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...two groups. Professor Leonard said: This probably reflects the trend to use more intensive therapy for adjuvant treatments nowadays. The other main finding was the higher level of side-effects in women over 65 compared to the under 65s. More of the older women suffered more from fatigue, anorexia, weight lo...Early breast cancer tends to be more aggressive in women from deprived backgrounds
...ad to the lymph vessels in these deprived patients reflects the higher incidence of grade three tumours as they are more aggressive and therefore more likely to spread. I cannot really say why the deprived patients seem to have a higher incidence of grade three, ER negative tumours in this study, or whether ...Women face high risk of developing breast cancer following radiotherapy for Hodgkins Disease
...ortant to realise that breast cancer diagnosed now reflects treatment methods for Hodgkins Disease from more than ten years ago. During the past several years, splenectomy has been abandoned by many centres. Modern combined modality therapy with improved techniques, reduced fields and reduced doses of radia...Mice lacking fat-making enzyme are leaner, more sensitive to leptin and insulin
...n 1971. His will created a testamentary trust that reflects his long-standing interest in medical education and research....Bethesda 2001: A revised system for reporting pap test results aims to improve cervical cancer
...hed in 1989 and revised in 1991. The 2001 version reflects the most current knowledge about the biology of Pap test abnormalities and addresses new screening technologies that appeared in the past decade. Key changes include: Sample adequacy: The Bethesda System has always required laboratories to eva...Insulin pump effective for infants, children
... satisfaction. Hemoglobin A1c is a blood test that reflects average blood glucose levels during the previous 60 to 90 days. The normal value for non-diabetic children and adults is 4.3 percent to 6 percent. Before initiating insulin pump therapy, the children in the study averaged 9.5 percent. "During pump th...Women at highest risk for ovarian cancer are less likely to be screened than those at lower risk
...k of ovarian cancer had undergone screening, which reflects an overestimation of danger by this group. "Most women appear to have unrealistic beliefs about their risks for ovarian cancer," Andersen said. "Only 11 percent and 27 percent of the women in the elevated and average-risk groups, respectively, correc...Improving accuracy of cross-cultural neuropsychological testing
...tes on the reading tests because the reading test reflects the poor educational experience of many African American elders. Dr. Manly suggests that segregated schooling, shorter school years, and limited funding devoted to African American schools in the 1920s and 1930s exp...Columbia dental students chosen for three out of nine NIH summer fellowships in national competition
...he School of Dental and Oral Surgery. "It not only reflects the caliber of scholars we attract to SDOS, but demonstrates the high premium we place on research as a core aspect of the dental curriculum and profession." "I couldn't be happier for Connie, Xiaoming, and Magnon-and for SDOS," said Dr. Martin J. Da...UCSF health economists urge global AIDS fund to finance prevention first
...is the standardized measure of health benefit that reflects years of life saved by an intervention adjusted for the quality and socio-economic value of each life-year saved. The $350 cost is based on the lowest available discount price for the standard three-drug combination therapy for one person for one ...High blood pressure drug eases vessel stiffness, lowers systolic pressures
...ntracting. Diastolic pressure, the bottom number, reflects the pressure when heart is resting. Up to 50 million people in the United States have high blood pressure and over 90 percent of those people have elevated systolic pressures, which is predominantly due to increased stiffness of the larger arteries. ...Study finds elderly patients know too little about their medications
... Elderly Emergency Department Patients) "Our study reflects poor communication between health care providers and elderly patients, the complexity of modern medication regimens, and the passive role the elderly are taking in their health care," said Joel M. Bartfield, MD, of Albany Medical College in New York ...Rush receives Magnet Award for excellence in nursing
...degrees through the Rush College of Nursing. This reflects their deep commitment to continuous learning. Another example of innovative care giving described the Rush Mother's Milk Club. Since the mid-1990s this breast-feeding club has provided support and education to encourage mothers of premature infants ...Update on national asthma guidelines released
...ded for this age group." In addition, the update reflects new data that provide reassuring evidence on the safety of inhaled steroid use at appropriate doses in children. The expert panel reviewed studies examining possible side effects of inhaled corticosteroids, including slowed growth in children. The u...Breast cancer mortality may be tied to prolonged exposure to low dose radiation
...s note that the decline in risk over time probably reflects necessary reductions in the recommended radiation exposure limit....Girls with views of nature have better chance of success
...ter performance in these three areas, Taylor said, reflects greater self-discipline, which, in turn, can enhance academic achievement and reduce juvenile delinquency and teenage pregnancies. "This study is one of the first to examine the relationship between nature and concentration in children with normal at...World's first study on surrogacy reveals high quality parenting and no problems
... also be positive, although it is possible that it reflects some tendency towards over-investment in the child." There were no differences between the three types of families in the children's temperaments, as judged by fussiness of mood, adaptability to new situations, general activity and predictability of ......Davis Medical Center's high nurse-to-patient ratio reflects its status as one of only 54 hospitals nationwide to receive Magnet Nursing Services Recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in patient care and nursing practices. This is the 13th year U.S. News & World Report has publ...The link between medicine, science and art
...and Technology in the Arts, is a presentation that reflects Dr. Dominiczaks passion, and he will provide insight into the ways that these disciplines interact to during a presentation during the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC). AACC ( http://www.aacc.org/ ) is th......"The distinction is important because a solid clot reflects back more ultrasound signal at the higher frequency, but gaseous bubbles reflect back more signal at the lower frequency," says study author David Russell, M.D., professor of neurology at The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway. The technology, availabl...