Combining osteoporosis treatments does not produce better results
...he MGH Osteoporosis Center, notes that alternative explanations are possible, since combining PTH with other agents that suppress bone resorption has been successful in animals. The authors add that further research is needed to determine the best bone-density-restoring strategies for individual patients and to...Minority children: over- or underrepresented in medical research?
...ies. "There are possibly benign and not so benign explanations for these findings," Ross said. "Our data could not distinguish. Clearly, black and Hispanic children should be overrepresented in AIDS research as they account for 82 percent of all reported pediatric AIDS cases. On the other hand, there are data...Study: Doctor's communication style may sway cancer patients
...o know what transpires in physician offices during explanations of the cancer clinical trial treatment option. This is one way to better understand factors affecting enrollments." Roberts' study examined how patients are recruited for trials and to what extent the physician encourages enrollment. Roberts studied ...Commentaries question benefit of early breast cancer screening
...ing," Baines writes. She offers possible biologic explanations for the higher mortality rates among younger women treated for breast cancer, such as the stimulation of dormant metastases after surgery and the low-energy x-rays used in screening mammography, which some believe are more likely to cause cancer than...Online bladder cancer information often outdated
... used statistics from 2001 or earlier, and staging explanations did not reflect a system put in place in 1997. "Even though the inaccuracies seldom reflected flat-out false statements, a 32 percent inaccuracy rate is still disturbing," Lee says. "Other studies have found online information about melanoma is inacc...Those infected with HIV may benefit from infection with another virus, says Jefferson virologist
...drugs" they took. Pomerantz offers some potential explanations for the findings of both studies. In his group's study, he says, the researchers found a difference in the T cells and the cytokines, the chemicals made to control the immune system. "Those who are dual-infected have a better, more protective cytoki...Study supports new theory for nicotine's protective effect against neurodegenerative disorders
... Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. However, the explanations for nicotine's neuroprotective effects continue to be debated. Now a team of neuroscientists at the University of South Florida College of Medicine presents new evidence of an anti-inflammatory mechanism in the brain by which nicotine may protect a...New study reveals big disparity between countries in breast conservation rates
...essor Jassem concluded that there were a number of explanations for the variation. One major factor was that the tumours might be more advanced when they were diagnosed in those countries with higher mastectomy rates. "Early detection is strictly related to screening programmes and in countries with no nationwide...National Academies news: Clinical research involving children
...ren should allow sufficient time for questions and explanations of research protocols, the report emphasizes. In addition, IRBs should adopt explicit written policies on payments for research participation. It is appropriate to reimburse families for expenses related to research, such as parking fees at researc...AAN develops neurology education series for patients and families
...berstein, MD, Migraines and Other Headaches offers explanations for different types of headaches, effective pain management strategies, descriptions of symptoms that warrant immediate medical attention, and additional resources available to patients and family members. "By referring patients to this book, physici...Controlling pain with your brain
...n how they did it. The researchers ruled out other explanations for the effect through a series of controls. They gave people false feedback data, no feedback at all, or feedback from a part of the brain unrelated to pain control. They also sometimes asked people to pay attention to the pain or distracted their a...Women exposed to frustrating noise stress snack more afterwards
... The researchers write, "There are some possible explanations for why exposure to the noise, regardless of perceived control might have increased persistence in men. One possibility is that, for men, noise exposure may have engendered feelings of competition and a desire to assert control or to win (i.e. to su...Full moon exerts no pull on frequency of epileptic seizures
...ill seem to like poetic, mysterious and irrational explanations for puzzling diseases like epilepsy."...Study: Dementia often undiagnosed in clinical settings
...ght not see anything to be concerned about." Other explanations are that physicians considered, but then discounted, that the adverse events should trigger a dementia assessment, or that they didn't find a full clinical evaluation for dementia useful because they believe they could manage the dementia without ass...Increase in childhood leukaemia may be part due to increased light at night
... Reiter will be reviewing a number of theoretical explanations for this effect. As he says "If, in fact, melatonin levels are altered by magnetic fields, a potential relationship between these fields and cancer, including leukaemia, would be possible." Top international experts from Europe, America, Asia and Aus...Certain types of schizophrenia may be linked to summer birth
...bility of nutrients have been proposed as possible explanations for the seasonality of births in schizophrenia. However, to date, no specific agent has been identified," conclude the authors. ...Mothers have brains primed for care
...auditory ability and proximity to prey as possible explanations for the difference. Further experiments are underway to rule out changes in olfactory ability and to explore the changes in the structure and activity of the hypothalamus and hippocampus as a result of motherhood. "The mammalian female brain express...Exercising limbs protects brain cells affected by Parkinson's, study in rodents shows
...ine-containing neurons died. "Whereas a number of explanations could be offered as to why the exercised animals do so well, we have evidence that indicates it's because exercise stimulates production of key proteins that are important for survival of neurons," said the study's senior author, Michael J. Zigmond, ...Less risks for patients participating in early phase cancer drug trials
...ximately half. "There are several potential explanations for the sharp decline in treatment-related deaths. First, almost half (47 percent) of the trials in our detailed analysis involved the testing of targeted/biologic agents, which tend to have more favorable toxicity profiles compared with the [toxic t...White physicians slower to prescribe HIV medications for African-Americans than for whites
...te physicians (353 days). There may be a number of explanations for the great differences, the researchers write. For example, verbal and non-verbal communication may be better between a patient and doctor of the same race, and as a result the patient is more likely to report greater participation in decision-mak...