High estrogen/progestin levels may reduce asthma severity, say Pittsburgh researchers
.... Haggerty said. According to the authors, certain subgroups of women may be more susceptible to hormone cycles. Testosterone, estrogen and progesterone may each independently affect pulmonary function to varying degrees. "A further understanding of the role of hormones in asthma may better predict exacerbatio...A milestone in colorectal cancer unveiled Avastin(TM) confers unprecedented survival advantage
...cal benefits were seen across all relevant patient subgroups in the population. (IFL Irinotecan + 5-fluorouracil + Leucovorin) 2 Am Soc Clin Oncol 2003;22 (Abstract 3646) "The results of this important study clearly demonstrate that blocking the blood supply to tumours has real potential to help the majo...Novelty-seeking teens more receptive to tobacco advertising, new study shows
...dvertising on youth, this study sought to identify subgroups of adolescents who have been most receptive to tobacco advertising and promotional activities," said lead author Janet Audrain, PhD, member of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and assistant professor in the Department of ...High doses of radiation found to be effective, with few side effects
... 3D-CRT and demonstrating improved outcomes in all subgroups of patients treated with high doses of radiation compared to lower conventional dose levels," said the study's lead author Michael Zelefsky, MD, Chief of MSKCC's Brachytherapy Service. "We observed that the radiation dose was one of the critical ingr...CREST study finds cilostazol reduces restenosis by almost 40 percent
...th diabetes and small blood vessels, two important subgroups that are inherently more difficult to treat," says Dr. Douglas. During angioplasty, the most commonly used procedure in the U.S. to treat potentially life-threatening coronary blockages, a balloon-tipped catheter pushes aside atherosclerotic plaqu...Environmental influences found to have role for development and function of the pain system
...After these stimuli, the responses of well-defined subgroups of spinal dorsal horn neurons were much enhanced (... and pattern of dorsal root stimulation, different subgroups of spinal projection neurons became sensitized. Other spinal neurons, with no direct projection to t...UCLA study looks at life after breast cancer
...ger women who survive breast cancer. Yet there are subgroups who may be at more risk for problems," said Dr. Patricia Ganz, director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and lead author of the study. "The youngest women report persistent energy loss and psychological...Beta-blocker or calcium antagonist-based therapies equally effective in treating hypertension
...CAD) have been discerned only from the analyses of subgroups in large trials. Carl J. Pepine, M.D., of the University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Fla., and colleagues designed a randomized trial, the International Verapamil-Trandolapril Study (INVEST), to compare outcomes in older hypertensiv...Major advance in chemotherapy in breast cancer
...AC. The study was designed to perform analyses on subgroups of women based on hormonal receptor status (hormone-receptor-positive or hormone-receptor-negative tumors) and nodal involvement (one-to-three or four-plus axillary lymph nodes). Tumor samples were prospectively collected for 95 percent of the patie...Drug-coated stents effective in 'real world' patients
...einterventions were similar across very different subgroups of patients," Serruys said. "The effect was the same in long lesions and short lesions, in small vessels, and in all kinds of anatomic settings." The study included 508 patients with previously untreated blocked arteries who were treated with sirol...Active smoking associated with increased risk of breast cancer
...d not been exposed to passive smoking. Analysis of subgroups of active smokers revealed increased breast cancer risks among women who started smoking before age 20, who began smoking at least 5 years before their first full-term pregnancy, and who had a longer duration of smoking or who smoked 20 or more cigar...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February 2004 (first issue)
...ociations for the three antioxidants were found in subgroups of young people exposed to passive smoke. The researchers studied data from 6,153 young persons from 4 to 16 years old who were a part of the Third National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHAMES III). A household youth questionnaire, answered usually...Hawaii community focus groups determine priorities for oral health research
...l health, which is known to exist among population subgroups in Hawaii....Vitamins good for some older women/bad for others
... Diabetes Care. "This study says that you can find subgroups of people who actually might benefit and subgroups which will actually be harmed by antioxidant vitamins, so it is important to know which haptoglobin ...Schizophrenia patients don't take medications regularly
...gencies and providers. They also suggest targeting subgroups for specific improvement strategies to protect high-risk patients with schizophrenia," the investigators said in their study. ...For foster children, unstable placements have higher healthcare costs
...rs to better target scarce healthcare resources to subgroups of children most in need of services, such as those in their first year of placement. "A child with medical problems, developmental problems, or mental health problems is more likely to drift from placement to placement and spend considerable time in...Blood pressure for children and adolescents on the rise
...ases in blood pressure levels were observed in all subgroups for diastolic blood pressure and in most subgroups for systolic blood pressure (non-Hispanic blacks, Mexican-Americans, boys, girls, and those aged 8 t...GI health affected by consumption of coffee and carbonated drinks
...ine intake. The correlation was consistent across subgroups when defined by individual risk factors for liver injury, as well as when applied to persons without impaired liver function. "There is surprisingly little evidence-based information on the influence of diet and nutrition on the course and severity ...Approach of holidays has no effect on time of death
...y Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese. Only one or two subgroups showed any significant variation from pure chance, and then only by pushing the day of the festival into the "after-the-festival" category. But thinking of the festival day as falling after the festival makes no sense, Smith says, because the central......betes. When the groups were divided into five-year subgroups by age, mortality was higher among the diabetics in each subgroup, a pattern that continued through those over 85. When separated by race and ethnicity, the results showed that diabetes increased the risk of death by about 60 percent in African-Ameri...