American Thoracic Society journal news tips for June 2005 (second issue)
...n size. Both detection steps were designed to help minimize unnecessary invasive procedures for benign lesions. According to the authors, lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. In many countries, it is the most common cancer and the most lethal because the majority of patients are di...Arthritis of the spine often overlooked in children
...nce significant relief of symptoms and potentially minimize or avoid disease-related disability later in life." The life impact study was commissioned by the Spondylitis Association of America and involved more than 2,000 ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients. Results were collected from a mail survey distribu...Johns Hopkins scientists use gene therapy to prevent heart arrhythmias from stem cell transplants
...rt beat. Moreover, the Hopkins group was able to minimize arrhythmias dramatically by using gene therapy to replace a key protein, called connexin 43, missing in heart muscle fibers that regrew as a result of the stem cell injections. Connexin 43 makes up the gap junctions between muscle cells, allowing ce...Women's health suffers under welfare reform, study says
... fallout from their decisions and look for ways to minimize ill effects to benefit recipients. "Social and economic policies are health policy," Kaplan said. "When governments or other agencies make decisions that are going to have an impact on people's lives, they need to understand the impact that could hav...FDA approves new indication for Topamax as initial monotherapy for adults and children with epilepsy
...tients should maintain an adequate fluid intake to minimize the risk of renal stone formation. In women taking combination oral contraceptives with TOPAMAX, a significant decrease in estrogen exposure has been shown at TOPAMAX doses *200 mg/day. The possibility of decreased contraceptive efficacy and increas...Large-scale trial indicates no benefit from low-dose aspirin in preventing cancer in healthy women
...de more definitive results due to their ability to minimize bias and confounding, have been far more limited. The Physicians' Health Study (PHS) found no effect on colorectal cancer of 325 mg aspirin administered every other day over a 5-year randomized period or in post trial follow-up. In addition, no rando...Household dust is main source of flame retardants in humans
...suggests a number of steps that people can take to minimize exposure, such as frequent house cleaning and impr...ion. It seems to me that any measures one takes to minimize dust will reduce exposures, she says. Officials in the United States and Canada are still debating t...Major heart failure quality of care variations found in US hospitals
...ms to help meet these national requirements and to minimize variations between hospitals," said Fonarow. There are a number of programs which hospitals can participate in to improve the quality of heart failure care and reduce variation, including the American Heart Association's Get With the GuidelinesSM - ...Free guide helps parents address hearing loss in children
...search and educational initiatives. "Parents often minimize their child's hearing loss despite strong evidence that even a mild hearing problem can cause behavioral and learning problems. If parents don't help their children and themselves--to overcome the stigma associated with hearing problems, they are rea...Bone-protecting drugs reduce pain and fractures in metastatic breast cancer
...t approach does not improve survival rates, it can minimize disabling fractures, spinal cord compression and pain. The bone-protecting medications are already in common used among patients with osteoporosis and multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects bone marrow. The skeleton is the most common site for the s...New discovery may help doctors treat infertility
...rther define their treatment options, help them to minimize the expense and risk of taking drugs that may be less effective for them, and increase their chances of having a safe and healthy child," he added. The NIEHS researchers treated normal female mice and female mice that lack estrogen receptor beta w...Mental health following stroke, spinal cord injury; sensory evaluation tools
...the development of rehabilitation interventions to minimize or negate it....Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
...t groups aren't duplicating efforts and would help minimize some of the friction between NGOs that has happened this time. The NGOs themselves should perhaps give more consideration to how the services they have to offer can best be adapted to the local culture and to how their presence will benefit the local...Earthquake briefing on Capitol Hill
...are the public and their communities in advance to minimize the loss of life and property. The briefing will show how the public can become involved in monitoring earthquake shaking, how to design and build earthquake-resistant structures and how to protect our infrastructure, including communications, oil an...Timing of women's labor may determine effectiveness of pain medication
... be developed to optimize desired drug effects and minimize undesired side effects both for women in labor and patients with other pain syndromes. Pan's co-investigators were Sherman Lee, M.D., and Lynn Harris, B.S.N, both with Wake Forest Baptist....What the news and the movies leave out: Behind the scenes of disaster aid
...aid is delivered and invest in development to help minimize the effects of natural phenomena."...Magnetic insoles do not provide pain relief, Mayo Clinic study reports
...d, double-blind nature of this study was chosen to minimize bias and maximize the validity of results, and he is confident that this was accomplished. An interesting result in the study relates to "the placebo effect." Patients in studies who are given the placebo or false treatment often report improvement ...Program may improve physicians' knowledge about diseases caused by bioterrorism agents
...terrorism agent. Early recognition is essential to minimize the potentially devastating impact of a bioterror attack." (Arch Intern Med. 2005; 165: 2002-2006. Available pre-embargo to media at www.jamamedia.org .)...Health experts urge counseling patients about dangers of second-hand smoke
... may help doctors to help patients quit smoking or minimize their SHS exposure.......m MRI to the unborn fetus, we make every effort to minimize exposure of the fetus to the electromagnetic field; we also want to reduce the total examination time for the mother while still obtaining the appropriate diagnostic images," said Dr. Hosseinzadeh. In the past, it took several attempts almost in a ...