National Academies news: Coeur d'Alene Superfund site
...ad in the soils of many communities. All children ages 1-4 years throughout the basin should be screened annually for blood lead in conjunction with other routine health care screening tests, the report says. Wider blood testing would also complement EPA's use of the so-called IEUBK model, which estimat...Other highlights in the July 20 JNCI
...ct screening test with cervical cytology for women ages 30 and older. However, it was not previously known whether detection of specific HPV types would be clinically helpful in management of cervical cancer risk in women. To determine the risk of cervical precancer in women with HPV16, Philip E. Castle, ...Surgery is favored treatment for severe hemorrhoids
...e peak incidence of the disease occurs between the ages of 45 and 65. Although patients undergoing RBL spent significantly fewer days away from work than patients subject to surgery, the reviewers say the escalating cost of repeated RBL procedures needs to be considered before definite conclusions are rea...Patient reminders boost immunization rates
...ization Survey shows that 84.8 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months were vaccinated against chickenpox in 2003, up from 80.6 percent just a year earlier. The review pools the trial results for medical studies which were all conducted in economically developed countries, like the United States. Jacobso...Regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread
...ty (including yoga) and weight history between the ages 45 and 55. The study measured the impact of yoga w...l activity. The researchers found that between the ages of 45 and 55, most people gained about a pound a year, which is a common pattern as people age and d...Benign breast disease an important breast cancer risk factor
... Surgical and Pathology Indices, identifying women ages 18 to 85, who had a biopsy of a benign breast lesion during a 25-year period from Jan. 1, 1967, through Dec. 31, 1991. Family histories were obtained at time of follow-up and from Mayo medical record questionnaires. All benign breast samples were ev...'Save sight with more light': NASA helps develop new bulb
...d bulb, this product is suitable for people of all ages and is specifically ideal for duties requiring high light, including reading, writing, sewing, and crafting. Such technology is particularly useful for those afflicted with macular degeneration, a common eye disease causing deterioration of the mac...FDA approved ROZEREM (ramelteon)
...ted clinical studies with more than 4,200 patients ages 18 to 93. In one study, 472 patients received single daily doses of ROZEREM for up to one year. Also, based on recently presented clinical trials, ROZEREM has been shown to be safe for older adults, as well as those who have mild-to-moderate chroni...Low colon cancer screening rates leaves a million New Yorkers at risk
...r colleagues conclude, "nearly half of New Yorkers ages 50 and older are not undergoing screening within the recommended schedule." They add, "Resources and interventions designed to increase screening practices, particularly colonoscopy, will need to target poor and uninsured communities."...High blood pressure not well controlled among older men and women
...om the use of a single drug for therapy. Among all ages studied, 60 percent of patients were treated with only one antihypertensive medication, and only 23 percent of men and 38 percent of women over age 80 were being treated with a diuretic. Guidelines issued by NHLBI's NHBPEP state that most high blood ...Blood pressure control and treatment is low, especially among older women with hypertension
...lic < 90 mm Hg)," the researchers found. "For ages younger than 60 years, 60 to 79, and 80 years and older, respectively, control rates were 38 percent, 36 percent, and 38 percent in men and 38 percent, 28 percent, and 23 percent in women." The researchers note that "the overall prevalence of trea...Mental-state reasoning is universal milestone in child development
...t from failure to success on this task between the ages of 3 and 5, revealing that it is a universal milestone in child development. "Synchrony in the age at which children of diverse cultures pass the false-belief task undermines the claim that particular cultural views, such as a Western concept of mind...Cannabis-based drugs could offer new hope for inflammatory bowel disease patients
...iagnosed in young adults of both sexes between the ages of 15 and 25. Patients with IBD who are also users of cannabis often report that their symptoms are alleviated following cannabis use, suggesting that the gut is able to respond to some of the molecules found in cannabis. Investigating this phenomen...'I'm a Kid Too' project completes first phase
... Over the past 8-weeks 14 young people between the ages of four and 22 have learned the creative and technical aspects of making photographs. The youngest children were provided with children's oversized film cameras, while the older cohort was given digital cameras. Throughout the course of the eight wee...Cognitive therapy effective in preventing repeat suicide attempts
...urth leading cause of death for adults between the ages of 18 and 65 years with approximately 25,000 suicides for this age group in the United States, according to background information in the article. Attempted suicide is one of the strongest risk factors for completed suicide in adults. Previous studie...Few benefits, many costs associated with changing definition of 'abnormal' PSA level
...men would comprise 10.7% of all US men between the ages of 50 and 59, and 17% of men between the ages of 60 and 69. To put things into perspective the authors point out that in the next 10 years, relat...PTSD, depression epidemic among Cambodian immigrants
...rviews with 490 randomly-selected former refugees, ages 35-75, in their Long Beach, CA homes, beginning in 2003. They used standardized questionnaires for gauging levels of violence exposure and alcohol use disorder and standardized diagnostic interviews to determine the prevalence of PTSD and depression....Purdue research shows added calcium benefits women on the pill
... oral contraceptive users to non-users between the ages of 18 and 30. Three groups were randomized to receive one of three diets: control (less than 800 mg calcium a day), medium dairy (1,000-1,100 mg calcium a day) and high dairy (1,200-1,300 mg calcium a day). At the end of the year, women using oral co...Epidemiology in Europe: the problem starts in childhood
...rt obesity are increasing in both sexes and at all ages in nearly all European countries, as the WHO-MONICA study and other WHO recent estimates have shown. The problem especially affects women and children of the Mediterranean and of Central and Eastern Europe. Reasons for this growing problem are the s...Television viewing of Katrina will have psychological effects on children around the country
...liminate all viewing when possible. For teenagers ages 12-17 it can be harder to completely eliminate television. Parents should take this opportunity to start a dialogue about the events, making sure kids understand what has occurred and know that they can continue the conversation if future questions ...