Smoking hurts wealth as well as health, study suggests
...tics on cigarette spending suggest that the wealth reductions are roughly equal to how much smokers spend on their habit. "We don't have any direct proof, but taking the study results and the federal statistics together, it seems that the money smokers spend on cigarettes comes out of income that normally would......laou (Pap) smear widely credited with substantial reductions in the incidence and mortality from cervical cancer has become an annual screening rite among American women. Recently, however, long-accepted Papanicolaou smear screening standards have been re-examined. Current recommendations from the American ...Reviparin effective in reducing risk of death after heart attack
...ients, a 13 percent lowered risk; with significant reductions in the 30-day death rate (11.3 percent vs. 9.8 per...s small (1 more event per 1,000) compared with the reductions in the primary outcome (18 fewer per 1,000) or mortality (15 fewer per 1,000). "Reviparin is conside...A comprehensive response to HIV could prevent 10 million AIDS deaths in Africa by 2020
...ile treatment itself can be life-saving, long-term reductions in AIDS deaths will be achieved only if new infections are curbed. What is more, campaigns to expand treatment access in poor countries will only be sustainable if prevention efforts are strengthened at the same time. As the authors say: "Treatment c...Reduced progression of atherosclerosis tied to statin drugs lowering fats, protein
...ression of patients' disease. "Patients with reductions in both LDL cholesterol and C-reactive protein tha...tly slower rates of progression than patients with reductions in both biomarkers that were less than the median," the authors wrote. The second study involv...Exercise combats metabolic syndrome in older adults
...3 percent fewer cases were more strongly linked to reductions in total and abdominal body fat and increases in m...ith exercise training were more closely related to reductions in body fat, particularly abdominal fat, and increases in muscle tissue, rather than improvements in...Arsenic ingestion from well water associated with increased risk of lung cancer
...rsenic and cigarette smoking on lung cancer." "The reductions in cigarette smoking would likely reduce the lung ...accompanied by exposure to arsenic, and similarly, reductions in arsenic exposure would reduce the lung cancer risk among cigarette smokers. Appropriate public he...2004's top 10 hot topics in plastic surgery
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...cant public health problem in spite of substantial reductions in lead exposure in the United States in the recent past, according to background information in the article. Exposure has not been totally eliminated and most adults continue to have substantial levels of lead in their body. Previous evidence has in......vidence for substantial public-health benefits and reductions in global burden of disease from deworming is overwhelming. Moreover, there are simple, effective, safe, and cheap treatments already available. The challenge is to get the treatments to those who need them. [MDG] Goal 8--develop a global partnership...UCSD researchers identify new role for drugs in prevention, treatment of atherosclerosis
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...ng the trial. At the end of the trial, significant reductions in YMRS total scores were observed in both manic and mixed patients. Furthermore, significant improvements were shown in CGI-I and CGI-S scores. Total score improvements in HDRS were observed in ERC-CBZ treated mixed patients at endpoint. ERC-CBZ ...Imaging study finds a structural difference in the brains of cocaine addicts
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...lthough patients enrolled in the study experienced reductions inhospitalizations, emergency visits and clinic visits, researchers foundimportant differences between those classified as having "high variability"and those with "low variability" of disease symptoms. Specifically: Patients in the high variab...Following heart care guidelines saves lives
... guideline-recommended treatments with concomitant reductions in hospital death rates. These findings should provide compelling scientific evidence that quality improvement initiatives are worth it, and translate into significant savings in patients' lives, the researchers said. "These findings should be a s...Beta blockers after cardiac surgery reduce length of stay and complications
...a-blocker use was also associated with significant reductions in patient death, the risk of fluid in the lungs, and the need for a balloon pump to assist the heart. Those events were reduced by 59%, 55%, and 53%, respectively. There was no difference in the occurrence of post-surgical stroke or heart attack bet...Little benefit from comprehensive assessment of older people in general practice
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