Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for March 15, 2005
...ne-sixth of the CHD events in men and one-tenth in women occurred before age 55. Editorial writers say that the results do not support a strategy to give all adults over age 55 a "polypill," containing low doses of several drugs that modify some CHD risk factors (Editorial, p. 467). 3. C-Reactive Protei...Researchers say breast cancer in Africa may provide clues to the disease in African-Americans
...ential increases in breast cancer rates as African women adopt Western reproductive and dietary behaviors t...r. Population studies show while African American women have lower rates of breast cancer than white women in the United States, they have poorer outcomes. ...Effects of education level on rates of obesity differ by race
...ain disproportionately higher for African-American women than for white women, according to background info...ugh the excess weight observed in African-American women has been primarily considered a result of low socioeconomic status (SES), evidence from previous stu...Simple blood test may help to predict cardiovascular risk in older women
...ascular events and risk of death in postmenopausal women who are not currently identified by traditional ca...es used data from a total of 72,242 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 years who participated in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study (WHI...Postmenopausal breast cancer survivors at increased risk for bone fractures
...fractures (except for the hip) compared with other women in the same age group, according to an article in ...ne fractures over the course of 5.1 years in 5,298 women who reported a history of breast cancer with a reference group of 80,848 women who had no cancer his...Mountain life spells longer life
...file of biochemical health. Overall, both men and women living in the mountain village had a worse coronar...r of survivors. Over the 15 years, 150 men and 140 women died. Of these, 67 deaths, 34 of which were among the men, were attributable to coronary heart disea...Obesity among African-American stroke survivors increases risk factors for recurrent stroke
...en) were overweight or obese. Nearly 20 percent of women younger than 55 years and 7.0 percent of men in th...present in 26.1 percent of men and 34.7 percent of women with class one obesity, in 29.4 percent of men and 31.3 percent of women with class two obesity and ...Bevacizumab combined with chemotherapy prolongs survival for some patients with advanced lung cancer
...ding cause of cancer-related death in both men and women in this country. An estimated 163,510 deaths from lung cancer will occur in 2005 in the United States, accounting for about 29 percent of all cancer-related deaths in the nation....Routine dental panoramic X-rays not necessary, study shows
... 2003. The sample was composed of records from 536 women and 464 men, who had a mean age of 52. Two dental experts evaluated the X-rays for evidence of bone lesions or other abnormal appearances that would indicate trouble. The evaluators found a total of 352 lesions, and concluded that all but a few wo...Growth hormone treatment improves symptoms of metabolic disorder in postmenopausal women
...nsulin sensitivity and lipids. Many postmenopausal women experience a natural increase in obesity, particul... one year on insulin sensitivity in postmenopausal women with abdominal adiposity. They also studied the effects of the hormone on abdominal fat, hepatic fat...Nursing mothers having surgery -- How long a wait to breastfeed safely?
CHICAGO --- Sometimes women who are breastfeeding must undergo surgery requiri...ysicians err on the side of caution and advise the women to pump and discard their breast milk for 24 hours after the procedure rather than risk giving their...European folic acid policies are not effective enough
...ve enough, say the authors. They explain that many women may not receive or respond to health promotion mes...ost countries are unplanned. Folate status of most women of childbearing age could be raised by fortifying a staple food with folic acid, which would also he...New guideline tackles leading cause of mother and child death
...sk assessment and referral to ensure that pregnant women with pre-eclampsia are offered specialist care at ...ir baby. It is aimed at those caring for pregnant women in the community and is a practical extension of NICE's antenatal guideline. An accompanying editori...Sharing clinical trial results with participants may be beneficial
...nts in a cancer trial of breast excision alone for women with ductal carcinoma in situ. The study was stopp...ants who responded chose to receive results; these women were more educated than those who chose not to. 68 (80%) patients received results by mail, 27 (32%)...Sex selection popular among infertile women
A new survey says a significant number of women being treated for infertility would choose the sex...to select the sex of their future child. Among the women who would choose, 45 percent did not have any children and 48 percent had children of all the same s...Drug that hinders blood vessel growth under study in ovarian cancer
...advanced stage of their disease at diagnosis, many women go into clinical remission following surgery and chemotherapy. Afterward, they are followed with regular physical exams and monitoring of CA 125 levels. CA 125 is a tumor marker expressed in about 90 percent of ovarian cancer cells in patients with a...Common anesthetics appear safe for developing fetal brain
...Reynolds said. These procedures are more common in women than men, and they can be especially difficult to accurately diagnose in pregnant women, since many of the symptoms of these disorders are similar to those of pregnancy. Reynolds said that the laboratory's future investigations will focus on determin...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...quently affects previously healthy younger men and women in the middle of their most active life. Glioblastoma is the most common type of primary malignant brain tumour in adults with a yearly incidence of 5-7 persons per 100.000. Thus in the European Union approx. 20'000 new patients are diagnosed every y...Women less likely to get quality heart attack care
...und a significant difference between the treatment women received before and after the effort, and that rec...much more pronounced in men. Overall, both men and women treated in the four months after the quality effort began had a better chance of being alive a year ...Is your job giving you a heart attack? Occupational health conference answers that, and more
...y stress impact blood pressure for working Chinese women Liying Xu at the Centre for Clinical Trials at th...that job strain and family stress faced by Chinese women leads to significant increases in blood press rates and is a determinant for greater rates of cardio...