Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for Dec. 2004
...edical Center's "Red Hot Mamas TM " support group, focused on this important topic with the presentation, "Sex and Menopause: What's Age Got To Do With It?" Dr. Sheila Bolour is available for interviews on this topic. SPECIALIST SUGGESTS PREGNANT WOMEN REQUEST INFLUENZA VACCINE TO PROTECT BOTH MOM AND BABY ...NYU Child Study Center raises a record $3.4 million at Seventh Annual Child Advocacy Award Dinner
... special reading by Uma Thurman. The presentation focused on one family who has benefited from the ParentCorps program. "Having a child with a mental or psychiatric disorder is the last stigma. We can say the word 'cancer' out loud, we can discuss seizures, but too many of us shy away when the topic ...Pharmaceutical marketing tactics hold little sway with prescribing physicians
...ontinues to escalate, increased attention is being focused on the role of pharmaceutical marketing practices as a cause of higher drug prices," said Robert Jacobson, professor of marketing at the University of Washington Business School and co-author of the paper appearing in the December issue of Management...Newborns with heart defect have low blood flow in brain before surgery
...d for children with heart defects, physicians have focused more attention on improving quality-of-life factors such as neurological and cognitive abilities. A new study shows that newborns with congenital heart disease often have abnormally low blood flow in their brains before they undergo surgery. Researc...Bulimic teens also likely to suffer from depression
... can provide additional information to create more focused and effective treatments for teens with bulimia. Knowledge of the co-existence of bulimia and dysthymia in teens can help therapists assess specifically for dysthymia in bulimic patients and choose a treatment that will combat both disorders, she say...Studies reveal physicians' attitudes on end-of-life care
... of attending religious services. One study, which focused on internal medicine physicians, appeared in the O...Journal of Medical Ethics. The second study, which focused on internal medicine residents (doctors in training), was published in the September/October issue o...Sleep loss boosts appetite, may encourage weight gain
... research on the consequences of sleep deprivation focused on the brain. Since 1999, however, the Van Cauter laboratory has published a series of studies describing the metabolic and hormonal consequences of chronic partial sleep loss which is now common. Such studies include: A 1999 study showing that ...Nursing homes register 41 percent drop in residents' pain
...e study in 17 Rhode Island nursing homes. The team focused on a critical issue in elder care: how to treat pain. Previous research has shown that four in 10 nursing home residents have persistent, severe pain. Yet several studies have found that complaints of pain often go unrecognized and that residents...The impact of body weight on the progression of knee osteoarthritis
...ourse of knee OA, researchers at Boston University focused on an important predictor of disease progression: limb malalignment, defined by joint space loss at the point where the thigh and shin bones connect to the knee. Featured in the December 2004 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism ( http://www.interscienc...UCSD researchers identify new role for drugs in prevention, treatment of atherosclerosis
...od flow and cause a heart attack. The UCSD team focused their study on the three subtypes of PPAR alpha, gamma and beta/delta in mice fed a high cholesterol diet. Although the UCSD scientists and others demonstrated in the past that PPAR-gamma drugs such as Rosiglitazone inhibit the development of athe...NIAID seeks applicants to lead revamped HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks
...will work with NIAID and other NIH Institutes on a focused research effort. To most effectively coordinate across disciplines, each network can address significant scientific questions in one or more of six priority research areas Developing HIV vaccines Translating research insights into therapeutic ...Family history predicts young women's risk of stroke
...es that have examined this association have mainly focused on middle-aged to elderly populations and the resu... of mortality in women, further research should be focused on identifying the reasons for familial aggregation of stroke, be they genetic, environmental or, mo...Estrogen-associated COX-2 pathways explain protection from heart disease in female mice
...ing COX-2 inhibitors with cardiovascular risk have focused attention on the possibility of slowly evolving cardiovascular risk during chronic treatment with selective COX-2 inhibitors. This study provides insight into how this risk might occur and identifies potential biomarkers of this evolving risk. The w...Three-year health study of teenage girls is underway at Trenton Central High School
... study's principal investigator, the curriculum is focused on healthy eating beginning with where each girl is now and modifying according to food preferences. "There is a focus on understanding food labels, making healthy choices and involving the family and community. Teen Esteem differs from other healt...Researchers show the BEST way to reduce osteoporosis risk
...EST Study Regimen The BEST bone health regimen is focused on building BMD in typically vulnerable areas of the spine and hip. The program includes daily calcium citrate supplementation (800 mg) to ensure adequate intake and three-times-a-week sessions of 20 to 25 minutes of resistance training--two sets of ...Tide of new nurses rises but shortages still loom large
...llar "Campaign for Nursing's Future." The campaign focused on the image of nurses, educating the public on the opportunities offered by a career in nursing, improving retention of nurses in clinical positions, raising funds for scholarships and grants, and addressing capacity problems confronted by nursing e...Paclitaxel chemotherapy for breast cancer not associated with serious radiation pneumonitis
...rrence of breast cancer, but some of the radiation focused on the breast tissue and chest wall passes through the lungs. Although the resulting incidence of radiation pneumonitis is low with the use of modern irradiation techniques, some reports have suggested that this side effect occurs more often in patie...Developmental issues among triplet infants
...s born prematurely) and at 3, 6, and 12 months. We focused on the development of the mother-infant relationship and we explored how the relationship developed under conditions in which mothers are caring for three infants simultaneously compared to mothers raising singletons or twins. We expected that the ...Studies from the November issue of The Archives of Dermatology, a theme issue on facial rejuvenation
...les using a carbon dioxide laser, the pairing of a focused stream of cold air with the laser during treatment made the procedure less painful. Eight patients were treated in the study--half of each patient's face was treated with the carbon dioxide laser alone, and the other half was treated with the laser ......ther than looking at the overall immune system, we focused on immune responses inside the relatively sealed environment of the nervous system." Led by first author Diana L. Vargas, M.D., a postdoctoral fellow working in Pardo's laboratory, the researchers examined tissue from three different regions of...