structures designated a...Researchers describe how human blood stem cells transform themselves to repair injured animal hearts
...hroughout the organ. Using a sophisticated way of examining the "humanness" of mouse heart cells, researchers ...owever, instead of using the traditional method of examining heart tissue by slicing the organ, the researchers devised a way to sort all of the heart cells base...Inadequate sleep in late pregnancy may influence labor and delivery
... bed to assure a sufficient amount of sleep." When examining sleep quality, the researchers found that women who reported having poor sleep three to four days per week about three weeks prior to delivery were 4.2 times more likely to then have a cesarean delivery than women who reported having poor sleep two o...Re-analysis of large trials shows greatest benefit of chemotherapy in ER-negative tumors
...tive patients has been surprisingly dramatic." In examining the impact of chemotherapy treatment of node-positive breast cancer in three national clinical trials, which enrolled more than 6,000 patients cumulatively, Berry found that chemotherapy has reduced the risk of death in ER-negative patients by 56 per...Cell marker identifies patients who are more likely to respond to taxol
...The researchers came up with their discovery after examining breast cancer biopsy samples taken from 82 patient...ir cancer cells. This observation was confirmed by examining tau protein expression using a routine pathological assay, immunohistochemistry, in 122 additional p...Research gets to heart of advertising gender bias
...ent, says a new University of Toronto study. After examining 919 cardiovascular drug ads displayed in American medical and cardiovascular journals published between January 1996 and June 1998, U of T's Dr. Angela Cheung and her colleagues concluded that 80 per cent depicted male patients and the remaining 20 p...Got heart disease? The answer may be in your fingertips
...atherosclerosis and heart disease. Researchers are examining how this blood vessel dysfunction in the body's extremities, such as the fingers, can be a sign that the same problem exists in the heart. In the study, researchers investigated the value of reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) b...Stem cells of limited use for cardiac muscle repair
...ghtly more successful with skeletal muscle. After examining 10,000 muscle fibers from each of 14 mice they found two myofibers that contained sarcoglycan. These results are difficult to reconcile with the promising responses seen in mice and humans treated with adult stem cells. "It's clea...'Sobering' disparity: African-Americans receive less compensation for job-related back injuries
...ionally. He cautioned, however, that more research examining medical treatment decisions for different ethnic or racial groups is needed to better understand the disparity. "The first stage of solving a problem is identifying it. We're at that problem identification stage. Of course we now need more detailed i...Policy-makers should enhance selection process for Presidential S&T appointments
... on roughly 1,000 federal S&T advisory committees, examining issues such as safety standards for drinking water and biodefense priorities. Some are chosen for their policy expertise, but most are selected for their scientific and technical knowledge. Experts who are nominated mainly to provide scientific or ...Chemoprevention backgrounder: Working for a future of cancer chemoprevention
...ir of the Department of Molecular Therapeutics, is examining the effects of retinoic acid and birth control pills on breast and ovarian tissue in patients who have a strong family history of the disease. Hints that prostate cancer also may respond to a strategy of chemoprevention has lead to the largest cancer...Alcoholics can have deficits in visuoperception and frontal executive function despite sobriety
...o continue with their research. "We are currently examining visuoperception and visuoperceptual learning among individuals with alcoholism-related amnesic Korsakoff syndrome," said Sullivan. (Korsakoff's psychosis is characterized by the inability of an individual to retain new information, such as rememberi...Elderly cancer patients are significantly under-represented in cancer clinical trials
...d in trials for all cancer treatments except those examining breast cancer hormonal therapies. Researchers suggest that this likely reflects the general acceptance among both patients and physicians that hormonal therapy is well tolerated and effective in reducing recurrence and death in women of all ages, in...Taking a number of medications regularly could give you a serious headache
...d to address this with their patients by carefully examining their medical and medication history, and patients should seek medical help if they are taking pills multiple times a week on a regular basis. "Physicians and patients need to be educated in the phenomenon of medication-overuse headaches (MOH)," ...Injury from epileptic seizures relatively rare, Mayo Clinic study find
... In contrast, Dr. So's study was population based, examining all patients with epilepsy in a given region and time period. "Our study goes against previously reported studies that may have overestimated the risk of injuryfrom seizures," says Dr. So. "The high injury rate in patients with severe epilepsy inve...Dana-Farber receives CDC grants to develop health promotion/prevention programs in the work place
...bor and industry. The grants will support studies examining smoking behaviors, smoking cessation, job hazards, and obesity for workers in cooperation with the Massachusetts statewide apprenticeship program for the building trades unions, and nationally with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and the ...Fetal tissue restores lost sight
... the retina using stem cells. Instead, his team is examining the possibility of transplanting retinal sheets from pigs genetically engineered to reduce the chances of immune rejection....NIA establishes new demography centers to enhance knowledge about older americans
...nd intergenerational transfers, and monitoring and examining labor supply issues in an aging population. (co-fu...Center's focus will be on social aspects of aging, examining social relationships, living arrangements, and family and bio-behavioral pathways important to aging...