Hausman to give keynote address at 'Breastfeeding, Motherhood and Feminism' symposium
...women many new opportunities. But along with these gains come challenges, including the well-documented work-family dilemma -- the struggle to be employed and provide for a family's health and well being at the same time. A woman's ability and willingness to breastfeed is strongly related to the social and...Medical technologies may hinder rather than help newborn survival
...hould not be ignored because they might offset the gains resulting from improved maternal health and survival of newborns."...Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
...for Women's Cardiovascular Health. Institute gains momentum In just over nine months, the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute has quickly gained momentum by taking on the most difficult surgical cases while maintaining extremely low mortality rates. Its physicians also hosted The Fall Education Series, ...Boosting HIV screening can increase survival and is cost effective
...igh-risk populations could produce life expectancy gains at costs that compare favorably to many commonly employed screening interventions in other chronic conditions, including breast cancer, colorectal cancer, diabetes and hypertension. Paltiel said that even in settings with HIV infection levels similar...Bone density returns when teens stop using Depo Provera, Group Health study finds
...they also found that users experienced significant gains after they quit using the drug. This provides evidence "that the loss of bone mass is apparently reversed," Scholes concluded. In 2002, Scholes reported similar results among women aged 18 to 39. However, the current study shows that teen women who d...Bone density appears to recover after adolescents discontinue injected contraceptive
...n stopped using DMPA, they experienced significant gains in bone density. The study authors wrote that the increase in bone mineral density after discontinuation of DMPA is similar to the bone mineral density increase after a woman stops breast feeding. "The potential loss of bone density is one considera...University of Washington joins new Autism Treatment Network to provide better medical services
...dren's Cancer Network, which have spurred dramatic gains in medical science's ability to treat those conditions. "All too often when parents are reeling from getting a diagnosis of autism, they are put in a position of making decisions about treatment with few physicians or centers that can guide them," s...Whole-body CT screening costs overshadow benefits
...whole-body CT screening exams provide only minimal gains in life expectancy (approximately six days) at an average cost of $2,513 per patient, or an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $151,000 per life-year gained (relative to survival with no screening), making the procedure more expensive in cost pe...Type of weight loss surgery more effective at reducing insulin resistance
...or weight loss (average of 53 kg) led to different gains in insulin sensitivity depending on the type of surgery. Although the degree and time course of weight reduction were almost identical in the two surgical groups, patients who had undergone biliopancreatic diversion achieved levels of insulin sensiti...Sildenafil effectively treats enlarged hearts, mouse study shows
...aptive response to pressure stress, the functional gains lasted despite the heart's continued exposure to high blood pressure. Improvements were seen in more than 10 measures of heart function, including heart relaxation, cardiac output and heart contractility, which increased by nearly 40 percent. These...Genetically targeted therapies create opportunities to do business in new ways
...for the industry as a whole, there can be windfall gains and losses for individual stakeholders, and prospective losers may have incentives to resist. Experience in other industries shows that daunting problems of this type can be successfully resolved. According to Dr. Evans this typically requires carefu...Novartis announces collaboration with Bayer for EMSELEX
...g authorization for darifenacin, while Bayer Vital gains exclusive commercialization rights for EMSELEX in Germany. About EMSELEX EMSELEX is a once-daily M3 selective receptive antagonist (M3 SRA) oral treatment that works by selectively inhibiting the M3 receptor, the primary mediator of detrusor contra...Ongoing transfusions needed to avoid strokes in children with sickle cell disease
...t is safer long term and that holds onto the large gains in stroke prevention we have made. We know that for the stroke-prevention strategy based on STOP to be fully accepted, we have to find a stopping point for transfusions." One approach might be comparing transfusion therapy to hydroxyurea, the first ...Decline in cardiovascular disease reported in patients with diabetes
...population over the last several decades. Although gains have been made, substantial opportunity remains for additional progress to reduce the high absolute risk of CVD events in persons with diabetes."...Federal forum reports Americans aging well, but gaps remain
...tter educated than previous generations, but these gains have not been equal among todays older Americans. In 2003, there were almost 36 million people age 65 and over living in the United States, accounting for just over 12 percent of the total population. Most of these older Americans reported better h...HHS awards $10.4 million to fight AIDS on three continents
... Experts note, however, that these potential early gains must be measured against the possible loss of therapeutic options due to emergence of drug resistance as well as longer exposure to toxic side effects of the ARVs. Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Adults and Children Awarded to: Tomsk Regi...Tide of new nurses rises but shortages still loom large
...orkforce is consistent with reports of substantial gains in enrollments at nursing schools since 2001, and may represent the first wave of two-year program graduates." The number of men entering workforce has also been growing at a steady rate over the past two decades, increasing from 5 percent in 1983 w...Adults with dyslexia can improve with phonics-based instruction
...ed that participants who received instruction made gains of between six and 23 percent in text reading, pho...letters represents a word. Flowers said the gains in reading ability were significant enough to make a difference in the everyday lives of participant...Different subgroups of alcoholics respond differently to serotonin-acting medication
...o sertraline during treatment and maintained their gains over a six-month period after ending treatment," s...propriate. This subgroup seemed to maintain their gains from the AA-based individual therapy only if they had not received sertraline." "The rationale ......ates found in two US studies. The authors suggest gains in improving patient safety can come from encouraging reporting of AEs, continued monitoring of the incidence of these events, the application of new technologies and improving communication and coordination among caregivers. Dr. Peter Davis, coautho...