Study: Who claims to be a pediatrician?
...Pediatrics distinguish the physician as having the level of expertise and knowledge to provide the best possible care for your child," says study lead author Gary L. Freed, M.D., MPH, chief of the Division of General Pediatrics and director of the CHEAR Unit at Mott. He continues, "Our finding that up t...Research shows aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly
...t of their maximum rate the same aerobic intensity level recommended to maintain cardiovascular fitness. The other seven subjects simply rested. On the following morning, the researchers sampled the blood going into and coming out of thigh muscle in each of the volunteers, while supplying via the femoral...Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh
...Julius team's complementary work is focused at the level of the sensory nerve fiber, where the signals are first initiated. "We want to know," Julius says, "how do you detect these stimuli to begin with" How do your sensory nerve endings do this to begin with" And what are the biochemical and biophysical m...Risk of Parkinson's disease increases with pesticide exposure and head trauma
...ing Parkinson's disease increases according to the level of exposure, the results showed. The two risk factors are potentially modifiable, the authors say. Head trauma resulting from contact sports such as boxing can be avoided and further research could identify more specifically which pesticides are a...Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful
...confidence in treating ADHD with stimulants. The level of pediatricians who said they used a class of drugs called SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) "frequently or occasionally" plummeted from 52 percent to 26 percent after the FDA warning that use of the drugs might increase suicidal behav......ssed common heart disease risk factors such as the level of LDL, or "bad", cholesterol, body weight and endothelial function, which is a very early marker of hardening of the arteries. They also asked participants to rate their quality of life. This treatment did not cause any side-effects. Dr Weaver ...Increasing radiation dose shortens treatment time for women who choose breast sparing treatment
...g high doses of radiation, we have to consider the level of side effects and the cosmetic result," explained Freedman. "In this phase II study, women reported acceptable side effects, and the cosmetic result was similar to the longer six-week treatment course." The study included 75 women treated with 2....Policy changes have direct effect on nursing home care
...roblem, including federal or state minimum nursing level requirements or increases in Medicaid payments," Harrington said. "We now know that a policy change is an effective way to create an impact, and it might be an easier solution than trying to change Medicaid payments." An increase in Medicaid rates ...Inactive kids storing up illness for the future
...d by the British Heart Foundation reveals that the level of physical inactivity among children today has reached epidemic levels. Researchers from Leicester -Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Professor Melanie Davies and Dr Margaret Stone- have just published one of the largest studies of physical activity levels ...Exercise may slightly boost 'good' cholesterol levels
...dicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A low level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is...aerobic exercise in increasing serum [blood] HDL-C level and in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease has received widespread acceptance," the authors ...Ground breaking research to end in tears
... "A good example of what's happening at the micro level can be seen whenyou put a small drop of oil into a bowl of water. The oil spreads overthe entire surface, so a little bit goes a long way. "When we looked closely at the thin surface layer of molecules on tears- the 'tear film' - we found proteins...High pretreatment PSA velocity predicts worse outcome
...ch as a biopsy Gleason score greater than 7, a PSA level of 10 ng/ml or an advanced disease category. Prostate cancer is expected to be diagnosed in more than 200,000 American men in the U.S. this year and cause more than 27,000 deaths, the leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer in U.S. men. Mos...Small infants have greater survival rate in high level intensive care facilities
...rn infants. NICUs are classified according to the level of services they provide. High-level neonatal int...ice that assists with breathing. Depending on the level of care, some high-level NICUs provide major surgery. Very low birth weight infants are those wei...Tiny newborns face higher risk of death at community hospitals, Stanford/VA study finds
...tal at Stanford is a level-3D center - the highest level reserved for hospitals that perform on-site cardia...remely premature kids, however, do need that extra level of care." Phibbs and his co-workers linked birth certificates and hospital discharge records of mo...Follow-up care for breast cancer patients is 'devalued and deregulated'
...ere appears to be widespread concern regarding the level of oncology knowledge among GPs, and their ability... number of factors into account; these include the level of perceived risk to the patient from the disease and its treatment, the patients own preferences (t...Scientists find war vets' hand dexterity determines susceptibility to PTSD
...disorder (PTSD). Combat veterans with an extreme level of mixed handedness are nearly twice as likely to develop (PTSD) after combat compared to veterans who use both hands less often, according to the study, which is being published in the May issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. The study also found th...African-Americans perceive people with extreme health problems as less productive and valuable
...treme problem, and subjects are asked to check the level most descriptive of their current level of function or experience on each dimension....News from American Psychiatric Association 2007 Annual Meeting
... individual sensory test characterizes the overall level of a person's performance. Results found that compared to placebo, a significant decrease in SOT composite score was observed with zolpidem (P Significant increase in turn time and turn sway versus placebo was seen with zolpidem (P Immediat...Persistent smokers may have higher risk to become depressed than never smokers
...un. However, in long run this risk declines to the level of never smokers. In other words, both completely smoke-free life style and successful smoking cessation in long run seem to protect from depressive symptoms. It is known that depression is associated with cigarette smoking, but the nature of this ...'Star Trek'-type scanning may reveal genetic activity of tumors, Stanford study shows
...looks by imaging and how it behaves on a molecular level - have a strong connection. Out of the 5,000 or more genes that have different activity in cancerous tissue, the researchers could reconstruct 80 percent of gene expression based on looking at standard CT scans the patients had undergone. "Clearly,...