HIV vaccine trial breaks ground for future research
...did not use intravenous drugs. The volunteers were men who have sex with men or women at high risk for heterosexual transmission. The vaccine and placebo were given by injection...Blacks in the South have greater risk of dying from stroke
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2 African American men who live in southern states are at significantly h...er risk of dying from stroke than African American men living elsewhere, researchers reported today at the American Stroke Association's International Stro...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February 2005 (first issue)
... dysfunction, sildenafil, is capable of protecting men against the development of high altitude-induced pulmonary hypertension, helps to improve pulmonary gas exchange, and limits altitude-induced hypoxemia (deficient oxygenation of the blood). Researchers measured the effects of oral sildenafil on alti...Phobic anxiety increases heart disease death risk among women
...particularly death from heart disease. Studies in men suggest that anxiety, specifically phobic anxiety, is related to sudden cardiac death, which is death that occurs within one hour of the onset of symptoms and is usually associated with a lethal rhythm disturbance. "Since these studies have been done...AHA urges earlier diagnoses, referrals for PCI in women
...nsion and are usually eight to 10 years older than men who are referred. In addition, women usually dela... delays for stenting or angioplasty. By contrast, men are usually promptly referred for these procedures for suspected cardiovascular disease. The goal s...Cardiac imaging is underused in women to diagnose disease
...tress echocardiography work as well in women as in men to accurately diagnose coronary artery disease (CA...s of 400 or higher have the same increased risk as men with high calcium scores. They felt there was not enough data to assess the value of adding coronar...Women's heart risk underestimated by doctors, resulting in less preventive care than in men
NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 1 Women are less likely than men to receive recommendations from their doctors for ...te whether physicians treat women differently than men with respect to cardiovascular disease preventive therapy. Specifically, the researchers were int...Testosterone supplements for elderly men
...ncreasing the testosterone levels of frail elderly men could improve their strength, energy and mobility....le hormone testosterone fall by about 1% a year in men over 40, leading to decreases in muscle size and strength, increased body fat and thinner bones. Th...Promise of 'bladder pacemaker' for people with spinal cord injury
...wel control or sexual function such as erection in men and lubrication in women. "Our goal is to create a system that performs as well as existing technology, but that is less invasive to install and preserves as much of the person's remaining function as possible," Grill said. He envisions a simple sy...$10-million study explores men's role in transmitting HPV
...d organism linked to cervical cancer in women. The men will be followed every six months for four years. ...other women, according to Giuilano. Why study men in regard to a cancer that hits women? "We need to know what the rates of new infections are, how lo...Feb. 1, 2005, Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet
...nation to screen for abdominal aortic aneurysm for men between the ages of 65 and 75 who are or have been smokers (Clinical Guidelines, p. 198 and 203). This is the first time the Task Force has recommended screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Estimates indicate that between 59 percent and 83 percent...Problems in the bedroom can indicate heart problems
...nd subclinical vascular disease. African American men are 20% more likely to have ED than Caucasians, ac...es," adds Dr. Billups. The MHI recommends that all men aged 25 years and older should be asked about ED. Any signs of the problem should prompt physicians...Screening for osteoporosis prevents hip fractures in older adults
...have determined that screening for osteoporosis in men and women age 65 and older can prevent a large num...g for osteoporosis, the Hopkins team studied 3,107 men and women, age 65 and older, who were participating in CHS from 1994 to 1995. Participants already ...Women, drinking to their health
Women see a slightly higher health benefit over men from alcohol consumption according to twelve separ...erve statistically significant differences between men and women, although a small advantage of women over men at the lowest amount of alcohol could be see......itons are living alone than ever before, with more men than women living on their own between the ages of...ays the report. But between the ages of 25 and 44, men are more prone to going it alone. If a man's relationship breaks down, he is more likely to change t...Mayo Clinic discovers a key to 'low metabolism' and major factor in obesity
...dergarments that the researchers designed for both men and women. This allowed monitoring of body postures and movements of 10 obese people and 10 lean people every half second continuously, 24 hours a day for 10 days. The test subjects were healthy recruits who lived and worked in Rochester, and went a...Researchers discover genetic variant that may explain why women develop M.S. more than men
...dispose you to developing MS. Under this scenario, men get MS less often because they have a lower freque...s at the Cleveland Clinic has shown that women and men naturally express different levels of interferon gamma. Experiments elsewhere showed that high level...How the stories of ordinary people could give them more say over planning decisions
Stories in their own words from men and women directly caught up in debates and controversies over threats from technologies to themselves and their environment are to be recorded and analysed in new research sponsored by the ESRC. This new approach, which pays much more attention to ...Risk and intimate relationships: Can hope triumph over experience in an age of 'messy' lives?
...ion of traditional roles and relationships between men and women. "The contributions that men and women make to families in the form of earnings and unpaid care work are in flux, and the meaning...Clinical trial of Etanercept for Wegener's disease shows no benefit
...disease can affect people of any age and occurs in men and women with equal frequency. Although current medications used to treat Wegener's halt the disease temporarily in most patients, 60 to 80 percent of patients eventually suffer from disease flares. The need to treat many patients repeatedly with m...