Parents failing to recognise obesity in their children
... the parents of 277 children and found that only a quarter recognised when their offspring were overweight. ...erweight boys than girls in the study more than a quarter (27%) of boys who were overweight and obese were identified as such. This compares with more than h...African children with HIV would benefit from daily doses of cheap antibiotic
...erage follow-up was done 19 months later. Around a quarter of children given Co-trimoxazole compared with over 40% of children given placebo had died at follow-up. Dr Gibb comments: "We believe that our results can be generalised to a policy that could be applied universally to children with clinical feature...Grant to study why teens smoke
...tudies have shown that in the 12th grade, nearly a quarter of all students have smoked in the past 30 days, and about 16 percent are regular, daily smokers. The study's goals include understanding the pathways that contribute to teen smoking, determining how much time it takes to become dependent, and ...Computer assisted standing orders improve adult immunization rates
...both groups refused the shots. "Overall nearly a quarter of eligible patients refused a vaccine when it was offered by a nurse and this refusal accounted for about two-thirds of the patients who did not get their vaccination despite standing nurse orders," said Dr. Dexter. "To get closer to 100 percent im...Encouraging results from vaccine trial to reduce cervical cancer
... the global incidence of cervical cancer. Nearly a quarter of a million women die every year from cervical cancer worldwide, and epidemiological studies over the past two decades have confirmed the cause--certain types of HPV infection. Vaccination against the most common cancer-causing HPV types, HPV-16 and...Drug-eluting stents adopted quickly, with early disparities
...of drug-eluting stent," Rao said. "The growth from quarter to quarter was dramatic, rising from 19.5 percent in the second quarter, 39.4 percent in the third quarter and ...No justification for colposcopy in screening of young women for cervical cancer
...nfected with human pappiloma virus (HPV); around a quarter of women with HPV infection develop low-grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions (LSIL); although LSIL are usually benign and disappear over time, they can develop into high-grade lesions, a precursor of cervical cancer. Anna-Barbara Moscicki (Univer...TIGER Workshop puts focus on space for African water management
...ern Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo has a quarter of all African freshwater on its territory, while arid Mauritania must manage with just 0.001%. At least 13 African countries are currently suffering water stress or scarcity, and the United Nations Environment Programme predicts this number will do...Selling smaller packs of painkillers slashes suicide risk
...erdoses of paracetamol or aspirin dropped nearly a quarter in the three years following new legislation in 1998, which cut pack sizes and limited how many tablets a retailer was allowed to sell. The researchers also found that numbers of tablets taken in non-fatal overdoses of aspirin and paracetamol fell si...Location of body fat important in predicting heart attack risk
... heart disease, as well as no difficulty walking a quarter of a mile, climbing 10 steps or performing basic activities of daily living. At the beginning of the study, the researchers measured total body fat as well as fat distribution (waist-to-thigh ratio, waist circumference, and intra-abdominal or viscer...Physical inactivity costs millions in health care expenses
...archers note. The study also reported that a quarter of Minnesotans age 18 and older engaged in no leisure-time physical activity in 2000. About half (49 percent) of the population was sometimes active and one-fourth (27 percent) of the population was regularly active. The investigators conclude ...Sinusitis, bronchitis account for more than 30 million missed workdays each year
...nic sinusitis or bronchitis sufferers, roughly one quarter (24.9 percent) reported missing three or more days of work and another 23 percent missed one to two days of work. Sinusitis and bronchitis sufferers were more likely to miss leisure activities (58 percent) than work as a result of their illness. Pare...Mental incapacity among patients in medical wards more widespread than doctors realise
...on of incapacity by clinical staff was low: only a quarter of patients identified by the investigators as not having mental capacity were identified by clinicians. Increasing age and cognitive impairment were the main factors associated with a lack of mental capacity. Professor Hotopf comments: "A substantia...U-M team treating mouth wounds by engineering tissue grafts
...iece of mucosal mouth lining grow to the size of a quarter within a few weeks, and a dollar bill within about a month. The team attaches the expanded cells to a piece of AlloDerm, a specially prepared piece of human dermis made by LifeCell Corp. The composite of cells and AlloDerm is then immersed in a...Many drugs prescribed for elderly Americans are risky
... Sinequan, Zonalon) alone accounted for nearly one quarter of the total claims for drugs considered potentially risky for elderly patients, the team reported. Neuromuscular agents ranked second among the most commonly prescribed classes of Beers list drugs. The results mirror those of an earlier study of pre...Will the insured sacrifice to help cover the uninsured? New study suggests yes
...n Americans are uninsured at any time, and about a quarter of the insured are worried they will lose their insurance. In the end, this mix of public-mindedness and self-interest, if brought out through group discussion, might drive national attitudes toward covering the uninsured. "We must recognize the gro...Generics slow rising cost of prescription drugs in 2003
...eric dispensing rate increased to 49% in the first quarter of 2004. The drug spending data was announced in the company's annual Drug Trend Report released today at the Express Scripts Outcomes Conference. Facing generic competition by the end of 2008 are branded pharmaceutical products accountin...Flavonoid-rich dark chocolate boosts blood vessel function, study suggests
...andard manufacturing of chocolate destroys about a quarter to half of its flavonoids. Now, some companies are using processing methods with reduced heat and alkalization, which can preserve as much as 70 percent to 95 percent of the chocolate flavonoids. The UCSF study suggests that the beneficial effects of...Low-income Native American women suffer high rates of domestic abuse
...ive age US women," write the researchers. Around a quarter of US women are physically and/or sexually assaulted by a partner during their lifetime, and each year between 1% and 17% of US women are assaulted by their partner, according to estimates. In the study, 312 Native American who were visiting a clinic...A better death: Hospitals need systematic process to heed patient' concerns
...s "plenty of room for improvement." More than one quarter of the patients rated their overall care as only "good," "fair" or "poor," 72% reported "very good" or "excellent." Asked about symptom control, 64% said "very good" or "excellent", level of support, 66%, and discussions about life sustaining treatm...