UIC professor receives international humanitarian award
...on issues. His lifelong work focuses on preventing exposure to environmental carcinogens in air, water, food and the workplace by informing the public of avoidable risks and influencing governmental policies. The Golden Grand Medal is awarded every other year to individuals who have demonstrated exemplary ser...Geodon effective in psychiatric emergencies; Sharply reduces time in restraints
...Using it is a last resort. We want to minimize the exposure to it as much as possible," he said, adding that reducing the time in restraints, and the time patients are agitated, might also reduce time spent in the emergency room and thus reduce costs." Dr. Francis added that the results showed a "trend towar...March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...n expanded care coordination for fear of increased exposure to medical liability. In fact, a representative sample of 1,238 practicing physicians found that 49 percent listed legal liability as one of the two main barriers to care coordination. In a new study that combines legal research with key informant in...OHSU scientists test medication to treat involuntary weight loss
...and the possible connection between infant hormone exposure and lifelong weight issues. Another key role of the center is to provide a base of expertise for public (community) education, and serve as a source for continuing education in the treatment of weight-related disorders, such as obesity, diabetes, ano...Suppressing the cells that trigger cat allergy
...ing recent decades, and there is much debate about exposure to pets in early life and later development of ast... protects against later allergy - i.e., that early exposure may somehow modify an individual's immune system to tolerate specific antigens. Various attempts to ...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...fected injection drug users affected the patient's exposure to highly active antiretroviral therapy, reported ...gative attitudes had a significantly lower rate of exposure to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) than either patients treated by physicians with more...Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users
...g of IDUs or their sexual partners. IDUs also risk exposure to various forms of hepatitis. Between 50 and 80 percent of IDUs contract hepatitis C the most dangerous strain -- within their first year of needle use. Martin also translates the problem into dollars. A 2005 report from the Centers for Disease Co...Simple intervention encourages sun protection behaviors
...at reveal hidden skin damage from ultraviolet (UV) exposure from the sun, combined with information on sunless...g lotion as a safe and effective alternative to UV exposure would induce more individuals to try it. Based on the trends observed in this experiment with the sm...Cavity prevention tips for pre-school age children
...ey. "So the same basic principles apply-control of exposure of cavity-inducing food and through cleaning of the teeth. Even if decay is a low risk for an individual child they can still develop gingivitis or other problems if home care is inadequate."......and Environmental Medicine. To gauge the levels of exposure to traffic fumes, the research team assessed the amount of a chemical called 1-OHPG in the urine of 47 female motorway toll-booth operators and 27 female office workers. The 20 toll booths were located on a motorway 10 km south of Taipei, Taiwan, and...Energy and sports drinks attack enamel
... ice tea for a period of 14 days (336 hours). The exposure time was comparable to approximately 13 years of normal beverage consumption. The study findings revealed there was significant enamel damage associated with all beverages tested. Results, listed from greatest to least damage to dental enamel, includ...Donor age has no affect on long-term liver transplant survival
... early reconstitution of the immune system and its exposure to a large number of HCV [hepatitis C] infected liver cells, leading to immune mediated severe liver damage and thus to more frequent and severe forms of HCV recurrence." The authors conclude that while donor age did not influence the progression of...Epidemiologist Trichopoulos receives $5.8 million Department of Defense 'Innovator Award'
...ciated with adult breast cancer, including whether exposure to hormones such as estrogens and insulin-like gro...ince 1990, Trichopoulos has advanced a theory that exposure to certain levels of naturally occurring hormones amplifies the number of undifferentiated cells in ...Half-million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures for Hispanics in 2004 - up 49% from 2000
... Hispanic community. "Hispanics are getting more exposure to cosmetic surgery through TV programming shown in South America, Central America, and in the United States," said Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons President Onelio Garcia, MD, who estimates 50 percent of his patients are Hispanic. "These shows ...Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
...an association between prolonged residential radon exposure and lung cancer risk. The study, an analysis of ...imately 3.0 picocuries per liter of air, during an exposure period of 5 to 30 years. The lung cancer risk increased with increasing radon exposure. The U.S. En...Orchestra pit no danger to hearing
...d orchestras. The researchers found that the noise exposure of players of all of the instrument groups fell below acceptable 85 dBA (noise exposure level measured in decibels dB, corrected to the frequency response of the human ear A) for an eigh...Nursing mothers having surgery -- How long a wait to breastfeed safely?
...ction of anesthesia represents such minimal infant exposure to the drug that it provides insufficient justification for interruption of breastfeeding, Avram said. Studies of narcotic and benzodiazepine transfer into breast milk are under way at Feinberg and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare. Avram an...Common anesthetics appear safe for developing fetal brain
...y in new-born rats published in 2003 reported that exposure to various anesthetic agents caused neurodegenerat...on suggest that the moderate inhalation anesthetic exposure during pregnancy may not be deleterious to the fetus," said lead researcher James D. Reynolds, Ph.D....Allergen exposure in inner cities varies throughout the U.S.
...r cities studied. Among the findings: Cockroach exposure and sensitivity were highest in the Northeast, wit...e children whose asthma symptoms were triggered by exposure to cockroach allergen displayed more asthma symptoms, missed more school, and made more unscheduled ...Study suggests smoking while pregnant may increase chromosomal abnormalities in fetal cells
...any chromosomal regions are especially affected by exposure to tobacco. Fetal amniocytes (cells of fetal origin in the amniotic fluid) were obtained by routine amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis from 25 controls and 25 women who smoke (10 or more cigarettes/d for 10 or more years). The women were asked to f...