Virtual colon screenings examined
... while maintaining accuracy, researchers have been examining the optimal usage of computed tomographic colonography (CTC) screening, a less invasive and time consuming screening process. Studies have previously suggested that CTC was comparable to optical colonoscopy (OC), and interim results from this study ...Blood pressure drugs associated with reduced risk of esophageal, pancreatic and colon cancers
...eport, LA, completed three case-controlled studies examining the correlation between ACE inhibitor use and esophageal, pancreatic and colon cancer incidence. The team analyzed statistics from the Veterans' Integrated Service Network (VISN 16) database, a resource tool containing information about every vetera...Penn researchers start new clinical trial to examine ways to improve treatment of uterine fibroids
... a non-surgical method to treat fibroids. They are examining the overall effectiveness of different agents used to destroy uterine fibroids - a discovery that could lead to more answers about the durability of a procedure called Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE). It's already been established throughout the m...Health researchers working to improve the lives of the most vulnerable Canadians
...n (Universit du Qubec Montral) and their team are examining how social conditions, discrimination and homophobia influence the physical and mental health of sexual minorities. Differences in health status result from a range of social, cultural and economic determinants and their interactions. Specific gr...Old technology helps find new test for leg artery disease
...rity of PAD and develop new drugs to treat it. By examining the physiology of patients who exercised under a magnetic resonance imaging scanner (MRI), doctors at the University of Virginia Health System have devised a new test to diagnose and follow peripheral arterial disease. This test shows promise in help...First trimester use of ACE inhibitors implicated in birth defects
The Food and Drug Administration is examining study data from Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, to determine if new warnings should be placed on common blood pressure medications indicating an increased risk of birth def...Manchester academic to tell conferences: Child abuse can cause schizophrenia
...nd 2000, they found that less than 1% was spent on examining the impact of parental care. Still, they say, there have been enough studies to suggest negative or confusing early care may be an important addition to abuse as a cause. Genes may still have a role to play but other evidence Hammersley and Read cite......ntradictions in conclusions drawn from two studies examining use of a mechanical CPR device for the resuscitation patients with out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. One study concluded the device was beneficial, while the other concluded it may be harmful. Lewis and Niemann deal with several questions rais...Older women have far fewer mammograms than they report
...r the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. "By examining data from Medicare, this study has highlighted the differences between data interpretation based on clinical records versus self-reported data," said Perkins. "Self-reported data may inaccurately represent the true screening levels in a given populat...Hopkins researchers develop new quick tool to sort out insect bites in children
...ogy at the Children's Center, developed SCRATCH by examining a month's worth of patient records from visits to the Children's Center dermatology clinic. They found that the majority of children who were eventually diagnosed with an insect-bite rash had undergone extensive lab tests and skin biopsies before the...Aspirin and other NSAIDs may not reduce the risk of colorectal cancer in long-term smokers
...particular, Chia and colleagues were interested in examining the impact of NSAIDs on a certain type of colorectal tumor that may be associated with smoking. Such tumors display microsatellite instability, an acquired genetic characteristic that indicates defects in DNA-repair machinery. Microsatellite instabil...Graduated driver licensing reduces fatal crashes by 11 percent
...icy and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. When examining the most comprehensive programs (19 states), which...dition, the authors' findings were strengthened by examining fatal crashes involving drivers aged 20-24 and 25-29. The researchers did not find a reduction in fa...Duke researchers link newly discovered gene to hereditary neurological disease
...ways of neurodegenerative disease. By meticulously examining the DNA sequence of those genes, the researchers located mutations -- changes in the DNA sequence -- in the REEP1 gene among people who have hereditary spastic paraplegia but not in their unaffected relatives. Pericak-Vance and team member Allison...Challenges to improving adolescent nutrition in Bangladesh and Tanzania
... as girls (64 percent vs. 36 percent)." "We are examining relationships between adolescent nutritional status and household food security, periodic household food shortages, skipping meals, school attendance, and orphan status," says Levinson. "This data will guide future efforts in Tanzania and permit the...Penn researchers examine the effects of meditation on early cognitive impairment
... University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are examining the effectiveness of meditation on early cognitive impairment. Once this new study is completed, the results could help answer lingering questions over whether or not stress-reducing techniques and mind exercises can lessen or even prevent cognitive ...Higher blood pressure associated with decline in walking ability in older persons
...and mobility wasn't as strong. Further studies examining lifelong blood pressure measures will be necessary to fully explore why there is a link between blood pressure and lower limb function. In addition, Shah hopes clinical trials will study if the treatment of blood pressure improves walking abilities. ...Immune system police learn early and sometimes badly
...ologist and the study's corresponding author. By examining receptors on all types of T cells before and after they leave the thymus, researchers found regulatory T cells are very diverse and able to recognize endogenous tissue and invaders, Dr. Ignatowicz says. Unfortunately, the cells also may not learn t...Meals high in saturated fat impair 'good' cholesterol's ability to protect against clogged arteries
...nch fries and a large milkshake at one meal.) In examining the volunteers, Dr. Nicholls and his colleagues found that after three hours, the saturated fat meal had reduced the ability of the endothelium to expand the arteries in order to increase blood flow. The researchers determined this by using a blood p...Antioxidants may protect against tick-borne illness
...antioxidants might serve as useful therapies after examining the damage to infected cells, as seen by electron microscopy, and through biochemical evidence proving oxidative stress (OS), a term used to describe a level of damage in cells, tissue and organs. Antioxidants can generally neutralize free radicals a......r interventions to patients. They also recommended examining the prevalence of smoking among health care providers themselves, citing research that shows health care providers who smoke are less likely to intervene on behalf of their patients who smoke. Despite efforts to reduce smoking in the last decade, t...