Largest NIH grant for NYU will create research network in dental practices
...nally there has been a void in clinical dentistry, explained Dr. Ship. "Many dentists are frustrated by having to make clinical decisions everyday in practice that do not have a sufficient scientific basis. For example, "What should be the appropriate follow-up interval for a specific procedure or disease? Is ...Study finds that women with PCOS are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
...S, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease," explained senior author, Dr. John Nestler, Professor of Medicine; Chair, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism and Vice Chair, Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, "These findings, indicate that...Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
...d long-term death rates compared to men. This was explained by their older age, smaller body surface area, increased frequency of other diseases and risk factors, and the greater occurrence of in-hospital complications. Major adverse cardiac events remained greater in women than men. The fact that the women...OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
... more severe than in other portions of the brain," explained P. Hemachandra Reddy, Ph.D., scientist at the Neurological Sciences Institute and first and corresponding author of the paper. "Because the frontal cortex is home to important brain functions such as reasoning, planning, and abstract thought all aff...OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
...ical wishes from any workstation in the hospital," explained Barbara Glidewell, director of the Department of Patient Relations at OHSU Hospital. "It's an important tool that's used on a near daily basis to ensure our patients' wishes are respected." "In the emergency department, things can happen very quickl...ACHRI study finds CellCept improves survival in pediatric heart transplant patients
...portant to focus on long-term transplant success," explained Dr. W. Robert Morrow, chief of pediatric cardiology at Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) and the Department of Pediatrics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, lead investigator of the study. "Our research shows th...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...sible." Study leader Dr. Fabio Salamanca-Buentello explained that nano-structured materials are being used to build a new generation of solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells and novel hydrogen storage systems that will deliver clean energy to countries still reliant on traditional, non-renewable contaminating fuels...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
...s beating and see if all of the grafts look fine," explained Fitzgerald. "But this is without any objective criteria." Around 5 to 8 percent of the time, he said, a graft that initially looked fine doesn't work well. This can lead to unsatisfactory results and sometimes may require another procedure such...Shape-altering genes linked to ovarian cancer
...versity of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have explained how and why different forms of ovarian cancer evol...ary from which these cancers are thought to arise, explained Naora. Serous ovarian cancer exhibits features resembling those of the fallopian tubes; the endometr...Mercury levels and cognitive function investigated in adults
... Department of Environmental Health Sciences. Weil explained that the Environmental Protection Agency bases its recommendations on studies of children and women of childbearing age. From these studies, they determined that blood mercury levels should not exceed 5.8 g/L. The median mercury level in study partic...Breast-cancer risk linked to exposure to traffic emissions at menarche, first birth
...be interpreted with caution, because they could be explained by other compounds in vehicle exhaust or by other exposures related to the traffic emissions. "While these results are subject to the limitations of epidemiologic observational studies, they are provocative in providing evidence both of the importa...Northwestern's cancer genetics program ID's gene variant that increases colon cancer risk
...bution to familial colorectal cancer was unknown," explained Dr. Pasche. Now, Dr. Pasche believes the gene is especially potent as a cause for familial colon cancers. The study looked at 208 patients with colorectal cancer and a strong family history of colorectal cancer and found that the number of TGFBR1*6A...A common bacterium leads to serious blood infection in many seniors, new study finds
...erous drop in blood pressure called septic shock," explained Lisa Jackson, MD, MPH, a senior investigator at Group Health's Center for Health Studies and the lead author of the study. "Bacteremia is associated with a death rate of about 10 percent," Jackson added. While there is a vaccine to protect seniors fr...Response of New York City public school children to September 11
... "This somewhat surprising finding may possibly be explained by a combination of factors, such as worldwide attention to their situation, increased social support, and the fact that students in the ground zero area schools were the recipients of significant mental health intervention immediately after Septembe...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for May 2005 (first issue)
...xposed infants born in the U.S. during 2002. They explained that smoking during pregnancy causes premature delivery and intrauterine growth retardation and has been estimated to cause five to ten percent of all fetal and neonatal deaths. The problem of smoking mothers also increases the risk of hospitalizati...Fear of falling: It's not only grandpa's phobia
... restriction were surprisingly common and not well explained by prior falls," she says. "These phenomena were already evident by age 49 to 55." Wilson says she doesn't know the precise reason for the disparity, but has some ideas. "It is possible that the increased risk of environmental hazards, inadequate res...Obese workers' pay lower due to health costs, Stanford study finds
...recting mechanism is at work in the labor market," explained study co-author Kate Bundorf, MPH, PhD, assistant ...ignaled that the obese workers' lower pay could be explained by their higher expected medical costs instead of outright prejudice. To further test this hypothesi...Nurses receive new tool to help patients quit smoking
... position to help patients end their tobacco use," explained Linda Sarna, R.N., D.N.Sc, principal investigator for Tobacco-Free Nurses and a professor at the UCLA School of Nursing. "The new pocket guide will provide nurses with the information and tools they need to realize their potential as smoking cessat...Professor criticises medicine's 'blind spot'
...f medical outpatients whose symptoms are not to be explained by disease, and patients with controversial syndromes such as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME. He says this 'blind spot' is a result of relegating aspects of medicine not associated with diagnosing and treating disease to the pre-scientific 'art of me...Study shows doctors and patients think differently about clinical trials
...ials are important to improving cancer treatment," explained Meropol. "However, whereas 79 percent of oncologists strongly agreed that patients benefit from participating, only 57 percent of the patients felt strongly that they would benefit." When ranking seven potential patient barriers to clinical trials, ...