Elevated rates of trauma may put urban American Indian women at increased risk for contracting HIV
...ew York or New Jersey, had engaged in at least one lifetime risky sexual behavior and 7 percent said they had ...s that 58 percent had participated in at least one lifetime high-risk sexual behavior such as sex with a stranger or an HIV-positive individual, and, therefore,...UMHS study links gonorrhea, prostate cancer in men
... Michigan Health System finds. Having more than 25 lifetime sexual partners also increases odds of prostate cancer, by more than 2.5 times that of men with five or fewer sexual partners, the study found. The conclusions are part of the Flint Men's Health Study, a population-based study of black men ages 40-79...Scientists uncover how brain retrieves and stores older memories
...ex. "Most people define memory as their collective lifetime experiences. These memories colour who we are, yet until now, we've been mystified by how the brain saves and retrieves them," said Dr. Alcino Sliva, the study's principal investigator and professor of neurobiology, psychiatry and psychology at the D...Trials launched to test treatment of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia
...the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime -- more than 2 million Americans suffer from the illness in a given year. Although available medications are reasonably effective in treating the positive symptoms of the illness such as hallucinations and delusions, recent research indicates that co...Stress linked to increased risk of depressive and anxiety disorders
...tate University, Tallahassee, investigated whether lifetime exposure to adversity was a risk factor for the la...fetimes. The researchers found that the level of lifetime exposure to adversity was associated with an increased risk of developing depressive or anxiety diso......e U.S. population will have a seizure during their lifetime and of those, 30 percent will develop epilepsy. The burden of this disease, however, can't be understood simply through the numbers, according to Dr. Engel. "Uncontrolled epilepsy presents an enormous personal burden," said Dr. Engel. "Seizures happ...Some infertile couples unaware of multiple birth risks
... rate for multiples. Other studies have found that lifetime costs to the health care system and society can be 100 to 200 times higher for each infant in a twin or triplet birth than for a singleton baby. Ryan said next steps for the researchers include finding better ways to educate people who seek infertili...Other highlights in the April 21 JNCI
...h cervical cancer screening could reduce a woman's lifetime risk of cervical cancer by 94%, according to a new... 3 years starting at age 25 could reduce a woman's lifetime risk of cervical cancer by 94%. The combination of vaccination and less-frequent screening, the rese...Exposure to famine associated with increased breast cancer risk
...c intake by one-third to one-half for the animals' lifetime prevents various types of cancer, but the implications of short-term caloric restriction are largely unknown. However, reproducing these types of studies in humans raises ethical and practical issues. During World War II, a famine in the western part...Men with family history of prostate cancer accurately predict higher risk, UMHS study finds
...health. The men surveyed were more concerned about lifetime risk of prostate cancer than their short-term risk of developing the disease in the next 10 years. Younger brothers of men with prostate cancer estimated their risk higher than did older brothers. Younger brothers were also nearly four times more lik...Latest cancer research features small molecule therapy, and the preventative benefits of sunshine
...versity of Sydney determined that people with more lifetime exposure to sunlight reduced their risk of developing Non-Hodgkin lymphoma by as much as 53 percent. The study, led by Bruce Armstrong, A.M. F.A.A., examined the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma through total time spent outdoors: time outdo...Compound shows promise as vaccine-like drug for preventing type 1 diabetes
...lth care costs and help prediabetic people avoid a lifetime of insulin injections, the researchers say. Their work was described today at the 227 th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. "We believe this is the most promising compound to date for preventin...Novelty-seeking teens may be more easily influenced by tobacco advertisements
...f attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), lifetime cigarette smoking, and age of first cigarette. They found that teens with high degrees of symptoms for ADHD who had smoked cigarettes during their lifetimes also rated highest for novelty-seeking compared with other teens. The researchers say that te...Childhood abuse may predict social phobia, agoraphobia, and PTSD among adult alcoholics
...re indexed by the Structured Trauma Interview; and lifetime diagnoses of major depression, dysthymia, panic di...tic Interview. Participants were also asked about lifetime suicide attempts. Alcoholic patients who reported childhood abuse sexual, or sexual and physical a...Twin study finds possible connection between depression, heart disease
... measured with the Beck Depression Inventory. The lifetime history of major depression of each man was also ...lated with the severity of depressive symptoms. A lifetime history of major depression was related to HRV only in presence of current depressive symptoms -- bu...New breast pap smear detects early cellular changes; May prevent onset of breast cancer
...r of BRCA 1 or 2 -- genes that confer a 90 percent lifetime risk of breast cancer. Despite these criteria, Seewaldt cautions that there is no definitive way to measure risk without a test because the majority of breast cancers develop at random. "As women in America, we are all at risk for breast cancer," sai...Hair dye use increases risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Yale researchers have found that lifetime users of hair coloring products have an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that attacks the lymphatic system, part of the body's immune system. "An increased risk of NHL was found only among women who began using h...Lifetime stroke risk higher for women, those with high blood pressure
...tion's 29th International Stroke Conference. "The lifetime risk of stroke has not been previously reported in...oke risk at ages 55, 65, 75 and 85. "In women the lifetime stroke risk was 21 percent at age 55, while in men it was 17 percent at age 55. This risk was rough...The long view: Understanding why cancer strikes late
.... Our understanding of how cancer develops over a lifetime is limited by the extreme difficulty of monitoring these slow changes, but new work reported this week aids this effort by employing mathematical modelling to analyze epidemiological data on the relationship between age and cancer and generating idea...Experimental treatment yields new hope for children battling cerebral palsy
...and head injury. The CDC's website states that the lifetime costs for a person with were about $800,000 (in year 2000 dollars), not including expenses such as caregiver costs for children or adults with cerebral palsy that might have to be borne by families. "CP can devastate children and their families emoti...