Study finds maternal exposure to parasitic infection may increase risk of schizophrenia in offspring
...rn California (KPNC). The goal of the CHDS was to examine influences on outcomes of pregnancy and childhood health and development. The CHDS recruited nearly every pregnant woman under obstetric care from the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP) in Alameda County, California. The 19,044 offspring of these...Minority youths self-esteem grows, not shrinks over time
...ir Black peers. The authors used questionnaires to examine the youths' self-esteem, family support, friendship support, and perceived school climate, (i.e. student/student relations and teacher/student relations). Those adolescents who reported higher levels of support, and perceived a positive school clima...Anti-depressant use linked to increased GI bleeding
...ts. "While more research needs to be conducted to examine the link between SSRIs and gastrointestinal bleeding, physicians must closely monitor for this serious adverse event, especially in patients who are currently taking both SSRIs and NSAIDs," said Michael Jones, M.D., lead author from Northwestern Univ...Statin use associated with reduced risk of pancreatic and esophageal cancers
...is will encourage the medical community to further examine statins and their potential benefits in cancer prevention." Pancreatic cancer is considered one of the most deadly forms of cancer; an estimated 27,000 patients are diagnosed each year, with close to 100 percent succumbing to the disease within the ...Aspirin use may protect against colon cancer recurrence, reduce risk of death
...it. He adds that studies currently are underway to examine the addition of COX-2 inhibitors to chemotherapy in patients with advanced colon cancer....Weighing the evidence: A forum to examine the latest news about overweight, obesity and mortality
...tion's top researchers discuss the latest reports, examine the methodology that yielded the contradictory news and present new findings from the highly respected Nurses Health Study, ( http://www.channing.harvard.edu/nhs/ ) Moderators: Walter Willett, Chair of the Department of Nutrition, HSPH M...Children of incarcerated mothers exhibit poor attachment to caregivers, mothers
...ren and the children's caregivers. The goal was to examine family experiences associated with children's posi...ociated with maternal incarceration, as well as to examine children's emotional reactions to separating from their mothers during imprisonment, and how those r...Other highlights in the May 18 JNCI
... women, however, have produced unclear results. To examine the relationship between premenopausal blood concentrations of sex steroids and subsequent breast cancer risk, Dr. Rudolf Kaaks, of the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, and colleagues conducted a casecontrol study of 370 c...Genes may influence nutritional composition of breast milk
...heir breast milk. An expanded study is planned to examine the clinical impact of additional genes and their effects on prenatal storage of DHA and other omega-3 fatty acids in body fat....Nature as important as nurture in developing ability for flexible self-control
...ation methods allowed Noelle and his colleagues to examine hypothetical cases that cannot be ethically investigated in the laboratory, such as removing the special physiological properties of prefrontal neurons or grossly limiting the range of experiences provided during development. These analyses revealed ...Pilot studies to look at how mind drives or prevents disease
...lth (NIH) funded new mind-body research centers to examine how beliefs, attitudes and stress affect heart dis... chair of the URMC Department of Dermatology, will examine whether stress and lack of sleep precede bursts of psoriasis in patients in her dermatology clinic. ...Ultrasound images transmitted over the phone allow radiologists to diagnose patients in real time
... donated by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, to examine several hundred patients but the hospital had no resources to read the ultrasound scans. "Once they had the equipment, they needed an inexpensive way for the images to be read," said Harris. "We conducted a pilot study in which 50 thyroid, abdominal...'Sister Mary' the robo-doc to start making ward rounds at St Mary's Hospital
...ce (RP6) Robots allow a medical expert to visually examine and communicate with a patient from anywhere in th...ots 'face'. Although the robot does not physically examine the patient it allows face-to-face contact between the doctor and patient, providing immediate acces...New MRI techniques may help patients avoid knee surgery
...ecause 3-Tesla MRI is accurate, we can confidently examine patients with suspected meniscal tears to determine if they need surgery immediately or if they might benefit from rehabilitation first to see if their knee injury heals, possibly avoiding surgery altogether," Dr. Magee said. 3-Tesla MRI can be perf...Canada lags behind in caregiver support
...efe. "This is the way forward. The next step is to examine in greater detail how these policies are administered and whether they will work for Canada." Dr Keefe's work will be presented at a symposium being organized by the HCIC project team and hosted by Trent University in Peterborough....'Virtual' asthma clinic helps patients manage disease online
...thma management program." While this study did not examine whether the patients' asthma improved because of the online program, Dr. Mayers is now setting up a randomized, controlled study that will look at whether the online program affects asthma attack frequency and utilization of healthcare....No strong evidence of an increased risk of cancer among personal hair dye users
...search identifying 79 studies from 11 countries to examine the association between personal use of hair dyes and relative risk of cancer. "Our results indicate that, globally, there is no effect of personal hair dye use on the risk of breast and bladder cancer," the authors report. "There is a borderline e...Physical activity associated with improved survival for women with breast cancer
...chool, Boston, and colleagues conducted a study to examine whether higher levels of physical activity after a breast cancer diagnosis would be associated with longer survival. The study was based on responses from 2,987 female registered nurses in the Nurses' Health Study who were diagnosed with stage I, II...Breathing disorders during sleep are common among asthmatics, may help predict severe asthma
...m an ongoing study, researchers say doctors should examine their asthma patients' sleep patterns more often, especially when the patients continue to have trouble even with regular use of inhalers and other common asthma treatments. "The more you look for sleep apnea in patients with asthma, the more you fin......ight has yet to be examined. In the first study to examine liver injury in patients with OSA, researchers led by Lawrence Serfaty, M.D. at the Hepatology Department at Saint-Antoine Hospital in Paris, France tested liver function in patients being evaluated for OSA in order to determine if sleep apnea by its...