Study raises concerns about tablet splitting
...they believe they are taking, suggests a new study examining the practice of tablet splitting. This may place them at an increased risk of encountering side effects such as drowsiness and fatigue from too much medication, according to the study's primary investigator. Researchers at the Ernest Mario School of...Diabetes linked to increased risk of Alzheimer's in long-term study
...Orders Study, add to a developing body of research examining a possible link between diabetes and cognitive decline. The results reported today are among the first to examine how certain cognitive "systems" memory for words and events, the speed of processing information, and the ability to recognize spatial ...Chronic fatigue syndrome and Gulf War veterans
...ian Gulf. If they are supported by future research examining veterans of different wars and war zones, it may be that variants of the ACE gene could be a biological marker for increased risk of war-related illness....Coronal reformatting of axial images from 16-MDCT helps stage ovarian cancer
...eadings were changed in 10 of the 18 cases. "After examining the axial images, radiologists must view the coronal images in specific locations including the area below the diaphragm, the region of the medial crus, the area below the liver and the porta hepatis," he continued. However, the authors do caution...Acute diverticulitis occurring more frequently in younger patients in urban U.S. populations
...se of this trend is currently under study. "We are examining the relationship between acute diverticulitis and overweight body habitus, as there appears to be a strong association between the rising incidence of acute diverticulitis in younger adults and the evolving obesity epidemic in this country," said Dr....HIV transmission is heightened during acute infection
...ordance with HIV levels in blood. Previous studies examining data on sexual behaviors calculated that probable ...gher than previously thought, as the older studies examining transmission rates took into account only viral levels during chronic infection. Pilcher and his col...OHSU study: Rate of brain volume loss predicts dementia
...rs followed 55 people over the course of 14 years, examining each person twice a year. None of the subjects were cognitively impaired at the start of the study. Tests were conducted to determine cognitive ratings for each individual and their placement in one of three categories: intact cognition, mild cogniti...Migraine with aura, cholesterol increase risk of stroke in women
...lled in the Women's Health Study, an ongoing trial examining the effects of aspirin and vitamin E on cardiovascular disease and cancer. During an average of 9 years of follow-up, women who had migraine with aura had a 50 percent increased risk for total stroke and a 70 percent increased risk for ischemic strok...Insights from intravascular ultrasound explore treatment benefits
Late breaking trial data examining intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and treatment benefits in cardiac allograft vasculopathy (thickening of arterial walls) were presented yesterday at the 24th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. One-year vasc...Major study: Bioartificial liver reduces mortality by 44 percent in acute liver-failure patients
...scale, prospective, randomized, multi-center trial examining the effectiveness of any artificial liver support. Currently, standard treatment consists of intensive, supportive care intended to keep patients alive long enough that the liver might recover spontaneously or a donor organ will become available for ...Physicians, patients must work together on new electronic relationships
...ameras mounted atop computer terminals, the doctor examining a rash or monitoring a symptom diary while the two converse verbally or electronically, two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) primary care physicians write in the New England Journal of Medicine. This new dynamic will lead patients and hea...Strategies could make for safer shift changes at hospitals
... off in seven. Systems engineers at Ohio State are examining the situation, with the idea that a safe and efficient hospital can be run on a shift basis just like other businesses, said Emily Patterson, a visiting researcher at Ohio State's Institute for Ergonomics. "When research showed that extreme fatigue w...Alarming rise in incidence of lung cancer and death in women
...ic proportions in this country. The review article examining women and lung cancer by Jyoti D. Patel, M.D., of the division of Hematology/Oncology at Northwestern University, and colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, is reported in the April 14 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Ass...Transformation of heated meat substitutes is unpredictable
...hnology and Society' (Profetas). This programme is examining the possibilities for a fundamental shift in our diet. Researchers from various disciplines are investigating whether the substitution of meat by foodstuffs based on plant proteins is favourable for the environment. They are also investigating whethe...Rapid workplace expansion linked to long-term sickness absence
A Swedish study in this week's issue of THE LANCET examining the health effects of exposure to personnel change has shown that rapid workplace expansion is strongly associated with an increased risk of long-term sickness absence and hospital admissions-especially among women working in the public sector. Previ...UCSD study cites lack of vigorous exercise as primary factor in adolescent obesity
...id Patrick. "Our study points to the importance of examining both sides of the energy balance equation when considering the population-wide increase we've seen in overweight in this age group in the past couple of decades. Insufficient physical activity and too much time spent on sedentary behaviors like comp...Novel MRI technique provides clear images of blood flow
...epresents the only diagnostic technique capable of examining the functional effects of cardiovascular disease with real-time physician-scanner interaction, without an invasive procedure, without a contrast agent, and without radiation," Judd said. The problems presented by contrast agents can be potentially si...Jefferson scientists use zebrafish to show effects of ionizing, UV radiation differ in development
...ion at different time points in their development, examining different groups of genes in normal embryos involved in various types of DNA repair, including base-excision repair, mismatch repair and double-strand break repair. They found that prior to the mid-blastula transition, the enzymes required for mismat...Acrylamide in food: Unraveling exposure and risk
...sity's School of Public Health, and colleagues are examining the risk of cancer among people who consume foods ...going studies, each of more than 50,000 women, are examining colorectal and breast cancer risk. Epidemiology's ability to address acrylamide concerns will be dis...Nanotech imaging, molecular fingerprints and signatures hold promise for cancer
...nexplored diagnostic information," Mehta said. "By examining the proteomic pattern of proteins that bind to albumin, we stand to advance our opportunities for precise diagnostics of early stage ovarian cancer in women at high risk and throughout the population in general." Ovarian cancer is often referred ...