White blood cell plays key role in body's excessive repair response to asthma
...carring and narrowing of the airways, resulting in worse and repeated asthma episodes for sufferers. The team of scientists from Imperial College London, the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, Guys Hospital, London, McGill University Hospital Centre, Montreal, and St Barts and the Royal London Hospitals Trus...OHSU researcher co-authors National State-By-State Report Card on women and smoking; Oregon flunks
...s than the national numbers. Oregon also fares worse than the nation for how many pregnant women smoke, especially for teenagers. More than 25 percent of pregnant girls aged 15 to 19 smoke. Overall, 13 percent of pregnant women smoke. The national goal for pregnant women smoking is less than 1 percent...High blood pressure does not accelerate age-related cognitive decline
...and have hinted that hypertensive patients perform worse than individuals with normal blood pressure on cognition tests, as measured by the speed of mental processing, attention, and memory tasks. However, unlike the new Duke study, which was performed in a laboratory setting, previous studies have been un...Study points to long-term health problems for pediatric cancer survivors
...healthy siblings of survivors. The survivors fared worse than healthy subjects in all categories. Researchers also found that patients living in households with annual incomes of less than $20,000 were 2.6 times more likely to suffer long-term general health problems than patients from higher-income househ...High blood pressure is a factor in some 'senior moments'
... The diminished blood flow correlated to slightly worse scores on the memory tests. But he cautions that the differences were subtle -- "the hypertensive patients only missed a percentage point or two." When a person has high blood pressure, the brain protects itself by remodeling its blood vessels to c...Uninsured face higher death risk from aorta problems
... Upchurch. "These results bear that out by showing worse outcomes among those who are least likely to get early detection and management of their aneurysms." The authors note that three factors may conspire to keep uninsured people from receiving timely detection and repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. F...Tip sheet for the September 23, 2003 Neurology Journal
Does memory become worse during menopause? According to a study of 803 women aged 40 to 55 years who were tested annually for loss of brain function over the course of six years, transition through menopause is not accompanied by a decline in working memory and perceptual s...Hospital care quality differs markedly by state: annual HealthGrades study
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.... The symptoms of this reaction get progressively worse with continued treatment with abacavir, but generally resolve following permanent discontinuation of abacavir. Patients experiencing these symptoms should stop taking abacavir and contact a physician immediately. Patients experiencing this reaction...Study assessing once daily Abacavir (ABC) in a once daily ART regimen
.... The symptoms of this reaction get progressively worse with continued treatment with abacavir, but generally resolve following permanent discontinuation of abacavir. Patients experiencing these symptoms should stop taking abacavir and contact a physician immediately. Patients experiencing this reaction...UGA, MCG study impact of long-term use of schizophrenia drugs
...ck to experiencing hallucinations and it just gets worse and worse," he says of the horrific cycle the atyp...ed but their cognition becomes impaired, and it's worse than it would have been without treatment. What we are in the process of doing is evaluating these...Another US airport travel hazard dirty hands
... says. "It's possible that the situation might be worse than our survey indicates. Some people may have washed only because 'someone was watching.' In the absence of monitoring, numbers may have been dramatically different. Our message is clear: one of the most effective tools in preventing the spread ...Study shows melatonin supplements may make standing a hazard for the cardiovascular-challenged
...gests that melatonin supplements may make symptoms worse for the half a million people many of them women and the elderly with orthostatic intolerance, a condition in which the cardiovascular system cannot maintain adequate blood pressure and blood flow to the brain when a person stands, causing dizzines...Study evaluates Abacavir, Lamivudine and Efavirenz versus Zidovudine, Lamivudine and Efavirenz
.... The symptoms of this reaction get progressively worse with continued treatment with abacavir, but generally resolve following permanent discontinuation of abacavir. Patients experiencing these symptoms should stop taking abacavir and contact a physician immediately. Patients experiencing this reactio...Blood dilution during bypass surgery associated with kidney damage
...levels reached during surgeries may be linked with worse outcomes, so Stafford-Smith and his colleagues consulted the medical records of 1,404 patients receiving bypass surgery at Duke University Hospital to answer the question. He correlated hematocrit levels during surgery with levels of creatinine -- a ...Health insurance scams leave thousands with large medical debts and no coverage
...ing victimized by a phony health insurance scam is worse than being uninsured. At least when you are uninsured, you have no expectation of someone else paying your medical bills," said Kofman, assistant research professor at Georgetown. "Here, not only are you stuck with huge medical bills, you've also bee...6 months after treatment start could be optimum time for making prognosis in HIV/AIDS
... the CD4 cell count and higher the viral load, the worse the prognosis. As virus concentrations decline quickly in many patients, with substantial increases in CD4 cell counts within months of starting HAART, the accuracy of predictions of disease progression might be improved by accounting for initial res...Black women receive inadequate cardiac care compared to whites despite greater risk, study finds
...-and the care of women in general--is likely to be worse in the general population, researchers said. "Interventions are needed to improve and equalize preventative therapy use in all racial groups," they wrote. Additional authors included Paul D. Varosy, MD, UCSF cardiology fellow; Alka M. Kanaya, MD, UCS...Decreased diabetic cardiac death from losartan?
...nvestigate whether losartan is better, similar, or worse than propranolol, timolol, metoprolol, or carvedilol [all beta blockers] in reducing sudden cardiac death and coronary events."......nvestigate whether losartan is better, similar, or worse than propranolol, timolol, metoprolol, or carvedilol [all beta blockers] in reducing sudden cardiac death and coronary events."...