UPMC Study Shows What May Be The Most Effective Treatment For Depressed Elderly
...t a combination of medication and psychotherapy is significantly moreeffective than medication or psychotherapy alone and that continued treatmentcan significantly reduce the risk of recurrence. The study, in today's Journal of the American Medical Associa...Factors Other Than Race Explain Whether Men In Study Had Health Insurance And Received Health Care
...nt of theblack men had, even though black men were significantly more likely to havedental insurance. SINCE THE DATA DID NOT REVEAL WHETHER WHITE MEN SOUGHT CARE TOO OFTEN ORBLACK MEN SOUGHT CARE TOO RARELY, THE AUTHORS COULD ONLY GUESS WHETHER WHITE ANDBLACK MEN PERCEIVED THE SEVERITY OF THEIR ILLNESS DIF...Statistician Keeps Health Researchers Ahead Of The Curve
...s were deficient invitamin A during pregnancy grew significantly slower than their counterparts,regardless of gender, throughout their first year of life. Not surprisingly, theanalysis also showed that children who contracted HIV from their mothers atbirth grew more slowly than those who did not. Wu has successf...An Ergonomically Redesigned Analgesia Delivery Device Proves Safer And More Efficient
...monstrate that the incidence of human error can be significantly reduced through a human factors approach to interf...n this study is that human factors engineering can significantly improve the safety, efficiency, and ease of use of medical devices. A commonly used medical device, ...Study Finds Olestra Chips Don't Generate Gastrointestinal Woes
...ype of chips people thought they were eating had a significantly greater effecton symptoms they reported than did the chips themselves. "The bottom line here was that meaningful gastrointestinal effects werenot associated with eating olestra corn or potato chips," Sandler said. "Thereis evidence from other...Promising Bone Cancer Therapy Advances To Next Level
...involving 47 patients, we showed that ittotally or significantly eased the pain of more than 75 percent of patients,relief that lasted for up to a year and produced no side effects," saidBrookhaven scientist Suresh Srivastava, co-developer of the therapy. Srivastava presented those findings and an outlook...Ablatherm: An Ultrasound Device For Prostate Cancer Therapy
... residual cancercells, and the mean PSA level fell significantly then stabilized ). 12 patients had a partial response to treatment: residual cancer cells weredetected in 9 patients although their mean PSA level had normalized, while theother 3 patients had no residual cancer cells but a slightly elevated PSA lev...Interleukin-2 Boosts Cancer Vaccine Effectiveness In Mice
...in tumor sizeafter combination treatment and lived significantly longer than mice receivingeither the vaccine or IL-2 alone. While other researchers are experimenting with tumor vaccines made from singletumor peptides mixed with dendritic cells, Mulé and his colleagues use wholetumors called lysates---tumor...Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation May Offer Dramatic Short-Term Relief For Chronic Back Pain
...t, physical activity and quality of sleep, PENSwas significantly more effective in decreasing pain scores after each treatmentthan the other methods. Following a series of 12 PENS treatments, patients alsoreported increased physical activity and improved sleep. The primary goal was to improve the quality of life f...More Evidence Of Possible Adverse Effects From New Hormone Use In Women With Heart Disease
...n almost a year. That rate of hospitalization was significantly higher than for women who had never used hormones...This difference in rates of unstable angina was significantly higher in this group, compared to the other women, and they also had significantly more angioplas...... served as controls. Photodetection showed significantly more fluorescence in the cheek-pouchlesions exposed to hydrogen peroxide than in lesions not exposed. Thesefindings suggest that this common bleaching agent may be a cancer promoter, Boydsaid. He noted that a definitive answer is expected with the ......nd C, a-carotene and b-crytoxanthin also increased significantly the risk ofgum disease. The only antioxidant studied in which low levels were protectivewas lutein; Grossi said the mechanism for this relationship remains unclear. "Clearly, low levels of most antioxidants are a risk factor forperiodontal disease a...Study Shows Hormone Replacement Therapy Does Not Elevate Breast Cancer Risk
...er that estrogen replacement therapy (ERT)does not significantly elevate the risk of breast cancer in women with historiesof benign breast disease. ERT relieves most of the symptoms of menopause and there is compelling evidencethat it protects against coronary heart disease and osteoporosis. Long-term ERT, howeve...UI Study Finds Social Support May Increase Longevity Of People With Schizophrenia
... admission. "We found that the quantity of support significantly predicted the longevity ofthe patients," Christensen said. "The frequency of daily interactions withsupport providers or confidants seemed to make a difference in these people'slives." Other studies have shown that social support contributes favorabl...Office Stress, Large Family Responsibilities Put Women At Risk
....) The researchers found that two or more children significantly contributed toincreased blood pressure, but one child did not. The proportion of houseworkperformed by the women in combination with the volume of housework they did hada significant effect on their blood pressure. The research was supported by grant...News Tips Friday, March 26, 1999
...for totalcholesterol to change with age and differ significantly by gender and race. What is normal for a three-year-old black female may be significantly lower orhigher than what is normal for a 12-year-old white male. The scientists callfor using age, ...Hardening Of The Aorta Increases The Risk Of Stroke
...d in the years after their surgery, the rates were significantly higher inthose with the most advanced atherosclerosis. In patients with normal aortas ormild atherosclerosis, about 4 percent suffered strokes or brief, stroke-like events called transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) in the three years aftersurgery. Som...Tip Sheet: Think About Your Health In April
.... People who give up smoking and startexercising, significantly increase their chances of living longer and livingbetter. For example, a 1989 Kaplan study showed that elderly smokers had a 76percent increased risk of death compared with those who never smoked. Kaplanhas also showed that men and women 60 years o...Rice, Medical Center Institutions Join Forces On Health Initiative
...dicalintervention far earlier in the process could significantly reduce the number ofpeople who become seriously ill." Dr. M. David Low, president of the University of Texas--Houston HealthScience Center, said, "Several years ago I began working on introducing aprogram on the social determinants of health....Study Finds Combining Exercise With Male Hormone Therapy Benefits Men With HIV-Wasting Disease
...n who suffer from HIV-wasting syndrome can benefit significantly from acombination of exercise and regular, moderate doses of male hormones, accordingto a new clinical study led by a University of California San Franciscoresearcher. The study team found the combined therapy produced an increase in lean-body massa...