Alcohol researchers prove brief intervention successful in older problem drinkers
...uggest thatsensitivity to alcohol's health effects increases with age (see Alcohol AlertNumber 40, April 1998). For Project GOAL, Michael Fleming, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues at theUniversity of Wisconsin Medical School administered a health screening survey tomen and women aged 65 years and older with regul......cer of Express Scripts. For consumers, the cost increases mean they will pay a bigger share of theexpense in...l times andoften by double digits. Overall, price increases alone accounted for nearly athird of last year's benefit cost growth, the first time price inflation...Clues to heart disease seen in cholesterol reactions to stress
...earance. Although both groups showed significant increases in all of the lipids duringthe stressor, those men with a family history of heart attack had significantlylarger total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol concentrationsduring stress. "These data are especially intriguing because to...New strategy recommended to combat hepatitis
...iversity Hospital in Rotterdam shows thatimportant increases in recovery are obtained by prolonging the therapy up totwice as long. The results of this large effort organized by the EuropeanConcerted Action on Viral Hepatitis (EUROHEP) appears in the July issue ofHEPATOLOGY, the monthly peer-reviewed journal o...Hormone involved in reproduction may have role in the maintenance of relationships
...anresponded. Some participants showed substantial increases and decreases whileothers were largely unaffected....committed relationshipexperienced greater oxytocin increases in response to positive emotions thansingle women. The researchers speculate that a close, regular ...Heart valve disease increases risk of death, research shows
...yo Clinicsuggests that the condition significantly increases the risk of heart attack,stroke, angina and even death in older adults. The aortic valve could prove to be a "window" to the heart's arteriesand checking its health with a stethoscope could be an early way to screenpatients for heart vessel d...Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent
...tensin II, the molecule targeted byACE inhibitors, increases blood pressure and stimulates the secretion ofaldosterone. Continues Pitt, "Other studies have shown that, although inhibitionof angiotensin II by an ACE inhibitor can reduce aldosterone levels, there is asignificant amount that can 'escape,' or is n...Bacterial vaginosis seems to affect miscarriage in early pregnancy
... of inflammation of the vagina caused by bacteria, increases the risk of miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy, say researchers in this week's BMJ. In their study of over 850 women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in Leeds, Dr Susan Ralph and colleagues from Leeds General Infirmary found that ev...Surgical pain increases risk of infection, study shows
... reduces the amount ofavailable oxygen and thereby increases the risk of infection. The discovery, published in the July 4 issue of the journal Lancet, was led byDaniel I. Sessler, MD, associate professor of anesthesia at the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco. He collaborated with colleagues at the Unive...New laser treatment allows patients to swallow and breath easier
...Over a 20-year period, there have been significant increases in thenumber of deaths from several cancers involving the lungs, throat and esophagus. For example, according to the American Cancer Society, males have experienced a24 percent increase in death from esophageal cancer, while there has been a 147perce...Amputation rates are rising in elderly despite advances in treatment
...egan rising again. "In 1988 to 1989, large increases in lower-extremity angioplastyprocedures were accompanied by a temporary spike in the rate of bypassprocedures. After 1993 to 1994, major amputation rates increased significantlywhile lower-extremity bypass procedures increased more modestly, consist...For-profit hospital ownership means higher costs, Dartmouth-VA study finds
...r long-term care and nursing facilities. Spending increases were significantly higher in areas where hospitals...in each category of service reviewed; the greatest increases were in hospitalspending and home health care. "Our results suggest that organizational behavior of ...Study shows obesity adds years to real age
...ong men and women aged 40 to 50 years, being obese increases the riskof death to that of a person who is 5.9 years older if you are a man and 6.4years older if you are a women," Stevens said. "If you are a man in his 70s, and you are obese, you are taking on thedeath rate of men who are 3.5 years older...Cedars-Sinai reports excellent outcomes for its cardiac surgery division
...rial grafts, not justgrafting from the legs, which increases the success and longevity rate ofcoronary artery bypass operations. Cedars-Sinai surgeons specialize in correcting defective heart valves. Infact, they often can repair a valve using a patient's own tissue, rather thanreplacing it with a mechanical...UI researchers learn more about how exercise affects the colon
...hea while running,suggesting that colonic activity increases during exercise. However, a recentlypublished University of Iowa Health Care study suggests that for people withless athletic training, progressive exercise like running or bicycling mayinstead decrease the normal number of propelling and non-propell...Renowned researcher in prenatal diagnostics joins Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
... ultrasonography in the first trimester. Risk also increases withadvanced maternal age. While first-trimester screening can be performed onpregnant women of all ages, women who will be 35 or older at the time ofdelivery are especially encouraged to participate in the BUN study. According to estimates, screenin...Emergency angioplasty or bypass surgery saves lives of heart attack patients with cardiogenic shock
...anisms bywhich early angioplasty or bypass surgery increases survival of these patients,according to Dr. Ryan's editorial....Inflammatory pain may help deter inflammatory diseases like arthritis
...ial response to traumaand infection. Inflammation increases blood flow to the site of injury and sends in a flood ofrescue factors - such as substances that clot wounds and white blood cells thatchew up invading disease-causing pathogens -to the site. But research has shownthat unrestrained inflammation can c...Light alcohol use may protect against sudden cardiac death
...s have shown that the risk of sudden cardiac death increases withheavy alcohol consumption," she says. "Our study found the risk began toincrease at more than two drinks per day." "For now, it appears that drinking a small amount of alcohol doesn't increase aman's risk of sudden cardiac death and may actuall......n not only attracts prostate cancercells, but also increases their invasiveness. Laboratory examination showedthat cells exposed to osteonectin increased their production of enzymes thatallow the cells to burrow not only into the Matrigel membrane, but also into thetissues that they home to. Osteonectin also ...