Vitamin D inhibits progression of some prostate cancers
...he best way to get vitamin D is to drink milk, get modest exposure to the sun, and take a vitamin pill to enrich the vitamin D, which might prevent cancer," Lee said. In addition to Lee, authors of the Carcinogenesis article include Bo-Ying Bao, a University of Rochester graduate student, and Shauh-Der Yeh ...Medication shows modest benefit in reducing weight, improving HDL, triglyceride levels
... of the weight-loss medication rimonabant produced modest yet sustained weight loss after 2 years, and improved HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels, according to a study in the February 15 issue of JAMA. Approximately two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, which greatly increases the risk of...Large prospective study examines colon cancer risk in women
...al activity assessment. These might mask a weak or modest association. They point out that some household activities, like washing clothes and scrubbing floors, may have been classified as more vigorous than they actually are. Given that over 58 percent of women in the study reported engaging in at least 30...Evidence lacking for 'inflatable-pants' heart failure therapy
...n for heart failure is unpublished. It showed some modest improvements in the time patients were able to exercise and some gains in patients' ranking on a scale that classifies the extent of heart failure, the review said. "To me it's not convincing evidence," said senior scientist David Mark, M.D., of Blue...Antidepressants may be associated with modestly increased risk of suicidality in children
...that antidepressant medications may be linked to a modest increase in the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, according to an article in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. For decades, some physicians have suspected that patients' risk of s...Mayo Clinic researchers say bariatric surgery may reduce risk of heart disease
...s. "We believed the surgical patients would have a modest reduced risk, but instead we discovered there are significant and long-lasting heart benefits for this group," Dr. Batsis says. When data from both groups was compared, those who underwent bariatric surgery had a more significant improvement in all ...Weekly religious attendance nearly as effective as statins and exercise in extending life
...ution to religious institutions, and the cost of a modest gym membership for exercise,. This lifetime cost was then divided by the additional years of life attributable to each behavior. Each year of life gained from statin therapy cost about $10,000 while religious attendance cost $7,000 per year of life g...One percent reduction in cancer mortality would be worth nearly $500 billion
Even a modest one percent reduction in mortality from cancer would be worth nearly $500 billion in social value, according to a new study by economists Kevin Murphy and Robert Topel of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Finding a cure for cance...Soy foods associated with small reduction in risk of breast cancer
...fits offered by traditional soy foods in the diet, modest though they may be, likely outweigh any risks for the population as a whole, the authors said....Soy intake associated with reduced risk of breast cancer
...fits offered by traditional soy foods in the diet, modest though they may be, likely outweigh any risks for the population as a whole, the authors said....Newer chemotherapies improve outcomes for some types of breast cancer
...have ERpositive disease treated with tamoxifen are modest at best. Whether such patients should opt for chemotherapy will depend on their attitudes toward the associated negative sequelae. In the years ahead, it is likely that we will have better predictors that will allow clinicians to determine which pati...Heart attack patients do better at hospitals following guidelines
... how their patients actually fare. "While we found modest correlation between use of the individual treatments and improved mortality, when we looked at all nine treatments together, we found a significant association between adherence and improved mortality," said lead investigator Eric Peterson, M.D., a c...Cure for cancer worth $50 trillion
...versity of Chicago researchers, estimate that even modest advancements against major diseases would have a significant impact a 1 percent reduction in mortality from cancer has a value to Americans of nearly $500 billion. A cure for cancer would be worth about $50 trillion. "We distinguish two types of hea...New survey finds rising numbers of uninsured in moderate and middle income American families
...ull-time. "The jump in uninsured among those with modest incomes is alarming, particularly at a time when our economy has been improving," said Commonwealth Fund President and study co-author Karen Davis. "If we don't act soon to expand coverage to the uninsured, the health of the U.S. population, the prod...Deployment to Iraq War may not have affected health of UK armed forces
...llness to those not deployed to Iraq, other than a modest increase in the number of individuals with multiple physical symptoms. However, the team did find that deployed reserve personnel reported more symptoms than their non-deployed counterparts in all health outcomes apart from alcohol misuse. The author...Mild maternal stress may actually help children mature
...n of the journal Child Development. "We found that modest anxiety and daily stress during pregnancy is associated with more advanced early child development. These findings remained even after accounting for levels of stress and anxiety women experienced at six weeks and at two years postpartum. Prenatal ma...Even a little cooling helps after cardiac arrest
...r to 4 C cooling. These results suggest that even modest cooling of the brain might have significant benefit to humans who have been resuscitated after cardiac arrest....One-third of adults with diabetes still don't know they have it
...can often prevent or delay diabetes if they lose a modest amount of weight by cutting calories in their diet and increasing physical activity (for example, walking 30 minutes a day 5 days a week). A major study of people with IGT has shown that lifestyle changes leading to a 5 to 7 percent weight loss lowe...New study re-evaluates cardiovascular risks of anti-inflammatory drugs
... the average increased risk of vascular events was modest among the people studied in the trials: For every 1,000 people taking an NSAID or COX 2 inhibitor, around three extra people per year would have a vascular event, most likely a heart attack. The authors conclude that very large randomised trials are...Outcomes of patients in trials; Better blood pressure treatment; Snake bites, and more
...ecommended medicine, which, he says, "seems a very modest achievement with so much effort." Nevertheless, says Del Mar, the program is "perhaps the best shot that could ever be made at increasing the quality of care for a single condition in primary care". More than that, he says, the program "is cost sav...