Current daily smoking may be associated with increased risk for suicidal thoughts and attempts
...sted statistically for prior depression, substance use disorders, prior psychiatric disorders and prior suicidal disposition. Rates of suicidal behavior were also higher in those experiencing depression at the start of each follow-up period. "The biological explanation of the finding that current smoki...Statement on the findings of the Women's Health Study
...udy is the first large clinical trial to study the use of low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke in women. The 10-year randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted among nearly 40,000 healthy women age 45 and older. Although studies have shown that low-dose aspirin redu...Beta-blockers may help broader group of patients with heart problems
...l Center. Researchers presented two reports on the use of beta-blockers in patients with chronic severe mitral regurgitation, or MR, and congestive heart failure, CHF, at the American College of Cardiology's 54th Annual Scientific Session on March 7. These patients had a normal ejection fraction, a measu...Study finds drug eluting stents as effective as vascular brachytherapy in preventing restenosis
...ed to widen clogged arteries, surgeons frequently use tiny wire-mesh tubes called stents to keep blood vessels open. But despite stenting, scar tissue can form to create new blockages -- a process called in-stent restenosis (ISR). At present, vascular brachytherapy (catheter-based delivery of intracoro...Study shows faces are processed like words
...iversity, conducted a study that finds individuals use letters to recognize words and facial features to recognize faces. To reach this finding, experiments were performed in which observers were asked to focus on a black dot, to the right of which was a letter. To the left of the dot was a three-lett...St. John's wort amplifies effect of blood thinner Plavix
...in more people before it has an impact on clinical use of clopidogrel. He and Lau are planning to recruit researchers to launch a larger study later this year. Lau further notes that current studies are underway in a transgenic mouse model to determine the pharmacogenetic mechanism of this observed enhan...Three anti-platelet drugs used in combination are safe
...uction of an artery or vein by a blood clot). The use of these platelet inhibitory drugs -- cilostazol, ...ary prevention of heart attacks. But is it safe to use these medications together -- or in combination do they increase the risk of bleeding? And will pat...New treatment options for some difficult cancers improve survival and quality of life
...ies support the need for further evaluation of the use of IPHC and surgery in the treatment of other metastatic cancers of the abdomen....Jefferson Lab medical imager spots breast cancer
...tomy," he says. To fuel rapid growth, cancer cells use more glucose (sugar) than surrounding cells. In this imaging procedure, a small dose of radioactive molecules that look like sugar, called fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), are injected into the body, where they're absorbed by cancerous tumors. The PEM devic...School-based smoking prevention programs ineffective
...gress mandates that schools seeking Title IV funds use research-based prevention programs. The March is...lly more effective anti-smoking strategies such as use of the media, tax levies, and smoke-free environments. The school-based programs studied by Dr. Wieh...The impact of cruciate ligament rupture on osteoarthritis of the knee
...their history of serious knee injury requiring the use of crutches or a cane. Interestingly, fewer than half of the patients with complete ACL tears about 48 percent reported a previous knee injury. "Due to the cross-sectional nature of this study, we could not ascertain when the ACL ruptures occurre...Sunflower seed oil can protect low birth weight babies from infection
...utine practice. The challenge now is to discourage use of mustard oil, which can delay recovery of the sk...a toxic effect on the skin, and persuade people to use alternative proven, available and low-cost products such as sunflower seed oil." (Quote by e-mail; d...Three out of the four million newborn babies who die each year could be saved
...countries while increasing accountability for the use of those resources. Action in countries, driven by countries, is essential." NEONATAL SURVIVAL: A CALL FOR ACTION The final paper in the series is a call to action for tackling neonatal health. The authors state that the cost of saving lives of new...MRI better than current standard in assessing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
...treated, said Dr. Yeh. "In the future, we hope to use MRI earlier in the chemotherapy treatment to determine if the toxic therapy is reducing the tumor size. If it's not working, we can perhaps change the drug that's being used--in fact tailor treatment for each patient," she said....York study tests enhanced care for depression patients
...tween case manager and patient. Case managers will use the telephone as the principal means of contact, though only after an initial face-to-face meeting. Professor Richards added: "Case managers will help patients to manage their medication and give low-intensity psychological help. Treatment will be mu...Immersion in virtual world alleviates pain from injury
...day greatly reduce, if not completely replace, the use of painkillers....New substance that improves the photodetection of bladder cancer gains market approval
...ed during the initial screening and diagnosis. The use of hexaminolevulinate (HAL) in detection of bladder cancer was initiated by Hubert van den Bergh, Georges Wagnires and colleagues at the EPFL and is part of a slightly different cystoscopy technique. First, HAL as part of Hexvix is applied to bladder...Innovation prize finalists announced in 'Science of Better'
...ighted. The Edelman competition has recognized the use of operations research in significant cost savings...roject's success, the tool is being considered for use by the 2008 Olympic Committee. Eli Lilly a leading pharmaceutical company, uniquely turned to math ...Ten-minute emergency room intervention for problem drinkers
...at Yale School of Medicine. "Patients with alcohol use disorders, which is estimated to be 20 percent of the population over the age of 12, are more likely to be seen in emergency rooms than in a primary care setting." D'Onofrio, first author of the study, and colleagues, developed and taught the two-ho...Job satisfaction? Not much for Britain's hard slog 'robot' workers
... by people having less personal responsibility and use of initiative in their work, combined with an increase in the effort required. "It was implausible to blame job insecurity, because over this period unemployment had fallen and other evidence suggested a falling sense of insecurity during the latter ...