Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
Pediatricians must look beyond the walls of the examining room and into their own communities to understand and confront the socioeconomic and environmental threats to the health of children and adolescents, such as poor nutrition, exposure to violence, and substance abuse. That was the recommendation of a...Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
...llion grant from the National Institutes of Health examining the impact of long-term use of atypicals. "We are still finding in most of our cognition studies that the older drugs are worse than the newer drugs, however within the newer drugs, some are better than others," says Dr. Terry. "Part of my goal is to...Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...l Institutes of Health grants in the last 10 years examining the impact of fitness on fatness and vice versa. He and his colleagues are in the middle of the MCG FitKid Project, funded by a $3.3 million NIH grant, looking at whether after-school hours filled with physical activity, healthy snacks, homework and ...Unchaperoned examinations risk misconduct allegations
...s never and rarely used chaperones when intimately examining women, while another found only 37% of general practitioners had a chaperoning policy. The authors carried out a survey on patients' preferences for chaperones at genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics, where intimate examinations are routine. A total ...Alcohol magnifies the rewarding effects of smoking, even for light smokers
...uthor of the study. "Prior to our study, research examining alcohol's effects on smoking urge included direct ...on Research at Duke University Medical Center, "by examining light smokers, the role of nicotine withdrawal symptoms is presumably minimized." "Tobacco withdrawa...Football is a pain in the neck
...e neck injury. The study is the second in a series examining the risk of injury in community-based sports with a view to improving safety. The potential dangers of neck injury in football were highlighted last weekend by the death of Arena Football lineman Al Lucas from a presumed spinal cord injury sustained ...Breast-cancer risk linked to exposure to traffic emissions at menarche, first birth
...arly warranted." The UB researchers currently are examining whether genetic polymorphisms involving PAH metabolism may modify the risk, if lifeline cumulative exposure may be associated with the risk and if this study may be replicated in another geographic settings. Jo Freudenheim, Ph.D., UB professor of so...Male combat veterans rank high in heart disease risk
...d 22 percent between wars. The LCSES study also is examining the association between socio-economic status and cardiovascular disease. More non-veterans tended to have higher incomes post-war compared to combat veterans and non-combat veterans. Non-combat veterans tended to enter professional or managerial o...Early failure to pay attention to faces, speech may influence later development in autism
...ionship between a child and other people. "We are examining whether this very early intervention that focuses ...," she said. "As part of our outcomes, we will be examining the child's brain responses to social stimuli. We hope to find that our intervention not only affec...Arm lift surgery generally safe, minor risks need to be considered, Mayo Clinic finds
...ients. This study involved a retrospective review examining all arm lift (brachioplasty) procedures performed between 1988 and 2004 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. All of the 40 patients were female, with an average age of 47. Of these, 76 percent underwent arm lift surgery following significant weight los...Study shows doctors and patients think differently about clinical trials
... is one result of a survey of doctors and patients examining the psychosocial influences on clinical trial participation. The results were presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 41st Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. "Our survey shows that oncologists and patients are aware of clinical ...New methods offer alternatives for patients undergoing obesity surgery
... percent since the early nineties, researchers are examining the risks of the procedures for specific populations. The level of risk is related to the specific procedure and the patient's age, degree of obesity and other medical conditions. This study by researchers at California Pacific Medical Center attem...Smoking increases risk for liver, pancreatic and colorectal cancers
...es' Health Study, an ongoing set of investigations examining the risk factors of major diseases for women. Researchers compared 183 women with colorectal cancer to 443 control participants. The study further examined the NAT2 relationship to meat intake and smoking to women with slow acetylator genotypes and...Psychologist: Make culture part of the new collaborative science
...ral other scholars. Through MIDUS, researchers are examining behavioral, psychological and social trends in more than 7,000 U.S. adults between the ages of 25 and 74. Notably, working with a different culture does mandate a modified research approach, says Ryff. "We don't just want to import a western study t...K-State researcher discovers compliments go a long way to improve body self-image in women
...his area and would like to further her research by examining what the effect would be if giving people one compliment, which Fea did in her research, versus several compliments, would have a larger effect. "The area isn't new but the way of studying it is new," Fea said. "People are just starting to put the p...Study examines NSAID use and breast cancer risk
...c studies may help clarify the findings by further examining the long-term effects of aspirin and ibuprofen, especially with regard to ER/PR-negative and nonlocalized breast cancer. A more detailed understanding of the tissue-specific effects of NSAIDs, particularly in the context of the complex biological mec...Treating autism 'right the first time'
...atural, non-lab setting. The researchers began by examining data from 28 children who had participated in previous investigations of PRT. Characteristics of the poorest and most exceptional responders were used to develop the predictive profile. Children expected to do well with PRT were those who showed a m...Gene linked to lower breast cancer risk
...hat act as signals between cells. The authors were examining the cytokine IL 10, which is involved in the development of various tumors. "In breast cancer risk, IL-10 may be a two-edged sword," Dr. Langsenlehner said. "On one hand, higher IL-10 levels could facilitate development of cancer by supporting tumor...Multi-drug resistant TB persists in California
...ified previous TB diagnosis, positive results when examining sputum for the TB germ under a microscope, Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity, time in the United States less than 5 years at the time of diagnosis, and outcomes of "died" and "moved" as factors associated with MDR TB. "Our findings are of concern and ......sed the symposium's multi-disciplinary approach to examining alcohol-induced brain damage, calling it critical to solving the puzzle. "The pathologist and neuroradiologist can identify the region of the brain to study, and the molecular biologist can take samples from these regions and look at the genes contr...