Obesity in middle age linked to higher risk of hospitalization and death in older age
...o a study in the January 11 issue of JAMA. Obesity adversely affects a large array of health outcomes, including coronary heart disease (CHD), other cardiovascular disease (CVD), and diabetes mellitus, according to background information in the article. Obesity is also associated with established cardiovascula...Caffeine limits blood flow to heart muscle during exercise
...creased need of oxygen. We found that caffeine may adversely affect this mechanism. It partly blunts the needed.... It may not be a physical stimulant, and may even adversely affect physical performance," Dr. Kaufmann said. "It may not be as harmless as we thought before, pa...JCI table of contents, January 26, 2006
... Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but, importantly, did not adversely affect human airway epithelial cells in culture. The study, which appears online on January 26 in advance of print publication in the February 2006 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, suggests that HNO2 or inhaled NO2 has appeal as a CF t...Daily diet of grapefruit minimizes risk factor for heart disease
...n to interact with certain medications --sometimes adversely -- so the researchers caution people on prescription medication to consult with their doctor or pharmacist to determine whether their medicine will interact before consuming grapefruit products....Spousal illness can trigger partner death
...inking. Stress and lack of social support may also adversely affect immunologic measures, so spousal hospitalization may have physiological effects on partners." "This is a highly innovative study--in an enormous sample of older people--demonstrates yet another important connection between social networks and ...Corrective cosmetics may not boost quality of life for women with severe facial blemishes
...ant impact on self-image and over time, that could adversely affect a woman's health," he said. "In this case the psychological impact often outweighs the physical aspects of the problem the women in our study reported having more problems with social and sexual functioning than with physical functioning." Th...Growing body of research links lead to osteoporosis
...ersity of Rochester Medical Center shows that lead adversely affects the normal maturation of the growth plate but does so in an odd way. "As a child, lead appears to accelerate bone development and maturation, so that lead-exposed children actually have a higher bone density than those not exposed to environ...In utero exposure to urban air pollutants can increase risk
...al exposure to air pollutants in New York City can adversely affect child development, according to the results of a study released today by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Previous studies have shown that the same air po...NIH wrongly blamed for reduced success rate of grant applications
...hen Congress learned that the health sciences were adversely affected by budgetary shortfalls." In the editorial (full text below), Bishop and Varmus lay out their argument. Bishop and Varmus shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1989, for their 1976 discovery of proto-oncogenes, normal genes th...Choice of chemotherapy before liver metastasis surgery matters for some patients
...er by these preoperative chemotherapy regimens can adversely affects long-term surgical outcomes. Use of chemotherapy before surgery offers several important benefits, including reducing the size of tumors such that they are more easily removed and, potentially doubling the survival rate. Results of their 13-y...Carnegie Mellon researchers say use of switchgrass could solve energy woes
...y used because impurities from the petroleum would adversely mix with the ethanol. "In the long run, our goal would be to make petroleum pipelines obsolete; which raises questions about whether ethanol pipelines should ever be built," Matthews said. To avoid potential issues with pipel......re's overwhelming evidence that shows sun exposure adversely affects patients both with and without genetic predisposition to melanoma," said Elisabeth K. Shim, M.D., an Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Keck USC Medical School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA. It's not clear what pattern of sun ex...Study examines impact of optional regulations on heart attack treatment
...ffusion of these services, CON regulations did not adversely affect patients," said Gary Rosenthal, M.D., the study's senior investigator and professor of internal medicine in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Caver College of Medicine. Rosenthal also is director of the Center for Research in the Implementation of ...Intimate partner violence the hidden burden is common
... that as many as 44% of women have experienced. It adversely affects their physical and mental health. Screening for it is inadequate, and interventions are unclear. Two articles from Group Health Cooperative in Seattle and two commentaries in the June issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine exami...Low carbohydrate diet did not increase bone loss, study finds
...ed that low carbohydrate, high protein diets could adversely affect bone quality. "I was surprised by the resul...es for long-term weight management. Such diets may adversely overload the kidneys with protein and lead dieters to consume more artery-clogging saturated fats an...Disparities among children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
... involving chronic inflammation of the joints, can adversely affect health-related quality of life, often into adulthood. Studies in adults with arthritis suggest that socioeconomic status impacts patient prognosis, but no information is available as to whether this is also true in children. A study published...May/June 2006 Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
...ll participants were aware that "high cholesterol" adversely affects health, but they demonstrated inadequate knowledge about hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular disease risk, and few knew their cholesterol numbers. Instead, researchers suggest that cardiovascular risk-adjusted age may be a useful strate...Female genital mutilation affects births: Study
...liable evidence that female genital mutilation can adversely affect birth outcomes, was undertaken by African and international researchers, including Associate Professor Emily Banks from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at ANU. It involved 28,393 women in 28 obstetric centres in six ...Government scheme to improve health and well-being of deprived families called into question
...ome benefit for most poor families but may also be adversely affecting the worst off to some extent, says a pap... mothers, lone parents, workless households - were adversely affected. They also found that Sure Start programs led by health agencies were the most effective. T...SAEM endorses Institute of Medicine report on the future of emergency care in the US
...nters' ability to provide timely clinical care and adversely impacts the unique mission of academic medical centers. Overcrowding and diminishing reimbursement place stress on academic medical centers and threaten the training of a broad range of future emergency medical care providers. EMS Emergency med...