Eastern Europe, Middle East tops in cardiovascular disease deaths
... the various countries, Ohman said. He said future analyses of the patients enrolled in the study should provide more precise insights into which factors play what roles in determining health outcomes. The analysis on which Ohman reported is part of a four-year collaborative international project called REAC...Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and congenital anomalies
...e, and diabetes status. They performed statistical analyses to uncover any associations between the congenital abnormalities and the mother's use of NSAIDs during the first trimester. Among the 1056 women who filled a prescription for NSAIDs early in their pregnancy, 8.8 percent had babies with congenital ...Largest review of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome to date
..."This study shows that both clinical and molecular analyses can distinguish patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome from those with either Marfan syndrome or vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome," says Harry Dietz, M.D., director of the William S. Smilow Center for Marfan Syndrome Research at Johns Hopkins, professor i...Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in US decreasing
...004 survey compared with the 1988-1994 survey. The analyses included 11,508 persons from the 1999-2004 survey and 9,165 persons from the 1988-1994 survey who were age 14 to 49 years. The researchers found that the overall age-adjusted HSV-2 seroprevalence was 17.0 percent in 1999-2004 and 21.0 percent in 19...Pigments in corn, squash and other vegetables may help protect against age-related vision loss
...t AMD," they conclude. "Still, given the numerous analyses performed in this study, our results could be due to chance. More conclusive evidence from long-term prospective studies and clinical trials is needed to determine whether the intake of macular carotenoids themselves, or as markers of broader dietar...Smoking out the links between nutrition and oral cancer
...Friedman School, and colleagues, conducted similar analyses looking at nutrients such as carotenoids and vitamin E. Carotenoids, plant pigments found in fruits and vegetables, and vitamin E, a fat-soluble vitamin found in nuts, seeds, and vegetable oils, are both antioxidants, which protect cells from damage....COX-2 inhibitors prescribed to reduce gastrointestinal toxicity prior to the market withdrawals
... (65.8%). The researchers also stratified their analyses by the number of GI risk factors for each patient. For patients with two or more risk factors, 80.2% were prescribed a gastroprotective strategy, primarily using COX-2 inhibitors (68.6%). High rates of NSAID gastroprotection were also observed for ...Study examines usefulness of cardiac CT scan for detecting blockages in coronary arteries
...ngiogram) ranged from 51 percent to 67 percent, in analyses that were based on vessel segments or based on individual patients. The researchers write: "The results of this multicenter study demonstrate a higher number of false-positive and nonevaluable segments than previously reported with MDCT coronary a...Slowing Alzheimer's disease by keeping mind and body active
...ctivity was found by Western blot and morphometric analyses of microglia, which often surround and infiltrate A plaques. In addition, activating cellular protein degradation pathways provides another means of removing excess A. Finally, changes in cholesterol homeostasis, elements of which hav...Scientists discover why cornea is transparent and free of blood vessels, allowing vision
...eam did the following. They conducted chemical analyses that demonstrated that VEFGR-3 and the gene that expressed it were indeed present on the corneal epithelium. Next, in two separate experiments, they compared corneas with and without epithelial layers that were injured. They found that only the c...Defining the limits of computerized physician order entry systems
...finition of the technology and we need independent analyses of its utility. Currently, we have neither. "I am a passionate supporter of health information technology and CPOE," says Koppel. "I argue, however, that clinicians and hospitals should seek good healthcare information technology that helps with...Higher levels of obesity associated with greater health risks
...omen in other examined weight categories. Modeling analyses adjusted for age, smoking status, educational achievement, U.S. region, and physical activity level showed that weight-related risk for all-cause mortality, CHD mortality, and CHD incidence did not differ by race/ethnicity." "There was a positive ...Graduated driver licensing reduces fatal crashes by 11 percent
...in each state. The Hopkins researchers based their analyses on the presence of the following components, chosen for analysis because they are commonly found in existing programs: A minimum age of 15 1/2 for obtaining a learner permit A waiting period after obtaining a learner permit of at least 3 months ...Large-scale cross-platform study of research microarrays uncovers high concordance across platforms
...rays. The results were not too optimistic, and the analyses were constrained by many factors--one issue was the annotation and mapping of the genes across platforms. So Kuo, based on prior experience, decided to obtain probe sequences from every platform as negotiated prior to the induction of a platform to t...IADR to present Behavioral Science Award to Dorthe Holst
...al services in Scandinavian countries, comparative analyses of dental care delivery systems, participation in the WHO International Collaborative Studies I and II, as well as oral health trends in Scandinavia. She has conducted research on the oral health status and public health programs among children, adol...Pesticide exposure associated with incidence of Parkinson's disease
...cases were included in this study, and statistical analyses were performed to determine the association between pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease. The risk of Parkinson's disease was 70 percent higher for people exposed to pesticides. Notably, a similar increase in risk was observed among people who...Reduced antibiotic prescribing is associated with increased hospital admissions
...ons for respiratory infections like pneumonia. In analyses of more than 15.5 million hospitalizations and 5.5...urther research on ecological and individual level analyses was urgently needed. "The association between antibiotic prescribing and hospital admissions needs t...Children of diabetics show signs of atherosclerosis
... diabetes. The researchers did not perform genetic analyses of the participants. In this case, family history includes both genetic inheritance and environmental factors. "Persons with a strong family history of diabetes are at increased risk of atherosclerosis in addition to risk of diabetes. They may benefi...Studies of married couples, soccer and hockey teams focus on brain's response to stress
... support of their relationships. The preliminary analyses suggest that cortisol levels, which normally are elevated under stressful situations, were significantly lower in the oxytocin-treated couples than in the control group, providing evidence that oxytocin helps keep stress in check during conflict. Bei...Sequence of therapies not associated with improved survival from inflammatory breast cancer
...cent) underwent chemotherapy first. Although some analyses showed that patients who had surgery first lived longer than those who did not, the results were not significant when other factors were taken into account. In addition, certain aspects of each patients' prognosis likely influenced her and her physi...