Physicians consistent in prescribing hormone therapy
...physicians cited breast cancer and a strong family history of breast cancer as the most significant reasons not to put women on HRT. Other reasons cited for prescribing HRT include artificial or early menopause, hot flushes, mood changes and patient requests. Cohen's co-authors were Lynn Elinson, whose Ph.D....Daughters' vulnerability, source of depression in women at high risk for ovarian cancer
Women with a family history of ovarian cancer become depressed when they realize their daughters may also be at risk, according to a study in the journal of Gynecologic Oncology. "Mothers find themselves in a real confrontation when they think that, in addition to brown hair or...Possible link between heart attack and helicobacter pylori infection
...d a myocardial infarction with controls who had no history of coronary heart disease. The case-control study found that myocardial infarction was twice as common in people with H pylori infection than in those not infected and that among sibling pairs myocardial infarction was a third more common. The autho...Anti-HIV treatment improves immune system and fights sight-threatening eye infection
...r opportunistic infection, even in patients with a history of severe immunosuppression," Dr. Whitcup said. "The question is, will immune recovery associated with HAART effectively control other opportunistic infections? The results of this research present an opportunity for scientists to answer this questi...UF study shows contemporary method accurately predicts cancer risk
...reast cancer and the degree of abnormality. Family history also strongly correlated with the degree of abnormality and breast cancer development. Masood said she hopes her research will pave the way for an expanded study involving multiple academic medical centers. Ultimately, her goal is to save lives. Dete...More bad news for cocaine users: Drug can triple risk of aneurysm
...individuals who admitted using cocaine. All had a history of chest pains and other cardiovascular health problems, and all underwent an imaging test called angiography, in which dye is injected into the arteries and an x-ray is then taken. The average age of those in the study was 44, and 80 percent were m...Impotence may be early warning of heart disease
... levels, high blood pressure, diabetes or a family history of heart disease. Treadmill exercise testing found signs of heart disease in 28 of the 50 men. Twenty of the men subsequently underwent angiography, where a radioactive dye is injected into the heart arteries and then an X-ray is taken in order ......versity's Free Electron Laser center recently made history when an infrared beam of light tuned precisely at 6.45 microns helped to remove a golf-ball sized tumor from a patient's brain. Researchers at Vanderbilt have conducted scientific experiments as part of the Office of Naval Research's Medical Free Ele...Chemist Percy Julian captures spirit of black history celebration scientist
...about his work is suggested as a feature for black history month. For further information, including intervi...andmark. This ACS program honors milestones in the history of chemistry and Julian was honored in ceremonies at DePauw on April 23, 1999.The ACS encourages Afr......s the U-M Medical School's rich and groundbreaking history in an article, "An Example Worthy of Imitation: Th...t who graduated from the U-M. The U-M again made history when in 1925 it opened the Albert Kahn-designed 893-bed University Hospital, the largest and most mo...Studies suggest that eating chocolate may be good for your heart
...t Medicine," also featured presentations about the history of chocolate and its medicinal uses and in vitro studies on the interesting antioxidant compounds in chocolate....Study to assess heart effects of depression drugs during stress
...ticipants: (1) individuals with no current or past history of any psychiatric disorder and (2) individuals currently under treatment for depression with either bupropion or paroxetine. Participants in the second group will have been taking their antidepressant for at least two months. All subjects will be ot...Methamphetamine abuse linked to long-term damage to brain cells
...same regions in the brains of 24 people who had no history of drug abuse. "While the meth users in this stu...gions, the amount of damage is also related to the history of drug use--those who had used the most methamphetamine had the strongest indications of cell damag...Rush conducts nationwide study to find genetic markers for depression
...ified participants will be interviewed about their history and their family's history, and have a blood sample drawn. Phone interviews and local lab work can be arranged for out-of-town participants. Confidentiality is guaranteed for all those involved, even between family members. Data and blood obtained...New study finds multiple myeloma linked to radiation exposures of nuclear workers
...essing greater concern for workers' health and the history of radiation exposures in the nuclear weapons complex," Wing said....Treatment helps dyslexics significantly improve reading, shows brain changes as children learn
...verage for their age group. They also had a family history of multi-generational dyslexia. Both groups underwent spectroscopic imaging at the beginning of the study. The dyslexic boys then entered the treatment program that was designed to improve their phonological abilities or skills in understanding and ..."Radical" Discovery Advances Medicine and Plastics
...sons: to commemorate and preserve landmarks in the history of chemistry, and to heighten public awareness of the key role chemistry has played in the history of the United States and nations around the world. More than 30 places, discoveries and devices have...25-minute test distinguishes between different types of schizophrenia
...ence (over the age of 19) but people with a family history tend to develop the condition at an earlier age. It is not known why or whether this illness is biologically different from later onset schizophrenia. In addition, people who develop the illness at an earlier age have a worse outcome -- they often ha...First protein 'biochips' may deliver improved detection, diagnosis
...n species of organisms on earth, and through human history tens of thousands of these have been used for medicinal purposes," Ladisch says. "Up to now, we've been uncovering the actual proteins or molecules at the rate of just a few a year. This research has the potential to increase that number several fold...Family history of high cholesterol often not detected until middle age
...tice: prospective registry study Families with a history of high cholesterol are being denied early treatme...ared the number of families identified as having a history of high cholesterol with the estimated frequency of the condition. They found that only about a quar...