Fifteenth Anniversary Of The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
...bout conversion to AIDS. The study also looked at factors that might beinvolved in transmitting the infection and helped identify the most importantones. Finally, the MACS has built up a large repository of biologic specimenswith detailed epidemiologic data for investigators, which have been used in awide...Study Of Women And Hearing Reveals Need For Routine Hearing Tests
... and speech understanding to include psycho-social factors thatmay relate to hearing behavior -- Garstecki and Erler found that gradualdeclines in hearing ability begin in mid-life. Even women with "good hearing"for their age experience, as they get older, increasing difficultiescomprehending conversation in...Lo-Cal Diet Slows Prostate Cancer In Animals, New Research Finds
...d the production ofgrowth factors by tumor cells that promote angiogenesis. "We now need to conduct nutritional studies in menwith early prostate cancer to learn if dietary changes canalter the course of thei...UI Study Finds Social Support May Increase Longevity Of People With Schizophrenia
...are consistent with other studies that show social factors arerelated to physical health and mortality in individuals with medical conditionssuch as cancer, heart disease or kidney disease," Christensen said. "We decidedto look at this question in terms of a psychiatric population." Christensen developed the...Slowing Excess Weight Gain In Childhood Appears To Reduce Adult Heart Disease Risk
... Minneapolis, saysnew findings show that the risks factors associated with cardiovascular diseasein adults --...n childhood tends to predict theprevalence of risk factors that crop up when people are in their early 20s, inparticular, the insulin resistance syndrome -- th...Low Educational Level Increases Risk For Congestive Heart Failure
...ions thatmight contribute to CHF. "By studying the factors that contribute to CHF, we can learn how modificationof these factors might play a role in the prevention of CHF in the population,"says He. In the study of 14,000 men an...... Pittsburgh team has found thatpre-menopausal risk factors strongly predict which women will develop coronary...portant news for pre-menopausal women is that risk factors such assmoking and increased levels of bad, or low density, cholesterol, stronglypredict whether the......g cause of heart disease in women by reducing risk factors prior tomenopause. Even perfectly healthy pre-men...r stressed the point that women with elevated risk factors canmake a difference in the development of heart disease. "If a woman has elevatedrisk factors, the...Can We Prevent Hearing Loss In Elderly Women?
... a bit of potential in identifying modifiable risk factors for age-related hearing loss" says Mary Ann Johnso...too soon to know if the modificationof nutritional factors will influence how hearing changes with age, we will continue our research with the goal of one day ...Antibiotics Reduce Inflammation In Heart Disease But Effect On Heart Attacks Remains Unproven
... was oncethought," he adds. "We now know that such factors as high cholesterol, cigarette smoking, highblood ...asizes. "Clearly, there are a number of other risk factors involved besides infection,but the established risk factors account for only about half of all cases...Hardening Of The Aorta Increases The Risk Of Stroke
...ssed from normal or mild to severe. "Other factors increase the risk of stroke and mortality too,"Davila-Roman says. "The age of the patient is closely related, as are highcholesterol levels, diabetes, smoking and blockages in the carotid arteries thatcarry blood to the brain. But our study clearly s...Tip Sheet: Think About Your Health In April
...ehavioral, social, psychological and socioeconomic factors in diseaseprevention and health promotion. Contact Amy Reyes to arrange interviews withProf. Kaplan. Add "life" to your years as you age. Disease and illness do not have to be theend result of aging, said U-M School of Public Health Prof. George ...New Research Points The Way To Restoring Noise-Induced Hearing Loss In Mammals, Including Humans
...d noise, as well as certain drugs, disease,genetic factors and the natural process of aging. While birds have the remarkable natural ability to regenerate sensoryhair cells, thus restoring their hearing, mammals -- including humans --unfortunately lack this ability. Dr. Edwin Rubel, professor of hear...IOM Report Offers New Look At U.S. Vaccine Priorities
...ovides a framework to consider alongwith other key factors such as technical feasibility and public health urgencywhen making decisions about vaccine research and development. "We expect that the NIH and other policy makers in government, academia andindustry will find this report and the model it proposes t...Strokes Are More Common In The Black Population
...nces ingenetic, physiological and behavioural risk factors for stroke should beinvestigated further. They say that this information could then provide thebasis for effective strategies for stoke prevention in multi-ethnic communities....New Study Finds Blacks Face 38 Percent Higher Stroke Risk
...hites and blacks may result from obesity or dietor factors we haven't identified yet." A report on the research appears in the just-published April issue ofthe journal Stroke. Besides Rosamond, UNC-CH authors are Drs. Lloyd E.Chambless, research professor of biostatistics, and Chin-Hua Wang, research...Sex And Survival: In Some Matters Of The Heart Women Have The Edge
...t failure resultsfrom high blood pressure or other factors that can weaken the heart muscle. Adams' s...ose CHF was caused by high blood pressureand other factors were twice as likely to die as their female counterparts. "These are impressive differences," s...Recording Patients' Socio-Economic Status Is Necessary For Tackling Health Inequalities
...rite that eliciting and recording of societal risk factors for poor health will help to identify those patien...always provide a good measure of the socioeconomic factors important to health and may not be appropriate in countries other than the UK. Smeeth and Heath ar...Clemson Scientists Refining Natural Immune System Booster
...est that identifies thepresence of immune transfer factors quickly, easily and accurately. In additionto dev...er. "Whenthe process is perfected, these transfer factors can be used against a widevariety of diseases in humans and livestock." The product will fir...To Drive Or Not To Drive? New Criteria For Those With Epilepsy
...logy, is the first to examinespecific seizure risk factors and link them with driving mishaps. Thisapproach, the researchers say, may be more effective in reducing auto deathsthan the policies state motor vehicle administrations now use which, the studyalso found, a significant number of epilepsy patients i...