Home blood pressure measurements are usually acceptable
...lity of patients measuring blood pressure at home: prospective observational study) Asking patients to measure their blood pressure at home avoids the problem of "white coat hypertension" where blood pressure rises in the presence of a doctor, and in most patients is sufficiently accurate, says a paper by Batt...Anger-prone people are more likely to have heart attacks
...ls and excess weight," she says. The study used a prospective design. In this kind of study design, individuals are free of heart disease at the beginning of the study. Prospective studies provide more convincing evidence than many other types of studies because they show that anger precedes the heart attack ...Family history of high cholesterol often not detected until middle age
...amilial hypercholesterolaemia in routine practice: prospective registry study Families with a history of high cholesterol are being denied early treatment to reduce the risk of coronary events because they often remain undetected until middle age, according to a study in this week's BMJ. Using specialist regis...Report in Circulation urges a closer look at cardiotoxicity of cancer drug trastuzumab (Herceptin)
...regional metastases (77 percent at five years). No prospective studies have assessed trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity. The rapid increase in trastuzumab use and the planned expansion of its use to breast cancer patients without metastasis and to patients with other forms of cancer mandates that such informati...Silver-coated catheters cut infections & may save money, analysis finds
...infection. The study's authors have now launched a prospective study to see if the predictions produced by the simulation come true in practice. "We can't say that silver-coated catheters are a silver bullet," says Sanjay Saint, M.D., MPH, an assistant professor in the U-M Department of Internal Medicine. "But...Breast reconstruction during mastectomy boosts well-being most, study finds
...ll differences. The result, from the multi-center, prospective Michigan Breast Reconstruction Outcome Survey, adds carefully gathered scientific evidence to the mounting argument for reconstruction operations for breast cancer patients. Published in the October issue of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, it also ...Hand size counts in safe handgun use
...ollow these three steps: Measure the TGLH of prospective handguns using the technique described earlier, or... to produce the data. Determine the TGLU for a prospective user. This step is more difficult, because even experienced practitioners find anthropometric measur...Study: Drinking in fraternities, sororities doesn't necessarily continue after college
... One strength of the study was that it utilized a prospective design and followed students over time, Bartholow said. That allowed researchers to predict future behavior with current or previous Greek affiliation. Most studies of college student drinking examine such questions at only one time, which limits the...Researchers build on discovery of potent potential antibiotic
... like the A. aeolicus enzyme, are resistant to the prospective antibiotic PD 404182, Birck tested the compound on metal-requiring KDO 8-P synthase from Helicobacter pylori J99, the bacterium implicated in gastric ulcers and cancers. PD 404182 inhibited the enzyme, making Woodard and colleagues hopeful that the ...Investigational oral contraceptive reduces premenstrual and menstrual symptoms
...tions with more severe premenstrual symptoms using prospective diaries to confirm these findings.......y of Diabetes Complications (EDC) Study, a 10-year prospective study of 589 adults with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes. Study subjects had been diabetic for an average of 20 years. Dr. Orchard and his colleagues looked at the subjects blood pressure, HDL ("good") cholesterol, LDL ("bad") cholesterol and triglyc......quacy of Peritoneal Dialysis in Mexico) study is a prospective randomized controlled trial of 965 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients in Mexico who were followed for a minimum of two years. This landmark trial was designed to test the hypothesis that increasing the removal of certain toxins could...Green tobacco sickness 'highly prevalent' in N.C. farmworkers
...dache and dizziness. "Our study provides the first prospective surveillance data on the prevalence and incidence of green tobacco sickness in any population," said Arcury, associate professor of family and community medicine. Arcury was a co-author of an article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine i...High rates of caesarean section do not reflect women's preferences
...tions among public and private patients in Brazil: prospective study BMJ Volume 323, pp 1155-58 Editorial: Promoting normality in childbirth BMJ Volume 323, pp 1142-3 Recent concerns surrounding high rates of caesarean section have led to a focus on increasing the numbers of women who have a straightforward va...Study: mouthguards work in protecting athletes from expensive injuries to teeth
...are universally expensive to treat. No definitive prospective studies existed on how common tooth injuries are among college basketball players, she said. Also, good evidence that mouthguards reduce risks of dental injuries in those players was notably lacking, and thats why she and her colleagues carried out t...International study highlights underuse of reperfusion therapy for heart-attack patients
...dial infarction using data from the multinational, prospective Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE). This registry includes data for patients with acute coronary syndromes from 94 hospitals in 14 countries. The investigators assessed data of the first 9251 patients enrolled in GRACE; of these, 1763 p...Computerized tool predicts sarcoma outcome and improves ability to make better treatment decisions
... study authors were able to tap the world'slargest prospective database of sarcoma patients,information Dr. Brennan began collecting in 1982. Sincethen, he has amassed a database on 5,000 patients withsarcoma treated at the Center. The research included 2,136 adult patients from thatdatabase, all treated at Memo...Dartmouth research examines the value of cancer screening
...from screening into an appropriate perspective for prospective decision making," they say....More students choosing health profession sciences as major due to unstable job atmosphere
...nts to fill them. And all this spells solidity for prospective and current students thinking of entering nursing or pharmacy in particular. Christina Passalacqua, 18, came to Northeastern this past fall as a pharmacy major, and is absolutely confident that upon graduation she will have a job. "Just speaking with...Computer-assisted detection of proteomic pattern could help screening for ovarian cancer
...ce Liotta (NCI) comment: "These findings justify a prospective population-based assessment of proteomic pattern technology, as a screening tool for all stages of ovarian cancer in high-risk and general populations."...