Female genital mutilation harmful for mothers and babies
...ention to enlarge the vagina and assist birth, and extended hospital stays. The excess risk remained even after the researchers took into account other confounding factors, such as maternal age, maternal education, socioeconomic status, and antenatal care visits. The risks were also greater with more extensi...Bone research in Space Symposium, June 2, IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis
...und volunteers who lie flat without exercising for extended periods of time. These studies have shown that completely immobilized bones can lose up to 15% of mineral density within three months. Buckley says bone cell formation depends largely on the effects of weight, both through gravity and exercise. When...Calorie restriction appears better than exercise at slowing primary aging
...the Journal of Applied Physiology that in rats, CR extended life longer than exercise. "Sedentary rats who ate a standard diet had the shortest average life-spans," Holloszy says. "Those who exercised by running on a wheel lived longer, but animals on calorie restriction lived even longer." Earlier this year...Extending the reach of disaster relief from fire to flood
...munications Department, has, however, successfully extended its forest fire fighting capabilities to the domain of flood relief, saving both resources and lives. Already demonstrated to be a big success in aiding Canadian fire-fighters during 2004 (Related news: Using satellites in the fight against forest f...Mixed amphetamine salts extended release improves information processing in adults with ADHD
Toronto, Canada Mixed amphetamine salts extended release (MAS XR) substantially improved the speed ...articipants started taking mixed amphetamine salts extended release or placebo for three weeks and were then switched to the other treatment while being evaluat...Inhaled anti-rejection drug preserves lung function in lung transplant patients
...nd that inhaled cyclosporine improved survival and extended periods of chronic rejection-free survival in lung transplant patients. Those results were published in The New England Journal of Medicine in January 2006. "Many lung transplant patients develop chronic rejection of the new lung--it is the Achilles ...One fourth of older patients receive catheters for no reason
...ld, MD, associate chief of staff of geriatrics and extended care at SFVAMC and Senior Scholar in the VA National Quality Scholar Program. The study identified nine specific risk factors for unnecessary catheterization: female gender, chronic illness, cognitive impairment, incontinence, inability to carry out ...Novel therapy combinations gain ground in treating hepatitis
... Germany compared two combination therapies for an extended treatment period of 72 weeks, compared to the curr...lapse rates are near 20 to 30 percent, but with an extended duration of 72 weeks, rates may be reduced. The research team compared the efficacy of daily doses ...Study shows schizophrenia limits understanding of body language
...ot well understood whether this perception problem extended to other socially relevant clues, said Sergio Paradiso, the study's corresponding author and assistant professor of psychiatry in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. "As we interact with people, we make judgments that we're not c...Putting healthcare dollars into the 'right' prevention services
...makers stand to achieve extraordinary returns-- in extended lives and cost savings--by getting serious about helping smokers to quit." The articles from this issue are: Effective Clinical Preventive Services A Commentary David Satcher, MD, PhD Prevention The Cornerstone of Quality Health Care Samuel R. Nussba...Studies unclear whether spinal cement procedure improves back pain
...reating compression fractures of the spine and has extended the warning to apply to all types of bone cement and bone-void fillers that are not specifically cleared and labeled for kyphoplasty. According to the ECRI study authors, kyphoplasty costs $3,400 to $4,000 for the kyphoplasty materials and $8,000 to ...Large NCI grant will test the effect of Tibetan yoga on women with breast cancer
...ancer who receive multi-modality treatment over an extended period of time," he says. "For thousands of years, Tibetans have been employing a form of yoga that we think could help ameliorate the treatment-related morbidity that accumulates over time in cancer patients." The study's yoga instructor and co-inve...M. D. Anderson: Setting the benchmark in brain tumor treatment
... on a virus designed to spread rapidly through the extended fingers of a brain tumor, killing it while leaving normal tissue alone. Another trial is studying a chemotherapy drug that can seep through the brain-blood barrier and latch on to tumor cells. All of these experimental approaches were developed at M....Social mealtimes boost wellbeing of nursing home residents
..., the authors believe that their conclusion may be extended to all nursing home residents. This was a simple intervention that did not need extra staff, or increase workload or costs, say the authors. With motivated staff, this programme is easy to achieve on a low budget....More careful 'aiming' of CT cuts down on radiation without compromising image quality
... researchers found that localizer radiographs were extended above the diaphragm and below the symphysis pubis in 96% and 72% of the examinations, respectively. Extra images were acquired above the dome of the diaphragm in 94% and below the pubic symphysis in 90% of the examinations, respectively. All in all...Photodynamic therapy is an alternative to removal of esophagus
...n heartburn is severe or occurs frequently over an extended period of time, it is called Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or GERD. Over time, untreated GERD damages the lining of the esophagus. As a result, one in 10 people with GERD develop Barrett's esophagus, a potentially dangerous change in the lining of ...Study examines risk for misuse of ADHD stimulant medications
...ile no participant reported misuse or diversion of extended release stimulant medications. "Now that we know ...n experience I'd suggest that physicians prescribe extended release formulations and consider non-stimulant drugs for those at increased risk. And I suggest to...HIV-1 prevalence decreasing in southern India
...gies are partly in place in the south, but must be extended to high coverage in each southern district. Equally important, sex-worker interventions must be replicated in the north, " he adds. (Quote by e-mail; exact version does not appear in published paper) See also accompanying Comment....More extensive surgery improves survival of patients with gastric cancer
...ssed prospectively the absolute surgical effect of extended lymphadenectomy on survival with advanced gastric cancer". However, they add that: "A single institution trial with a unimodal surgical approach to advanced gastric cancer is not generalisable, and does not take into account the important contributio...Investigators who extended the Harvard Six Cities fine particulate air pollution study by eight years found that reduced levels of tiny particle pollution during this period lowered mortality risk for participants. The results appear in the second issue for March 2006 of the A...