Environmental and dietary influences on cancer risk
... prevention." The populations were selected to represent the range of environmental exposure to air pollutants worldwide and, in the case of the World Trade Center study, to learn about possible risks from that unprecedented event. Available air monitoring data from the three cities indicate that the aver...Studies compare hysterectomy vs. other medical treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding
...al trials by Kuppermann et al and Hurskainen et al represent important efforts to place a common surgical procedure on firmer, evidence-based grounds." "One fairly consistent finding in the two investigations is the proportion of women in the control group who, for whatever reason, had hysterectomies (42 perce...New computer-aided approach tailors drug dose to patient needs
...er 15 days. "The key problem to solve was how to represent the data so that it included all of the patient's characteristics along with the concentrations of drug and platelet aggregation which change over time and to use a fast back propagation neural network designed for this application," Urquidi-Macdonal...Two better than one where lowering blood pressure is concerned
...d in summary form in the BMJ today (12 March), and represent best practice in treating UK patients for hypertension. People with a blood pressure higher than 140/90 (mm Hg) are classified as having high blood pressure or hypertension. Some 42 per cent of people in the UK aged between 35 and 64 are estimated to...Progenitor cells predict heart disease severity
...lationship, if confirmed by ongoing studies, could represent an important new diagnostic and therapeutic target for the treatment of coronary artery disease, they said. These endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) are produced in the bone marrow, and one of their roles is to repair damage to the lining of blood ve...Studies led by Mount Sinai researchers reinforces potential benefits of new stroke-prevention drug
...ators at Mount Sinai School of Medicine last year, represent the largest study program to date for stroke prevention in patients with AF. SPORTIF III (open-label) and V (double-blind) demonstrated that fixed oral-dose ximelagatran (36 mg twice daily) with no coagulation monitoring is as effective as well-cont...State-required continuing medical education does not affect heart attack care
...dications, including generic therapies that do not represent marketing opportunities." The researchers said that during the period of data collection, the medications most commonly being heavily marketed were thrombolytics. Unlike the older medications such as aspirin and beta blockers, these "branded" thr...Study suggests better use of web could improve infectious disease reporting
...n and where to report infectious diseases that may represent outbreaks or bioterrorism-related events, according to a study by Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Pennsylvania Department of Health researchers. "Because nearly 80 percent of U.S. physicians use the Web, we feel it offers public healt...Racial, economic gaps in kids' eye care seen in four new studies
...with information on 22,953 individuals selected to represent the national population, with oversampling of racial and ethnic minorities to allow for better statistical power. In this population, almost 24 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 18 had corrective lenses, which correlates to 25 percent of...High blood pressure in the lungs a major risk for death in adults with sickle cell disease
...n. The co-authors agree that this study's findings represent an opportunity to address a major cause of disability and death in the adult sickle cell disease population--pulmonary hypertension. They believe the research data supports universal screening of individuals with sickle cell disease for this conditio...Media invitation - European Society of Cardiology Congress 2004
...on as soon as possible, so that you can be sure to represent your publication at this major international medical event. Full press facilities will be available on-site, including a press working room, press conference room, press interview room and extensive press materials. Press ID must be presented upo...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February 2004 (first issue)
...ity improvements. They believe that their results represent an advance in the treatment of patients with CHF. The study appears in the first issue for February 2004 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine....Predicting risk of poor outcomes in patients with heart disease using certain biomarker
...spital discharge." "In summary, PlGF plasma levels represent a potentially powerful clinical biomarker of vascular inflammation and adverse outcome in patients with ACS. Measuring PlGF levels may extend the predictive and prognostic information gained from traditional inflammatory markers in patients with ACS....Ecstasy affects memory, new international study shows
...erable to a myriad of memory afflictions which may represent a 'time bomb' of cognitive problems for later life. Results of the study are published in the current edition of the Journal of Psychopharmacology. Use of ecstasy, otherwise known as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, is on the increase, wi...Urban areas organized in well developed partnering 'markets'
...ng there. "These communities were chosen to represent various points along a continuum of perceived cohesiveness and insularity as well as to provide samples of different racial, ethnic and sexual orientation populations," the authors wrote. The sexual markets are important means for people to organize ...Cedars-Sinai researchers identify a gene that causes insulin resistance in Mexican Americans
...ons (polymorphisms) in the gene because haplotypes represent the majority of common variation passed down in families, encompassing sections of the gene that have remained unbroken by evolution over time. Consequently, haplotypes are more likely to identify disease associations than single gene variations. A...Texas A&M scientists clone world's first deer
...ocess more efficient." White-tailed deer represent the most abundant, wide-spread big game animal in North America. They are popular game animals and are prized for their meat and antlers. Deer farming to produce meat and antlers is common in many parts of the world, including Texas. When breeding ...EUROCARE3 publishes new childhood cancer survival figures
... countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland, represent a gold standard for the treatment of children's cancer. They have survival rates to which all European countries that devote similar resources and have comparable health systems can aspire, according to research published today (18 December 2003) in ...Medication provides effective treatment for moderate to severe psoriasis
...rites that the new treatments including efalizumab represent a promising step in the development of effective and safe treatments for psoriasis. "Given the lower clinical response rates, higher cost, and unknown long-term risks relative to established therapies, these new agents are best reserved for patients...2nd opinion from major center leads to better breast cancer detection, treatment changes
...st cancer in the opposite breast. The ten patients represent 7 percent of the entire study group, giving the consulting radiologists a 7 percent incremental cancer detection rate over the patients' original physicians. In all, 42 percent of recommended biopsies showed malignancy, which is similar to the posit...