Massive weight loss patients create mass appeal for body contouring procedures
...he demand for body contouring surgery, and I think this can be explained by the rapidly increasing numbers...cott Spear, MD, ASPS president. "At the same time, this new group of patients has served as a catalyst for surgeons to create surgical techniques that can n...Research suggests possible blood test for multiple sclerosis
...he healthy participants had a mean age of 28. "In this preliminary investigation, we found a distinct pattern in the MS group that revealed the existence of three markers for the disease," said Avasarala, a neurologist. "This suggests the potential for developing a blood test that could allow us to ident...'Chemistry and Flavor of Hispanic Foods' one-day symposium, March 15
...res throughout the country. The trend is fueled by this country's fast-growing Hispanic population and its... studies, may help prevent oral cancer. A paper on this research appears in the current print issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , a p...Compound may help prevent diabetes in fast-food fans
...ly to provide texture, but the researchers believe this is the first study to demonstrate its potential as... defense against diabetes, which is on the rise in this country, the researchers say. If the findings prove true in human studies, it could benefit young pe...Community-based care beats standard clinic in lowering heart
...y not be the answer for eliminating disparities in this population," she said. The study included 364 people who had brothers or sisters with a history of premature coronary disease (before age 60), placing the study group at high risk for heart disease themselves. Participants, on average, were 49 years...Chemists identify immune system mechanism for methamphetamine binges
...ional Institute on Drug Abuse provided funding for this study. In addition to Janda and Dickerson, other study co-authors include Noboru Yamamoto and Diana Ruiz, also of Scripps. The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the U.S. Congress, with a multidisciplinary membership ...Cardiologists underestimate racial and ethnic disparities in care
...ies. Several organizations have been spotlighting this issue. A report from the Henry J. Kaiser Family F...mmit in 2003, the results of which are reported in this issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Encouraging physicians to examine...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
...f heart catheterization between blacks and whites, this study takes a closer look at a wide range of recom...logy joint guidelines recommend that patients with this syndrome undergo early heart catheterization and, if indicated, either angioplasty or bypass surgery...Minorities, poor, uneducated bear the burden
...10 national public health agenda, Mensah said. In this study, CDC researchers examined the most recently available population-based data on disparities in cardiovascular disease and its related risk factors. Researchers reviewed the results from three major studies: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance ...Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...tations. "Significant cultural diversity exists in this country and cultural awareness, more precisely ter...ng ethnic populations. "There are some articles in this issue in Circulation that underscore another aspect of the problem," Bonow said. "Many health care ...Health care report cards may increase racial/ethnic disparities in bypass operations
...ng care for additional health problems." "Although this increase in disparities appears to be transient, it took nine years after report cards were established for the differences in CABG use in blacks, Hispanics, and whites to return to where they were before the first report card's release," Werner said...Vitamin E may not prevent cancer or cardiovascular events, but may increase risk for heart failure
...sk of heart failure, which is of concern. Although this adverse effect of vitamin E was unexpected and cannot be confirmed at this time by other trials, our data are internally consistent. Therefore, a meta-analysis of heart failur...Drug therapy may be comparable to invasive cardiac procedures for elderly patients with heart attack
... the authors write. "Much of the effort to reduce this high mortality rate has focused on invasive diagno...atments to lower-risk than higher-risk patients in this population, despite evidence demonstrating that these treatments are associated with greater absolut...Risk of cardiac death after radiotherapy for breast cancer has declined, study finds
...ly eliminated cannot be determined definitely from this study. Continued follow-up of the women diagnosed ...ated in the late 1980s will be necessary to answer this question," the authors write. In an editorial, Jack Cuzick, Ph.D., of Cancer Research U.K. in London...Antiretroviral therapy may prevent excess risk of some cancers in people with HIV
...ects of the use of HAART and behavioral factors on this cancer risk, Gary M. Clifford, Ph.D., of the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, and colleagues analyzed data from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study and Swiss cancer registries on more than 7,300 people infected with HIV. People wit...Study shows risk of cardiac death after radiation for breast cancer has dramatically decreased
...le sparing healthy tissue." Giordano believes that this study will encourage patients in need of radiation therapy for breast cancer to proceed with treatment without fear. "A substantial number of women, especially those who are older, don't get radiation when they should - for example after a lumpectomy...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (second issue)
...pproximately 15 percent of all ICU infections. In this study, 10 percent of the study population had documented ICU-associated bloodstream infections during their ICU stay. Of the 269 patients with documented bloodstream infections, 140 (56 percent) died in the hospital. Cirrhosis of the liver and admi...Mayo Clinic discovers 'new pathway' against pancreatic cancer
...gulator of cancer cell survival -- in effect, turn this regulator off -- and when we do, the pancreatic ca...) and die." Significance of the Research With this finding, a new path is cleared for researchers to target these key molecular players with new small ...Does the college experience damage your brain?
... universities. Recent brain research documents how this college experience can take a terrible toll on a s...on and meditation. The results and implications of this research are delineated in Dr. Newberg's book, Why God Won't Go Away (Ballantine/Random House). Fr...Fixing of the lumbar column aided by simple radiological techniques
...e and in which direction they have to go. Finally, this research has demonstrated its usefulness in reliab...he screw is outside the vertebra when, in reality, this is not the case!...