Researcher says few families report safe firearm storage
...tend to be more comfortable with guns and are less likely to store them safely. We also found that families ...en aged 2 to 5 years and owned long guns were more likely to store guns safely than families with older children." "Our primary recommendation is that paren...New study could bring relief to sweltering city slickers
...the occurrence of such hot summers is now twice as likely as it would have been without human-caused climate change. Project leader Professor Geoff Levermore, Professor of the Built Environment at The University of Manchester and lead author of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Working Group Three Chapter...New Orleans levee report finished by panel including University of Texas at Austin engineer
... No one had ever estimated the height of the surge likely to reach different points of the levee system using the standard benchmark a major hurricane that would hit an average of every 100 years. Despite the importance of engineering improvements, Gilbert cautioned that fortification steps alone arent ...May/June Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... dermatologic condition were nearly two times more likely to have type 2 diabetes compared with their counte...care in the 37 practices not using an EMR was more likely to meet guidelines for process, treatment and intermediate outcomes than in the 13 practices using a...Even when child's cancer prognosis is poor, parent/physician communication can provide hope
...o inform parents of children with cancer about the likely course of the disease can provide hope, even when ...ng extensive prognostic information were also more likely to report that physician communication made them feel hopeful, even when the prognosis was poor. ...Herceptin does not increase heart failure in patients long term
...sible risk factors for breast cancer patients more likely to develop congestive heart failure from adding Herceptin to combination chemotherapy. They developed a prediction model based on these factors, including hypertension, age and baseline cardiac function. It is our hope that this model will help to...Study finds difference in survival rates among white and black women with advanced breast cancer
... if patients were white or black, with white women likely having better outcomes. Rather, over the decades, ... expect the biology to change over time. It's more likely due to socio-economic factors," says Giordano, the study's senior author. "While SEER data does not ...Treatment for early prostate cancer associated with type of specialist seen
...5 to 69 years old who consult a urologist are more likely to undergo surgery to remove the prostate, while those who consult a radiation oncologist and a urologist, regardless of age, usually receive radiation therapy. "These practice patterns are no surprise but are notable because specialists who treat...Exercise lowers insulin in breast cancer survivors
... the levels of insulin in their blood, revealing a likely link between physical activity and better outcomes, researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago. Although it was previously demonstrated that women w...Medical management of another condition may not lead to early cancer diagnosis
...t disease doesnt necessarily mean a person is more likely to have a cancer detected early, according to a study led by Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers. "We speculated that patients who were being medically managed for conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes might be diagno...Protein may be linked to melanoma recurrence
...etter stratifying patients into those more or less likely to relapse. According to Stuckert, the next ste...y predisposing factors that may make patients more likely to develop autoimmunity and to further examine the role of S-100 as a potential biomarker for melano...Herb shows potential to reduce cancer-related fatigue
...of fatigue ginseng might help alleviate, determine likely dosage options, and identify possible side effects, Dr. Barton cautions against immediate addition of ginseng supplements to any patients therapeutic regimen. While results were promising, we have more research to conduct, she says. And besides, its ...VEGF Trap shows activity in patients with advanced ovarian cancer
...st solid tumors, the efficacy of VEGF targeting is likely to be further enhanced by combining it with classic chemotherapy agents. Epithelial ovarian cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissue covering the ovary. About 85 percent to 90 percent of all ovarian cancers are this ...OHSU Cancer Institute, VA researchers find way to identify which men need a second biopsy
...Gleason scores range from 2 to 10 and indicate how likely it is that a tumor will spread. A low Gleason scor...r to normal prostate tissue and the cancer is less likely to spread; a high Gleason score means the cancer tissue is very different from normal tissue and the...MRI detects cancers missed by mammography in breast cancer patients
...hy. Patients with MRI-detected tumors were more likely to be postmenopausal, and to have a common type of tumor, one classified as estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, says the contralateral breast studys lead investigator, oncology resident Johnny Bernard Jr., M.D., who works with Dr. Vallow. This result mi......n the final results of this study, other labs will likely try to repeat the results in animals. Much more research is needed before any possible human anti-aging drug could emerge, Miller says. Even if this agent turns out to be good for mice, it wont be possible to tell without careful studies of humans...World first medical treatment announced by researchers
...and in particular DNA, the cells blueprint, and is likely to be responsible for the fibrosis, as the lungs try to repair the damage done by free radicals. In order to establish whether oxidative stress was indeed associated with episodes of bleeding into the lungs, we measured a biomarker of oxidative str...Journal Sleep: Longer CPAP use at night can normalize one's daytime functioning
... need for CPAP in terms of reversing sleepiness is likely to be individually determined," said Weaver. "We cannot assume that an individual using CPAP only four hours per night is inadequately treated for sleepiness outcomes. We also cannot assume that the patient is effectively treated. Therefore, it is...VA tops private hospitals in infection-control study
... of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers are more likely than non-VA hospitals to follow recommendations fo...Had higher RN staffing ratios Were more likely to have an approved residency training program (75 percent vs. 24 percent of non-VA hospitals) ...Study explains why patients with OSA are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease
...nsion and acute heart attack. CPAP treatment would likely restore the physiologic function of the lining of the blood vessels." For the study, 14 men with OSA were recruited from the Sleep Clinic at the Erie County Medical Center, a hospital affiliated with the University of Buffalo, in New York. The pati...