Early home environment and television watching influence bullying behavior
...tor for subsequent bullying. Cognitive stimulation assessment was based on information on outings, reading, play...rental role in teaching a child. Emotional support assessment included questions on whether the child ate meals with both parents, parents talked to the child whi...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...o previous audits, the committee undertook its own assessment of the accuracy and completeness of the trial's reporting through a review of medical records and other primary source documents for a subset of 49 infants involved in the trial. In addition, the committee reviewed information provided by NIH, the o...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
...awn for NT-proBNP measurement. After the emergency assessment was completed, the attending physicians were asked to estimate the likelihood that the patients' symptoms were caused by heart failure, based on all available information except the NT-proBNP assay. For patients admitted to the hospital, the entire ...Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...0. These findings, based on the most comprehensive assessment to date of age-specific incidence rates of in situ breast cancer, while encouraging, also pose a particular challenge to health-care professionals. "There is good news in that it appears we are detecting breast cancer at an earlier stage. However, th...'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
...urse, any new technology requires extensive safety assessment before coming to market, but initial results from nanoshells testing are promising. Nanoshells developed for therapeutic applications have already been evaluated by Nanospectra Biosciences Inc., the Houston-based company that is commercializing the t...Pathological gambling associated with brain impairments
...Buenos Aires, Argentina. "Decision-making involves assessment of possible reward and punishment outcomes from the various response options, and the selection of the option that one thinks will be best." Dr. Roca's study examined 11 pathological gamblers and 10 control subjects, using decision-making tasks, inhi...NMDP welcomes IOM recommendation for fully integrated cord blood system
...est by Congress, which asked the IOM to provide an assessment of existing cord blood programs and inventories and to make recommendations to enhance the structure, function and utility of such programs....Researcher sheds light on ghostwriting in medical journals
...herbs and dietary supplements, women's health, the assessment of benefits and risks in alternative medicine and conventional medicine, and influences on physician prescribing. She has published articles in medical journals including The Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, Reproductive Toxicology, and Experime...Northwestern's cancer genetics program finds gene variants that greatly increase breast cancer risk
...sk may be predicted in 30 percent of women through assessment of the TGFBR1*6A and TGFB1 T29C variants." Mutated genes like TGFBR1*6A and the better-known cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, alter cells in a way that causes them either to grow faster or become cancerous. Dr. Pasche says while BRCA1 and...Surgery for children with sleep apnea improves quality of life
...seline and then were asked to return for follow-up assessment at six months and one year. In children, obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by a disorder of breathing during sleep caused by an airway obstruction. PSG is an overnight test to evaluate sleep disorders. Quality of life was measured using standa...Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
...atic long-term evaluation was more difficult, with assessment relying on a combination of government-sponsored vigilance, spontaneous reports and epidemiological monitoring. Present arrangements were not fully adequate and did not always favour impartial decisions, she said, relying, for instance, on withdrawal...Virtual colonoscopy: Virtually promising
...al colonoscopy may become one of the most valuable assessment tools available for colorectal cancer screening. "I expect a lot from a screening test zero risk, high sensitivity, high specificity, reasonable ease and convenience, and cost effectiveness," said Dr. Imperiale, who is professor of medicine and Re...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...ld inform each nation's human-resources plan. All assessment data should be collected the same way in each country, updated regularly, and stored in the job bank of the clearinghouse. Additionally, the report outlines several promising steps to enhance and sustain the health work force worldwide....Press registration reminder ESC Congress 2005, 3-7 September 2005
...iovascular disease prevention and offers free risk assessment (of blood pressure, cholesterol and overall risk prediction using the ESC HeartScore tool) to attendees. For Your Heart's Sake will also feature messages specific to the Women and Cardiovascular disease theme of the Congress. Press may request visu...No strong evidence linking mercury levels with worse neurobehavioral performance in older adults
... for older adults. Studies with more detailed dose assessment are necessary to confirm this conclusion since a single blood-mercury level may not be an optimal estimate of cumulative dose," the researchers conclude....New portable device developed by Georgia Tech and Emory checks for concussions on the sidelines
...rogram recognizes the need for improved concussion assessment and plans to test this new technology. DETECT may have other potential cognitive testing applications, such as helping assess cognitive impairment related to Alzheimer's disease or drug use. The test would be brief and could be performed in a genera...Color doppler sonography speeds detection of serious illness in premature infants
...Doppler sonography will become part of the overall assessment of premature babies."...Tools for diagnosing heart attack could be inaccurate in some populations
...ly, its elements form the basis of many other risk assessment tools. There is no single, definitive test to diag...it difficult to evaluate chest pain patients. Risk assessment tools have become popular because they allow doctors to make "evidence-based" decisions based on age...Simple questions may determine children's exposure to smoke
...ning the child's risk is needed to facilitate that assessment in busy pediatric practices, the authors suggest. ...: health care professionals can obtain an ETS risk assessment for a child younger than three years by asking the mother 'Do you smoke?'" the authors report. "If t...Attention full-time workers: Get off the computer and out to exercise in your free time!
...video games so that gave our study a more complete assessment of sedentary activities than studies in the past," Warren said. The researchers assigned each activity a metabolic equivalent or MET, a standard, published measure of physical activity intensity. A MET level of 1-3 corresponds to low-intensity activ...