Conventional prognostic factors fail to explain better prostate cancer survival in most Asian men
...viewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study showed that compared to white men, most Asian ethn...prognostic profiles at the time of diagnosis. The study is the first to report prostate cancer survival data for Korean, South Asian and Vietnamese men livi...Survival differences by race most apparent in advanced stages of breast cancer
...ival increase according to stage of disease, a new study finds. Published in the September 15, 2007 issue o...to be up to 56 percent higher than whites. This study confirms statistically significant differences within stage between black and white women in tumor s......e announced later this year. In an earlier Phase 1 study in nine healthy human volunteers, the treatment wa...er the initial results can be repeated in a larger study group. ...A 'broader' look at cardiac CTA images often finds diseases/disorders beyond the heart
...t findings beyond the heart, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Mary...the prevalence of these findings, he added. The study included 259 patients who had a cardiac CTA examination postoperatively. Of these 259 patients, 51 h...Patient-centered approach can backfire
...nt input when it comes to treatment decisions. The study showed that when those patients are matched with p...provider who is reluctant to share control." The study was statistically adjusted to control for the effects of physicians' and patients' age and gender be...Traditional Chinese exercises may increase efficacy of flu vaccine
...t of hope present in the pre-germ-season air. In a study scheduled for publication in the August issue of t...Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said this is the first study to examine the effects of traditional Taiji intervention on the response to influenza vaccine in old...Antioxidants show no clear benefit against cardiovascular events, death in high-risk women
...rgery) or death through 2005. During the average study period of 9.4 years, 1,450 women had one or more cardiovascular events, including 274 heart attacks, 298 strokes, 889 coronary revascularization procedures (bypass surgery or angioplasty) and 395 cardiovascular deaths (out of a total 995 deaths). The...New treatment boosts muscle function in myasthenia gravis
...gs to treat neurological disorders, according to a study published in the August 14, 2007, issue of Neurolo...when taken orally for a neurological disease, said study author Zohar Argov, MD, with Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem and member of th...Study, meta-analysis examine factors associated with death from heatstroke
...ing hospitalization for heatstroke, according to a study posted online today that will appear in a later print issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A meta-analysis of previous studies also published online today found that being confined to bed, not leaving home daily ...Smoking may strongly increase long-term risk of eye disease
...ues examined 2,454 Australians age 49 and older to study the association between smoking and the 10-year in...dings from this large population-based prospective study add evidence to a possible causal relationship between smoking and the long-term risk of late, but n...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...rban, middle-aged African-Americans according to a study published in the Aug. 15 issue of the American Jou...using conditions are exerting this influence, says study senior author Douglas K. Miller, M.D., Richard M. Fairbanks Professor in Aging Research at IU School...RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
... have the disease, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. Study author James P. Smith found ...uraged more people to get tested, according to the study appearing in the August edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While undi...Drug interactions with warfarin
... warfarin and antiplatelet agents. This real-world study of prescription data from general practices observed much higher rates of bleeding than those derived from a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. The authors write that physicians should be aware of these risks to better assess their patients...Comparison of obstetric outcomes between on-call and patients' own obstetricians
...ot provide antenatal care. They performed a cohort study of all live single term births between 1991 and 2001 at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montral. In all, there were 28,332 eligible deliveries attended by 26 obstetricians; 21,779 (76.9%) of the women were attended by their own obstetrician and 6,553 ...News briefs from the journal Chest, August 2007
...e in patients body weight and blood pressure. This study appears in the August issue of CHEST, the peer-rev...y, when compared with first-line antibiotics. This study appears in the August issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Phy...Study says COPD testing is not measuring up
...earch shows that it is not used nearly enough. The study appears in the August issue of CHEST, the peer-rev...sion of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. This study shows that we have a lot of work ahead of us in terms of raising awareness among both patients and p...Study suggests loss of 2 types of neurons -- not just 1 -- triggers Parkinson's symptoms
...itical for coordinating movement. Results of the study by Emory scientists, along with the University of ...hich is when you cross some sort of threshold. Our study looked at what happens while the dopamine neurons are dying and people still appear fine, says Dr. W...Grandparents, older adults encouraged to seek help for a sleep disorder
...alling asleep than persons in other age groups. A study of adults over the age of 65 found that 13 percent of men and 36 percent of women take more than 30 minutes to fall asleep. There are many other possible explanations for changes in older adults sleep patterns, says Dr. Krainson. Older adults may ...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
... contribute to the development of diabetes." The study looked at many risk factors for diabetes including...vironment can affect that person's health." This study grew out of a larger health study involving African-Americans. In the original study, researchers lo...Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure
...essure and boost overall fitness, suggests a small study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Healt...the most common reason for failing to do so. The study authors invited 106 healthy but sedentary civil servants between the ages of 40 and 60 to take part ...