Study shows benefit of pioneering U-M program for newborns at risk of hearing impairment
...fant hearing loss include low birth weight; family history ofchildhood deafness; infection with a virus such as herpes; use of an antibiotic,respirator or heart-lung machine after birth; and abnormalities of the head,face or neck. The test, called auditory brainstem response or ABR, plays clicksinto the ear ...Study shows obesity adds years to real age
...0 women subjects had eversmoked, was sick or had a history of heart disease, stroke, cancer or recentunintentional weight loss. Those who died in the first year of data collectionwere excluded, and researchers controlled for age, education, physical activityand alcohol use. The question of the effect...UCSF researchers report new risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
... increased risk ofnon-Hodgkin's lymphoma include a history of splenectomy (5-fold increase),gonorrhea among m...ion. In addition, Holly says that a person with a history of allergies is likely tohave an immune system that fully utilizes, rather than accumulates B cells,...Cedars-Sinai reports excellent outcomes for its cardiac surgery division
...y stage of a patient's care - from thepreoperative history and physical to long-term follow-up. While the database iscritical in assessing outcomes and trends, it also provides vital patientinformation on a day-to-day basis, immediately available to the decision-makingmedical team. The cardiothoracic divisio...Alcohol: the chemistry of the dark side
...fter someone stops drinking. At present, family history is the only indicator of vulnerability to alcoholism.Among individuals who have an alcoholic parent, men have a five-to-one chance,and women a two- or three-to-one chance of developing the disease, said Koob.His study could point the way toward the i...Physical exercise improves cancer patients' health
...ne year. Six of the studies describedthe exercise history of cancer patients and survivors before, during, and aftertreatment. In 16 of the 18 intervention studies (89 percent) and five of the sixdescriptive studies (83 percent), cancer patients who exercised showedsignificant benefits in physical measures,...Low doses of aspirin help prevent some strokes; high doses may increase risk for others
...bate continuesabout whether healthy people with no history of cardiovascular disease shouldroutinely use aspirin as a method to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. Women who took low doses of aspirin (one to six tablets per week) had a lowerrisk of ischemic stroke, whereas women who took higher doses o......, while one-third of running backs/fullbacks had a history ofconcussion." Dr. Collins and colleagues studied ...ons, athletes were interviewed about their medical history and wereadministered a 30-minute battery of written and verbal neuropsychological teststo establish ...Moderate levels of worry can motivate women to get mammograms
...nd riskassessment program for people with a family history of breast cancer, ovariancancer or both. The women, who ranged in age from 26 to 72 years, learned basicinformation about genetics, risk factors for breast cancer, and American CancerSociety recommendations for mammography. They also completed ques...Study suggests some unruptured aneurysms do not need treatment
...asymptomatic, unruptured cerebral aneurysms and no history of brain hemorrhage may increase the likelihood th...by the size of a patient's aneurysm, the patient's history of ruptured aneurysms, and symptoms. The most recent health-outcomes data associated with each of t......This contract -- the largest in School of Medicine history -- will enable ourfaculty to look for new therapies in the treatment of schizophrenia," saidDonald E. Wilson, MD, MACP, Dean, School of Medicine, and Vice President forMedical Affairs, University of Maryland. "This collaboration highlights the excel...Even in an era of HAART Drugs, HIV patients are vulnerable to opportunistic infections
... objective of the study was to look at the natural history and outcome of newAIDS-related CMV retinitis cases, both before and during HAART. The studyincluded HIV patients with newly diagnosed retinitis between 1994-1999. "On the positive side, the incidence of CMV retinitis in the HIV population isnow 25 p......ing at a level above normal for theirage and had a history of learning to read easily. The dyslexics had dela...ow average for their age. Their familiesalso had a history of multi-generational dyslexia that was confirmed in aconcurrent family genetics study. Th...Tamoxifen found to increase risk of endometrial cancer
...ighest for women who both were overweightand had a history of taking estrogen replacement therapy. Tamoxifen has been found to have estrogen-like effects on the uterus, which mayaccount for women's increased endometrial cancer risk. Researchers believeobesity may cause greater exposure to estrogen in the u...Researchers advocate improved breast cancer screening techniques
... available studies included womendiffering in age, history of symptoms, and practice settings. Furthermore, thereported test characteristics of the CBE in the available studies weredetermined sometimes with and sometimes without accompanying mammographyscreening. Studies utilizing silicone models of the brea...Decreased pain perception may help to identify hypertension risk
...fhypertension in individuals whose families have a history of hypertension,elevated resting blood pressure, or exaggerated cardiovascular reaction tostress." The research appears in the November issue of Psychophysiology. "From a theoretical perspective, attempts to understand the biological basis ofhypoalg...UNC-CH wins $42.1 million federal contract to study drugs for schizophrenia and Alzheimer's
...rica and Europe. "There is a pre-existing research history here with an infrastructure," he said."The School of Public Health has a lot of experience acting as a coordinatingcenter for large-scale, multi-center trials. That expertise helped make us verycompetitive for the award." In a multi-center effort, UN...Study examines STDs among women-to-women sex partners
...The bottom line is that no matter what your sexual history is, you needto get a Pap smear," Marrazzo says. The study has also found that women having sex with other women have ahigh prevalence of bacterial vaginosis, or BV, for reasons the study is tryingto clarify. BV is a common cause of vaginitis ...Of vasectomies, vitamins and prostate-cancer risk: Hutchinson Center study examines the links
...djusted for variables such as age, race and family history of prostate cancer.The results showed that the prevalence of vasectomy within the two groups wassimilar: 39.4 percent of those with prostate cancer had undergone vasectomycompared to 37.7 percent of the non-cancer group. After adjustment forconfoundi...Depression costs UK economy 2 billion a year, conference will be told
...Recent polls ** show that employers still regard a history of depression as less desirable thana prison sentence. He called for better education on depression and other mood disorders. As asociety we should no longer believe in depression as a cause of guilt and shame,he said Families and friends, colleague...