Conventional prognostic factors fail to explain better prostate cancer survival in most Asian men
...pt South Asians paradoxically have better outcomes despite having worse prognostic profiles at the time of di...as Japanese-Americans, have higher survival rates, despite worse clinical disease, whereas others, such as Filipino-Americans, have worse survival rates. Howe...RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
...ese were more likely to have undiagnosed diabetes, despite the fact that obesity is the second largest risk factor for the disease following family history. It may be that since the link between obesity and diabetes has received wide attention only in recent years, it may take more time for physicians to r...Study says COPD testing is not measuring up
...ually the same when it came to spirometry testing, despite previous reports suggesting women were tested less...isease is measured in the billions of dollars but, despite this, it is so often underdiagnosed or misclassified, said Dr. Han. Prior to this study, I did not t...Most seniors now have drug coverage, U-M study shows
...nalysis is preliminary, the findings indicate that despite widespread criticisms, the Part D plan has succeeded in boosting drug coverage for U.S. seniors, especially for those who need it most. "Fewer than 10 percent of seniors lack drug coverage now," Weir said. "And those with worse self-reported health a...Refusal of medical and surgical interventions common among chronically ill elderly
...sky interventions for people with advanced illness despite the patients view that these treatments may be too burdensome, or that the treatment doesnt fit with their goals of care. Physicians need to offer treatment alternatives that better fit their patients goals and preferences, said first author Marc...Even older women at high risk have little interest in being tested for HIV, study finds
...ted in being tested for the virus that causes AIDS despite having significant risk factors for lifetime expos...ing counsel to get a test for HIV from a provider, despite their risk factors. Yet, in part because of a lack of education and prevention efforts targeted a...Early-childhood intervention may improve well-being through young adulthood
...e have the highest incarceration rate in the world despite being the nations wealthiest country. Early-childhood education, on the other hand, is woefully under-funded. The findings from the Child-Parent Centers should not surprise us, he continues. They prove that a well-designed and well-executed early-c...Old McDonald's has a hold on kids' taste buds, Stanford/Packard study finds
...children pegged the McDonald's product as tastier, despite the fact that the foods were exactly the same. "The branding effect is very strong, even by only 3 to 5 years of age," said Robinson. He and his colleagues also asked the children's parents to complete a questionnaire that asked, among other thi...Many heart attack patients still not getting emergency clot-busting treatment
...s still less likely to receive reperfusion therapy despite eligibility, so that we can focus our clinical efforts on them. Adds senior author Harlan Krumholz, M.D., S.M., This study has good and bad news. We have definitely made progress in treating appropriate patients, but our findings indicate that we n...Helicopter flight trials for EGNOS
...tial feedback from the test pilots indicates that, despite of the steepness of the approaches the standard approach angle is 3 they are easy to fly thanks to the three-dimensional guidance provided by EGNOS. Vertical guidance for the pilot is a major advantage EGNOS offers over standard GPS. The increas...6 out of 10 doctors aren't frustrated that patients can't lower cholesterol
...olesterol in patients with cardiovascular disease, despite the fact that research has shown that lowering cholesterol significantly reduces ill health and death due to cardiovascular disease concludes co-author Professor Leif Erhardt from Lund University, Sweden. Despite the existence of well-defined guid...Patients with soft tissue sarcomas should be treated at high volume centers
...me places were higher grade and larger in size but despite this, higher volume centres achieved superior outcomes in patients with high grade lesions and those with tumours over 10 cm in size. In an additional analysis, the researchers examined outcomes from treatment of extremity tumours alone to establi...New heart disease risk score will help minimize health inequalities
... and treatment with blood pressure lowering drugs, despite known links between these factors and poor health. So a team of researchers from The University of Nottingham, Bristol Primary Care Trust, and the Universities of Bristol and Queen Mary, set out to derive a new cardiovascular risk score (QRISK) for...Students with symptoms of mental illness often don't seek help
... anxiety or depression do not seek help. This is despite the fact that resources are available at no cost on campus, said Daniel Eisenberg, assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Eisenberg and doctoral students Sarah Gollust and Ezra Golberstein conducted the Web-based s...New survey uncovers how insomnia affects job performance and safety
...intentionally at work. The survey also found that despite the significant impact of their insomnia, only 30% of those surveyed sought professional care to address the problem. The pressure of shift work and the high demands of our round the clock society, often result in the development of insomnia, whic...Catastrophic events can affect a person's sleep
...s and insomnia complaints after Hurricane Katrina, despite an overall decrease in initial sleep medicine evaluations. This increase might be a result of existential concerns raised by the evacuee situation," said Sharon. "The task of debris cleaning in a polluted environment might have contributed to the i...Report calls for new directions, innovative approaches in testing chemicals for toxicity to humans
...rdened system that leaves many chemicals untested, despite potential human exposure to them, the report observes. Recognizing these limitations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- which oversees the testing of many agricultural, commercial, and industrial chemicals -- asked the Research Council to ...Study shows Diachrome improves blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes
...s saw an additional absolute A1C decrease of 1.76% despite the fact that they were taking one or more OAD medications. The American Diabetes Associations (ADA) recommended goal for type 2 diabetes patients is an A1C level below 7.0%. Lowering A1C by just 1%, especially in patients with poor blood sugar co...New Orleans levee report finished by panel including University of Texas at Austin engineer
...on system. In the report, the panel estimated that despite the levees and floodwalls, New Orleans residents pre-Katrina risk was at a 1,000-fold higher rate than considered minimally acceptable for a major U.S. dam. A thousand people died in New Orleans, and the system failed once in 40 years, said the in...Treatment for early prostate cancer associated with type of specialist seen
...nd to favor the treatment they themselves deliver, despite the fact that no one has shown one treatment for early stage prostate cancer to be better than another," said Thomas L. Jang, MD, MPH, a physician in the Department of Urology, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and co-lead author of the study. "It is very ...