New UNC, EPA 9/11 study suggests that pollutants posed small cancer risks
...eam did not measure other cancer-causing compounds released into the atmosphere, he said. Neither could they gauge levels of PAHs and other pollutants to which emergency personnel and cleanup crews were exposed....Getting relief from pain can be shocking
...al Functional Electrical Stimulation Society, just released findings from a series of new studies that reveals a successful new way to apply electrical fields to the spinal cord for pain relief. These studies review a new spinal cord stimulation system recently approved by the FDA for chronic pain. Half of al...New report highlights lack of minorities in medicine
... throughout Massachusetts' physician workforce was released today by the Physician Diversity Project at Health Care For All. The report, "Physician Diversity in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Where Are We? What Can Be Done?", analyzes physician diversity within the state by examining the roles of medica...Lower risk of death for patients who see the same doctor after hospital treatment
...zation, rather than another physician, after being released from their stay. According to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, "Patients were significantly less likely to die or be readmitted if they were seen in follow-up by a hospital physician rather than a community physician or ...Parental control of media influences behavior
...same data is currently being completed and will be released next year. Co-authors of the study in addition to Sargent and Beach are Madeline A. Dalton, PhD; Linda Titus Ernstoff, PhD; Jennifer J. Gibson, MA; Jennifer J. Tickle, PhD; and Todd Heatherton, PhD. A professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical Sc...Texas Children's Hospital jumps up in list of 'America's Best'
...ews & World Report "America's Best Hospitals" list released today. The hospital also was ranked the best pediatric hospital in the South and Southwest by the magazine. In addition, Texas Children's reputational score rose to 18 percent, up from last year's score of 13.9 percent. A hospital's reputational sco...New Yorkers' health will be affected by climate change, new study shows
... be sicker as a result, according to a study to be released at an event on June 25th hosted by the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health. The study, involving three years of research by Columbia's New York Climate and Health Project (NYCHP), investigated the hea...Eye drops may delay or prevent glaucoma in African Americans at higher risk
...nt Study (OHTS), are a followup to initial results released two years ago. In those findings, researchers discovered that treating people with elevated eye pressure could delay or prevent the onset of glaucoma. At that time, results for the subgroup of African Americans trended in the same direction, but were...Patients not sticking to cholesterol drugs -- and the higher their co-pay, the lower their use
..." The new paper dovetails with a recently released study by the RAND Corporation that showed use of several groups of drugs, including anti-cholesterol medications, dropped when co-pays were raised. The RAND researchers, whose paper appeared in the May 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical ...Generics slow rising cost of prescription drugs in 2003
...nnounced in the company's annual Drug Trend Report released today at the Express Scripts Outcomes Conference. Facing generic competition by the end of 2008 are branded pharmaceutical products accounting for more than $38 billion in sales last year, resulting in significant savings for plan sponsors...Latest results from international islet transplant study confirm potential patient benefits
...(June 6, 2004) The Immune Tolerance Network today released updated results from its multicenter clinical trial of the Edmonton Protocol for islet transplantation. The results provide further confirmation that transplantation of pancreatic islet cells can safely and effectively eliminate the need for daily in...Childproof packaging new designs could save lives
...e': a tube with an internal catch that can only be released by an adult-length finger. Patents have been filed and the team now aim to grant manufacturing licences to commercial organisations. Pauline King of the Faraday Packaging Partnership says: "Our objective is to enable these more practical, safer...Long Island Breast Cancer Study data: Aspirin helps protect some women against breast cancer
...n that cancer. First results of the investigation, released in 2002, showed that exposure to air-polluting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment appeared to boost women's risk of breast cancer by a modest 50 percent in Suffolk and Nassau counties, N.Y. It uncovered no increased rate of th...U of MN establishes nation's first endowed chair in sexual health
...horeham Hotel in Washington, D.C. In 2001, Satcher released The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior. Also participating in today's conference is Eli Coleman, Ph.D., director of the University's Program in Human Sexuality in the Medical School's department ...Government psoriasis research funding down over last decade while NIH budget up 148%
...udget increases, the National Psoriasis Foundation released its 2004 legislative agenda today as its members gathered in Washington, DC to meet with Congressional offices. The top policy goal of the Psoriasis Foundation will be to secure additional funding for psoriasis research. Over the last decade, as NIH...APA poll: Most Americans have sought mental health treatment but cost, insurance still barriers
...age as barriers according to national poll results released today by the American Psychological Association (APA). The poll also shows that stigma about seeking mental health treatment is increasingly less of a barrier to getting treatment. Nearly half (48%) of American households have had someone see a men...Prostate cancer marker could lead to earlier diagnosis say Univ. of Pittsburgh researchers
...eat needle biopsies. PSA, a substance in the blood released by the prostate gland, is commonly used to check for signs of prostate cancer and other prostate problems. Results are published in abstract 640 of the AUA proceedings. "One of the problems with testing for levels of PSA as an indicator of prostate c...Researchers define mechanism that enables stem cells to track migrating brain tumor cells
...CR4. Chemokines are proteins that are produced and released by a variety of types of cells. Like chemical magnets, in a sense, they attract cells that have compatible receptors on their surfaces. When the proteins bind at the receptors, they activate internal signaling pathways that cause a cell to behave in ...Gene mutations predict which lung cancers will respond to Iressa
... May 20 New England Journal of Medicine, are being released online today to coincide with the online release by Science of related research from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. "This discovery will help us significantly improve the treatment of many lung cancer patients and is also an important next step in th......e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study that showed that deaths due to obesity will soon overtake tobacco as the leading cause of death. Overweight and obesity are key risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes. The campaign was launched during National Minority Health Month at S...