Study Of Women And Hearing Reveals Need For Routine Hearing Tests
...ully coping with their hearing problem but also at greater risk fordepression and other emotional problems," said Dean Garstecki, professor ofcommunication sciences and disorders at Northwestern University and co-author of"Women and Hearing." Hearing screening is not a part of most HMO plans, according to Ga...Higher Doses Of Methadone May Do The Trick, New Study Says
... Strain. Federal law discourages methadonedosages greater than 100mg. Meanwhile, he adds, "our results show that significant improvement occurswith daily doses of80 mg or greater, though the 40 to 50 mg minimum dose still benefits thepublic's health." The study was supported by U.S. Public Health Ser...Managed-Care Systems Could Save By Eliminating Restricted Access To Dermatologists
...re of your skin problems. But it turns outthat the greater expertise of dermatologists allows them to make a definitivediagnosis rapidly and accurately, with a minimum of testing." This study -- also based on the surveys of office visits in 1990 through1994 -- found that dermatologists required 12 percent le...UI Study Finds Social Support May Increase Longevity Of People With Schizophrenia
... functions. The researchersalso suggested that the greater longevity observed among patients with morefrequent social interactions might be due to the fact that social connectionscan help a person reduce negative health behaviors such as smoking or substanceabuse. In contrast, the quality of social interacti...Slowing Excess Weight Gain In Childhood Appears To Reduce Adult Heart Disease Risk
...or weight gainduring childhood and adolescence had greater insulin levels in young adulthood. Their levels were 190 pmol/L compared to 116 pmol/L for individuals below themedian for weight gain. The study results have an added importance because the number ofoverweight young people is rising, indicat...Prevalence Of Sexual Abuse In Men
...exual experiences as adults. These men suffered a greater prevalence of psychological problems than the general population, including alcohol misuse and self-harm. These findings are the first epidemiological data to be recorded in Europe on the prevalence of non-consensual sexual experiences in men and th...Tiny Tools Give New Meaning To 'Cutting Edge'
...ools made from metal. The technology could lead to greater precision for highly sensitive procedures,such as cataract surgery or neurosurgery, Lal said. It could also be used in thedevelopment of a genuine first in medicine: painless needles. "What I'm trying to do is promote a new silicon age," said Lal, wh...Active Aging Makes A Difference: World Health Day 1999 Set April 7
...Dr. Alleyne, "The time clearly has come to promote greater publicawareness about the ways in which we can mak...arity and supportbetween people of all ages builds greater social cohesion across generations andenhances everyone's quality of life. This process also ultima...Inhibiting Growth Of New Blood Vessels Reduces Heart Disease Plaque In Mice
...sels. Twenty-eight percent of the plaque deposits greater than 250 micronsthick, roughly four times the width of a human hair, contained blood vessels. Less than 3 percent of plaque deposits between 100 and 250 microns had vesselsin them. "In our studies, the animals did not develop any significant...Nonintrusive Imaging Technique Useful For Identifying Language Regions In Kids' Brains
...f the brain in one trial, and one childdidn't show greater left hemisphere activity, or lateralization, in eithertrial. Lee said an inability of the latter children to focus appropriately orperform the language tasks well might have hampered the detection oflateralization. Previous studies with the Wada tes...New Study Finds Blacks Face 38 Percent Higher Stroke Risk
...hose factors, black men face a two-and-a-halftimes greater chance of stroke than white men do. Black women's stroke ratefalls about half way between black men and white men, and the rate for whitewomen is lowest of the four groups studied. "We already have good data on the fact that blacks and whites...Study Finds Combining Exercise With Male Hormone Therapy Benefits Men With HIV-Wasting Disease
...ht, and strength, but the gains were substantially greater in theoxandrolone-supplemented group. These resul...se of testosterone combined with exercise produced greater increases in leantissue and in muscle strength than either treatment by itself. "These resultsprese...To Drive Or Not To Drive? New Criteria For Those With Epilepsy
...ey return to driving:the shorter the interval, the greater the likelihood of an accident. Those whodidn't drive for a year or longer had a 93 percent reduced risk compared withpeople behind the wheel after shorter intervals. An interval of six months ormore meant people were 85 percent less likely to have a...Fetal Cell Therapy Benefits Some Parkinson's Patients
...alf of the patients who received theimplants had a greater than 20 percent increase in dopamine activity in t...ted for research purposes or is subjected to risks greater thanthose allowed for fetuses in utero. In addition to Dr. Freed and his colleague Robert Breeze, M....WIC, Medicaid Have Reduced Infant Deaths
...ted than non-participating mothers. Thechances are greater that they will be African-American, say the researchers. "Women on Medicaid during pregnancy tend to be young, to beAfrican-American, to have less than a high school education and to be at a lowerincome level than poor women not on Medicaid,...... at term and ofthe same gestational age are at the greater risk of death or disability -compared to the 10 pe...lowwhich morbidity and mortality are significantly greater or whether thatthreshold varies at different developmental stages," Bloom said. "We suspectthat the ......hat found thatthe more overweight a nurse was, the greater her risk of developing asthma inadulthood. Obesity and asthma are both on the rise in developed nations. Anestimated 14.6 million Americans, including 4.8 million children, suffer fromasthma. Between 1982 and 1994, the rate of asthma rose 61%......f one infant and the following conception-- are at greater risk ofpremature birth than white women. Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, UCSF assistant professor of pediatrics who treatspatients at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, presented the studyresults today (Monday, May 3) in San Francisco at the ...Measles Eradication Plan Approved
...tt, Deputy Director of PAHO. "CDC looks forward to greater collaboration with PAHO in all areas, andspecifically to eradicate measled by the end of 2000. This initiative is goodfor the U.S. and CDC, good for all the countries of the Americas and PAHO, andmost importantly, it's good for the children of this ...New Method Assesses Risk Of Advanced Cancer After Prostate Removal
...gth of time it tookthe PSA level to double (either greater or less than 10 months). A man in the low...fter two years post-surgery, and PSA doubling time greater than 10months) has a 95 percent chance of being metastases-free three years after thePSA recurrence;...