Hormonal treatment improves survival in high-risk prostate cancer patients
...n arm 49 percent to 39 percent, respectively. The local failure rate at ten years for the adjuvant arm was 23 percent and 38 percent for the observation arm and the ten year rates for cancer metastasizing to other parts of the body were 24 percent for the adjuvant patients versus 399 percent for the obser...UNC study: Most N.C. family practitioners engage in unrecognized community service
...and other topics, working with community groups on local issues including health-related ones and participating in local health events. "If these data represent the range and hours of volunteer community service done by i...It's winning, not losing, that triggers violence at sports events
... violence is more likely when the male assailant's local team wins. Winning is also likely to be associated with the celebratory downing of alcohol, a factor that is well known to increase the risk of violence, they say....March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... be weighed against the known harms, which include local eye irritation and an increased risk for cataracts. Primary open-angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma, is a leading cause of blindness and vision-related disability, affecting an estimated 2.5 million people in the United States. Screeni...Pitt marks 50th anniversary of its Salk polio vaccine with reunion, scientific symposium
...(some with tearful reluctance) to be inoculated in local field trials; and the many medical professionals, ...e children who participated in the pilot trials at local schools, who recall their fear of the long needles but their greater fear of the disease the vaccine...US attempting to flout ethical practice for patient trials abroad
...ent either with the Declaration of Helsinki or any local laws, whichever is more protective for patients. In June 2004, the FDA proposed that clinical research projects abroad that are not conducted under an application for an investigational new drug need no longer comply with the Declaration and need com...Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users
...sers." Yet policy makers at the federal, state and local levels have resisted providing IDUs with easier access to clean needles from physicians, pharmacies, the police or other readily available sources. In 1997 Congress enacted Public Law 105-78, which prohibits federal funding of any program that distr...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
...y technical improvements in cardiology or surgery, local expertise and patients' preference. 3. Until prove...d relevant to the clinician on both a national and local level. The formulation and continual update of such Guidelines is one of the primary activities of ...Flu pandemic coming, US not prepared
...o coordinate pandemic response at all levels, from local to national to international, including links between federal authorities and clinicians throughout the country. IDSA is working with congressional leaders to integrate these recommendations into bio-preparedness legislation now being considered on C...Rural America vulnerable to bioterrorism and natural disaster threats
...e threats; Policy makers at the federal, state and local levels need to make sure that rural America has the financial and human resources required to achieve an adequate state of readiness; and, Public health and health care leaders in rural areas need to work together to assure that emergency preparednes...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...de to a shallow section of seabed. In early March local tides and currents lifted B-15A free from its temp..."A lot now depends on the ability of the tides and local currents to free the southernmost end of the iceberg, and to close the gap between the iceberg and t...Countywide forecasts of water use available for Illinois, Midwest
...r-supply studies, Dziegielewski said. "Regional or local planners could allocate county-level projections into smaller areas (townships and cities) by pro-rating county totals based on population, employment, or other demand drives in each sector. These forecasting methods also could be used to project wat...Protecting human subjects focus of national FDA conference at UH
... Center. We've also had pre-med students from the local chapter of the American Medical Student Association sign on as volunteers. I'm really pleased with the level of involvement and the unity exhibited by so many in this important event." For conference information, including the agenda, registration...Liverpool to lead 20M Department of Health initiative to develop medicines for children
...iverpool. The Co-ordinating Centre will establish local research networks across the UK that will support clinical research in all relevant settings, particularly in primary care....Community-based care beats standard clinic in lowering heart
... by an advisory board that included members of the local African-American community. The other 168 people received care at a traditional health care clinic. About two-thirds of both groups were women and 80 percent of both groups had health insurance. The community-based clinic was in an apartment within...Risk of cardiac death after radiotherapy for breast cancer has declined, study finds
...vant radiation therapy decreases a woman's risk of local recurrence of her cancer but can increase her risk of death from ischemic heart disease. Patients with left-sided breast tumors receive a higher radiation dose to the heart than patients with right-sided tumors. However, modifications in radiation te...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
...s, including checkups by phone or in person with a local nurse practitioner at a neighborhood clinic, and f...ng, her physician would mail out information about local quit-smoking programs. A patient in the community care group, however, was taught how to measure an...Helping answer needs by developing specialists in autism
...to teachers, administrators and other personnel in local school districts. "Professionals who complete HANDS training will receive intensive, hands-on experience in a mock classroom setting and will be better equipped to effectively teach these children," says Naomi Swiezy, Ph.D., clinical director of the ...New hand-held information system for emergency responders
...developed. NLM is collaborating with regional and local emergency response organizations and using their feedback as input for future enhancements to WISER. For example, NLM is working with CapWIN, an integrated transportation and criminal justice information wireless network across Maryland, Virginia, an...Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
...ve do-it-yourself radon test kits are available at local hardware stores. EPA recommends that houses with radon levels of 4 picocuries per liter or higher of radon should and can be fixed to prevent accumulation of radon gas indoors. To learn more about how to receive a discounted radon home test kit, for ...