Decision to take tamoxifen difficult for many women
...re satisfied with their decision. Women who cited fewer sources of information were more likely to feel dissatisfied with their decision. Although decision satisfaction did not vary between women who chose or declined treatment, those who experienced heightened anxiety about cancer or about treatment sid...Broad-based vaccination of wild mice could help reduce lyme disease risk in humans
...f white-footed mice, the researchers hypothesized, fewer tick larvae would become infected the first summer and, in turn, fewer nymphs would be capable of transmitting the disease to humans the following summer. Throughout the s...Scientists turn on the 'gender lens' on cardiovascular disease research
...t appropriate thatwomen with heart disease receive fewer angiograms, compared to men?'" Another emphasis for the network is to ensure the study results are widelycommunicated to a broad national audience. "We want to get the health message out to people so they are aware and canmake use of it," Dr. Anand...Aromatase inhibitors should be first-line treatment for certain type of breast cancer
...n given tamoxifen; anastrozole was associated with fewer side effects although bone fractures and joint pain were more common than among women given tamoxifen. Lead investigator Anthony Howell (Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, UK) comments: "Results from studies evaluating aromatase inhibitors afte...Multi-center study finds therapy boosts kidney transplants in 'highly sensitized' patients
...onors, transplantation cannot proceed ." In 2000, fewer than 3 percent of all kidney transplants were performed in patients with PRAs higher than 80 percent at the time of transplant, despite the fact that these patients represent about 20 percent of those on the waiting list. In fact, transplant rates fo...Updated adjuvant data presented at SABCS show 30 percent reduction in recurrence
...andard of care (P=0.00005). In addition 54 percent fewer cases of contralateral breast cancer (12 vs. 26) developed in women treated with AROMASIN compared to those who remained on tamoxifen (P=0.04). Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women. It is estimated that 213,910 women...Minority teens' views of drug use differ from reality
... Hispanic teens, when in reality studies show that fewer Black youth use alcohol or other drugs than do you...scents overwhelmingly believe that White youth use fewer drugs than other ethnic groups. "However -- in contrast to Black adolescents - few of the White yout...Generic drug use varies widely by state, study reveals
...na, Florida and Mississippi, used generics to fill fewer than 43% of all prescriptions. New Jersey used generics for fewer than 40% of all prescriptions. Possible explanations for the variations in generic fill rates includ...Month of birth linked to risk of MS
...sisters of those with MS. In Canada, significantly fewer people with MS were born in November compared with controls. Similarly in Britain, fewer people with MS had been born in November and significantly more had been born in May. The number bor...Two days of post-surgical pain relief now possible with just one shot
...n provide effective pain control for patients with fewer cumbersome devices, possibly improving the hospita...y have less complicated rehabilitation periods and fewer chronic pain problems than those whose pain is not managed properly." DepoDurTM: The Next Generati...Mayo Clinic researchers announce promising next generation treatments for multiple myeloma
...e than the thalidomide-dexamethasone regimen, with fewer side effects, and may in the future replace other regimens including the thalidomide-dexamethasone combination as initial treatment for myeloma," Dr. Rajkumar says. The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group has just initiated a large, multicenter trial...NHLBI stops sickle cell anemia transfusion study
...ide safe and effective protection from stroke with fewer side effects than transfusion. Sickle cell anemia, the most common genetic blood disorder in the U.S., affects about 1 in 350 African-Americans and 1 in 1,000 Hispanic newborns every year. Patients with this disease have abnormal hemoglobin molecu...Low platelet counts linked to decreased survival in HIV-infected women
...at women with thrombocytopenia-a platelet count of fewer than 50,000 platelets per cubic millimeter-had a five-fold increase risk of dying due to any cause, compared to women with normal platelet counts. Thrombocytopenia also was linked to a three-fold risk of dying due to AIDS. "Only a low CD4+ lymphocyte...Molecular tailoring of chemotherapy with novel imaging techniques
...mice without sacrificing them and it also requires fewer mice in experiments. Because the KILLER/DR5 receptor is involved in the process of cell death by chemotherapy, El-Deiry is also gaining insight into which drugs use it and which drugs work by other mechanisms. "This is important because to maximize t...Small social circles tied to heart disease death in women
...ase. Women with larger social networks also showed fewer signs of artery blockage during the four-year study. "The overall magnitude of the social network effect rivaled or exceeded that of more commonly considered biomedical risk factors including smoking, diabetes and hypertension histories," Rutledge an...Novel imaging technique shows abnormal brain anatomy in children with ADHD
... who had received stimulant treatment for ADHD had fewer white matter abnormalities than children who did not receive medication. Patients consisted of two groups, each comprised of 10 children with ADHD. The first group had not taken medication or had been minimally exposed to medications. The second grou...Computer program helps doctors diagnose lung cancer
...archers fine-tune the technology, they hope to see fewer false positives, and may actually help radiologists identify benign lesions and reduce the number of people undergoing biopsies. Researchers hope next to develop a system that will both detect a lesion and identify it as malignant or benign. In addit...Surgery without the scapel: U. Va. Health System marks fifteenth anniversary of Gamma knife
...nce comes a higher degree of technical success and fewer complications," said Dr Neal F. Kassell, professor of neurosurgery and one of three Gamma Knife experts at U.Va. "Patients know that when they come to U.Va. to have this type of surgery, they're getting the best possible chance of a cure." The G...Federal forum reports Americans aging well, but gaps remain
...dollars) from $16,882 to $23,152. Correspondingly, fewer older people are living below the poverty threshold. The percentage of older people living in poverty declined from 35 percent in 1959 to 10 percent in 2002. Between 1984 and 2001, the median net worth of households headed by people age 65 and ove...Social supports lessen effects of maltreatment on children vulnerable to depression
...egraded. In genetic pre-disposition to depression, fewer and less efficient transporter molecules are made. The current study included 101 children, five-to-15 years old. Of that number, 57 were removed from their parents' care due to allegations of abuse and/or neglect, and 44 were children with no hi...