Conventional prognostic factors fail to explain better prostate cancer survival in most Asian men
...s remain poorly studied. In particular, the risk among different Asian ethnicities is poorly understood, in part, because most studies have aggregated all Asians into a single racial category, ignoring the diverse ethnicities that make up Asia. The few that have tried to analyze by Asian ethnicity have ...Survival differences by race most apparent in advanced stages of breast cancer
...acial/ethnic differences in breast cancer survival among U.S. women. African American women have poorer fiv...kely to die from their disease. The mortality rate among African American women was calculated to be up to 56 percent higher than whites. This study confi...Antioxidants show no clear benefit against cardiovascular events, death in high-risk women
... reduce the risk of cardiovascular events or death among women at high risk for heart disease, according to...on of a small increase in reports of upset stomach among those taking active beta carotene. Overall, we found no benefit on the primary combined end point ...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...be possible to reduce disparities in health status among subgroups in the population and thus improve health without understanding how a persons environment can affect that persons health. We looked at several factors to see if they could clarify why housing conditions were contributing to the developmen...RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
...th diabetes were undiagnosed. Ethnic disparities among those with undiagnosed diabetes essentially disapp...the disproportionate amount of undiagnosed disease among African-Americans and Hispanics, said James P. Smith, the studys sole author and corporate chair of ...News briefs from the journal Chest, August 2007
..., citing an increase in first-line drug resistance among the AECB population. In such instances, macrolides or quinolones are often administered as advanced or second-line antibiotics. To compare the effectiveness of first- and second-line antibiotics, researchers evaluated patients with AECB from 12 rando...Study says COPD testing is not measuring up
... of work ahead of us in terms of raising awareness among both patients and physicians. Along with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Washington, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, Dr. Han identified patients with newly diagnosed COPD by data collected from five he...Grandparents, older adults encouraged to seek help for a sleep disorder
...hat outline the negative consequences of bad sleep among older adults were presented at SLEEP 2007, the 21s...ng nearly 40 percent of adults, and is more common among older people. Restless legs syndrome, where one experiences uncomfortable feelings in the legs,...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...be possible to reduce disparities in health status among subgroups in the population without understanding how a person's environment can affect that person's health." This study grew out of a larger health study involving African-Americans. In the original study, researchers looked at several factors re...Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure
...e. There were no changes in any of the measures among the non-walkers. But systolic blood pressure and waist and hip girth fell significantly in both groups of walkers. Overall fitness also increased in the walkers. Falls of a few mm in blood pressure and shrinkage of a few centimetres in hip and wa...Disability payments may spur drug abuse
...come (DI) payments. In particular, hospital deaths among SSI recipients increase 22 percent at the beginning of the month. This research was funded by the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (SAPRP) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The paper entitled The Effects of Government Transfers on Monthl...Hispanic drug use rises in US culture
CORVALLIS, Ore. Substance abuse increases among recent Hispanic immigrants as they replace their t...us, education level, poverty, and rural residence, among other variables. Akins is the lead author on the research, along with Clayton Mosher of Washington...Childhood obesity indicates greater risk of school absenteeism, Penn study reveals
...rs. The four indicators of increased absenteeism among school children have traditionally been race, soci...mpted to control for the socioeconomic differences among students by selecting inner-city schools that were homogeneously among the citys poorest. More than...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
...ESRD. In particular, rising rates of diabetic ESRD among younger African-American adults suggest "a looming...lerosis (narrowing or "hardening" of the arteries) among older adults is another area of concern. The USRDS data show improvement in several indicators of ...Women with migraines and visual symptoms may have higher stroke risk
... and stroke. Researchers analyzed stroke incidence among 386 women 15-to 49-years-old with a first ischemic stroke and 614 women of similar ages and ethnicities who had not had stroke. Based on their responses to a questionnaire, the women were classified into three categories: having no migraine; probabl...UCLA researchers awarded $9M contract for study identifiying antibiotic treatment for MRSA
...st common cause of skin and soft tissue infections among patients presenting to a geographically diverse group of 11 emergency departments across the nation. Researchers tested MRSA resistance to antibiotics in a test tube and found that in 57 percent of cases, doctors had prescribed an antibiotic to which...Despite claims, not all probiotics can treat diarrhea say experts
...). At the time of the study, these products were among the most widely used probiotic preparations in Italy, they were available only in pharmacies and had a similar brand image and price. Duration of diarrhoea and daily number and consistency of stools were monitored as primary outcomes. Secondary out...Most seniors now have drug coverage, U-M study shows
...as the rich. The analysis compares drug coverage among a nationally representative sample of 10,175 older Americans who were interviewed both in 2004 and in 2006, when the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit started. The report is to be presented today in Washington, D.C. The interviews are part ...To gain muscle and lose fat, drink milk: study
...the same time, the gain in muscle was much greater among the milk drinkers than either the soy or carbohydrate beverage study participants. The loss of fat mass, while expected, was much larger than we thought it would be, says Phillips, associate professor of kinesiology at McMaster. I think the practic...Drug-eluting stent controversy explored in the American Heart Hospital Journal
... arisen, making DESs stand in an exquisite balance among occasionally conflicting effects. Careful reexamination of research findings, as well as redefinition of safe and effective outcomes, will lead future stent technology in the optimal direction. ...