Radiologists play key role in child abuse cases: Electronic exhibit outlines signs of abuse
...f diseases and disorders that could potentially be mistaken for abuse," said Dr. Walker. "For example, metabolic bone diseases, such as osteogenesis imperfecta, can show up on a radiologic examination as multiple fractures, which can also be seen in abuse. However, if we take a second look, and see that all t...Tobacco companies designed cigarettes 'to addict women,' according to new study
...arpenter team say the resulting products exploited mistaken health notions about the relative safety of light cigarettes; created false perceptions of social and health effects through reduced sidestream smoke, appearance and odor and improved aroma and aftertaste; matched female taste preferences through fla...JAMA study finds whooping cough vaccine effective, safe for teens and adults
...h, or pertussis, is less severe with age and often mistaken for bronchitis, teens and adults serve as reservoirs for infection in infants who are too young to be immunized. In addition, the complications of pertussis in some adults can include pneumonia, rib fractures and seizures. In 2004, nearly 19,000 new ...Ways to detect, thwart terrorist acts scrutinized during ACS national meeting
...g. 31, 8:35 a.m.) Thursday, Sept. 1 Cases of mistaken identity Portable field detectors can help emergency response teams quickly assess the chemical properties of an unknown substance and determine if it is dangerous. But errors can result with unfortunate consequences. Jarrad Wagner of the FBI Labora......ized by malaise, fatigue and depression, and often mistaken for poor performance, according to a study by Ann Barr, Ph.D., and Mary Barbe, Ph.D., at Temple University's College of Health Professions. The study, "Increase in inflammatory cytokines in median nerves in a rat model of repetitive motion injury," i...New studies gauge knowledge, attitudes and preferences of patients with irritable bowel syndrome
...onceptions about the causes of their condition and mistaken beliefs about its potential progression into other diseases, including cancer, marks the knowledge of a sample of patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in two recent studies by researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire...New technology may help radiologists find more breast cancers
...ates the problem of overlying tissue that might be mistaken for lesions or that may hide small cancers. To evaluate the role of tomosynthesis in breast cancer screening and diagnosis, Dr. Poplack and colleagues studied 98 women who were recalled for diagnostic imaging following abnormal screening mammograms. ...New survey shows cardiologists aware of life-saving diet, yet failing to recommend it
...rt patients, but fail to recommend the diet in the mistaken belief that patients will not comply. Published studies actually show that patients transition fairly easily to a low-fat diet that contains no animal products, and most rate this diet as "good" or "extremely good." If cardiologists' knowledge of the...Gut microbes' partnership helps body extract energy from food, store it as fat
...n archaeon. Originally identified in the 1970s and mistaken for a primitive form of bacteria, archaea initially became famous because of their ability to live in extreme environments where nothing else could survive, such as hot springs. Scientists first isolated archaea from the human intestine in 1982, and ...New study weighs benefits of exercise, diets
... In addition, those who exercise may be under the mistaken impression that they can eat more and still lose weight. "A critical requirement for exercise-induced weight loss is that food intake does not increase," he says. Weiss, who also is an adjunct research assistant professor at Washington University S...Weak immune response critical to disease that causes most infant hospitalizations
...esponse." Garofalo attributed the long-lived but mistaken "hyperactive T-cell" explanation for severe RSV to a "bias in the literature" influenced by studies of infections that occurred in infants who had been given a flawed experimental RSV vaccine in the mid-1960s. Instead of preventing RSV infections, th...Stenting of abdominal arteries offers welcome relief for 'intestinal angina'
...usea, vomiting, or pain after eatingsymptoms often mistaken for gallbladder disease or gastroenteritis. Eventually they may develop a fear of eating and lose large amounts of weight. Surgical treatment of chronic mesenteric ischemia results in death in as many as 15 percent of patients, in part because the pr...'Lite' low tar cigarettes impair blood flow as much as regular cigarettes
... switch to low tar, low nicotine cigarettes in the mistaken belief that they will reduce some of the hazardous effects of smoking....