Treatment helps in preventing TB among those at high risk
...ncidence in regions with high HIV prevalence. The impact of HIV on TB is illustrated by data from gold mines in South Africa, where overall TB incidence now exceeds 4,000 per 100,000 population per year (i.e., 4 percent). Tuberculosis incidence was already high in this setting before the spread of HIV infe...Multi-drug resistant TB persists in California
...f drug-resistant TB cases to better understand the impact of resistance to multiple drugs on TB control in California and to plan public health interventions. The analysis included 38,291 TB cases reported from all 61 local health jurisdictions in California during 1994-2003. Multidrug-resistant TB was defi...TV confuses children about which foods are healthy, new study finds
... media effects on children and adolescents and the impact of media exposure on body image and eating disorders. For the study, 134 children in the first through third grades were asked to respond to a questionnaire that measured their nutritional knowledge, nutritional reasoning and television viewing, once...Home care managers should implement strategies to reduce high nurse turnover
...hospitals. Little is known, however, regarding the impact of these same organizational traits on nurses and patients in other settings, such as home health care agencies. According to the survey, the most important work environment attributes include working with nurses who are clinically competent; a good...Johns Hopkins AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat 'feminization' of HIV/AIDS
...s," he adds. "Now, it is having the most profound impact on women." Internationally, Quinn and his team have led clinical trials of the first effective treatments that prevent HIV from replicating, helped establish laboratory and treatment facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India and Ugand...MicroRNA study opens potential revolution in cancer diagnosis
...inary study, its validation could have significant impact on the clinical diagnosis of cancer. In addition to Golub and Horvitz, authors on the Nature paper "MicroRNA expression profiles classify human cancers" include Gad Getz, Justin Lamb and David Peck from the Broad Institute; Benjamin L. Ebert, Jun Lu ...Risk of heart attack may increase with certain anti-inflammatory drugs
...tack risk. This is all the more important for the impact of this study on patients, say the authors, since those previously taking rofecoxib will have already turned to the other anti-inflammatories in greater numbers. The most significant findings were for the drugs ibuprofen, diclofenac and rofecoxib, sa...$3.68 millon grant to boost public health 'informatics'
...h agencies." "Informatics can help us make a huge impact on public health through disease surveillance," said Charles Friedman, Ph.D., senior scholar and leader of this initiative in the NLM Division of Extramural Programs. "By integrating health data from a range of sources--including hospitals, clinics, ...Shrinking brains but healthy memory - does brain matter matter?
...ing when people hit their 60's, appears to have no impact on an individual's capacity to think or learn, acc... suggests a revision of long-standing views on the impact of age-related brain shrinkage. Professor Helen Christensen, the Director of the Centre for Mental ...Large multinational general population study shows restless legs syndrome is common, under-diagnosed
... is common, under-diagnosed, and can significantly impact sleep and daily activities. Results of the R.E.S.T. (RLS Epidemiology, Symptoms, and Treatment) General Population Study, a population-based survey completed by telephone and face-to-face interviews, are published in the current issue of the Archive...Diabetic retinopathy occurs in pre-diabetes
... the DPP Outcomes Study to examine the longer-term impact of the original treatment interventions. All participants are given access to quarterly lifestyle group sessions, while those in the original intensive lifestyle group have access to additional lifestyle activities to help them stay on track. The p...Children need 60 minutes of daily physical activity, expert panel says
... to review the literature and find evidence of the impact of physical activity on the health and well-being ...where researchers are exploring issues such as the impact of activity on children's weight and cardiovascular health. The hope is that the evidence-bas...Delaying radiation for prostate cancer does not affect outcome
...ancer Society, finds delays of EBRT had no harmful impact on clinical outcome or biochemical marker levels in low-, intermediate- and high-risk patients. Prostate cancer is generally a slow-developing malignancy that affects older men. However, treatment is still important for survival and includes surgery...Children need 60 minutes of daily physical activity, expert panel says
... to review the literature and find evidence of the impact of physical activity on the health and well-being ...where researchers are exploring issues such as the impact of activity on children's weight and cardiovascular health. The hope is that the evidence-based reco...New program focuses on the sometimes neglected needs of siblings of sick children
... Unfortunately, this can sometimes have a negative impact on the well-being of healthy siblings. An article...ild," says Fanos. Unfortunately, this can have an impact on the emotional, behavioral, physical, and psychosocial well-being of the healthy siblings and can ...Case finds oral health of residents in nursing homes needs more attention
...ents and eventually experience health decline, the impact of their frailty on oral health has the potential for an oral health epidemic," states Marsha Pyle, associate dean for academic affairs at the Case School of Dental Medicine and the study's lead author. Pyle collaborated with T. Roma Jasinevicus, C...Doctors argue for new ways to resolve health treatment choices
... that this issue should be explored because of its impact on national decisions about which new treatments are funded. Lead author of the BMJ article, Dr Ross Camidge, Clinical Lecturer in Cancer Therapeutics at The University of Edinburgh, explains: "If someone had a disease that they would eventually die...Medication orlistat appears helpful in improving weight management for obese adolescents
...for overeating). The researchers also assessed the impact of orlistat treatment on waist circumference, lipid levels, blood pressure, and glucose and insulin. The researchers found that both groups experienced a decrease in BMI up to week 12, thereafter stabilizing with orlistat but increasing beyond baseli...Design of neonatal intensive care units critical to infant health
... architects are becoming increasingly aware of the impact of design decisions on the sensory environment of ...says these areas merit attention and could have an impact on staff and family perception and behavior. Color selection relative to infants is largely inconseq...Avoiding amputation: Early infection intervention can save feet & legs
...eeded to confirm their results before they have an impact on clinical care....