Study shows high-dose vitamin E supplements may increase risk of dying
...amin E supplements. As well, there are unresolved questions on the benefits of vitamin E when combined with other antioxidants." Vitamin E is one of 13 vitamins essential to body metabolism, cell growth and function. It is also known as tocopherol and is an antioxidant important in the formation of red blood...Controversies regarding ovarian cancer treatments addressed
Trials have raised questions on the current management and standard of care for...ard first-line therapy for AOC" due to the crucial questions remaining regarding optimal management even after research has moved forward. Such questions includ...African-American heart attack patients fare worse long term
...ss issues. However, most studies addressing these questions have involved small numbers of patients or included patients with a wide range of heart disease. The Duke team chose to focus on a specific group of patients who suffered a kind of heart attack known as an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (ST...Alzheimer's drug improves memory of MS patients
...nmet need. But he cautioned that several long-term questions still needed to be answered. "For example, how long do you use the treatment, and how do you tell if the drug is no longer working? Are the benefits lost once you stop treatment? Are there long-term risks? Is the treatment cost-effective?" Doraiswamy...Audio conference: Insulin resistance and polycystic ovary syndrome
...tizing agents in treating PCOS. An opportunity for questions and comments will be provided at the end of the presentations. Participation in the audio conference is open to the press....Vioxx should have been withdrawn 4 years ago
...the availability of alternative therapies, and the questions raised by the data, we concluded that a voluntary ...redulous specialists who should have asked tougher questions about the drug they were prescribing. Why clinical investigators studying Vioxx did not do more to r...Embark on a 'journey to better vision' at UH
... "Journey to Better Vision," will help answer such questions as what it takes to begin reading or driving again and how the CSE can improve daily living. A tour will feature the center, and four optional 45-minute lectures on topics such as driving and independent living also will be presented. Some will be ...... the Swedish Twin Registry in 1967, which included questions about allergies. "An important strength of our study is that the information about allergic conditions was collected prior to the individuals being diagnosed with cancer," said Dr. Sderberg. This prevents the bias that may arise if people, who have ......80%--were acquired in hospital. The editorial also questions the value of quarantine as a control measure and of members of the public wearing surgical masks to protect themselves from infection: "An initial delay, followed by misinformation that the virus was airborne, created unnecessary panic. Images of peo...Pediatricians can help immigrant mothers by explaining child development, NICHD study suggests
...hers. Specifically, the researchers identified 18 questions that the immigrant mothers tended to answer incorr...ich they did not know the answers. Nearly all the questions with which the immigrant mothers experienced difficulty involved either child development or parent-...Pediatricians often underestimate substance abuse problems in adolescents
...es at CeASAR, which asks adolescents to answer six questions related to alcohol and drugs: C -- Have you ever ridden in a CAR driven by someone (including yourself) who was "high" or had been using alcohol or drugs? R -- Do you ever use alcohol or drugs to RELAX, feel better about yourself, or fit in? A -...Model predicting colorectal cancer screening suggests higher mortality for virtual colonoscopy
...on of colorectal and cancer. The questions raised by recent studies underscore the importance of colonoscopy being performed by skilled practitioners. According to the American College of Gastroenterology, patients undergoing colonoscopy should identify doctors who have substantial experien...Optimism associated with lowered risk of dying from heart disease
...1 (466 men, 475 women) had complete information on questions regarding optimism, and these patients were divided into four groups based on their level of optimism. Over the follow up period of 9.1 years (1991 to 2001), there were 397 deaths. Compared to participants who reported a high level of pessimism, par...100,000 excess civilian deaths after Iraq invasion
...y situation in Iraq. But these findings also raise questions for those far removed from Iraq - in the governments of the countries responsible for launching a pre-emptive war. In planning this war, the coalition forces - especially those of the US and UK - must have considered the likely effects of their acti...PCRM asks ACS to cancel fundraisers
... telephone conference, but will not be able to ask questions until the Q&A following the prepared remarks is announced. ...Development of working memory, allowing voluntary control of behavior, defined
... of the Society for Neuroscience, helps to resolve questions about how working memory a function that allows people to perform tasks as diverse as making toast to solving complex math problems develops and changes from childhood to adulthood. "This study gives us a good picture of how our ability to have ...'Going through the motions' to better treat dementia
...utines; they and their caregivers will also answer questions about the patient's activity during those weeks. Then Leibovici's team will check whether the reports by patients and family members correlate with information generated by motion sensors. Even though our movements are so simple and routine tha...NIA establishes new demography centers to enhance knowledge about older americans
...ed as a research infrastructure to address the big questions in population aging in the U.S. and worldwide," says Richard Suzman, Ph.D., Associate Director of the NIA for Behavioral and Social Research. "Population science applied to aging is increasingly interdisciplinary, and the Centers have become the cru...Nerve navigation findings prompt new direction for spinal cord research
...," Dr. Xiong says. "How it does that is one of the questions we hope to answer next. We still have a lot of questions." Among those is why this mechanism doesn't seem to work after development is complete. "If the spinal cord is injured, why doesn't it re-cross that boundary?" she says. "Why are these molecule...Study finds nearly 60% of American adults may have elevated blood pressure
...rtension and efforts taken to control it, based on questions asked of survey participants. The most pronounced prevalence of either prehypertension or hypertension was: among non-Hispanic blacks (63 percent), especially men (69 percent); among all those surveyed age 60 and over (88 percent); among those ...