Obesity is a significant predictor of periodontal disease
...lost 1.1 more teeth compared to individuals in the lowest category. "People who have a higher body mass index produce cytokines (hormone-like proteins), that lead to systemic inflammation and insulin resistance," said Robert J. Genco, vice provost at the University at Buffalo and editor of the JOP. We prop...Primary biliary cirrhosis more prevalent around toxic waste sites in NYC
... borough of Staten Island, while Manhattan had the lowest values for both. The cluster-detection software uncovered five clusters of PBC-OLT. One was on Staten Island, two were in Brooklyn, and two in Queens. SFS near these clusters were contaminated by volatile organic compounds, like benzene and toluene, ...New anti-drug program shows 'phenomenal' success by focusing on positives
...l use, Slater said. As expected, substance use was lowest in schools where both the media and the curriculum programs were in place. But the media programs had a larger impact than did the school curriculum. "A media program has an advantage in that it can stay in the environment in an ongoing way. Students...Obesity and risk for death due to motor vehicle crashes
...ssor of family & community medicine. "Men with the lowest BMI also had higher death rates than the lowest rates, which were found among overweight, but not obese, men." Their findings document another pote...Efficiency, not more doctors, is the prescription for aging population
...used fewer than 9 physicians on average, among the lowest in the country. By contrast, patients treated at New York University Medical Center, another medical school-affiliated facility, used 28.3 physicians per 1,000 in the 6 months before death. "Both of these models can't be 'the best'" way to provide m...One in three adults are lonely, especially people in their forties
...from the youngest age group (18-19 year-olds), the lowest levels of loneliness were recorded in people aged 50 and over, with loneliness levels starting to rise at 20 and peaking between 40 and 49. Respondents who reported having strong religious beliefs were less likely to be lonely than people who did...Landmark trial shows carotid stenting beneficial for patients with disease but no symptoms
...compared to 4.8 percent of patients under 80. The lowest percentage of adverse effects - 4.2 percent - were in asymptomatic patients under the age of 80. It is anticipated that the positive results of this trial will support the re-examination, and eventual expansion, of current CMS reimbursement for this ...Low-income patients reduce heart risk via Internet
...Men who lived in the inner city tended to have the lowest perception of risk and the least knowledge about cardiovascular disease, despite the magnitude of their actual risk. Bove hopes that by using innovative strategies like self-monitoring and self-reporting, traditionally underserved patients will even......are kept to a minimum to assure each organ has the lowest possible cold ischemic time. (Ischemic times are from the point an organ is surgically removed from the donor to the time the organ is transplanted and re-perfused with the blood and oxygen of the recipient.) "The risk of death persisted beyond the f...Time for Britain to adopt universal hepatitis B immunisation
...B, ask the authors? Although the UK has one of the lowest incidences of hepatitis B infection worldwide, the Health Protection Agency estimated that only 44% of infections are potentially preventable under the current programme. Of particular importance is the average net immigration of about 6,500 people w...AIDS, TB, malaria and bird flu spread unchecked in Burma
... Burma. Health expenditures in Burma are among the lowest globally, including an annual budget of less than $22,000 for the prevention and treatment of HIV among a total population of 43 million people. Much of the country lacks basic laboratory facilities to carry out a CD4 blood test, the minimum standard...Genes and environment interact to promote cancer
... when combined with other chemicals. And, even the lowest detectable limits of a chemical can have dire effects on an organism, said William Schlesinger, Ph.D., Dean of Duke's Nicholas School. Atrazine is a prime example. Less than one part per billion of this widely used corn herbicide de-masculinizes deve...Fighting inflammation with targeted liposomal therapy
... with DEXP-containing RGD-PEG liposomes showed the lowest overall scores, the strongest anti-inflammatory effects, and delayed disease progression. This study demonstrates the potential of corticosteroid-carrying, VEC-binding RGD liposomes to quickly relieve inflammation and significantly reduce its ravages...Vitamin C depletion correlates with lower body fat, not weight loss during short-term diet
...nning of the clinical trial, participants with the lowest concentrations of vitamin C in their blood had the highest body fat mass and tended not to oxidize fat well compared to their less obese counterparts. As the participants moved through the four week diet, with a steady amount of vitamin C being cons...New research shows second-hand smoke raises diabetes risk
...s who had no exposure to second-hand smoke had the lowest risk, with less than 12% developing the condition. But 17% of those who had never smoked themselves but were subject to second-hand smoke also developed glucose intolerance - higher than the 14% risk rate in the group who had previously smoked and gi...Newsbriefs from the journal Chest, April 2006
...nce among women ages 50 to 59 (14 percent) and the lowest prevalence among women under age 40 and over age 80. Habitual snoring was found to increase with a higher BMI. Alcohol dependence was associated with snoring in lean women, while physical inactivity was associated with snoring in women with a high BM...No link between estrogen-only therapy, breast cancer in postmenopausal women
... Drug Administration recommends that women use the lowest hormone dose needed to achieve treatment goals and limit the duration of the therapy....Newer chemotherapies improve outcomes for some types of breast cancer
...tudies, respectively, and 55 percent comparing the lowest dose in the first study with biweekly cycles in the third study. Corresponding relative risk reductions for ERpositive tumors treated with tamoxifen were 9 percent, 12 percent, and 8 percent in the three studies, and 26 percent overall. The overall d...Smoking may cause far more cancer deaths in Asian Americans than previously recognized
...ifornia, whose cancer mortality rate is one of the lowest in the world. According to a new study by UC Davi...posure. South Asian females in California had the lowest burden, with 0 percent of cancer deaths attributable to smoking. South Asians include people from In...Nearly half of public health employees unlikely to work during pandemic
...nsibilities during a pandemic. This perception was lowest among technical and support workers. Less than one-third of all public health workers felt they would have an important role in the response to a pandemic. "Current preparedness plans account for some personnel shortages mainly due to illness from in...