ACHRI study finds CellCept improves survival in pediatric heart transplant patients
Little Rock, AR and Philadelphia, PA, April 9, 2005 Pediatric heart t...enced significantly fewer early rejection episodes and greatly improved survival, according to a study of nearly 400 pediatric patients, beginning two week...In years preceding medicare eligibility, many older adults at risk of being uninsured
... to obtain timely care for acute medical problems, and to take medications for chronic illnesses," accord...t, uninsured patients have higher rates of illness and death. Because of their higher prevalence of chronic disease, uninsured individuals in late middle a...Controversy in dyslipidemia guidelines
...03 the Canadian recommendations for the management and treatment of dyslipidemia were revised but further revisions are in order, argue Manuel and colleagues in a commentary in this issue of CMAJ. The authors argue that the current guidelines may...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
...ion statement strongly encourages asymptomatic men and women over 45 to 50 years of age, who are current ...rrently include chest X-ray (or chest radiography) and computed tomography (CT). High-risk individuals should be informed that when lung cancer is diagnos...Aboriginal Canadians at high risk for severe trauma
...eading cause of death among people under age of 45 and the leading cause of potential years of life lost. A new study by Shahzeer Karmali and colleagues in this issue of CMAJ shows aboriginal Canadians are at much higher risk of sustaining se...Location of body fat associated with cardiovascular risk even at normal body weight
CHICAGO The distribution of body fat in older men and women is associated with metabolic syndrome, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, even in normal weight individuals, according to the April 11 issue of Archives of Internal...Restless legs syndrome has complex genetic involvement
... (RLS) susceptibility is located on chromosome 12q and and also suggests that at least one other gene may... been consistently supported by population, family and twin studies. To identify genetic risk factors, the current study used information from French Canad...Older children may benefit from treatment for lazy eye
...tchell M. Scheiman, O.D., Richard W. Hertle, M.D., and colleagues in the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigat...h as playing with a GameBoy, homework, or reading, and one drop daily of atropine for the sound eye. Patients in the older treatment group (aged 13 to 17 y...Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease reduces uncontrolled movements
...as of the brain, the globus pallidus interna (GPi) and the subthalmic nucleus (STN), can be achieved safely and effectively, STN has been thought to be the preferred target. At the same time, the authors note, th...National trial shows older children benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...s a leading cause of vision impairment in children and usually begins in infancy or childhood. Children'... (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and coordinated by the Jaeb Center for Health Research in Tampa, FLA appears in the April issue of Arch...News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2005
...ir hospital stay than those who were able to walk; and patients who were bedridden when admitted to the h...pneumonia severity of illness score, site of care, and consultation by a respirologist or infectious disease physician. The study appears in the April iss...Hopkins study shows older children also benefit from 'lazy eye' treatment
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and 48 eye centers across North America report that many children between the ages of 7 and 17 with amblyopia, or "lazy eye," may benefit from treatments usually prescribed for younger childre...Study finds no link between cell phone use and brain tumors
...study has found no link between use of cell phones and the risk of developing a brain tumor. The study is...nish study questioned 427 people with brain tumors and 822 people without brain tumors about their cell phone use. The study found no increased risk for br...Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
... not be enough to control mild hypertension in men and women over age 55, the age group most at risk of l... to 45-minute periods of combined aerobic exercise and moderate weightlifting, three to five times per week, with an expected reduction in blood pressure o...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...s analysis for infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS, hormonal imbalances, even cancer. That r...arkable piece of plastic is called a lab-on-a-chip and it is one of the revolutionary products and processes currently emerging from nanotechnology researc...Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...s a leading cause of vision impairment in children and usually begins in infancy or childhood. It is a co...ual input while the brain is developing in infancy and childhood. The most common causes of amblyopia are crossed or wandering eye (strabismus) or signific...Abnormal lung cancer screening results may help smokers quit
...r-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, and finds smokers who receive one or more abnormal res...the screening test are increasingly likely to quit and remain abstinent from smoking over three years. Because up to 70 percent of smokers undergoing scr...Few women at risk for breast cancer willing to use drug to prevent the disease
...ned to take the drug after being told of its risks and benefits, according to a new study. The study, fro...or, is an effective breast cancer adjuvant therapy and is also recognized as a breast cancer prevention drug for women. It also has the added benefit of re...Little answers to world's biggest problems
...s analysis for infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS, hormonal imbalances, even cancer. That r...kable piece of plastic is called a "lab-on-a-chip" and it is one of the revolutionary products and processes currently emerging from nanotechnology researc...Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...an smokes while she is pregnant, both her children and grandchildren may be more likely to have asthma as...C Children's Health Study, which includes children and teens recruited in grades 4, 7 and 10. Of the participants, 338 children had asthma by age 5, while ...