Better predictors are needed for posttraumatic stress disorder in children
... individual's everyday functioning. Prior research indicates that even children with minor injuries from a traffic crash are at risk for developing PTSD, says Dr. Kassam-Adams. The Children's Hospital researchers found that acute stress symptoms were common within the first month after injury. Among the 243 i...Pregnancies ending in abortion do not increase the risk of developing breast cancer
...totality of the worldwide epidemiological evidence indicates that pregnancies ended by induced abortion do not have adverse effects on women's subsequent risk of developing breast cancer."...Genetic mutation linked to infant lung disease
...ants in our study who developed fatal lung disease indicates that there are still other genes yet to be identified in this disease," Nogee says. He adds that it is also necessary to study the occurrence of ABCA3 genetic mutations in the general population and determine their variability in order to narr...UK industry is the loser from parallel trade in pharmaceuticals
...he impact of parallel trade from published figures indicates that parallel traded pharmaceuticals account for around 20 per cent of the UK market and some parallel traded products sell at 15 per cent cheaper than non parallel traded goods. Based on these figures, researchers calculate a gain of up to 480millio...HIV-infected have thicker carotid artery wallspredictor of heart attack & stroke
...ong HIV patients is a cause for concern because it indicates that these patients could experience more vascular events in the future. Our primary motivation for starting a cardiac specialty clinic was to address cardiac issues and risk factors in HIV patients and to try and prevent cardiac complications before...Video games, not TV, linked to obesity in kids
... body mass index, a ratio of height to weight that indicates how fat or thin a person is. "While both television and video game play can be reasonably be considered sedentary activities, video game play was related to children's weight status while television was not," she says. "This may mean that video game ...Blood test heralds speedy stroke diagnoses
...e company found a combination of six that strongly indicates someone has had a stroke. The test is three times as sensitive as CT scans for diagnosing strokes caused by clots, Biosite told investors at a recent presentation. Laskowitz has already published similar results for a set of four markers (Stroke, vol...Tumor suppressor genes predict bladder cancer future
...ence of two mutated genes in bladder cancer tumors indicates there is a high risk that the cancer will continue...ould progress and p21 was the next strongest. This indicates that these genes play an important role in the development of this disease and should be more closel...Atherosclerosis more common, progresses quicker in HIV patients
...re in the neck and supply blood to the brain. IMT indicates the thickness of muscle layers in the middle of the artery wall. Carotid IMT measurement is a well-accepted, noninvasive way to assess plaque build-up in the arteries and monitor its progression. The average carotid IMT was significantly larger in...Study finds male and female brains respond differently to visual stimuli
...rowing body of research in animals and humans that indicates the amygdala plays a central role in male sexual behavior, Hamann says. "This study helps us get closer to understanding the fundamental functions of this area of the brain," Hamann says. In addition to adding to basic neuroscience knowledge, the f...Childhood abuse may predict social phobia, agoraphobia, and PTSD among adult alcoholics
...a, and posttraumatic stress disorder. New research indicates that childhood abuse sexual, physical or both may play a role in the later development of coexisting psychopathologies among alcoholics. Both researchers and clinicians can attest to the high co-occurrence of alcoholism and other psychiatric disor...Light to moderate drinking during pregnancy may lead to learning and memory deficits in adolescents
... impairments in the developing child. New research indicates that light to moderate drinking may also interfere...specifically in the auditory/verbal domain. "This indicates that drinking during the first trimester of pregnancy has long-term effects on development. Many w...Novel prostate cancer marker may lead to earlier diagnosis and fewer repeat bioposies
... diagnosed by testing for a protein in tissue that indicates the presence of early disease. The researchers sug...berg explained that EPCA is a marker protein that indicates the earliest changes that occur in cells during the development of cancer. In the study, Dr. Getzen...Bite-marks giving false impression
... possible suspects: for example, if other evidence indicates only two or three people could possibly have committed the crime. If cases like Krone's are to be avoided in future, Plourd says, the ABFO must urgently review the technique, and raise the standards used to analyse bite mark evidence. "They owe him...UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long mission
...s in the interval between the MIR and ISS missions indicates a need for continued efforts to improve musculoskeletal conditioning regimens during longer space missions, such as those proposed for the moon and Mars." He added that pharmacological interventions, such as drug therapies that suppress the accelerat...St. Jude Medical announces PAVE and DINAMIT clinical trial results
.... Jude Medical. The data from the PAVE study indicates potential benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in non-heart failure patient populations, while the data from the DINAMIT study showed no overall mortality benefit of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy in patients foll...Cedars-Sinai March medical tipsheet
... pregnancy still is not achieved. But new research indicates that many women with infertility due to ovulation problems who do not become pregnant after using the fertility pill clomiphene citrate should undergo a laparoscopy prior to further treatment. Laparoscopic evaluation provides much better images, is f...Minors able to buy nicotine replacement therapy products
... over-the-counter, but the labeling on these items indicates that they should not be sold to anyone under 18 years. Karen C. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H., from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, and colleagues investigated the ability of a minor to purchase over the counter NRT products. Th...Whites, blacks respond similarly to common blood pressure drugs
...d environmental factors. More broadly, this study indicates that we should think twice before basing other types of medical treatment on race. Sehgal is an associate professor of medicine, biomedical ethics, and epidemiology and biostatistics at Case and a member of the Division of Nephrology and Center for H...Report finds inactivated influenza virus vaccines effective in children
...s on the effects of influenza vaccine on children, indicates that "killed" influenza vaccine is a safe and effective method to reduce the rate of influenza in children as young as 6 months old. Killed or split-virus influenza vaccine refers to an inactive form of the flu virus in vaccine form, which is safe e...