Brain activity prior to treatment flags vulnerability to antidepressant side effects
...nce, sleep disturbance, anxiety and agitation. EEG readings were obtained at visits throughout the study. Changes in prefrontal brain function observed before start of medication signaled a greater number of adverse effects during antidepressant treatment....Prostate cancer screening practices examined
...thin a year of the initial screen. Of men with PSA readings higher than normal, 64 percent underwent biopsy within three years. The higher the PSA readings, the higher the biopsy rates. The biopsy rate in men with positive DRE alone was 28 percent. The initial data indicate that younger men, men with a family...Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
...ir responses 30 minutes after dipping snuff. These readings were compared with measurements from another session involving the same participants after they had used a placebo product that was similar in taste, color and texture but did not contain tobacco or nicotine. The study was randomized and double-blind...Pet scanning better for heart disease diagnosis, management
...mputed topography, or SPECT," Merhige said. "False readings from SPECT often put patients through angiograms that turn out to be normal. PET avoids most false positives, as well as false negatives, because the images have higher resolution." An angiogram is a moderately invasive procedure that involves threa...More studies on risks and benefits of COX-2 inhibitors published in Archives of Internal Medicine
... inhibitors and naproxen on 24-hour blood pressure readings in patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and osteoarthritis. Patients were randomly assigned to receive 200 mg of celecoxib (Celebrex; Pfizer Inc., New York) [n= 136], or 25 mg of rofecoxib once daily (Vioxx, Merck & Co., West Point, Penn.)...Study suggests obesity has lesser financial impact on African-Americans
...ams by the square of height in meters. People with readings of 18 are considered to be of normal weight, with 25 the threshold for being considered overweight and 30 the threshold for being considered obese. "From the perspective of the healthcare system, obesity may be less costly among African-Americans th...Drinking without food may set you up for high blood pressure
...ssions. The findings were based on blood pressure readings and self-reported alcohol consumption patterns fro...ekend only; or weekly daily. Three blood-pressure readings were taken on each participant by trained personnel during the interview. The mean of the second and...Following heart care guidelines saves lives
...k, such as chest pain (unstable angina), irregular readings on an electrocardiograph or elevated chemical markers of cell death. The guidelines, adopted after large-scale clinical trials demonstrated the effectiveness of specific therapies in saving lives, focus on giving suspected heart attack patients...Air pollution may cause and speed up artery disease
...icrograms per meter cubed (ug/m3). In this study, readings ranged from 5.2 to 26.9 ug/m3. For every 10 ug/m3 increase of PM2.5, CIMT increased by 5.9 percent. After adjusting for age, socio-demographic, lifestyle (including active and passive smoking) and physiological factors, researchers determined that C...Studies examine risk factors and potential consequences associated with prehypertension
...tients aged 20 years and older with blood pressure readings recorded during the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Cholesterol levels, diabetes mellitus, smoking status, proportion who are overweight or obese, and the presence of other risk factors were compared among patients based ...Study finds nearly 60% of American adults may have elevated blood pressure
... adults surveyed (58.2 percent) had blood pressure readings that placed them into the categories of either hyp...Prehypertension is indicated by systolic/diastolic readings of between 120/80 and 139/89. If either the systolic or diastolic blood pressure falls within this r...Siberian forest fires partly to blame for Seattle area violating EPA ozone limit
... May through September in 1996 through 2003. Ozone readings during that time varied according to temperature, but generally ranged from a low of a few parts per billion by volume to around 80 parts per billion. Between June 1 and June 6, the monitor sites recorded ozone nine to 17 parts per billion by volume ...Pool-bound plyometrics help you get stronger with less pain
...cles two to three days after exercising. Algometer readings showed that women in the gym-based group were also more sensitive to pain. Muscle strength and mass increased in both groups, as both groups showed the same level of improvement in the three performance measures. "An appropriately designed aquatic pl...Cedars-Sinai Medical tipsheet for May 2004
...l levels, weight, body fat percentages and glucose readings as well as recommendations as to when to have a mammogram or colorectal screening and more. BAKERSFIELD COUPLE ATTRIBUTE BIRTH OF HEALTHY BABY TO PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AT CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER Genetic screening tests available today have greatly...Coronal reformatting of axial images from 16-MDCT helps stage ovarian cancer
...onal plane. Upon coronal reformatting, the overall readings in 15 (83%) of the cases were changed. "We feel th...the evaluation." In the area below the diaphragm, readings were changed in 10 of the 18 cases. "After examining the axial images, radiologists must view the co...Caffeine consumption associated with increases in blood pressure in adolescents
...caffeine (n=11) had higher systolic blood pressure readings than the other two groups. The effect on diastoli...intake category had higher systolic blood pressure readings than all other adolescents in the study, including white participants in the highest caffeine-intake...Link between caffeine consumption, high blood pressure found in adolescents
... also look at caffeine consumption. Blood pressure readings were taken when participants were screened for the study. They found that those who drank the most caffeine more than 100 milligrams a day or the equivalent of about four 12-ounce sodas had the highest pressures. The top or systolic number, which i...Chemical brain scans may help reassure brain tumor patients
... the surrounding tissue, and we can use the unique readings from various areas to determine what's cancerous, and what's treatment-related change," says Patrick Weybright, M.D., the U-M radiology resident who will present the results. "This allows us to give the patient earlier and more accurate information o...Electronic nose device proves effective for diagnosing pneumonia and sinusitis
...patient's breath sample to standardized, or known, readings stored on a computer chip. These "smellprints" are created from both electro-chemical and mathematical analysis of exhaled gases contained in a breath sample. Upon analysis, identifiable patterns emerge, and a patient's "smellprint" can tell a phys...Successful therapy for head and neck cancer may lead to long-term circulatory problems
... by high standard deviations of the blood pressure readings during 24-hour monitoring (the upper 90th percentile of the normal population). All had episodes of rapid increases in blood pressure over 200 mm Hg. Patients #1 and #2 also had increased average heart rate. All three patients had episodes of rapid ...