Study suggests breastfeeding reduces cardiovascular risk later in life
...sterol. Dr Singhal comments: "The findings of our prospective study suggest that infant nutrition permanently affects the lipoprotein profile later in life, and specifically that breastmilk feeding has a beneficial effect. Furthermore, we have shown a possible benefit of breastmilk compared with formula feeding...Body fat and its role in breast cancer
...tigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), a large prospective cohort study coordinated by Dr. Elio Riboli at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France. Researchers examined measurements of height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist and hip circumference from 73,542 premenopa...Full recovery after cell transplantation for treating leukemia or lymphoma can take 3-5 years
...t take longer than people expect." Results of this prospective longitudinal study show that recovery after HCT occurs gradually over 1 to 5 years as measured by improvement in physical function, return to work, depression, and treatment-related distress. Given adequate time, 84 percent of survivors returned to f...Stereotactic body radiation therapy conference
...nrolled 117 patients, making the study the largest prospective clinical trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy for medically inoperable Stage I lung cancer. "Initial results for the second phase of the study are very encouraging," said Dr. Timmerman. "We have seen very few recurrences of the cancer. In the...Study finds once-daily Valcyte prevents serious viral infection after kidney transplant
...ransplant patients in a randomized, single-center, prospective trial. Patients were equally divided into three arms receiving different post-transplant immunosuppression regimens. Oral Cytovene 1,000 mg three times daily was used in 92 patients. The remaining 58 patients received a single daily oral dose of 9...Studies identify risk factors for colon cancer
...sis, researchers administered a questionnaire to a prospective cohort of 202 female patients between the ages of 40 and 70 at four primary care offices. Forty-three percent of the respondents preferred a female endoscopist. Of those, 87 percent were willing to wait more than 30 days for the female and 14 perce...Full recovery after cell transplantation for treating leukemia or lymphoma can take 3-5 years
...reased to 63 percent by 5 years. "Results of this prospective longitudinal study show that recovery after HCT occurs gradually over 1 to 5 years as measured by improvement in physical function, return to work, depression, and treatment-related distress. Given adequate time, 84 percent of survivors returned to f...New study raises questions about the number of people in the UK who could be incubating vCJD
...t we clarify the significance of these findings by prospective screening of fresh tonsillectomy tissue" In contrast to these high estimates of possible future incidence, clinical cases of vCJD remain low and seem to be in decline. "Although the numbers of cases are currently in decline, the possibility of furthe...Blood pressure control poor in elderly, says Northwestern researcher
... 1948 in Framingham, Mass., is the longest-running prospective epidemiological study of heart disease. Researchers are now enrolling the grandchildren of the study's original participants. The current study included about 2,230 men and 2,960 women. Participants were classified by age younger than 60, 60 to 79 ...Guideline evaluates treatment of infantile spasms
... "Unfortunately, there are not many well-designed, prospective studies on infantile spasms," Mackay said. "More research is needed to answer many of our questions about the treatment of this disorder." The guideline determined that adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is probably effective for the short-term treat...African-Americans respond poorly to hepatitis C treatment
...r treatment," said Muir, a gastroenterologist. The prospective study followed 100 African-American and 100 non-Hispanic white chronic hepatitis C patients during 48 weeks of drug treatment. The majority of both patient groups, 98 percent, had hepatitis C genotype 1, which has a lower response rate to treatment t...Male and female smokers have similar lung cancer risk
...omen's Hospital in Boston, and colleagues analyzed prospective information on 60,296 women from the Nurses' Healt...lity. The researchers also reviewed six published prospective cohort studies that had examined the issue. When smoking rates were equal, none of the studies showe...Study measures risks of exclusive pipe smoking
...cts) enrolled in the Cancer Prevention Study II, a prospective cohort study. Over the 18 years after initial data was collected in 1982, 23,589 men died. Based on this follow-up data, the researchers determined the risks of nine cancers (bladder, colon/rectum, esophagus, kidney, larynx, lung, oropharynx, pancrea...'Safe' levels of lead, cadmium
...chers suggest the findings need to be confirmed in prospective studies and mechanistic studies of low-level lead and cadmium exposure. "We don't need any more reasons to argue that smoking is bad, but it is important to know what are the mechanisms of the problems associated with smoking. We need to know i...Study says widely reported side effect of chemotherapy may be overestimated
... comparing to pre-treatment function. In the first prospective study to characterize cognitive abilities of breast cancer patients before adjuvant chemotherapy, Dr. Christina A. Meyers and colleagues from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center collected neuropsychological profiles from 84 women wit...First proof that cutting Rx drugs due to cost harms health
ANN ARBOR, Mich. A new prospective study shows for the first time what many senior citizens who struggle to pay for their prescription drugs might suspect: Cutting back on your medications now because of cost means your health might suffer down the line. The findings are based on an ...UW to lead most comprehensive study of air pollution and cardiovascular disease
... of death in our country." This is the first major prospective cohort study designed to look at the chronic impacts of long-term exposure to air pollution on cardiovascular health. The study will look at both subclinical measures of atherosclerosis -- by ultrasound of the carotid arteries and CT scan of the coro...Cancer burden seen even many years after diagnosis
...rly lost productivity will be important for future prospective research for cancer and other chronic diseases."...Older patients with chronic kidney disease are costly as they transition to dialysis
...ge renal disease. "Although yet to be proven in a prospective clinical trial, early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease and timely interventions for complications of chronic kidney disease may prevent avoidable morbidity and cost," the authors wrote. St. Peter says there are three implications of the study: ...