Condoms and education dramatically reduce HIV spread in Thailand
...as the progressive increased association between a history of injection drug use and HIV prevalence. In 1991,... less than 2 percent of the HIV-positive men had a history of injection drug use, but the rate jumped to 25 percent by 1998. The number of men who reported inj......oiding shortfalls. It will also be equipped with a history function, so the medical care of even one person can be tracked throughout the Naval medical care system.......e of 75 years. The majority of participants had a history of stroke. Virtually all (99.7 percent) participants took one or more other medications, most frequently to prevent cardiovascular risk factors, with over 80 percent receiving some form of medication to prevent strokes. Participants received daily d...Researchers receive $1.7 million to study exercise therapy and effects on aging, heart failure
...ing and swimming. A third group of patients with a history of heart failure will be prescribed an identical exercise-training program and compared to the sedentary. The researchers will evaluate diastolic heart function using state-of-the-art imaging techniques. This will be the most comprehensive assessmen...Supportive homes mean less risky sex among black adolescent females
...vaginal intercourse, 40 percent of the girls had a history of pregnancy and 11.5 percent were pregnant at the time of the study. They were recruited from medical clinics and high school health classes. Girls were considered to have supportive families if they agreed to statements such as, My family really tr...Vibrating computer games should carry health warnings
... year old boy who visited hospital with a two year history of painful hands. His hands became white and swollen when exposed to the cold and then red and painful on warming. The boy spent up to seven hours a day playing computer games, and particularly enjoyed driving games using the vibration mode on the ha...Air pollution may trigger asthma in young athletes
...ed about 3,500 of these children. Children with no history of asthma were recruited from the fourth grade (ag...s not explained by childrens socioeconomic status, history of allergy, family history of asthma or other risk factors. Also, most children who were diagnosed w...Outdoor team sports in high-ozone environments could triple asthma risk in children
...f air pollutants. Around 3500 children (who had no history of asthma) were recruited from schools in 12 communities in southern California and were followed-up for up to 5 years. 265 children reported a new diagnosis of asthma during follow-up. Children who played three or more outdoor sports in high-ozone e...International study highlights underuse of reperfusion therapy for heart-attack patients
...se presenting without chest pain, and those with a history of diabetes, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, or coronary bypass surgery were less likely to receive reperfusion therapy. The rate of primary percutaneous coronary intervention was highest in the USA (17%) and lowest in Australia, New...Tanning lamps may increase risks of skin cancers
...ewed people about their past tanning device usage, history of sun exposure, tendency for sunburn, previous radiation treatment and smoking history. Participants included more than 800 men and women who were newly diagnosed with the two skin cancers: 603 with basal cell carcinoma and 293 who with squamous ce...Tanning devices may contribute to incidence of common skin cancers
...free people about their past tanning device usage, history of sun exposure, tendency for sunburn, previous radiation treatment, and smoking history. The participants were between the ages of 25 and 74 and were residents of New Hampshire. The authors found that people who reported any use of tanning devices w...... general medical history, diabetes history and reason for the medical visit. Patients responses on the touch-screen monitor will be automatically translated into English and printed out for the health care worker. Those responses also automatically will be inc...Medical experts unite to raise awareness of risk, threat of blood clots
...icipating institutions will determine the clinical history of patients with confirmed DVT and ascertain what prophylaxis, if any, was administered previously. The screening will be the first step in establishing a nationwide database to define the standard of care for patients with DVT. DVT is often a silen...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, February 19, 2002
...colorectal cancer was higher among patients with a history of colon cancer than the incidence of first colorectal cancer in the general population. Many second cancers were diagnosed within one year after a normal colonoscopy, indicating the need for further research to determine the best schedule for survey...... 37.9 percent (37.2 to 38.6 percent) in 1993. The history of nicotine replacement products seems to parallel the numbers. Attempts to quit smoking spiked concurrent with the introduction of the nicotine patch in 1993, then declined as use of prescription-only products reached steady-state, as noted in the ...Moderate alcohol consumption reduces cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women
...replacement therapy, and had no personal or family history of alcohol abuse. In a random crossover design, all of the women completed 3 dietary periods of 8 weeks each, consuming a typical American diet that was prepared and served each day at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, MD. A c...Study shows weight loss with an antidepressant medicine in combination with lifestyle intervention
...ed the full 48 weeks. Exclusion criteria included history of Bupropion SR use in past 12 months, predisposition to seizures, history of anorexia or bulimia, significant cardiovascular disease, current depression, uncontrolled hyperte...First-of-its-kind study of vascular dementia patients taking ARICEPT presented at AAGP meeting
...e of 75 years. The majority of participants had a history of stroke. Virtually all (99.7 percent) participants took one or more other medications, most frequently to prevent cardiovascular risk factors, with over 80 percent receiving some form of medication to prevent strokes. Participants received daily d...UCSF reports promising results for organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients
...ost-transplant in eligible subjectsthose without a history of opportunistic infections, with relatively preserved CD4 T-cell counts, and suppressed or suppressible HIV virus, said the studys lead investigator, Michelle E. Roland, MD, UCSF assistant professor of medicine in the Positive Health Program at San ...Oral diabetes drug shows promise in preventing miscarriage in common infertility disorder
...dy authors noted that women with PCOS often have a history of recurrent miscarriage. In earlier studies, Dr. Nestler's group had shown that metformin reduces the high testosterone levels of PCOS patients and also increases the chances that they can become pregnant. Similarly, other research by the group sh...