Increased risk of ovarian cancer is linked to estrogen replacement therapy
...eveloping ovarian cancer. The risk increased with length of estrogen use. The women, who were followed from 1979 to 1998, were former participants in the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project, a mammography screening program conducted between 1973 and 1980. "The main finding of our study was that...Brain tumor therapy needs longer treatment time
...arget cancer cells effectively. While the standard length of time that a patient spends being infused with BPA is one to two hours, the Cornell group found that an infusion time of six hours was required to ensure that cancer cells take up the drug in adequate levels. Chandra's Cornell collaborators on the ...Findings support shorter course of radiation therapy after breast lumpectomy
...not come to a consensus about the most appropriate length of radiation therapy that a patient should receive. In the United States, radiation is delivered in smaller doses over a several weeks, but in the United Kingdom and Canada, larger doses of radiation are delivered over a shorter period of time. To de...UCSD study shows increased transmission of drug-resistant HIV infection
... 202 of the patients. Investigators looked at the length of time to viral suppression and/or the time to virologic failure, when treatment was no longer effective. Although viral suppression was demonstrated by week 24 of therapy in all but one patient, the median time to suppression was 56 days for those ...Female physicians more emotionally focused and 'patient-centered' when communicating with patients
...tudies and three large physician-report studies of length of visit were selected and statistically analyzed....eport studies examined showed significantly longer length of visits for female doctors. On average, women spent 23 minutes with their patients compared to 21 ...Female physicians more emotionally focused and 'patient-centered' when communicating with patients
...tudies and three large physician-report studies of length of visit were selected and statistically analyzed....eport studies examined showed significantly longer length of visits for female doctors. On average, women spent 23 minutes with their patients compared to 21 ...Major NCI study finds increased risk of cancer in long-term Hodgkins survivors
...atively small number of patients followed for this length of time. "The long-term decline in relative risk for many solid tumors 25 years or more after Hodgkin's disease diagnosis was a notable finding," said Graa M. Dores, M.D., of the National Cancer Institute, lead author of the study. "However, risks r...Landmark XENDOS study shows Xenical prevents or delays the development of type 2 diabetes
...n available whose safety has been studied for this length of time Type 2 diabetes Worldwide, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is growing at an epidemic rate, with a corresponding surge in the incidence of type 2 diabetes. It is estimated that there are at least 150 million people in the world with d...Mayo Clinic discovers one more downside to alcoholism
..., according to Dr. Wijdicks. The study also found length of sobriety proportional to the confusion and delirium patients experienced following transplant. Another finding: alcoholic-liver disease patients had more advanced liver disease than their counterparts with hepatitis C. The study investigators in...What determines consultation length?
...cs of patients have as much effect on consultation length as the characteristics of the doctor and the docto...sed consultations with 3,674 patients. The average length of consultation was 10.7 minutes. Belgium and Switzerland had the longest consultation times, German...Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes are undetected in over one quarter of obese population
...n available whose safety has been studied for this length of time. Overweight and type 2 diabetes Excess weight is well recognised as the most important modifiable risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes often goes undetected and therefore untreated for many years. During this...New procedure kills liver tumors without surgery
... For some, it is a cure; for others it extends the length and quality of life. While surgery is still the accepted method for removing liver tumors, doctors say RFA is proving to be a successful alternative because it can be done quickly, with little pain and minimal recovery time, and as often as needed. ...Hospital costs much higher for motorcycle crash victims who dont wear helmets
...patient was calculated, and it correlated with the length of the patient's stay in the Trauma Burn Center and with the cost of the patient's hospitalization. The injury severity score for head and neck injuries was significantly higher for patients who had not worn helmets. Patients who had worn helmets dur...Team care improves stroke outcomes
...it led to a statistically significant reduction in length of stay (at a saving of $2.1 million annually per 1000 patients treated) and to a reduction in the incidence of deep vein thrombosis. In a related commentary, Dr. Michael Hill stresses the benefits of stroke units and multidisciplinary stroke teams a...Fred Hutchinson receives $12.7 million to lead prostate-cancer consortium
...ile such therapy works for a while to increase the length of life, it is not considered curative, as androgen deprivation is only effective in controlling the growth of the cancer cells that feed on male hormones. Eventually, these hormone-sensitive cells are crowded out by hormone-insensitive cancer cells,...GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Award 2002
...ve been working for 10 years to determine the full length crystal structure of integrase, which has proved difficult," said Dr. Neamati, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy. "Once the three-dimensional structure of integrase is solved a...Intensivists reduce mortality and length of stay in ICU patients
...ntly reduces ICU mortality, hospital mortality and length of stay, according to a study published by Univers...CU admissions, prevent complications that increase length of stay and recognize opportunities for prompt discharge." In the study, researchers reviewed publis...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for November (second issue)
...that the fact the male airway is longer, even when length is normalized for body height, suggests that the observed length differences are sex-specific rather than a function of men being taller than women. The study appea...Robotic heart surgery: making repairs without lifting the hood
...e-inch incision (a mini-thoracotomy). The average length of stay in the intensive care was 18 hours, which is about the same as for the traditional approach. The average hospital stay was three days two to four days shorter than for a traditional operation. The primary advantages of this minimally in...Moderate physical activity is critical for reducing the risk of chronic disease in older women
...mple size (173 versus fewer than 25 subjects), the length of the exercise intervention (one year compared to less than six months), and its high adherence rates (81 percent of the exercisers completed 80 percent or more of their prescribed 225 minutes per week of exercise). Another strength of this study wa...