UMaine study looks at infants and chronic nighttime crying
...their children cry at night and, says Fukumizu, "I wanted to contribute to the comprehension of infant and toddler sleep problems." The research findings have universal application to other cultures besides Japan because co-sleeping and particularly, partial co-sleeping are increasingly common in the U.S. ...Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
...th chemotherapy. But researchers at M. D. Anderson wanted to test use of the drug combination in patients with earlier stage breast cancer, defined as stage II to IIIa. In order to immediately see if it had an effect on cancer, they sought to use it before surgery, so that when breast tissue was later remov...Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...isease severity or other health problems. "We also wanted to highlight the striking confluence of known risk factors for heart disease and stroke in minority populations especially hypertension, obesity and diabetes," Yancy said. "We are concerned that minority communities may be at the highest risk for h...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
...n appointment with her physician. If that patient wanted to quit smoking, her physician would mail out information about local quit-smoking programs. A patient in the community care group, however, was taught how to measure and control her own blood pressure, given one-on-one advice on how to quit smoking...Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
...alth risks such as heart disease and stroke. Boden wanted to examine how low-carbohydrate diets, which have been shown to produce rapid weight loss, affected weight, appetite and blood sugar in obese diabetics. He discovered that study subjects did not eat less because they were bored with the food select...Sex selection popular among infertile women
...hildren of all the same sex. Half of the women who wanted sex selection at no cost would still choose to sel...ers also determined that women with only daughters wanted to select a male child, and women with only sons wanted to select a female child. Non-white racial g...Many children are undervaccinated or have delayed vaccinations in their first 2 years of life
...10 children aged 24 to 35 months. The researchers wanted to determine the cumulative days children were undervaccinated during the first 24 months of life for each of 6 vaccines (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis; poliovirus; measles, mumps, and rubella; Haemophilus influenzae type b; ...Cigarette smoke worsens respiratory infections in infants
...s just about every kid gets RSV," Castro says. "We wanted to learn what factors are driving these severe, life-threatening infections." Not surprisingly, one of the most important risk factors for severe infection was exposure to cigarette smoke. "Smoking in the household is really detrimental to these kids...Study: Two brain systems regulate how we call for help
...bout when to call out for help. The UW researchers wanted to know what brain systems determine why one individual is very comfortable expressing a need for help while another is much more restrained. The brain-imaging study involved 25 rhesus monkeys that were separated from their cage mates for 30 minutes ...Jefferson Lab medical imager spots breast cancer
...led that this additional lesion was cancerous. "We wanted to make a difference with this imager. Our expertise in building detectors for Jefferson Lab's nuclear physics program allowed us to build a device that's sensitive to the presence of the radioactive molecule, FDG," Majewski says, "And now we're seei...UCLA study: Nearly a third of drug ads in medical journals contain no references for medical claims
...rescribing is influenced by pharmaceutical ads. We wanted to see what documents were being used to substantiate the claims and how accessible these were to physicians who may want to verify the research findings," said lead author Dr. Richelle Cooper, assistant clinical professor, Division of Emergency Medi......rescribing is influenced by pharmaceutical ads. We wanted to see what documents were being used to substantiate the claims and how accessible these were to physicians who may want to verify the research findings," said lead author Dr. Richelle Cooper, assistant clinical professor, Division of Emergency Medi...Mayo Clinic identifies key cellular process in prostate and other cancers
.... Background Biology The Mayo Clinic researchers wanted to understand the relationship between a group of ...ncerous cells. In particular, the Mayo Clinic team wanted to find out what disables FOXO1 tumor suppressor, and how it works -- in hopes of reversing the proc...Blacks in the South have greater risk of dying from stroke
...e more of stroke than their white counterparts, we wanted to know if the difference was consistent across the nation, or if the magnitude of the African American excess mortality changes between regions," Howard said. The researchers also compared the data by age group and found that the racial differences...Third of European cancer patients use complementary and alternative therapies
...nds. Most patients said they used CAM because they wanted to increase their body's ability to fight the disease (50%), improve physical well-being (40%), or emotional well-being (35%). However, there were some differences in the reasons for using CAM and the actual benefits experienced. For example, althoug...Mayo Clinic researchers create 'obedient virus'; First step to use measles virus against cancer
...fect both cancer cells and non-cancer cells, so we wanted to develop a method whereby we could retarget the virus to infect cancer cells only," says Dr. Russell. "And we succeeded." Collaboration and Support In addition to Dr. Russell, the Mayo Clinic research team includes Takafumi Nakamura, Ph.D.; Kah-...Cholesterol under-treated in high-risk women in managed care study
...o save lives and reduce risk of heart attacks. We wanted to determine what opportunities exist to apply the 2004 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women, especially in a managed care environment," says lead author Lori Mosca, M.D., Ph.D., director of preventive ...Sequential MDCT sufficient for determining possible risk of coronary artery disease
...detection of coronary artery calcification, and we wanted to assess the reproducibility of these examinations," said Sandra S. Halliburton, PhD, a cardiac imaging scientist at Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Fifty-six patients were scanned twice using sequential MDCT, Dr. Halliburton said. The patients had no ...The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and Blackwell Publishing announce partnership
...rrent issues. "After years of self-publishing, we wanted an experienced publisher who would work with us to further develop the quality of our publication and provide international exposure for the journal and our society, said Judith Dempster, Executive Director of the AANP. "We have found a true partner...Communication between primary-care physicians and patients can reduce medication-related problems
...f the ADEs were preventable. In the new study, we wanted to see the extent to which doctor/patient communication about patients' medication symptoms resulted in such incidents." David W. Bates, MD, MSc, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, is the study's senior author. The investigators were based at Beth Isra...