Exercise, Classroom Instruction Cut Kids' Cholesterol, Study Finds
...e could make a difference in one of the major risk factors for heart disease." The professor reported her team's results at a news conference today(March 19) at an American Heart Association meeting in Santa Fe, N.M. Other investigators, including schools of medicine, nursing and publichealth...Poor Heart Disease Patients Pay More For Medications, Get Less Preventative Care
... as well," he said. In addition, lifestyle factors are well known to contribute tolongevity, Tung said. Services such as cardiac rehabilitation programs teachheart disease patients good dietary habits, and start a safe, monitored exerciseroutine. Fewer of the low income patients used these services. ...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
... LDL levels of 160 mg/dL or higher, and other risk factors for heartdisease. Although current NCEP guidelines do not recommend cholesterol-reducing drugtherapy for preventing first heart attacks in high-risk patients with LDL levelsin the 130-159 mg/dL range, there is "a strong argument for using statin ther...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
...symptoms are. People also need to learn about risk factors in order to prevent a stroke in thefirst place," s...spondents also demonstrated poor knowledge of risk factors for stroke, which include hypertension, cigarette smoking, heart disease, diabetes, and atrial fibri...Preventing Stroke: The Choice Between Aspirin And Warfarin
... those olderthan 75 with no additional stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure orheart disease. SPAF...trial fibrillationpatients who had additional risk factors for stroke. The NINDS, one of the National Institutes of Health located in Bethesda,Marylan...Researchers Identify Candidate Immunosuppressant With Fewer Side Effects
...e nucleus and turns on expression of solubleimmune factors such as the cytokine interleukin 2. Release of interleukin 2activates neighboring T cells and escalates the immune response. The pivotal role of NFAT in T cell activation and immunosuppressionmakes it an active area of current research. Two g...Asthma-Airways Clinic Improves Lives, Reduces Medical Costs
...rugside effects, control panic, identify and avoid factors that trigger asthmaepisodes, and communicate effectively with their doctors. In between officevisits, nurses call patients to evaluate their progress and help them buildproblem-solving skills. The researchers found statistically significant reductio...Study Shows Child Health Plus Eases Access, But Some Barriers Remain
...aseof use and other variables. They compared these factors bothbefore and after enrolling in Child Health Plus. Interviewersalso asked participants about their level of satisfaction withChild Health Plus. The evaluation study was funded by theDepartment of Health as part of its initial legislation to createt...Cost-Effective Treatment Possible In Africa For HIV-Positive Pregnant Women If Drug Prices Lowered
...earch Institute (ARI). Study findings showed other factors combined to produce a cost-effectiveoutcome--such as a short-course of drug therapy and a high prevalence ofHIV-positive women of child-bearing age--but drug prices had the most impact. The UCSF team found drug costs need to be about 25 percent of cu...Secondary Prevention Of Heart Disease Should Be Improved
...ds of patients had two or more high risk lifestyle factors that would benefit from change, such as exercising, giving up smoking or a eating a better diet. The authors also found that practices which ran nurse led clinics to promote secondary prevention, had healthier patients at the end of their one year st...Earliest Warning Sign Indicates Need To Test For Condition Associated With Fetal Deaths
...and premature delivery. Both are independent risk factors for fetal death. Gugino and colleagues reviewed the records of 804 perinatal deaths that occurred in Children's Hospital of Buffalo, a regional perinatal center, between 1988 and 1996. Chorioamnionitis was found to be present in 243, or about on...Extreme Fatigue Increases Risk Of Blood Clot Formation
...ood-clotting process involves two main components: factors that promote clot formation (coagulation) and factors that remove blood clots (fibrinolysis). "The relationship between vital exhaustion and risk of myoc...How Can Parents Treat Colic In Their Babies?
... far from clear, but several biological and social factors have been suggested, such as an allergy to cows' milk. In this week's BMJ Dr Lucassen et al from the Netherlands report that attempts to treat infantile colic should begin by substituting cow's milk with hypoallergenic formula milks. This combined ...Dying To Quit: Why We Smoke And How We Stop
...rgence of the complex psychological and scientific factors that she and other researchers have been studying ...again? Here, Brigham details the myriad behavioral factors at work and discusses not only the symptoms most quitters experience, but the length of those sympto...Unhealthy Lifestyles Not Primary Cause Of High Mortality Rates
...dying," Lantz said. A combination of other factors associated with lower income likely play a greater role than personal lifestyle factors in explaining the elevated mortality risk. These include the greater chronic and acute stresses of ...Nitrosamines Play Important Role In Cancer Linked To Smoking
...is the focus of his own research, to elucidate the factors whichinfluence cancer development upon exposure to carcinogens. Hecht also suggests that by understanding the way cancer is induced bytobacco-specific nitrosamines, more effective approaches toward prevention oftobacco-related cancers can be designed...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
... causalrelationship," he said. "Many other factors accompany the smoking lifestyle, including lowersocio-economic status, which leads to poor prenatal care, as well as other riskybehaviors, including use of other drugs of abuse and alcohol. "However, with our animal research, we can test indi...Teen Marijuana Use Is Fueled By Change In Attitudes
.... "Individual differences in some of the lifestyle factors we examined areimportant risk factors in determining which students are likely to usemarijuana---or other drugs, for that matter," says Ba...New Study Designed To Improve Outcomes In Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
... to stimulate immune cells Chemotherapy and growth factors stimulate stem cell growth Stem cells are collected High-dose chemotherapy Stem cell transplant Vaccine readministered one week after transplant Vaccine continues once a month for up to two years Criteria for women to participate in the stud......inogen and CRP (C-reactive protein), twoother risk factors for coronary occlusion. Thus, in addition to thei...a. Atherosclerosis is induced by a large number of factors (hyperlipidemia,hypertension, smoking, some infections, etc.). In response to chronic exposureto the...