Obese men more carb intolerant than obese women
... to women, who typically have lower-body fat. The difference in fat distribution may lead to decreased "usable lung capacity" (vital capacity), which was seen predominantly in the men, and more difficulty breathing; however, the precise mechanism is not fully understood. "It is possible that women are better...Study: Nose doesn't smell like the eyes see
...just that." The team's finding underscores the key difference between the eye's light-detecting system and the nose's odor-detecting system: the very nature of light and molecules. "When light hits a rod and is absorbed, it's a one-time event -- the light disappears forever," says Yau. "In the nose, an odor mol...US still spends more on health care than any other country
...ints and malpractice litigation--could explain the difference in health care costs. They found that neither factor accounted for a large portion of the U.S. spending differential. The study is featured in the July/August 2005 issue of the journal Health Affairs. "It is commonly believed that waiting lists in ot...SCAI news: Drug-eluting stents prove mettle in heart attack patients
...with the drug-eluting stent was safe. There was no difference between the two groups in procedural complications. Another key finding: No patient developed a blood clot in the drug-eluting stent within a month of treatment, a serious complication known as subacute thrombosis. This is especially reassuring, give...Blood testing links common foods and IBS
...ea, constipation and alternators). No significant difference was observed in skin prick testing or IgE antibody titers to these food antigens in IBS patients. "Symptoms from the irritable bowel syndrome can compromise the quality life," states corresponding author Dr. Devinder Kumar of St. George's Hospital in...New proton therapy, breast CT clinical trials, radiation-resistant tumors
...the precise location of a tumor. This is a marked difference from the past, in which high-resolution images were obtained in separate machines prior to radiation treatment, making it very difficult to account for such factors as subtle shifts in tumors from day to day, or breathing that could move tumor locati...Alternating rise and fall of SCF - NIPA levels act as switch regulating cell division
...the cell can safely duplicate its DNA may mean the difference between healthy and unhealthy daughter cells--and perhaps even between normal cells and cancerous cells." Morris co-authored a report on this work, which appears in the July 15 issue of Cell. The study found that NIPA (Nuclear Interaction Partner of ...Despite conflicting studies on obesity, most Americans think the problem remains serious
...fic findings said that these stories would make no difference in the likelihood that they would pay attention in the future to advice from scientific experts on how to control their weight; only 11% said these stories would make them less likely to pay attention. The 2004 trend data come from an ABC News/Time p...Handwashing with soap key to reducing burden of childhood disease
...4% in children younger than 15 years. There was no difference in disease incidence between households given antibacterial soap and those given plain soap. Dr Luby states: "Our data show that regular handwashing with soap is very effective in preventing diarrhoea and respiratory disease, two of the leading cause...Camera-guided colon surgery works best for most patients, study confirms
...s confirms. In the long term, researchers found no difference between the two. Researchers at Charit Universitt... University of California, Irvine, thinks that the difference in operating time will decrease as surgeons improve their laparoscopic skills. "If you look at what ...Halt NSAIDs use before gum surgery, Case researchers say
...urgery procedures. The researchers found that the difference between patients using ibuprofen and the non users was an increase of approximately 15 ml of blood or approximately double the amount of blood loss without NSAID's use. In reporting pain during the surgery, eight of the ibuprofen users reported less...Surgery is favored treatment for severe hemorrhoids
...review of studies. The review found no significant difference in patients' acceptance of each technique, "implying patients' preference for complete long-term cure of symptoms" despite the pain and higher risk of complications following surgery. Rubber band ligation, or RBL, involves a rubber band placed aroun...Fun foods and exercise may reduce childhood obesity
... physical activity then that would make a [weight] difference in the long term," says lead author Carolyn Summerbell, a professor of human nutrition at the University of Teesside in England. According to Summerbell, the health programs that are effective for children are those that put some fun into fitness an...Wife influences husband's marijuana use during first year of marriage
...rinking. Another explanation for the gender difference with marijuana may be the patterns of socializing before and after marriage. Leonard suggests that social patterns before marriage may be more influenced by husbands and patterns after marriage more influenced by wives. Consequently, availability, op...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 3
... effective at preventing pregnancy. Along with the difference in composition, the two contraceptives have different patterns of use. While the combined injectable contraceptives are given once a month, the single-hormone version is injected every two or three months. In contrast with the single-hormone version ...Statin therapy may lower mortality in heart failure patients
...st Baptist, and his research team found a dramatic difference in the longevity of 137 diastolic heart failure patients followed over a three-year period. The patients were being treated with ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, calcium blockers or statins all drugs that are commonly used to treat hypertension or hea...Possible exposure to nerve agents and brain cancer deaths in Gulf War veterans
...gents released during the demolitions and found no difference in overall mortality or all cancer mortality. However, exposed veterans were about twice as likely to have died from brain cancer as unexposed veterans, corresponding to roughly 12 excess deaths due to brain cancer among the 100,487 exposed veterans ...Vitamin D supplements not effective in preserving bone mineral density in black women
...he researchers found that there was no significant difference in BMD in women receiving vitamin D and women receiving placebo. There was also no relationship found between 25-OHD blood levels and bone density change in either group. Both groups experienced an increase in BMD in total body, hip, and mid-radius (...High blood pressure not well controlled among older men and women
...atients, managing high blood pressure may make the difference between living many more healthy years, or spending those years recovering from a debilitating stroke or heart attack." Investigators from the Framingham Heart Study, a landmark epidemiological study that began in 1948, analyzed data from its origina...... among the study cohort. There was no significant difference between the numbers of clinically important findings in average- and high-risk patients. ...