New study estimates 85 newborn killed or left to die per year by parents, usually their mother
...component, but by no means the only one. We didn't realize this before because no one before had the data needed to do this kind of study in the United States." Other findings were that: Asphyxiation and strangling accounted for 41 percent of the deaths, and another 27 percent resulted from drowning -- e...Doctors focus on pupil size for safety of laser vision correction
... wont treat them, but they become grateful as they realize that weve done what is best for them in the long run, he says. When the pupil dilates, aberrations can be troubling. You have to be really careful. Patients need to be wary of surgical centers that trivialize these issues. In recent months MacRae...Mayo Clinic study finds people over 40 need frequent exercise to prevent or treat Type 2 diabetes
...nly regular, but frequent, exercise if they are to realize its potential benefits, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the August 2003 issue of Diabetes, the Journal of the American Diabetes Association. Aerobic exercise is often prescribed to help prevent or control Type 2 diabetes. "As people a...Finding the link between fat and high blood pressure
...d storage material only, says Dr. Barbeau. "Now we realize that it secretes all kinds of substances, such as angiotensinogen (which constricts blood vessels) and leptin. The more fat you have, the more of these substances you make." And different fat depots secrete different substances. Subcutaneous fat, or...Web-based program optimizes stroke care in rural areas
...cking away as patients and family members begin to realize that a stroke is occurring then make their way to hospitals that provide intervention, Dr. Hess said. Even if a referring hospital is only a half-hour away, the valuable first few hours can be lost, he said, because of transportation and other proble...Illustrated internal medicine book features UNC faculty, famous artwork
...trations. "Most practicing physicians have come to realize there is no single best way to 'keep up' and that the efficient use of time is key," Runge said. "We believe we have created in 'Netter's Internal Medicine' a highly useful resource for all physicians, both generalists and subspecialists, who need to...Stanford computer model shows bypass surgery more cost-effective than stents
...ic options available to them. I don't think people realize they can have 15 years of symptom-free life with bypass surgery." One of the biggest problems with stents is that the blockage often reappears, a process called restenosis, requiring a repeat procedure. A new generation of stents includes drugs to c...Damage to the frontal lobes can affect a person's ability to 'stay on the job'
...milar variability in performance. "What we came to realize was that what we had been taught for years as the death knell of an experiment -- the lack of replicable findings -- in certain circumstances is the finding itself. The "noise" in the data was the data! It was the source of considerable information f...Data mining gains ground in key sectors
...opment, thereby reducing time-to-market as well as realize significant savings....Repeated alcohol detoxifications can impair cognitive function
... clinicians feel they're important, having come to realize that patients who have had multiple withdrawals are much more likely to have more severe withdrawal subsequently, and probably not respond as well to medication to block the withdrawal symptoms," said Robert Malcolm, professor of psychiatry, family m...NIH funds two UCSD scientists to venture deep into human genome
...ing this newfound wealth of knowledge if we are to realize the full potential of genome research to improve human health." Ren explained that his research will test the efficiency of a genome-wide location analysis approach that he developed, to discover all on-off gene expression switches in the human gen...The Group Room(R)cancer radio talk show to air live from CHEST 2003, Sunday, Oct. 26, in Orlando, FL
...fford it, The CHEST Foundation enables the ACCP to realize its vision of being the leading resource for the improvement in cardiopulmonary health and critical care worldwide. Vital Options and The Group Room are supported through educational grants from founding sponsor Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and corporate...Medical professionals embrace patient-focused care revolution
...ties, practice types, and health-care domains. To realize the idea of interdisciplinary care, the ACCP will use the Pledge as a guide in creating a series of interdisciplinary models that hospitals, health-care systems, education programs, and individual medical professionals can use to implement the Pledge...Tobacco use common in schools demonstrating poor academic performance
... "Many parents and family members who smoke do not realize how tobacco exposure can impact a child's respiratory health," said Dr. Mangione. "School-based programs are needed to educate parents and children on the dangers of tobacco exposure and experimentation and their adverse effects on asthma and other ...Women's symptoms are new or different
...dy offers hope that both women and clinicians will realize the wide range of symptoms that can indicate heart attack. It is important not to miss the earliest possible opportunity to prevent or ease AMI, which is the number one cause of death in both women and men." Major prodromal symptoms in order of repo...International, nontraditional adoptions pose challenges to families
...e Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic. You also have to realize that some countries have residency requirements fo...portant, however, for would-be adoptive parents to realize that there are no guarantees when you have your own that they are going to be free of these types of...UCLA study looks at life after breast cancer
...reast cancer. "But once that is over, you begin to realize the more subtle changes and losses that come along with the diagnosis. For me, I lost my fertility, but didn't really get to deal with it until later." Now, 10 years after treatment, the Santa Monica resident is still learning to cope with those chan...Binghamton University, RPI and Infotonics Center team up to form national packaging power
...mechanical supports and interconnections needed to realize their potential. That's why the new alliance is so exciting said Duncan Moore, chief executive officer of the Infotonics Center. "While microsystem devices have been researched and prototyped," Moore said, "very little packaging research has been d...Beers criteria for medications to avoid in the elderly updated
...s disease, anorexia, malnutrition and obesity. "We realize that aging is an individualized process and there are some 65-year-olds who are healthy and do fine on these medications," said Dr. Donna M. Fick, a geriatric clinical nurse specialist and associate professor of medicine at the Medical College of Geo...The NCOA and The Epilepsy Foundation launch initiative to educate about epilepsy in the elderly
...group in America to develop the disorder. "Few realize that epilepsy is not just a disorder people are born with - that epilepsy can develop as people age," said NCOA President and CEO James P. Firman. He also noted that within 30 years, one out of every five Americans will be 65 or older, increasing th...