First IBIS results show tamoxifen reduces breast cancer in healthy high-risk women
...in women taking tamoxifen. We know that there is a link between blood clots and surgery, with 40% of all the clotting events in our trial occurring within three months of surgery or following immobility. Most of these events were in the tamoxifen arm. Thus, it would seem a wise precaution to discontinue ...Long-term use of oral contraceptives could increase risk of cervical cancer for women with HPV
...count in previous studies investigating a possible link between oral-contraceptive use and cervical cancer. Victor Moreno and colleagues from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) aimed to assess how use of oral contraceptives affected risk of cervical cancer in women who tested positive ...Community initiatives can lower adolescent pregnancy rates
...h organizations. These findings suggest a possible link between improvement in the population-level health outcome of birth rate and the amount, intensity and exposure to community change, says Paine-Andrews. Positive changes in birth rates were found in the area with the greatest number of community chan...Parenting News: More than one hour of TV a day may lead to violence, Science study suggests
... vast majority of the increase in risk occurs. The link between watching television and behaving violently...fference emerged as the study progressed, with the link between aggression and television watching being strongest for males during adolescence, and for fem...Buck researcher awarded Brookdale Fellowship
...ce, but also in communication. Dr. Gill is able to link researchers from different disciplines and encourage dialogue and collaboration, according to Dr. Lithgow. In a field that tends to split into sub-specialties, that is a "unique skill that accelerates scientific advances," Dr. Lithgow said. "Matt is ...Psychologists hunt for new ways to detect precursors to Alzheimer's Disease
...ing hereditys role in cognitive abilities, and its link to Alzheimers-type attention deficits, may also ai...ic. The authors speculate that the ApoE-attention link may possibly derive from altered transmission of acetylcholine, a key brain chemical, to the brains ...Duke Cancer Center, ABC2 join to test brain cancer drugs
...uly unique because ABC2 is establishing a critical link between biotech and pharmaceutical companies and academia to quickly evaluate compounds and move them into clinical trials." The open invitation to researchers is expected to encourage pharmaceutical companies to submit their approved and experi...Emory researchers study low testosterone and Parkinson's disease in men
...ay have found a common but heretofore unrecognized link between low testosterone levels and certain non-motor symptoms (fatigue, depression, anxiety or sexual dysfunction) in male Parkinsons disease (PD) patients. When given testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), the researchers report that patients wi...'Cell death' mechanism identified, may lead to improved treatment
...tly been made by researchers who have identified a link between apoptosis, or programmed cell death and herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), according to a study presented April 17 at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. This is the first demonstration of apoptotic neuronal death i...Swift switch from CPR to AED may save lives
...rsity College, Stavanger, Norway. To determine the link between the hands-off interval and survival, researchers studied 634 hands-off intervals in 156 patients with ventricular fibrillation in which AEDs were used for resuscitation attempts. The duration of hands-off intervals varied by a median of 20 s...Non-traditional roles may boost risk of heart disease and death
...eath or coronary heart disease but they did find a link between heart disease and jobs/social roles that are non-traditional. These findings may indicate that people who perform work or social roles incongruent with what is socially expected suffer greater heart disease and death. Perhaps those men a...More evidence of possible link between hearing loss and CVD
...ngs seem to support previous research that found a link between cardiovascular disease, its risk factors (such as cigarette smoking) and age-related hearing loss, says lead author Peter Torre III, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow, department of population health sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School...Foods rich in folate may reduce risk of stroke
...r, says, "This study adds to our knowledge about a link between higher dietary intake of folic acid and a lower risk of stroke. Further research is still needed to clarify the optimal amount of folic acid and identify which patients require additional supplementation. In the meantime, we should recommen...Low-grade cervical lesions likely to regress spontaneously in adoloscent women
...y studying the links between HPV and SILs, and the link between SILs and cervical cancer, we hope to be able to understand the natural history of the disease and find better ways to treat and prevent it, Moscicki said....Study to consider alcohols role in date rape
...port being raped. The new study will explore the link between alcohol intoxication and vulnerability to sexual assault. Women included in the study will be those who are single, 21 or older, drink at least three drinks per occasion at least once a week, live in the Buffalo area and have participated in......mate condition. With greater understanding of the link between body and mind, patients in pain will be less likely to hear the frustrating and dismissive comment, "its all in your mind." This is the second in a series of interviews with McGill pain researchers whose investigations are funded by the Cana...Optimistic outlook may benefit lungs
...ore pessimistic men. Previous studies have shown a link between optimism and enhanced well-being, while pe... in Boston. This is the first study to show such a link specifically between optimism and improved lung function over time. Dr. Wright said that a persons o...Stress leaves blood vessels tightly wound
...induced by mental stress offers a novel and unique link between psychological factors and the cause of atherosclerosis, similar to other risk factors that impair function such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure, says Noll....Depression predicts quality of life for lung transplant patients
...ion. The researchers add that there is an integral link between psychological status and lung function. "Often, when a lung patient is short of breath, he or she becomes anxious or agitated, which can then cause them to breathe faster and shallower it can then quickly become of vicious cycle," Blumentha......roxidation is the fundamental mechanism behind the link between obesity and hypertension and kidney cancer," says Gago-Dominguez, "then developing therapeutics or chemopreventive agents that can decrease lipid peroxidation at the target siteand administering such drugs to cancer patients and those at high...