Firstborn: First risk for heart disease?
...ce population. Primogeniture was unrelated to age, gender and all but one of the major risk factors considered. There were no significant differences between firstborns and their sisters and brothers in terms of family history of CHD, hypertension, dyslipidemia or diabetes. But cigarette smoking was lower...More evidence of possible link between hearing loss and CVD
...ar disease (CVD). Researchers controlled for age, gender and noise exposure on the job and during leisure a...subtle effects of medications. We cant explain the gender differences that were uncovered during this study, but we hope that a follow-up study may shed more ...Health benefits of leanness blown away by cigarette smoke
...f heart attack death. According to Lackland, this gender difference was unexpected, and requires further research. We have known for some time that smokers of both genders tend to be leaner, and leanness is cardio-protective, says Lackland. We looked at 59 analytic groups within the 23 studies from around...Male/female health differences during life's final season
...y of illness scale paints a much richer picture of gender differences in health than the usual life threaten...rtant category of illnesses and conditions with no gender differences the somewhat life-threatening health problems and this category includes the largest nu...Pitt researchers find gender differences in the mental health care of children
...cialty treatment until adolescence, the nuances of gender differences in similar cases have not been studied...female) in 204 primary care practices to determine gender differences in identification and treatment of mental health problems in primary care practices. The...American Medical Women's Association honors Dr. Marianne Legato with 2002 Women in Science Award
...ific Medicine is aimed at showing the relevance of gender to normal human function and the unique ways in which men and women experience disease. As a consequence of all we have learned about womens health, we are reconsidering and revising our essentially male models of health and illness. This award is a ...Mayo Clinic study links gene to heart disease marker
...h IL-1 polymorphisms after adjustment for smoking, gender and age. Levels of fibrinogen, another marker, had similar associations with the IL-1 genotypes....Researchers identify new signs of depression and anxiety in patients
...her patients in a primary care environment. Female gender was also an indicator of anxiety and depression, t...health, high levels of pain, disability and female gender were more closely linked to anxiety or depression than any specific medical diagnosis. "Female gend...USC researchers suggest possible cause for kidney cancer
...y cancer include cigarette smoking, diabetes, male gender and, among women, oophorectomy (undergoing removal of the ovaries) and parity (giving birth to numerous children). USC researchers analyzed more than two dozen studies, and found increased signs of lipid peroxidation in the blood of those who are ob...Inner city adolescents identify jobs, education as keys to their future
...e "other." The researchers found that the students gender or race had little effect on how they ranked the ideas....Genetic manifestation of melanoma linked to geographic location
...rent geographic regions, or other factors, such as gender and alterations to the CDKN2A gene product, the p14ARF protein. To answer this question, D. Timothy Bishop, Ph.D., of Cancer Research U.K. in Leeds, his colleagues at the Melanoma Genetics Consortium examined the penetrance of CDKN2A mutations in 80...Studies often ignore domestic violence committed by women
...gainst children is committed by women, in terms of gender it is women who are most likely to be perpetrators of domestic violence, says the author. Why is domestic violence so often portrayed in such a partisan and unscientific way? The justification for this slant in the domestic violence literature has be...Although gender response to HIV therapy is similar, women experience more side effects
...enter for AIDS Research (CFAR) found that although gender did not affect the response to HAART therapy (high...apid response to HAART, our findings indicate that gender response is similar given a comparable CD4 count," said Carlos del Rio, M.D., Emory's CFAR associate...Female physicians more emotionally focused and 'patient-centered' when communicating with patients
...to their male counterparts. However, there were no gender differences in the amount, quality, or manner of biomedical information giving, which includes discussion about diagnosis, medical treatment, and prognosis, or in social conversation. The review also found that medical visits with female physician we...Female physicians more emotionally focused and 'patient-centered' when communicating with patients
...to their male counterparts. However, there were no gender differences in the amount, quality, or manner of biomedical information giving, which includes discussion about diagnosis, medical treatment, and prognosis, or in social conversation. The review also found that medical visits with female physician we...Alcohol tolerance associated with family history
... ages 21 and 39. The groups were evenly divided by gender and had comparable demographic characteristics and alcohol consumption rates. Each participant was tested twice once with alcohol, once with placebo at least a week apart. In the alcohol session, participants received an intravenous infusion of alc...Tolerance for alcohol associated with family history
... ages 21 and 39. The groups were evenly divided by gender and had comparable demographic characteristics and alcohol consumption rates. Each participant was tested twice -- once with alcohol, once with placebo -- at least a week apart. In the alcohol session, participants received an intravenous infusion of...Puerto Rican women influenced more by quality of medical care than doctor's ethnicity
... Landale adds, "Our results also suggest that the gender of the physician may be important for the satisfaction of patients who rely on public facilities or who lack continuity of care. Women in these situations who see female physicians are more satisfied than similarly situated women who see only male ph...Researchers pinpoint pain responses in newborns
...h characteristics such as weight, gestational age, gender and type of delivery. After 24 hours of life, a blood sample was taken from the hands of all infants (venipuncture) as part of the routine newborn screening test. The babies who had been poked repeatedly with the heel lances had an increased pain re...Cardiac disease significantly more debilitating for women than for men, new study finds
...niversity researchers designed a study to evaluate gender differences in quality of life for people who have coronary artery disease, including unstable angina, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, dysrhythmia, valve surgery and transplant surgery. The research team studied 536 patients, 35 perc...