New study seeks to lower diabetes risk in youth
...ogram group, which implements the changes, or to a comparison group, which continues to offer food choices and PE programs typically seen in middle schools across the country. Students in the program group will have healthier choices from the cafeteria and vending machines (e.g., lower fat foods, more fruit...Women on oxygen therapy for COPD more likely to die than men
...er decrease in basic lung function test results in comparison to men who smoke, suggesting a possible increased susceptibility to the development of COPD. Prior studies also show that COPD affects other organ systems, as well as the lungs. For example, individuals who smoke and develop COPD further increase t...Overweight in early childhood increases chances for obesity at age 12
...f their BMI was at or above the 85th percentile in comparison to national statistics for children their age. Th...chances the child would be overweight at age 12 in comparison to children who were not overweight from ages 7 through 11. For example, a child who was overweight...Stubborn ulcerative colitis responds to arthritis drug, review finds
...ies and Dryden said that the review didn't offer a comparison with cyclosporine. "Looking at the published studies, infliximab appears to be less effective than cyclosporine, but less toxic," Higgins said. "However, the two agents have never been compared head to head, so it is difficult to know how they would...Doctors warn: Do not rely only on what young athletes say when managing concussions
... pre-season baseline test whose data is stored for comparison to post-injury test scores, should an athlete sustain a concussion during the season. "A concussed athlete should never be cleared for return to play until neurocognitive scores on tests such as ImPACT match pre-injury baseline scores and all report...National study compares delivery methods of schizophrenia medicines
... usual treatment choices, will provide a realistic comparison of the new injectable and standard oral medicines. To help ensure impartial findings, participants also will be evaluated every few months via telemedicine by health professionals not regularly involved in their care. "This study gives us the oppor...Study finds safety test results on children's drugs not always reaching physicians
...at it was associated with a worse outcome than the comparison therapy. Though the pediatric exclusivity program itself has been a useful tool in making drugs safer for children through labeling changes, more can be done to make sure this information is getting into the right hands, said Benjamin. "Physicians...Hopkins study reveals white blood cells can both hurt and help transplanted kidneys
... without a thymus gland, which produces T cells. A comparison group of genetically engineered mice got no injections. After the researchers temporarily stopped blood flow to kidneys in mice in both groups for 30 minutes, they discovered that the kidneys in the injected mice were improved compared to the other...Reforms to gun dealer sales practices reduce supply of new guns to criminals
... authors saw no change in gun trafficking in three comparison cities in the Midwest. Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH, lead author of the study and co-director of the Johns Hopkins's Center for Gun Policy and Research, said, "There is a long-standing and contentious debate about whether licensed gun dealers play a rol...High risk of migraine, depression and chronic pain for IBS sufferers, large study shows
...02 people who did not suffer from IBS acted as the comparison group. Cole et al. took into account the many variables and confounding factors that could have skewed their data in their analysis. Cole et al.'s study shows that individuals who reported symptoms of IBS were 40% more likely to suffer from depress...Study of NYC transit system noise levels finds daily rides can result in hearing loss
... in particular, are relatively safe, especially in comparison to automobile use, they may be associated with a wide range of potential health hazards. The New York City subway system is the largest and the second oldest system in the U.S., with over 450 subway stations, 500 subway trains, and over 2,000 mile...New hope for an 'untreatable' mental illness
...ychotherapy focus on deeper personality change, in comparison to other recent treatments that have been limited to the reduction of specific behavioral symptoms of the disorder, such as self-mutilation. According to Dr. Young: "Other treatments for BPD, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy, have also led to mor...Women with mental disorders less likely to have mammograms
... regardless of severity, the authors reported. A comparison of insurance claims data for 59,673 women with a mental illness diagnosis and 131,683 women without this type of diagnosis indicated that the presence, type, and severity of the mental illness significantly influenced receipt of mammography throughou...Healthier preemies and parents, thanks to a new early intervention program
...ts in a more developmentally sensitive manner than comparison group parents, the study found that COPE mothers h...ir infants home at an earlier gestational age than comparison parents. This study demonstrates the important role that nurse scientists can play not only in hel...Phys ed class more effective when there's more talking
...tudents from a neighboring high school served as a comparison group Hortz did not present the new program to th...), up from 0.89 days at the study's beginning. The comparison group only increased their work out frequency by half a day, from 1.34 days to 1.81 days. The numb...Studies led by Rhode Island Hospital confirm safety and efficacy
...group, more complex lesions were attempted. In the comparison of the two groups, in-hospital mortality was 0.5 percent of DES cases versus 1.1 percent BMS of cases. At one year, mortality rates were comparable but rates of repeat revascularization by either PCI or CABG were again higher in the BMS group. Willi...Policy makers, networking agencies told to get their act together for nanoscience
...ions hindered the region's growth in many areas in comparison to the US which operates via a more concentrated and central command unit to deal with big-picture policies. "As someone who was an observer and was involved in the IT (information technology) debate in Europe for the past 30 years, I am very nerv...Restrictive provincial drug policies may have benefits
...I) bleeding. Mamdani and coauthors report on their comparison of changes over time in NSAID use and upper GI bleeding rates in British Columbia, which restricts the use of these drugs, and in Ontario, which has a less restrictive drug coverage policy. Their findings suggest that a more restrictive drug coverage...Balance training better than tai chi at improving mobility among older adults
...vent them in the first place." This is the first comparison of two balance training programs in which each typ... says. "We would like future research to include a comparison of fall rates in response to these two programs so we can develop an even better sense of what works...Hospital performance measures may not accurately reflect quality of care or predict patient outcomes
A comparison of hospitals with high and low Medicare performance measures found little difference in the rate of death for three common conditions at the hospitals, indicating that the measures may not accurately reflect patient outcomes, according to a study in ...