New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
...programme in Mexico had somewhat similar aims with similarly encouraging results. Professor Marmot concluded: "International policies have not been pursued as if they had people's basic needs in mind. (.) Recognising the health effects of poverty is one thing. Taking action to relieve its effects entails a ri...Medicaid enrollment at late stages may partly explain poor outcomes for cancer
...hat Medicaid-supported breast cancer patients have similarly poor outcomes to uninsured patients. However, there is little research to explain the surprising lack of survival differences between Medicaid and uninsured patients. To further examine the contribution of Medicaid's policies in cancer outcome, Cathy...Study shows faces are processed like words
...ut. When faces were involved, the facial features similarly were spread apart. In this experiment, subjects found naming the letter and recognizing the type of lips to the dot's right far easier. In this case, Pelli notes, to recognize a word or face, each letter or facial feature must be isolated from the ...Studies underscore genetic involvement in nicotine addiction & aggressive hostility
... the 'genetic profile' of the smoker." The authors similarly determined that Chrna4 does not directly regulate alcohol intake because removal of Chrnb2, a gene whose protein partners with the Chrna4 protein, does not affect the relationship between Chrna4 and alcohol consumption. Therefore, Chrna4 may be asso...Training could remove racial bias from police reactions
...uspect. But in the later trails the officers were similarly conservative in their decision to fire at Black and White suspects. "Exposure to the program, in which the race of the suspect was unrelated to the presence of a weapon, eliminated racial bias," the authors state. In the simulation, images of White ...Is caesarean section linked to postnatal depression?
...livery. Among planned vaginal deliveries there was similarly little evidence of a difference between women who had an operative delivery and those who had spontaneous vaginal delivery. There is no reason for women with a history of depression or those at high risk of depression to be managed differently with r...Uric acid may help reduce effects of spinal cord injury, Jefferson researchers find
...n in the mice. "Raising uric acid levels in humans similarly to the rise we cause in the mouse should be sufficient to block peroxynitrite," Dr. Hooper says. "Our natural levels of uric acid are not sufficient. Moreover, someone with lower levels who has a spinal cord injury could definitely suffer greater dam...Special imaging study shows failing hearts are 'energy starved'
..., 17 patients with histories of heart failure were similarly tested to measure the CK flux. Results showed that CK flux in healthy hearts is adequate to supply energy to the heart over a fairly wide normal range of rest and stress conditions. However, in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure, there was...More studies on risks and benefits of COX-2 inhibitors published in Archives of Internal Medicine
...gs suggest that the risk of upper GI hemorrhage is similarly heighted in warfarin users treated with either selective COX-2 inhibitors or nonselective NSAIDs. physicians and pharmacists who care for elderly patients taking warfarin should be aware of the potential risks of concomitant therapy with NSAIDs or ...Program effective at reducing depression in teens
...adolescents than for adults, it is noteworthy that similarly designed quality improvement interventions are effective in youth, adults, and elderly persons," the authors write. "Despite increases in youth antidepressant use and primary care clinician prescriptions for antidepressant medications in the past de...Future of clinical medicine research is at risk, warns professor
...e been identified. The same techniques have shown similarly promising results in other lung diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease." Professor Greening's lecture is entitled: A Lung Physician: Lost in Translation? He adds: "The ability to conduct serious clinical research within ...New rights to access, but for most transparency is still as clear as mud
...s evidence to suggest that officials in the UK are similarly putting in place controls to ensure that ministers...and journalists. He says that commissioners should similarly give special rapid responses to complaints about delay or obstruction. Christopher Hood said: "Tran...Jefferson scientists find zinc may help prevent esophageal, oral cancers
...in zinc-deficient rats. Cellular proliferation was similarly increased.After giving zinc to the deficient rats, COX-2 expression was markedly reduced and the precancerous cellular proliferation was reversed.The rats lacking dietary zinc were also treated with COX-2 inhibitors, celecoxib (Celebrex) and indometh...Triple-drug therapy promising against African HIV subtype
...s (subtype B), the implication is that they may be similarly effective against the C subtype in developing countries as well. The authors, Edana Cassol and coworkers in Durban, South Africa and the United States, studied 49 patients with previously untreated HIV-1 infection, 21 of whom had pulmonary TB and 28 ...Few Americans are aware they have chronic kidney disease
...nificantly less aware of their illness compared to similarly affected men. The researchers determined actual kidney function from blood and urine tests and estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR), a measure of how well the kidneys are filtering waste from the blood. Lack of awareness may be due in part to ...Few Americans aware they have chronic kidney disease
...nificantly less aware of their illness compared to similarly affected men. Lack of awareness may be due in part to most doctors' sole reliance on a test that measures the blood level of a substance called creatinine. Unfortunately, the test is affected by muscle mass and other person-to-person variables. "Mo...Prevalence of obesity among immigrants increases with longer residency in US
...vely). "In summary, immigrants appear to assume a similarly high prevalence of obesity as U.S.-born adults with longer duration of residence. With the growing immigrant population in the United States, early clinician intervention on diet and physical activity may represent an important opportunity to prevent...Research by scientists affiliated with the Earth Institute at Columbia University
...enting high arsenic groundwater plumes at this and similarly affected landfill sites. Alison Keimowitz, Graduate Research Fellow, ark@ldeo.columbia.edu , 845-365-8793 ARSENIC VARIATION OVER TIME IN BANGLADESH AQUIFERS A team of Earth Institute researchers has been looking at the geology of shallow...Re-analysis of large trials shows greatest benefit of chemotherapy in ER-negative tumors
...ents by 56 percent. "The absolute benefit has been similarly impressive, especially in comparison with the corresponding absolute benefit of chemotherapy to ER-positive patients," he says. The studies, conducted by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) and the U.S. Breast Intergroup, all tested different ch...New stroke prevention therapy as effective as invasive surgery
...comparable rates of neurologic complications and a similarly low rate of restenosis, or re-narrowing of the artery after treatment. During the procedure, physicians insert a catheter through a hole in the femoral artery in the groin and thread it through to the carotid artery. A filter is opened over the ca...