Sexual lifestyles vary among ethnic groups in Britain
...lly transmitted infections (STI) vary among ethnic groups in Great Britain, concludes a study in this week's...een the sexual lifestyles of Britain's main ethnic groups and the risk of sexually transmitted infections. He adds: "Sexual behaviour alone doesn't explain th...First head-to-head study to compare lidoderm patch and Celebrex in treating pain
...ul reductions in pain were noted in both treatment groups at week 12. "Although these results need to be confirmed with further randomized controlled trials, the potential of Lidoderm to treat osteoarthritis knee pain is promising," added Dr. Kivitz. "Lidoderm has been used since 1999 to treat the pain of...Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
... noted in the lidocaine patch 5% and the celecoxib groups at week 12. In this study, 71 percent of patients in the lidocaine patch 5% group (N=24) and 72 percent of patients in the celecoxib group (N=39) experienced a 30 percent or greater improvement in average daily pain intensity. In the study, both t...UMaine study looks at infants and chronic nighttime crying
...from getting a good night's sleep, children in all groups experiencing frequent SRNC were more likely to suffer from a chronic eczema skin condition, and toddlers and preschoolers with SRNC exhibited bruxism (grinding teeth) more frequently, the researches found. Both conditions have been associated with an...UNC study: Most N.C. family practitioners engage in unrecognized community service
...h-related and other topics, working with community groups on local issues including health-related ones and participating in local health events. "If these data represent the range and hours of volunteer community service done by individual family physicians throughout the country, then the discipline is ma...UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
...rget for the disrupted sleep patterns seen in such groups as those facing jet lag or nighttime work shifts. More broadly, the gene provides a probe for exploring the regulatory mechanisms of the body's internal biological clock, or circadian rhythms -- a waxing and waning of genetic, biochemical and physiol...International breast cancer prevention study launches in the United States and Canada
...el research study will be randomized to one of two groups and all will take one pill per day for five years. Group A will take exemestane and Group B will take a placebo. Women will participate in two follow-up visits during the first year at six and 12 months and then an annual follow-up visit during y...Early onset of puberty the EU gets serious
...t to the root of the problem. Two Swedish research groups are involved in the project, both from Karolinska ...ling the puzzle from different angles. Most of the groups are working on the theory that a greater intake of calories has a significant part to play, while ot...Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
...m will launch additional studies, enrolling larger groups of patients, to test the effects of this approach before surgery. "The data from this trial is so convincing that we decided that in these new studies, all patients must receive Herceptin," Buzdar says....Cultural and social factors influence prostate cancer treatment
...t predictor of treatment: married men in all three groups were much more likely than unmarried men to receive curative treatment over watchful waiting, and they were also more likely than their unmarried counterparts to receive prostatectomy compared with radiation. The authors summarize, "This study conf...Raw food vegetarians have low bone mass
...arbohydrates, animal products and cooked food. The groups were matched according to age, sex and socioeconom...thy bones. One study could involve following large groups of them for years to look at fracture rates. Other, more imminent studies will involve using micro M...Bullying among sixth graders a daily occurrence, UCLA study finds
...llying occurs in one form or another across ethnic groups and income brackets, Juvonen said. "Our data show that children are emotionally affected on the days they get picked on, regardless of whether it's 'harmless' name-calling or joking around," Juvonen said. "The students who were beat up and those who ...NIH state-of-the-science panel calls for 'demedicalization' of menopause
...en use may rule out this treatment option for some groups of women. The panel cautioned women to carefully weigh their personal risks and potential benefits before starting treatment, noting that for some women whose symptoms create a serious burden on daily life, the benefits of symptom relief may outweigh...Three-year cervical cancer screening recommendations may be applicable for certain women with HIV
...n the cumulative incidence of SIL" between the two groups of women. "In this observational cohort study, HIV-seronegative and HIV-seropositive women who had normal cytology results with CD4 (cell) counts greater than 500/microlitre and who had negative test results for HPV at baseline had a similar low cum...Specific test key to determine whether or not allergy symptoms are really allergy-related
...ose to self-manage their symptoms (165). While all groups had fairly high quality-of-life scores, people under the care of a family physician reported slightly more symptoms and a greater severity of those symptoms than did patients treated by an allergist and even those who self-managed their allergy sym...Chronic fatigue patients show lower response to placebos
...sufferers seen in specialist settings or self-help groups "have a firm conviction that their illness is of physical origin" and thus would have little faith in psychiatric/psychological treatments. This finding supports the idea that the placebo response is greatly influenced by patients' expectations of im...New studies show mixed results on epilepsy drugs and birth defects
...verbal IQ scores (average of 84) compared to other groups in the study, such as those exposed only to the drug phenytoin (average score of 99) or those not exposed to any epilepsy drug during pregnancy (average score of 92). Those exposed to valproic acid were also more likely to have overall IQ scores in t...WISE study starts in Toulouse: 60 days of bed-rest for terrestrial female astronauts
...days. The test subjects will be divided into three groups of eight. One will be the control group, receiving no extra stimulus over the course of the bed-rest period. The second group will undertake an exercise programme whilst in bed. The third will receive a nutritional supplement throughout the 60 days. ...Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
...sol parameters as well as ocean colour." Research groups at the Universities of Bremen and Heidelberg, KNMI and the Netherlands National Institute for Space Research (SRON) have been working on the retrieval of methane and carbon dioxide from SCIAMACHY. This activity is supported by the European Union pro...... to acknowledge the work of several other research groups who have similar data submitted for publication. These exciting results have important implications for the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of the myeloproliferative disorders and provide insight into their pathogenesis."...