New European cancer figures for 2004 major efforts needed against the big four killers
...d 8.1% of all cancer deaths. The major cancers in men are lung and prostate In men, lung cancer was the...ncer was the commonest form of cancer diagnosed in men in 2004 in the European Union. Said Professor Boyle: "Lung, colorectal and breast cancer account for...Hepatitis B viral load, genotype affect liver cancer risk, study finds
...load was associated with an increased risk of HCC; men in the quintile with the highest viral load had more than seven times the risk of HCC compared with men in the lowest quintile. Genotype C was associated with a five-fold increased risk of HCC compared wi...Study associates alcohol use patterns with Body Mass Index
...I values indicate being overweight. "In our study, men and women who drank the smallest quantity of alcohol one drink per drinking day with the greatest frequency three to seven days per week had the lowest BMI's," said first author Rosalind A. Breslow, Ph.D., "while those who infrequently consumed t...No increase in sexual risk taking among gay men in HIV-study
Canadian gay men participating in the world's first test of a vacci...increase during 18 months of follow-up, even among men who at study entry thought the vaccine being tested might provide some protection. The vaccine being...Changing trends in herbal supplement use
...ponent 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, respectively, in 1998-1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. "Our observations regarding lutein use were unexpected," the authors noted. This carotenoid antioxidant which it...Bacteria collection sheds light on 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 that the E.coli causing ...Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
...er celebrities. It ends with the conviction of two men based on the eyewitness identification of the defe...behind home plate. The jury convicted the four men at end of a 1999 trial. But the story didn't end there. Loftus began his research, and in 2003 fou...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member is funded to develop an interactive computer system
...e science and the wisdom shared by young women and men in focus groups held throughout Newark and Jersey ...allowed Jones to conduct several focus groups with men and women and develop a series of digital video vignettes concerning trust, sexual pressure and high...Mayo Clinic identifies key cellular process in prostate and other cancers
...ancer is the second most common cause of cancer in men (skin cancer is first) and the second leading caus...,000 new cases will be diagnosed. While one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, only one in 33 will die of it. Because of th...Falling in love in three minutes or less
...of meeting." At each HurryDate party, roughly 25 men and 25 women interact with each other for three minutes at a time. At the end of the session, each participant indicates which of the people he or she met would be of interest for the future. HurryDate also collects survey data from participants, i...South Africa in denial over number of deaths from HIV/AIDS
...he study suggests that 80% of the excess deaths in men and 70% in women attributable to HIV were classified as tuberculosis or lower respiratory tract infections. Social stigma associated with HIV/AIDS prevents many from speaking out about the true cause of illness and death among friends and family and...Nonhuman primate males more susceptible to age-related cognitive decline than females
...s, a finding consistent with human data that shows men have a higher capacity than women for maintaining ...s testosterone, which is known to decline in older men and also to affect spatial memory in male humans and rodents. The researchers also hope to conduct i...Newly identified gene cluster on mouse X chromosome provides insights into fertility
...r developing new contraceptive methods - either in men or women." Wilkinson earlier had discovered the founding member of this Rhox gene cluster, the Pem gene - now called Rhox5 - which, while normally restricted in expression to reproductive tissues, is aberrantly expressed in a wide variety of tumors, ...Campus can be effective site for anti-smoking efforts
...t the university. A 1997 study found 28 percent of men and 30 percent of women smoking less after smoke-free policies were implemented at a German university, and 91 percent of nonsmokers and 68 percent of smokers approved of the new restrictions. Among adults in the United States, young people age 18 to......is more complex than originally thought. In fact, men and women define it differently. Eric Bressler, a...eone cracks a joke)," said Bressler. "Women choose men who produce humour 62 per cent of the time; conversely, men choose women who appreciate their humour...Over-the-counter supplement appears effective in treatment of midlife-onset depression
...ealth, Rockville, Md. and colleagues, evaluated 23 men and 23 women aged 45 to 65 with midlife onset major or minor depression of moderate severity. They were randomly assigned to either receive six weeks of DHEA therapy, three weeks each of two dosages, or six weeks of placebo treatment. Following the s...Optimal treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
...on the job or at play. Women are more likely than men to develop it. Individuals with rheumatoid arthri... 163 wrists belonging to 101 patients 93 women, 8 men who were referred by their primary care physician to a CTS unit specifically created for this study...Rheumatoid arthritis patients have double the risk of heart failure
...ittle difference between rates of heart failure in men and women with rheumatoid arthritis. "This is qui...es of heart failure are significantly higher among men than in women," says Dr. Nicola. "This suggests that whatever protects women from heart failure comp...Alcohol: Global burden on health similar to tobacco and high blood pressure
...uld produce a drop in cirrhosis mortality of 7% in men and 8.3% in women and a fall of 28.8% in men and 37.4% in women in deaths from explicitly alcohol-involved causes (alcohol dependence, poisoning ...HIV/AIDS conspiracy theories may hamper efforts to halt the disease
...Editor of The Lancet, states: "It is unlikely that men and women who believe the government has created HIV will listen to the government's health warnings, come in for testing, or take recommended treatments. To reach those at greatest risk, public-health officials need to recruit and train more black p...