Lactation program increases rate of breast feeding
... discharged from the hospital. Very little data exists on the breast-feeding rates of women with VLBW infants. Most studies do not distinguish these women from mothers of low birth weight babies (those who are less than 2500 grams -- approximately 5.5 lbs). According to the study's lead investigator, Pa...Sufficient evidence for reducing sugar intake to tackle obesity?
...ant to consider whether sufficient evidence indeed exists to recommend restriction of intake. Thus, although none of the individual studies might be definitive, when considered in aggregate they provide considerable evidence to suggest that sucrose and other free sugars contribute to the global epidemic of ...Researchers: Diet a significant factor in reducing risk of three common cancers
...cancer and 200 without, to determine whether there exists an association between higher levels of *-tocopher... of the cases and the controls. A CT polymorphism exists in the (CAT) gene in about 33 percent of participants, and all others some four percent have the T...Duration of hospital stay has shortened for patients with heart attack
...e article states. However, considerable variation exists in the duration of hospitalization for patients with AMI. Frederick A. Spencer, M.D., from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, and colleagues conducted a population-based study to describe trends in duration of hospitalization ...Are toddlers who can't sleep at higher risk of becoming teens who smoke, drink or do drugs?
... interesting about this finding is that the effect exists regardless of a number of other factors that previously had been identified as relating to risk for substance use and abuse," says senior author and UMARC director Robert Zucker, Ph.D. "It appears to indicate some shared neurobiological dysfunction w...Alcohol use and victimization among college women
...ith the consumption of alcohol above the risk that exists when alcohol is not consumed." Collins said that it is important to remember that sexual assaults occur on women who do not drink, as well as nuns and the elderly. "There often is this tendency to blame the victim," she said. "In a better worl...Matching method helps doctors successfully transplant higher-risk kidneys
...kidney transplants, than ever before. "Controversy exists regarding the optimal approach to the elderly donor or recipient," said Stratta. In a separate study of 129 transplant patients who received kidneys from deceased donors, Stratta and colleagues compared 96 patients ages 19 to 59 to 33 transplant pati...College students mandated to take alcohol interventions: what works
..."First, it's important to note that harm reduction exists on a continuum that begins with abstinence and ranges to practices that minimize the likelihood of negative consequences, such as moderating consumption and using designated drivers. Obviously, the most effective way to avoid negative consequences...Long term benefits of health care require greater emphasis
...ts uniform discounting. No empirical evidence exists to determine an optimal and final solution regarding the methodology for discounting in economic evaluation. This overview suggests that the current method of discounting should be reconsidered. Different countries may need to set up their own method...ACPM to host web-based conference on low carbohydrate diets and adolescents
...lescent dieting into the spotlight. Much confusion exists however, about what dietary patterns are appropriate for youth. The negative effects of restricting carbohydrates and other essential components in an adolescent's diet may be cause for concern. "A great deal of misunderstanding surrounds low carbohy...NIH convenes state-of-the-science conference on preventing youth violence
... co-occurrence of thesefactors? 3. What evidence exists on the safety and effectivenessof interventions for violence? 4. Where evidence of safety and effectiveness exists, are there other outcomes beyond reducing violence? If so, what is known about effectiveness by age, sex, and race/ethnicity? 5. Wh...Stanford scientists help bring study of smallpox virus into 'molecular age'
...its only among humans. Since the disease no longer exists in humans, Army researcher Peter Jahrling, PhD, set out to create an animal model that mimicked as many aspects of human smallpox as possible, using some of the preserved strains from the CDC and the maximum containment laboratory at CDC that is sanc...Discovery of the oldest remains of a woman who died in childbirth
...ly attributed to ancient human groups. There also exists direct archaeological evidence of the high rate of female mortality in the child-rearing period. However, it has not always been possible to establish the cause of death in females and whether or not there was any relation to obstetric complications....Oats not safe for all patients with celiac disease
...e. The researchers found that intolerance to oats exists at least in some patients with celiac disease, and that those patients have the same molecular reaction to oats that other patients have to wheat, barley, or rye. This strongly suggests that oats are not safe for all patients with celiac disease, bu...Cruise ships -- An alternative to assisted living facilities for the elderly?
...n for traditional options and agreed that a market exists for cruise ship living as an alternative to traditional assisted living or nursing home care. Younger older populations and retiring baby-boomers whom Lindquist queried felt that this idea would be a valuable option for their future. "If this opti...Genetics testing saves health care dollars
...cal Genetics. Dr. Gilchrist, said little data exists on paper to show that genetic testing is cost-efficient. "Through papers such as this, governments may be more inclined to increase funding for genetic services and testing." The case study helps document that genetic testing for mutations in well-ch...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
...r gas. But much more of the matter in the universe exists in a fourth state known as plasma. Plasmas are gaseous collections of electrically charged particles such as electrons and protons. Stars are primarily composed of hot plasmas. On Earth, plasmas are formed in lightning strikes and produce light in fl...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
...r gas. But much more of the matter in the universe exists in a fourth state known as plasma. Plasmas are gaseous collections of electrically charged particles such as electrons and protons. Stars are primarily composed of hot plasmas. On Earth, plasmas are formed in lightning strikes and produce light in fl...Heart surgery patients receive less aggressive discharge care
...rt attack patients. The researchers said much room exists for improving the usage rates of these life-saving drugs among all heart patients, including those who received angioplasty. For example, the Duke team found that 65 percent of angioplasty patients received ACE inhibitors -- a class of blood ves...Tamoxifen's risks similar in African American and white women
...ely in populations of white women, and little data exists on the drug's effects on African American women. In addition, tamoxifen use is associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic events, such as stroke, and the African American population has more risk factors--such as cardiovascular disease and d...