Aspirin's potential ability to prevent colon polyps may not apply equally to all
The association between regular aspirin use and a reduced risk of precancerous colon polyps may be strongest in those with particular genetic variants. In the March 16 Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers report that aspirin use appears to reduce the incidence of colon polyps more strongly...Community-based care beats standard clinic in lowering heart
...patients who received care at the community clinic reduced their 10-year global risk of heart disease by 25 percent compared to a 3 percent reduction in patients who received care with their usual physician. Global risk indicates the predicted chance of having a heart disease event within the next 10 years ...Minorities, poor, uneducated bear the burden
...re findings about obesity. "Educational attainment reduced the prevalence of obesity, especially in men," he said. "In contrast, African-American women had a high prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity regardless of educational status. These data suggest the need for increased emphasis on understandin...Other highlights in the March 16 JNCI
...ar aspirin use has been associated with an overall reduced risk of colorectal adenoma. More rapid aspirin met...yme, regular aspirin use was not associated with a reduced risk, and these women did not benefit from higher aspirin doses. Contact: through March 11: Susan M...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
...red. Results showed that both groups significantly reduced their overall risk of developing coronary heart disease, but the community care group did significantly better than the enhanced primary care group for overall risk, blood pressure control and reducing cholesterol levels. Overall Framingham Risk Sco...Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
...ates were restricted, study subjects spontaneously reduced their caloric intake to a level appropriate for th...away the carbohydrates, the patients spontaneously reduced their daily energy consumption by 1,000 calories a day. Although they could have, they did not compe...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for March 15, 2005
...alories, and lost an average of 3.6 pounds. Their reduced calorie intake was considered appropriate to their height. The researchers conclude that the weight loss came from eating less (reduced calorie intake), not loss of body fluid, increased metabolism or boredom with the food selection. They also believ...New study shows how very low-carb diets take off the pounds
...cipants lost an average of 3.6 pounds, voluntarily reduced their calorie intake from 3,111 calories per day t... the very low-fat diet, participants spontaneously reduced their calories by about 1,000 per day. One gram of fat equals 9 calories, so, doing the math, you ca...HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the UK
... likely from changes in sexual behaviour than from reduced infectiousness resulting from antiretroviral therapy. The study by UCL, the Health Protection Agency and the University of Oxford statistically analysed the epidemic history of the HIV-1 subtype B strain from sampled gene sequence data. Molecular da...Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
...nder hypnosis for pain suppression, is that we see reduced activity in areas of the pain network and increase...h would be responsible for "feeling" the pain, was reduced under hypnosis. Initially, 12 volunteers at the Technical University of Aachen had a heating device...'Speaker's cramp', a new type of involuntary mouth-, lip-muscle movement
...nmark, and termed "Speaker's Cramp". Symptoms were reduced when the affected muscles were treated with Botox injections. Patients rated their speech difficulties on visual analogue scales, and video recordings for dystonia scores and neurological and odontological examinations were used for evaluation. Surfa...Growth hormone treatment improves symptoms of metabolic disorder in postmenopausal women
...GH treatment in postmenopausal women significantly reduced their intra-abdominal fat, increased thigh muscle area, reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentration, and improved insulin sensitivity. The plac...Rasagiline reduces disability for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease
...d 229 to a placebo. Both rasagiline and entacapone reduced average daily off-time (-1.18 hours for rasagiline... the two main goals of treatment after levodopa -- reduced disability and decreased motor fluctuations. These properties position the drug as a favourable cand...Openness is key to winning the war over MMR
... of coverage achieved before that point had so far reduced the risk of contracting the diseases that parents began to see the vaccine itself as more of a threat to their children. He believes that the explanation for the reversal lies not with Wakefield or even with parents who took his claims seriously, but...Aircraft cabin ventilation influences the transmission of diseases in-flight
...reveal that doubling ventilation rate in the cabin reduced infection risk by half. Investigations of in-flight transmission of tuberculosis suggest that the risk of disease transmission to other symptom-free passengers within the aircraft cabin is associated with sitting within two rows of a contagious pass...UCLA Medical Center becomes first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in ICU
...e offers the possibility of improved patient care, reduced length of stay and cost savings. UCLA has combined...e offers the possibility of improved patient care, reduced length of stay and cost savings. UCLA has combined our in-house electronic medical information syste......rson's smile, since the front teeth can be greatly reduced in height. It is re-assuring that a young researcher is investigating such practical problems which can be debilitating for the individuals suffering from them....Emergency clopidogrel could save thousands of lives46,000-patient heart attack trial results
...of oral clopidogrel daily to aspirin significantly reduced the relative risk of death in hospital by 7% and t..., followed by 200 mg daily oral doses in hospital, reduced the relative risk of repeat heart attacks and ventricular fibrillation by 1520%, but increased the r...Northwestern Memorial Hospital honored with one of the nation's top awards for quality
...thwestern Memorial, and use of this technology has reduced result turnaround time by 32 percent, while also increasing accuracy and reducing costs. "There is no one silver bullet for quality improvement in healthcare," says Julie Creamer, vice president, Operations and Quality, Northwestern Memorial. "Howev...Two years after gene therapy treatments, severe angina patients showed prolonged clinical benefit
...erized by a narrowing of the coronary arteries and reduced blood flow, and therefore oxygen, to the heart. The lack of blood flow and oxygen to an organ is referred to as ischemia, and myocardial ischemia refers to the lack of blood flow and oxygen to the heart muscle. The American Heart Association estima...