Columbia study shows women benefit from drug-eluting stents as much as men
...cted in the U.S. each year are done on women. The difference is at least partially the result of a belief by do...nt heart attacks. The study found that there is no difference in levels of restenosis with the use of drug eluting stents the angiographic measurement of how nar...New research reveals working mothers do not adversely impact on children's diets
...s') or full-time (55% 'less healthy eaters'). The difference in respect of mothers who worked full-time could be accounted for by the fact that they tended to live in less deprived areas and have more qualifications (both of which were associated with better diets). However lower rates of 'less healthy eating...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...ually for skilled professionals who want to make a difference overseas but are stymied by financial and logistical barriers. Fellows would provide health care, training, or technical assistance in a PEPFAR focus country for at least one year, the report says. GHS also would include a loan-repayment program fo...New research reveals common beliefs about gender differences in health
...what is unexpected is that when there was a gender difference in attribution of relative likelihood, respondents tended to perceive the risks as higher for their own sex than for the opposite sex. This tendency was also evident in the one condition fitness posed in positive terms. "Previous studies on person...'Virtual colonoscopy' effective in finding most polyps but may miss small ones
...illimeters, there was no statistically significant difference between the methods in the studies reviewed. "In some studies, patients who have undergone both conventional colonoscopy and CT colonography have expressed a preference for CT over the more invasive examination, but this does not necessarily mean the...Age is not a limiting factor in combined therapy for lung cancer
...g compared to 17 percent of elderly patients. This difference is not statistically significant. While overall toxicity was similar between the two age groups, specific moderate and severe toxicities occurred more frequently in the elderly. Severe pneumonitis requiring ventilation or continuous oxygen was signif...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
...8 to those from 1998 to 2003, researchers found no difference in overall mortality or the risk per year after the hemorrhage. These data point out the lack of effective treatments for patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, and the urgent need to develop new therapies. [S43.001] The AAN 57th Annual Meeting was ...Exercise slows development of Alzheimer's-like brain changes in mice, new study finds
...eks old, showed that the mechanism underlying this difference began within the first month of exercise. "These results suggest that exercise--a simple behavioral strategy--in these mice may bring about a change in the way that amyloid precursor protein is metabolized," says D. Stephen Snyder, Ph.D., director of...Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows
... new and earlier treatments that could make a huge difference for these children." Second only to mental retarda...rd. The team at the Offord Centre is making a real difference towards better care for children and families affected by autism."...Health inequalities continue to widen, despite government rhetoric
...in the poorest areas. Among men, for example, the difference between the local authority with the lowest life expectancy (Glasgow City) and the one with the highest (East Dorset) has risen to 11 years. Since Victorian times, such inequalities have never been as high, write the authors. The Slope Index of Inequ...Vascular structure and function improve with diet and exercise
...dicine at the University of Western Ontario. "The difference here is that the calories and composition of the diet and physical activity prescribed were matched to fitness level in an individually tailored fashion and delivered in a family practice setting as opposed to a hospital or laboratory." The randomiz...Medical-errors gap widens between best and worst hospitals: Healthgrades study
...mportant and frequent contributors to this notable difference were significantly lower rates of hospital-acquired infections and post-operative metabolic derangements. If the bottom 10% hospitals improved only their hospital-acquired infection rates to the level of top 10% hospitals, 2,734 deaths associated w...Acupuncture treatment no more effective than sham treatment in reducing migraine headaches
...baseline of 5.4 days in the waiting list group. No difference was detected between the acupuncture and the sham acupuncture groups while there was a difference between the acupuncture group compared with the waiting list group (1.4 days). The proportion of res...Stents that release medication appear more effective than traditional stents
...ug tirofiban instead of abciximab would absorb the difference in cost between stenting with sirolimus-eluting vs. bare-metal stents. Marco Valgimigli, M.D., of the University of Ferrara, Italy and colleagues compared angiographic and clinical outcomes for the treatments of high-dose tirofiban plus sirolimus-elu...Other highlights in the May 4 JNCI
... dose-dense arm than in the standard arm, but this difference was not statistically significant. Contact: Alicia Custis, Communications Manager, Christie Hospital, alicia.custis@christie-tr.nwest.nhs.uk , 44-0161-446-3706 Hormone Decreases Ability of Breast Cancer to Spread, Animal Study Finds A hormone us...Different consultants mean different lengths of stay in hospitals
... The type of consultant was found to make a large difference on length of stay, re-admission and resources used. Four physician groups were studied gastroenterology, respiratory, general internal medicine (GIM), and specialty. The lowest length of stay a median five days was recorded in cases where a patie...Stroke drug still meets resistance from doctors wary of its risks
...eart attack is 1 percent. There was no significant difference among doctors in urban, rural and suburban settings, or teaching and non-teaching hospitals. Women doctors were twice as likely as men to be willing to use tPA. Interestingly, 30 percent of all the physicians said that their own personal experience w...Autism conference reports advances in early diagnosis, role of immune system and more
...developing same-age children aged two to five. One difference appeared in response to bacteria, with cells from the autistic group having lower levels of cytokines, which help mediate the body's overall immune response and can also affect mood and behavior. Scientists say the potential connection of cytokines t...Obese workers' pay lower due to health costs, Stanford study finds
...th insurance. This time, they found no significant difference in pay. This finding - that an obesity-related wage difference existed only for those with employer-sponsored health insurance - signaled that the obese workers' l......ls and fat cells to see how the liver can tell the difference between old fat and new fat. Eventually, Semenkovich believes these findings could lead to more effective strategies for the treatment of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other metabolic problems. For now, he says that dieters who want to lose fat stored...