Hormone therapy increases risk of urinary incontinence
...n the 1-year incidence and severity of symptoms of stress (incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressur...re continent at baseline. The risk was highest for stress UI (1.87-fold increased risk with CEE + MPA; CEE alone, 2.15-fold increased risk), followed by mixed...Treatment guidelines for kids with bipolar disorder published
...ation, psychotherapy and lifestyle changes such as stress reduction, regular sleep, accommodations at school, and avoidance of caffeine, alcohol, and drugs of abuse. "The sections on the treatment of comorbid psychiatric disorders are very helpful because having two or more disorders at the same time is ...Mayo Clinic researcher calls for improved newborn screening
...n or a blood sample, is to prevent the anxiety and stress that families would experience until the initial screening results on their infants are shown to be false. Dr. Rinaldo told conference attendees that Mayo Clinic cooperated with the Minnesota Department of Health to develop a secondary analysis of th...Unemployed women at higher risk for cardiovascular disease
...rmising that the unemployed women have more social stress in response to being laid off and not being able t...tion such as screening for high blood pressure and stress reduction programs. That may be one protective factor for employed women." The findings differed si...Breast cancer treatment reduces risk of heart disease
...risk of having a heart attack or symptoms of heart stress such as angina, according to a new study. The study, published in the March 15, 2005 issue of CANCER ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com/cancer-newsroom ), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, finds the benefit becomes pronounced w...'Broken heart' syndrome: Real, potentially deadly but recovery quick
...ohns Hopkins have discovered that sudden emotional stress can also result in severe but reversible heart mus...eart attack. Patients with this condition, called stress cardiomyopathy but known colloquially as "broken heart" syndrome, are often misdiagnosed with a mass...PCBs, fungicide open brain cells to Parkinson's assault
...icals, which leads to a process known as oxidative stress (OS). Oxidative stress is thought to be one of the main causes of cell degeneration. Normally, antioxidants can balance the...Sex hormone metabolite reduces stress, anxiety in female rats
...eptide hormone that plays an important role in the stress response in animals. The finding, which was repo...ustic startle response" in this test used to gauge stress and anxiety, a phenomenon called CRF-enhanced startle. In the first experiment, the scientists compa...African-Americans may need more medication to control asthma
...ion of other controller medications." Researchers stress that although glucocorticoids are taken for many other conditions, including rheumatologic and gastrointestinal problems, it is premature to imply that African-Americans will need to increase medication doses to effectively treat these conditions. Re...Effects of autism reach beyond language, new research suggests
...make it easier to recall memorized facts, but that stress also makes it tough to solve more complex problems...exam, when things were less hectic. While pre-exam stress helped students accurately recall a list of memorized numbers, they did less well on the tests that ...Special imaging study shows failing hearts are 'energy starved'
... CK flux at rest and with pharmaceutically induced stress to determine whether increased energy demand during stress increases the rate of ATP synthesis through CK. Then, 17 patients with histories of heart failure ...Cardiac imaging is underused in women to diagnose disease
...YORK CITY, Feb. 1 Cardiac imaging methods such as stress single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and stress echocardiography work as well in women as in men to accurately diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD...Generation gap found in chronic pain
...rns, and symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder that can result from painful medical cond...ger people, who may be dealing with job and family stress in addition to their pain, may experience more negative effects," she continues. "They may also have...Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may increase HIV risk
...Their study related disadvantaged neighborhoods to stress and stress to increased injection drug use in male study participants. This is the first empirical study that i...Sildenafil effectively treats enlarged hearts, mouse study shows
...t, is active when the heart is exposed to pressure stress and hypertrophied. The results provide some of th...d. Initially, these mice were exposed to pressure stress for seven to 10 days, with hearts developing fibrosis and muscle growth by nearly 65 percent. After...Rebuilding wounded veterans: Annual review of limb loss & prosthetics research
...lity and structural integrity of monolimbs and the stress distribution at the prosthetic socket-residual limb interface. The data revealed that stress is reduced at the socket-limb interface when a more flexible shank is used, providing a more comfort...Researchers hope monkeys can provide new insights into depression
...cation and income. Some female monkeys face social stress that is similar to the stress that humans with low socioeconomic status experience. In some cases, these monkeys were also more pr...Yale cardiovascular researcher named Bayer Fellow 2004-05
...g heart. He also studies the role of the metabolic stress protein, AMP-activated protein kinase, and mitocho... acid metabolism, and protection against oxidative stress and cell death. Russel's clinical interests include cardiac stress testing and nuclear imaging. He...Heart patients treated by non-cardiologists less likely to receive medications
...lear medicine tests, cardiac catheterizations, and stress tests, without significantly increasing a patient's length of stay. Study authors urge patients to take an active role in their treatment and ask about available medications. "Furthermore, patients or their family members should ask to speak to the ......eful for further advancement in the technology but stress the need for commitment from leaders in the field in addition to "adequate reimbursement."...