Patients with metabolic syndrome, moderate coronary calcium have greater risk of blocked arteries
... a low likelihood of a cardiac event over the next few years but a relatively high long-term risk. Regardless, the calcium scan correctly identifies these patients as needing aggressive medical treatment to reduce their risk for a cardiac event, but they don't need to be considered for angioplasty or b...Large survey suggests schizophrenia less prevalent than textbooks say
...view of the medical literature, which turned out a few surprises. And knowing about prevalence--defined as the number of people suffering from the disease at a given time or within a time interval--of such an important disease is crucial to health policy strategies. They found that schizophrenia is more...African HIV subtypes identified in Minnesota population
...ion explained that this study is important because few such investigations of U.S. subtype prevalence have been conducted, and because the results have national public health implications. "The findings of a high prevalence of non-B subtypes in a state where African-born individuals make up less than one...May/June 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...vated risk for developing breast cancer found that few women chose to take it. Of the 89 high-risk women studied, only one decided to take tamoxifen for breast cancer chemoprevention. Among the 48 women who discussed the option with their family physician, only three family physicians recommended prevent...Airbags associated with increased automobile accident deaths, according to new UGA study
...ysis is important to obtain now, because in only a few years, there will be virtually no cars on the road without airbags. "We are confident that our analyses better reflect the actual of airbags in the general population [than earlier studies]," said Meyer. "The evidence shows that airbags do more harm...New information on reproductive health in St Petersburg
... have experienced unintended infertility, but very few had decided to undergo tests or expensive treatment. Abortion Still Used As a Means to Contraception There are several positive developments evident in sexual education at present. Young women in St Petersburg receive ever better sexual education b...New study has surprise findings on childhood depression
...spital in Brisbane. He said there had been only a few previous population-based studies of symptoms of depression in young children. There were no previous population-based studies which examined factors which might cause depression in very young children. Professor Najman said the researchers examine...Despite alternatives, addictive drugs most often prescribed for sleep problems
... "Benzodiazepines are usually effective for just a few weeks when used to treat insomnia. But addiction can develop relatively quickly", Balkrishnan said. "A person can develop a strong psychological and physical dependence on these drugs in a short time, and experience severe withdrawal-like symptoms on...Fungal contamination in breast implant surgery: A rare, preventable complication
...of ceiling sheetrock that had been water-damaged a few years before and was still moist. The investigators isolated Curvularia from an air sample taken from the supply room. They also discovered that air was flowing into the operating room associated with the contamination, rather than out of it as infec...JAMA study finds whooping cough vaccine effective, safe for teens and adults
... based not on entire cell bodies, but instead on a few key proteins on the surface of the bacteria (acell...Over the last 20 years, Pichichero has been one of few voices arguing nationally that acellular vaccines were needed in the United States after seeing seve...Alcohol may lower risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...tion and NHL have been inconsistent. Over the past few decades the incidence of NHL has risen worldwide, and in developed countries NHL is the sixth most common cancer in men and eighth most common in women. Lindsay Morton (National Institutes of Health, Maryland, USA) and colleagues did a pooled analys...Pacemakers and defibrillators for the survival of patients suffering from heart insufficiency
...es for heart insufficiency developed over the past few years has been the incorporation of biventricular pacemakers and defibrillators. Known as cardiac resynchronisation therapy, their implantation provides the advantage of increasing the performance of the heart in a number of patients with this pathol...Doctor 'report cards' may keep some heart patients from getting angioplasties
... best possible shot at a successful procedure with few complications. The Michigan project, for example, ...ks of the procedure for different patients. But a few states have opted to make those kinds of data public, in an effort to help patients assess doctors o...Newly published summer camp health guideline advises parents, camp directors
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In just a few short weeks, 10 million American children will start heading off to summer camp. But before they go, health experts are issuing strong new advice to both parents and camp directors, and recommending new precautions to protect campers' health. For ins...Study shows ramelteon reduced insomnia symptoms in elderly
...rience one or more symptoms of insomnia at least a few nights per week....HIV treatment programs in poor countries as effective as in developed countries
...hibitive" and "even people who can afford it for a few months may not be able to afford it in the long term," said Dr. Ivers. "This shows that we have to try to find a way to provide free antiretrovirals." She hopes that the results showing a link between free ART and successful treatment of HIV will enc...Patients with disease, cancer of the esophagus benefit from new technique developed by OHSU surgeons
... decade, the original procedure has been used in a few specialized centers around the world to remove cancer as well as other diseased tissue of the esophagus laparoscopically, that is by inserting fiber-optic instruments into a small, quarter-sized incision in the abdomen and maneuvering them to the aff...Delaying medication for infrequent seizures may be the best option
...ding antiepileptic drug treatment in patients with few or infrequent seizures are unclear. Between 1993 and 2000, David Chadwick (University of Liverpool, UK) and colleagues, recruited around 1400 patients with single or infrequent seizures from centres in the UK and around the world. Half the individua...Scientists advocate delaying medication for early epilepsy
...tarting or withholding treatment for patients with few or infrequent seizures have always been unclear, but research now suggests that early treatment adds little if any benefit to a patient's quality of life. Professor David Chadwick and his team, from the University's Division of Neuroscience, found t...Lowering resistance to insulin may delay or prevent onset of type 2 diabetes
...0 percent of them develop type 2 diabetes within a few years after pregnancy. Because of that, studying women with gestational diabetes is useful for researchers seeking to understand diabetes and develop ways to prevent it. In the study, researchers provided pioglitazone for three years to 89 women who ...