Breast cancer treatment reduces risk of heart disease
... tamoxifen. Women treated with tamoxifen were less likely to develop symptomatic heart disease than those who did not receive tamoxifen. On further analysis current use of tamoxifen was associated with significantly reduced risk of heart disease. Moreover, the reduced heart disease effects were observed in ...Using the internet's power and anonymity to reduce problem drinking
.... Interventions that have these elements are more likely to reduce drinking. Effective computer interventi...ally women and low-motivation drinkers (those less likely to seek out services through other means). "MSB [showed] significant results for three important sub...Older doctors less likely to follow current standards of care
...nternal Medicine that older physicians may be less likely to deliver currently accepted standards care. The ...t be updated regularly. Older physicians seem less likely to adopt newly proven therapies and may be less receptive to new standards of care. Additionally, pr...Hypothyroidism associated with reduced breast cancer risk
... diagnosed with breast cancer were 57 percent less likely to have the under-active thyroid gland condition compared to a control group of healthy women. Even more, the breast cancer patients on the study who also had a history of hypothyroidism tended to be older when diagnosed and have a less aggressive, i...Women with thyroid problem have lower risk of breast cancer
... fails to produce enough thyroid hormone, are less likely to develop breast cancer than women with normal th...ion, women with breast cancer were 57 percent less likely to have hypothyroidism compared to healthy women. Analysis of breast tumor pathology demonstrated th...Changing trends in herbal supplement use
...period. Overall, supplement users were older, more likely to be female (59.9 vs. 55.5 percent) and white (80.7 vs. 75.6 percent). The use of lutein, a component of multivitamin products, increased in both men and women, with a prevalence of 0.3 percent, 0.5 percent, 6.6 percent, and 8.4 percent, respectivel...Flu vaccination impact on elderly deaths may be over-estimated
...sconnect may be explained by a disparity in who is likely to be vaccinated. "Very ill elderly people, whose fragile health would make them highly likely to die over the coming winter months, are less likely to be vaccinated during the autumn vaccination...Bacteria collection sheds light on urinary tract infections
...urinary tract infections each year. Women are more likely to get UTIs than men because it is easier for the bacteria to reach their bladder. Fifty percent of all women will experience at least one episode of UTIs during their lifetime. UTIs are typically treated with antibiotics. The researchers found tha...Social Security reform proposals raise concerns for older women
... as well as a new generation of women that is less likely to be married - than are minimum benefits where eligibility is tied to U.S. residency or simple Social Security eligibility. The research was supported in part by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College pursuant to a grant from the U.S....Promising treatments for Huntington's disease identified in UCI study
... rapidly identify treatment regimens that are very likely to provide effective therapeutic benefit to patients." In developing these drug combinations, Marsh and Thompson chose compounds that individually have been shown in other fruit-fly tests and in mouse models to suppress neurodegeneration, but each ta...Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
... are more resistant to a late failure and are more likely to offer long-term success than vein grafts (from ... mean our post coronary artery bypass patients are likely to live longer and have less need for repeat interventions like late stent or angioplasty," explains...Striking a chord with concertgoers to reduce hearing loss
...t although 74 per cent of attendees thought it was likely or very likely that noise levels at music concerts could damage their hearing, 80 per cent said they never wore hea...Morbidly obese pay nearly twice as much for health care
...t decade, total U.S. health-care expenditures will likely continue to rise," says Dr. Arterburn. Morbid obesity is associated with a substantially increased risk of sickness and death from chronic health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and cancer. The authors say further re...South Africa in denial over number of deaths from HIV/AIDS
...0001, the number of deaths related to HIV/AIDS was likely to be almost three times as high as that published in the Government's statistical report compiled from death certificates. The study suggests that 80% of the excess deaths in men and 70% in women attributable to HIV were classified as tuberculosis o...Alcohol drinkers three times as likely to die from injury
...ple who regularly drink alcohol are three times as likely to die from injury as are non-drinkers and former ... risk was for drowning: drinkers were 3.6 times as likely to drown as non-drinkers. The researchers also learned that female drinkers had a greater increase i...High levels of airborne mouse allergen in inner-city homes could trigger asthma attacks
... at the high levels found in the study may be more likely to experience asthma symptoms, including wheezing ...esearchers report airborne mouse allergen was most likely to be found in homes with cracks and holes in walls or doors, exposed food in the kitchen, or eviden...Trial reveals safer and simpler approach to treating children with cystic fibrosis
...effects. Dr Alan Smyth comments: "Our results are likely to affect aminoglycoside prescription in cystic fibrosis in clinical practice. Once daily treatment may be preferred by patients receiving intravenous antibiotics because of its convenience. Antipseudomonal antibiotics are usually given as combinatio...New study finds link between self-mutilation and risky sexual behavior
... Providence, RI Teens who cut themselves are more likely to engage in unprotected sex according to a new st...dy found that self-cutters were significantly more likely to be white, female, and to have histories of sexual abuse. According to Brown, none of the research...Routine HIV screening should be expanded, study finds
... "These findings suggest that routine screening is likely to be cost-effective at a substantially lower prevalence than previously recognized," Sanders said. "We believe that in many different health care settings, routine HIV screening can provide important health benefits for a reasonable investment in he...'Broken heart' syndrome: Real, potentially deadly but recovery quick
...thy is not as common as a typical heart attack, it likely occurs more frequently than doctors realize. They expect its numbers to increase as more physicians learn to recognize the syndrome's unique clinical features....