Study raises questions on widespread prescribing of diabetic footwear
...rlier European studies. Reiber cited two possible explanations for the lower rates. First, all study participants were provided specially designed slippers to wear when not in their shoes, to prevent non-shoe-related injuries and ulcers. Second, all participants had access to good-quality health care, as patie...Early revascularisation could substantialy reduce death within one year of heart attack
...scularisation is performed. There are two possible explanations for these new findings: first, that both bypass surgery and balloon angioplasty have better success rates todaythan in the past; second, that this study included patients that were at a higher risk, i.e. sicker patients, than in previous studies. The...Safety claims of new arthritis drugs may be misleading
...s cause concern, say the researchers. The authors' explanations for these serious irregularities were inadequate, and the flawed findings published in the original article appear to be widely distributed and believed by many physicians. They believe that an "industry independent" analysis of all trials of selecti...Similar pathways may be involved in hereditary and sporadic ovarian cancers
...es in the same functional pathways. Other possible explanations include differences in tumor progression and cellular origin between BRCA1 and BRCA2 ovarian cancers that are shared by sporadic cancers, she says. "Increased knowledge of changes in gene expression in ovarian carcinogenesis may lead to improvements...Twofold difference in referral rates between US and UK
...these differences, say the authors. Other possible explanations include a less intensive practice style among UK physicians, the common practice of self referral among US patients, and a broader scope of practice among UK physicians. Given the low rates of referral in the UK relative to the US, it seems unlikely ...Peer pressure matters in young adults smoking decisions
...than female smokers. "Ruling out these alternative explanations suggests that there are implicit or explicit social pressures involved in being offered a cigarette, even during the period of emerging adulthood," the authors note, "and that male smokers have more difficulty resisting these pressures." Both male an...Quality time with physical therapists above fancy equipment, convenient parking
...ommunication skills, and willingness to give clear explanations of treatment. The quality of patient-therapist interaction counts for much more than high-tech medical hardware, convenient location and office hours, and accessible parking. Dr. Mary Beth Pinto, associate professor of marketing, Penn State Erie, T...Commercial driving not linked to permanent back injury
...hanges of the disc and vertebrae to other possible explanations for the link between occupational driving and the frequently reported higher occurrence of back problems."...New approach required for obtaining informed consent in less-developed countries
...rticipants were given conventional (western-style) explanations from one physician;30 further participants were gi...ocess; only 20% of participants given conventional explanations passed the eligibility test, compared with 80% of people given in-depth explanations by a counsellor...Exploring the relationship between alcoholism and serotonin one step at a time
...s University School of Medicine, offers additional explanations for the contrast between these findings and earlier research in the field. "Much of the earlier research has studied people who had very recently stopped drinking," said McCaul. Wand's study examined alcoholics who had been abstinent for several mon...Breast cancer patients suffer through communication failure
...r Jutta Engel said there were a number of possible explanations for the different reactions of younger and older patients. "For most under 50s breast cancer will be their first experience of a serious illness. They are more likely to have young children or to be working and cancer therefore has a greater impact o...Do vaccines cause asthma, allergies or other chronic diseases?
...ladelphia, identifies flaws in proposed biological explanations for how vaccines cause chronic diseases and review...s Diseases, Dr. Offit critically analyzes proposed explanations for a link between vaccines and chronic diseases, such as the "hygiene hypothesis." The hygiene hypo...Kids' backpacks may not cause back pain after all
...nger children, 45 percent vs. 15 percent. Possible explanations for this increase with age can be found in the activity levels of the children. "The students' body mass index, an indicator of obesity, increased from the third graders to middle schoolers, so the middle schoolers were more fat. Also the percent of...Brain imaging study reveals interplay of thought and emotion in economic decisions
...m to go against your self interest." Many previous explanations of the ultimatum game tried to ascribe the decision to reject low offers to a mistaken attempt at logical thought -- for example, an unconscious conviction that rejecting unfair offers would promote better future offers, even though a ground rule is ...Patients find answers about lab tests at Lab Tests Online
...noncommercial site is easily navigated, delivering explanations on why a test is performed, how it is used, and what the results might mean. It also connects users to an ever-growing number of context-relevant pages on web sites such as NIH's Medline Plus and the American Diabetes Association. For those users w...Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: Society of Nuclear Medicine publishes new book
...erview of the field of nuclear cardiac imaging and explanations of terminology, as well as presenting specific technical information vital to those in the nuclear cardiology field, including normal and abnormal scan patterns. Organized into logical and concise chapters, it is not only suitable for nuclear cardiol...Families cope better after euthanasia than natural death
...s were independent of other risk factors. Possible explanations for less grief symptoms among the family and friends of patients who died by euthanasia include the opportunity to say goodbye, being more prepared for the way and day of the imminent death, and being able to talk openly about death, say the authors....Anti-asthma medications: Too much of a good thing?
...pital in Boston, Massachusetts, discuss additional explanations for the bronchoconstricting effects associated with chronic beta2AR stimulation. The commentary authors state that "it is interesting to note that the adverse effects of regular beta-agonist use can be observed even weeks after their withdrawal, at a...Smoking linked to osteoporosis in women
...king-induced bone loss after menopause as possible explanations for the more pronounced negative effects of tobacco on bone loss in postmenopausal women. But Professor Wark says that much remains to be learnt about how smoking is linked with osteoporosis and the risk of fractures. Osteoporosis is the progressive ......ase in infections after stressful events. Possible explanations for these findings are not yet fully understood, say the authors, but the knowledge that stressful events are associated with disease activity adds important information to the limited insight that patients and their caregivers have on this unpredict...