Gender gap for lung cancer rates narrowing
...urnal of the American College of Chest Physicians, shows that, in addition to the unequal incidence of lung cancer in men and women, there are other gender-linked differences, including subtype of lung cancer and survival rate. "Traditionally, lung cancer has been viewed as a disease of older male smoke...Stroke warning signs often occur hours or days before attack
...ck (TIA), a "warning stroke" or "mini-stroke" that shows symptoms similar to a stroke, typically lasts less than five minutes, and does not injure the brain. The study examined 2,416 people who had experienced an ischemic stroke. In 549 patients, TIAs were experienced prior to the ischemic stroke and in mo...Severe injuries on the rise among children and adolescents riding motorbikes
...pital Medical Center study. In addition, the study shows that children often ride motorbikes on public roads and, most of the time, without wearing helmets, leading to significantly increased severity of injury. The study, published in the March issue of Pediatrics, concludes that children should not oper...Implanted devices detect high-risk heart failure patients
..., chief of electrophsysiology at Duke. "This study shows that changes in heart rate variability just might be better in picking out those people at highest risk." In their analysis of 1,411 heart failure patients who received the CRT-D device, the researchers found a strong correlation between the heart ra...Tobacco industry pays scientists to challenge secondhand smoke's link to infant death risk
...documents. Analysis of the Philip Morris documents shows that the company sought and paid an author to writ...try signed the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998 shows that the industry continues to use its 50-year old strategies to sow confusion about the real danger...Common schizophrenia symptoms often overlooked by physicians, according to expert panel
...ecome a problem with some medications. The survey shows that more than 75 percent of patients on antipsychotic medications gain weight and of those who said they gained weight, the average weight gain is 52 pounds. Fortunately, at least two of the newer medications are not associated with weight gain. T...Curious female rats survive tumors longer
...at her study of 80 female rats from birth to death shows that the curious ones with tumors lived, on average, an additional six months, or 25 percent longer lives, than the cautious ones. "It's difficult to extrapolate from rats to people, she notes.However, there have been studies that show that shy elder...Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
...hildren the fusiform "is fundamentally normal" and shows only stunted activity because over-aroused amygdalas make autistic children want to look away, says senior author Richard Davidson, a UW-Madison psychiatry and psychology professor who has earned international recognition for his work on the neural u...Jefferson Lab medical imager spots breast cancer
...hed in the February issue of the journal Radiology shows that a positron emission mammography (PEM) device designed and built by the Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab scientists is capable of imaging breast cancer tumors. In the pilot study, conducted by Duke University Medical Center researchers, the u...CAD detects breast cancers that are most challenging to detect
...ghlighting those areas," said Dr. Brem. This study shows that CAD can help in the most difficult-to-detect cases. CAD prompts the radiologist to re-examine the films, and the radiologist decides whether "true areas of concern are present at the highlighted locations before making the final diagnosis," she ...School-based smoking prevention programs ineffective
...ue of the Journal of Adolescent Health. "Our study shows there is little evidence to suggest that existing school-based smoking prevention programs produce long-term reductions in smoking prevalence among youth," says the study's first author, Sarah Wiehe, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics, D...Telemedicine revolution is 'disappearing' from the NHS
...egrated in routine healthcare delivery." The study shows that patients and other users are rarely consulted in any meaningful way about development and implementation, and it is often assumed that the needs of NHS service providers and of patients are the same. Professor May said: "Instead of involvement, ...MRI proves useful in assessment of suspected breast cancer patients
... first time a prospective study has been done that shows that MRI (using a contrast agent) can work in a real life community setting - the setting in which most breast cancer patients are diagnosed and treated," said Jonathan I. Wiener, MD, lead author of the study. The study included 65 patients who had "...Study examines racial differences among children to environmental tobacco smoke exposure
...incinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study shows that African American children with asthma have significantly higher levels of cotinine -- a substance produced when the body breaks down nicotine -- even though these children's parents report lower exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, commonly ...Potential treatment for Fragile X Syndrome demonstrated in fruit fly model
..." states Jongens. A mouse model of Fragile X also shows symptoms similar to those of Fragile X patients. Studies outside of Penn using the mouse model have demonstrated that Fragile X patients have a tendency to break down synaptic connections (sites used for neuron to neuron communication) more readily t...Influenza vaccination programmes for children in USA and Canada based on little evidence
... our findings. Although a growing body of evidence shows effect of influenza on admissions and deaths of children, we recorded no convincing evidence that vaccines can reduce mortality, hospital admissions, serious complications and community transmission of influenza."...Elderly receiving inappropriate prescriptions from their doctor's office
...recently reported information from medical offices shows that prescriptions of these medications for elderly people has not decreased. "The use of potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly continues to be pervasive throughout the United States despite more than a decade of research and media co...Columbia study finds hemophilia therapy dramatically improves outcomes for bleeding stroke
...earchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia shows that recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) has the potential to be a significant advance in treating bleeding stroke (acute intracerebral hemorrhage or ICH). Published in the New England Journal of Medicine (Feb. 24 issue), the study found a r...A safer route to school makes children more likely to walk and bike, study shows
...tive Medicine, available online. Existing research shows that physical activity is important for healthy children and adults. And although three decades ago nearly half of American schoolchildren got to school via physically active modes, fewer than 15 percent do so today. "When the Safe Routes to Schools ...WASHINGTON, DC February 17, 2005 -- New research shows that a synthetic analogue of the active component of marijuana may reduce the inflammation and prevent the mental decline associated with Alzheimer's disease. "This research is not only a major step in our understanding [of] how the brain reacts to A...