Radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles the risk of rectal cancer
...ears after treatment," said Nancy Baxter, MD, PhD, lead study author with the University of Minnesota Cancer Center. "This is the first time rectal cancer risk associated with prostate radiation has been quantified, and these findings may also have implications for patients treated with radiation for oth...More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
...ifornia, Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group and lead author of the study, which is scheduled to appear in the April 15 issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology, but is available now online. "Diesel is the last big source of air pollution that has yet to be reigned in," said Marshall. ...If you fill it, they will slurp, and slurp, and slurp ...
...ir eyes to count calories and not their stomachs," lead researcher Brian Wansink, professor of marketing a...tic bags. The visual cues from the filled bags can lead families, especially children, to think that a smaller-than-normal serving was a satisfying full ser...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...or for non-seasonal forms of mood disorders," said lead author Dr. Robert Golden, professor and chairman of psychiatry at UNC and vice dean of the medical school. "But when you throw out all the studies that are methodologically flawed and then conduct a meta-analysis of those that are well-designed, you...Study: obesity impairs immune response of mice, boosts chances of dying from influenza infection
... dysfunction during influenza infection, which may lead in humans, as it did in the mice, to increased mortality," Beck said. "Influenza virus currently is responsible for 36,000 deaths and 114,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year." Mice are a common model in influenza virus infection studi...Largest NIH grant for NYU will create research network in dental practices
...YU College of Dentistry was selected to create and lead the regional network for the east coast of the United States. Each regional network will conduct approximately 15 to 20 short-term clinical trials over the next seven years, comparing the benefits of different dental procedures, dental materials, and...Newer imaging techniques may lead to over-treatment
... resident at University Hospitals of Cleveland and lead author of the study. However, "our study found no significant difference in the outcomes of patients ruled out for pulmonary embolism with MDCT vs. single-detector CT," he said. "It is possible that we missed small clots in the patients that had a s...Bone SPECT superior to FDG PET for detecting bone metastases in breast cancer
...rimary breast cancer," said Takayoshi Uematsu, MD, lead author of the study. Figuring out which imaging method is the best for a particular disease is crucial in patient treatment, say the study authors. "Early diagnosis and treatment of bone metastases might improve outcomes in breast cancer patients, an...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...al organization of pediatricians. The supplement's lead editors and contributors included several University of Rochester Medical Center pediatricians and many of the recommendations and conclusions in the study are based on the pioneering work done by Rochester-based practitioners in the field of pediatr...Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
...ighly aware of risks, and that time and experience lead to changes in their perception of the danger to themselves. Participants in the study were students at two California high schools, who completed a questionnaire during class after their parents consented to their participation. The mean age of the p...Early home environment and television watching influence bullying behavior
...g might arise out of early cognitive deficits that lead to decreased competence with peers; and that television violence may produce aggressive behavior. Frederick J. Zimmerman, Ph.D., of the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues compared assessments of 1,266 four-year-olds enrolled in a natio...It takes a village to improve the health of children
...w times a year to treat such problems as asthma or lead poisoning, but for these illnesses, as for many others, treating the disease is not sufficient. We must alter the environment to get to the root of the problem and we must equip our physicians with the knowledge and skills to work in a community envi...Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
...of patients with systolic heart failure," says the lead author of the study, Ravinder K. Wali, M.D., a nephrologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "We were surprised to find that, in fact, many of those peo...Differential heart-attack risks among blacks, whites remain mystery
... of a fat-carrying protein called "lipoprotein(a)" lead to increased risks for heart attacks among whites ...dy Guerra, professor of statistics at Rice and the lead author of the paper. "Our study found no independent relationship between plasma levels of Lp(a) and...Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
... reflect that concern," said Dr. Peter F. Buckley, lead investigator on the study and chair of the MCG Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior. Antipsychotics, such as clozapine and risperidone, which have come on the market in the last 10-15 years are touted for an improved ability to treat the delu...Golf-related head injuries in children increasing along with sport's popularity
...ays Dr. Scott Y. Rahimi, neurosurgery resident and lead author on the study published in the March issue of Journal of Neurosurgery. Seventeen bicycle-related head injuries during that period barely beat out golf as the major cause of sports-related head injuries in these children. Seven of the golf inju...Injectable drug, combined with counseling, shows promise in treating alcohol dependence
...ion in the Center for the Study of Addictions, and lead investigator for Penn's component of the trial. "Long-acting naltrexone represents a promising new development for treatment, and I hope that it can play a role in helping the large number of individuals in the U.S. who suffer from alcohol dependenc...Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
...Duke medical psychologist James Blumenthal, Ph.D., lead author of a study appearing in the April 6, 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Society. The trial was supported by a $4.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. "Our results suggest that exercise and stress management tr...Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
...lso scored lower on giving their babies chances to lead interactions. In addition, the iron-deficient mothers cut in on the baby's play at inappropriate times more often and appeared bored or distant more frequently than the other mothers. At nine months, the babies of the three groups of mothers also ...Music improves sleep quality in older adults, researchers find
...ntrol group was clinically significant," said Lai, lead author of the study. "The music group reported a 26 percent overall improvement in the first week and this figure continued to rise as they mastered the technique of relaxing to the sedative music." Participants in the study were older adults with sl...