Childhood Sex Abuse Impacts Adult Relationships
...ho were sexually abused as children also show more signs of post-traumatic stress disorder than other college women, particularly if they had less secure and responsive relationships with their mothers or primary caregivers during childhood. "In other words, our findings suggest that how sexual abuse affec...Psychiatric Symptoms May Signal Brain Damage From Diet Pills
... study reviewed, monkeys' brains continued to show signs of damage 17 months after taking a course of the drug. Much like the branches of a tree, neurons contain extensions called axons that transport messenger chemicals like serotonin and form synapses -- connections with other neurons. Fenfluramines......cantly improve people's knowledge of strokewarning signs and, in the process, found that women were more ap...stion asking people if they could name any warning signs forstroke. Researchers found that 43 percent of those surveyed could not name onewarning si......therapy protocol and werefollowed very closely for signs and symptoms of lung toxicity. Patients inpublished IPS studies received mostly allogeneic transplants and received a widevariety of chemotherapy protocols with variable follow-up. Folz said that age, baseline pulmonary functions and smok...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
...J., Jauch, E. Public perception of stroke warning signs andknowledge of potential risk factors. Journal of the American MedicalAssociation, Vol. 279, No. 16, April 22/29, 1998, pp. 1288-1292....Earliest Warning Sign Indicates Need To Test For Condition Associated With Fetal Deaths
...esence of at least three of several known clinical signs of chorioamnionitis before ordering a test for the...hat the presence of only one of the known clinical signs is sufficient reason to conduct a diagnostic test for the condition, which they found present in nea......prostate specific antigen)whose biopsies showed no signs of prostate cancer. PSA is a protein producedonly by prostate cells that doctors use as a broad, though fallible, screen forprostate cancer. Because all of the men in this study had elevated PSA levels,they were considered to have a higher risk of de......ing to the American Heart Association, the warning signs of heart attackare: uncomfortable pressure; fullne...ating; nausea; orshortness of breath. Less common signs are stomach or abdominal pain; dizziness; difficultybreathing; unexplained anxiety; weakness or fati...New approach supercharges immunotherapy
...plex anddifficult treatment regimen, all the early signs suggest that it can be auniquely effective one." The treatment is based on recent recognition of the importance of"co-stimulation" in triggering an immune response. Previous efforts to activatethe immune system have relied on stimulation of a single ...Millions Of Americans With Glaucoma Could Save Sight With Early Detection, Treatment
...of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, who recognized the signs ofadvanced glaucoma in Vesta's left eye. Dr. Berli...e exam is suggested every two years to monitor for signs of open-angleglaucoma, which tends to develop after age 40. "Evaluating patients for signs of glauco...Improved Medications Can Nip Allergy Season In The Bud
...re of the medications available to help manage the signs and symptoms ofallergy season, he stressed....National Pilot Study To Test Whether Soy Can Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk
...SA level and the size of the prostate -- and other signs of prostate cancerrisk. They'll also be measuring the effect of the soy protein on bloodpressure, hormone levels, levels of cholesterol and lipoproteins, such as highdensity lipoproteins (HDL) and low density lipoproteins (LDL), the good and badchole...Brain Activity Differs In Introverts And Extroverts, UI Study Shows
...alblood flow and personality found more conclusive signs of different brainactivity in introverts and extroverts. This is the first study to reveal the connections between activity of thethalamus and introversion and extroversion, said Debra L. Johnson, Ph.D., UIassistant research scientist in psychology ......hours or more time on line in sexual pursuits show signs ofpsychological distress and admit that their behavior interferes with some areasof their lives. Time spent on line for sexual pursuits may be an indicator ofother problems that exist in users' lives, or may even create furtherdependence, according t...Hardening Of The Aorta Increases The Risk Of Stroke
...ore than half of the patients in this study had no signs ofatherosclerosis. About 24 percent had mild disease, while 13 percent wereclassified as moderate. The remaining 5 percent had severe atherosclerosis inthe aorta. "When I went to medical school, we were taught that the aorta was prettymuch s...Psychologist Detects Brain-Activity Changes In Maltreated Kids
MADISON - Learning to spot signs of anger early, before they lead to trouble,becomes a finely honed survival skill for children who have suffered severeabuse. A new study by a University of Wisconsin-Madison psychologist suggests that thissurvival skill may actually trigger biologi...UI Researcher Determines Vital Sign Norms For Cesarean Section Procedure
... and Duke researchers sought toestablish how vital signs changed during such deliveries. The investigators ... the first to look at how anesthetics affect vital signs during a surgicalprocedure. Because anesthetics are safe, nobody had felt the need to establishsurge......ree and a halfyears. Clinical findings showed no signs of stress-shielding or late loosening --loosening of the implant after one year with the implant. X-ray examinations inthese cases showed bone growth and development around the implant as early asfive months, said the researchers. In addition, X-ra...'Silent' HIV Infection Lasts A Lifetime
...ad undetectable levels of HIV in theirblood and no signs of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). "The good news is that patients who comply with their therapy are ableto keep the virus suppressed for long periods," says Joel Gallant, M.D., whodirects the Moore Clinic. "We have assumed that t...Growth-Hormone Deficient Babies Are Normal Length At Birth, UB Study Finds
...y said. Babies who are hypoglycemic, orshow other signs that something is wrong, are tested further. All 46 infants inthis study required treatment for deficiencies in pituitary hormones. Babies whowere hypoglycemic received early growth-hormone treatment, but their growthpatterns were not different from...