Gender gap for lung cancer rates narrowing
... The study also found that women had significantly higher rates of survival at every stage of the disease. From 1975 to 1987, the five-year survival rate was 12.1% greater in women than in men, and, from 1988 to 1999, women's five-year survival rate was 6.5% higher. Even when researchers compared the surv...Implanted devices detect high-risk heart failure patients
...vided new insights into which patients might be at higher risk of dying suddenly from their disease, accordi...ulating their beating action -- are known to be at higher risk of suffering a heart attack. The new insight from CRT-D devices is possible because they record...College students at no greater risk of alcohol-related problems than peers
CHICAGO Although college students had higher rates of yearly, monthly, and weekly alcohol use than their peers not attending college, they did not appear to be at a greater risk for alcohol dependence problems, according to an article in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...es, even though immigrant populations often have a higher prevalence of risk factors associated with worse health outcomes, such as poverty, lack of health insurance, and fewer visits to health care professionals." "A greater understanding of the healthy immigrant effect has the potential to help to improve...Current daily smoking may be associated with increased risk for suicidal thoughts and attempts
... disposition. Rates of suicidal behavior were also higher in those experiencing depression at the start of each follow-up period. "The biological explanation of the finding that current smoking is associated with subsequent suicidal behavior is unclear," the authors conclude. (Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005; 6...Cognitive behavioral therapy and medication is effective in the treatment of panic disorder
...agoraphobia [fear of going out], was significantly higher than those receiving usual care at all points--at ...n a test for anxiety level, was also significantly higher than those receiving usual care at all points--at three months, 46 percent versus 27 percent, and at...Study finds drug eluting stents as effective as vascular brachytherapy in preventing restenosis
...atients also had a lower rate of in-hospital total higher major adverse cardiovascular events." Conventional VB treatment, which is a logistically demanding procedure, exposes patients to radiation and is associated with a risk of late restenosis (20 to 40 percent) and late thrombosis. However, whether SES...Study says rare allergic reactions to drug-eluting stents may raise risk for heart attack
...onents of the drug-eluting stents appear to have a higher risk of cardiovascular complications, including he...he group with the hypersensitivity reactions had a higher major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) rate and there was a trend toward the need for target ve...Studies underscore genetic involvement in nicotine addiction & aggressive hostility
...reonine variation may allow these mice to tolerate higher nicotine levels before experiencing negative nervous-system side effects. Chrna4 (Cholinergic Receptor Nicotinic Alpha4) contains the instructions to build a protein that is part of a receptor that recognizes acetylcholine, a major neurotransmitter ...Depression predicts heart rhythm abnormalities in heart attack patients
...d state to mild depression conferred an 81 percent higher risk of suffering from ventricular tachycardia. "W...li such as stress and anxiety are known to be at higher risk of suffering a heart attack, the researchers said. The researchers hope correlate the clinical ...Mood elevating hormone may trigger depression and heart problems
...ans and might explain why African-Americans have a higher rate of congestive heart failure, according to the...ed release of norepinephrine. "The subjects had a higher blood pressure response and a higher heart rate," Neumeister said. "They were perfectly normal peopl...Jefferson Lab medical imager spots breast cancer
...mography. It reveals breast tissue that is showing higher metabolism than other areas. "The imager we built is a functional imager. That is, it indicates something about physiology, which can be different from anatomy," he says. To fuel rapid growth, cancer cells use more glucose (sugar) than surrounding ce...The impact of cruciate ligament rupture on osteoarthritis of the knee
... Overall, the case group tended to have a slightly higher body mass index (BMI) than the control groups. Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess the prevalence of cruciate ligament tears in all groups. Rupture of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) was extremely rare, found in less th...Heart surgeons publish death rates
...t does not lead to systematic denial of surgery to higher risk patients who may benefit from an operation, they conclude. An accompanying editorial argues that named surgeons' outcomes may not be appropriate for all operations....Inflammation elevates risk of cardiac death in rheumatoid arthritis patients
...h showed that rheumatoid arthritis patients have a higher risk of early death than others and that these deaths are mostly due to cardiovascular disease," says Sherine Gabriel, M.D., the study's senior author and Mayo Clinic rheumatologist, epidemiologist and chair of the Department of Health Sciences Resea...Daily supplement may boost birthweight of babies in the developing world
...have been enhanced in female infants, in births of higher order, and in babies of women with greater body-mass index. The public-health implications of our findings await confirmation by the results of other studies currently underway."...Study examines racial differences among children to environmental tobacco smoke exposure
...n American children with asthma have significantly higher levels of cotinine -- a substance produced when th...st two possible reasons why African Americans have higher levels of cotinine," says Stephen E. Wilson, MD, a scientist at the Cincinnati Children's Center for...Mayo Clinic study sets threshold for valve repair surgery
...where continuing medical management carries a much higher risk and surgery can restore normal life expectancy." Dr. Sarano says the study has important implications for patients and the physicians who treat them. "We examined dozens of variables in this study, and the one physical measurement that strongly ...Job satisfaction? Not much for Britain's hard slog 'robot' workers
...s may be due to successive generations having ever higher expectations from their jobs and being disappointed by the realities of employment. The investigation, which also looked at other European countries and the United States, signals a falling sense of well-being among both British and German workers, ...Men more likely to get screened for prostate cancer than colon cancer, U-M study finds
... screening guidelines tended to be older and had a higher income level and more education than men who did not follow screening guidelines. One-third of men who said they regularly have the PSA test were not up-to-date with their colon cancer screening. Carlos has previously looked at women's adherence to c...