Virginity pledges do not reduce STD risk: May encourage high risk sexual behavior
... Health. The virginity pledges may even encourage higher risk sexual behavior among young adults, say study... engagement in riskier behavior may be a factor in higher than expected STD rates. The authors added, "Pledgers who are married have the same STD rates as no...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
...s for them will pay a very heavy price in terms of higher death rates and escalating health care costs." To estimate the current impact of obesity on life expectancy, the researchers calculated how much longer people would live if obesity did not exist. To do this, they used recently published health statis...Employees with diabetes are not more tired
...erience inconvenience from their illness do have a higher risk of fatigue. Employees with diabetes become t...expected that employees with diabetes would have a higher risk of experiencing symptoms of fatigue. Weijman demonstrated that this assumption was not correct....Aspirin's potential ability to prevent colon polyps may not apply equally to all
...istically significant. As in previous studies, the higher the intake of aspirin, the greater the risk reduction, but again that improvement was strongest in those with the altered form of the enzyme. "These altered genes slow the metabolism of aspirin so it may linger in the body longer. This could explai...'Chemistry and Flavor of Hispanic Foods' one-day symposium, March 15
...identified South American bean varieties that have higher levels of disease-fighting antioxidants than commo...erent types of mat and found that the tea contains higher levels of antioxidants than green tea and, based on cell studies, may help prevent oral cancer. A pa...Compound may help prevent diabetes in fast-food fans
...he researchers say that it will likely be added in higher proportions if used in food as a diabetes-fighter....cipate that HPMC will cause any adverse effects at higher amounts. Based on animal studies, the researcher estimates that only a few grams (approximately 5 gr...Stroke awareness low among women, especially minorities
...de of the body as a warning sign. "A significantly higher percentage of African-American respondents correctly believed that African-American women are more likely to die of a stroke than white women," Ferris said. "However, African-American women were still less likely to correctly identify stroke warning...Minorities, poor, uneducated bear the burden
...fe expectancy was 77.2 years. Life expectancy was higher in women than men by 5.4 years and higher in whites than blacks by 5.5 years. Men lost 1708.3 years of potential life per 100,000 persons due...Risk of cardiac death after radiotherapy for breast cancer has declined, study finds
.... Patients with left-sided breast tumors receive a higher radiation dose to the heart than patients with rig... 1973 and 1979, those with left-sided tumors had a higher rate of 15-year mortality from ischemic heart disease (13.1%) compared with women with right-sided t...Other highlights in the March 16 JNCI
... than white women. Breast cancer mortality is also higher among African American women than in white women. ...g those who developed breast cancer, mortality was higher in African American women than in white women. Breast cancers in the African American women were mor...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (second issue)
...patients who developed a bloodstream infection was higher than that for more severely ill patients. The res...as body mass index (BMI) at the 95th percentile or higher for age and sex, was significantly associated with asthma and wheezing in a large group of 8- to 11-...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
...programs have not contained the disproportionately higher number of black Americans, especially women, who h...blacks, they do not explain why blacks suffer from higher rates of heart disease than white Americans or why 100 percent control of risk factors was not achie...Study shows acrylamide in baked and fried food does not increase risk of breast cancer in women
...imal and laboratory studies in the past have shown higher levels of certain types of tumors in rats, including mammary gland tumors, however they were exposed to levels 1,000 to 100,000 times greater than levels humans are exposed to through diet. The researchers assessed acrylamide intake of more than 43,0...Balance and better interactions between primary-care and specialist physicians improve US health
...U.S. counties. The researchers found that having a higher specialist-to-population ratio did not decrease mo...heir area of expertise, thus putting patients at a higher risk of death. In addition, more specialists decrease the number of procedures performed per physici...Prostate cancer screening practices examined
...ar of the initial screen. Of men with PSA readings higher than normal, 64 percent underwent biopsy within three years. The higher the PSA readings, the higher the biopsy rates. The biopsy rate in men with positive DRE alone was 28...GlaxoSmithKline receives unanimous favorable recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee for Boostrix
...ertussis antibody levels, which were statistically higher than those observed in infants following primary i... and anti-PRN were measured and were statistically higher than pertussis antibody concentrations observed in infants, following primary immunization with a DT...Ethical discussion should come before research
...novel variations on human life should be held to a higher precautionary standard" than deciding to destroy embryos left over from the in-vitro fertilization process. Jones, a bioethicist, is a member of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protection of the U.S. Department of Health and Hum...Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
...ies of underground miners, who are exposed at much higher levels to the radioactive gas, and from animal and...ses with radon levels of 4 picocuries per liter or higher of radon should and can be fixed to prevent accumulation of radon gas indoors. To learn more about h...Researchers say breast cancer in Africa may provide clues to the disease in African-Americans
...mericans are also more likely to be diagnosed with higher stage disease i.e., estrogen receptor-negative, h... Moreover, the tumors at diagnosis also tend to be higher grade, often involving axillary lymph nodes and, therefore, higher stages disease with worse prognos...Malt liquor beers, and the people who drink them, are different
...rd liquor. Malt liquor beers (MLBs), which have a higher alcohol content by volume compared to other beers,...es, such as malt liquor beers (MLBs), which have a higher alcohol content by volume compared to other beers, are typically sold in larger containers, and are ...