Anesthesia duration not an indicator of adverse outcomes for patients having plastic surgery
...sions, the authors write. "Defining the risks and morbidity related to longer procedure duration, specifically...uthors report. "Overall, we had no cases of major morbidity in which procedure duration was directly related to the complication or in which inpatient care woul...Eating more than five portions of fruit & vegetables a day can substantially reduce risk of stroke
...ommendations. If these goals were achieved, stroke morbidity and mortality would be greatly reduced. Such diet modifications would also reduce other cardiovascular disease and some cancers." In an accompanying Comment Lynn Steffen (University of Minnesota School of Public Health, USA) states: "Low intake of fr...UNC nutrition researchers dispute claims that obesity problem is exaggerated
...ise, will suffer even greater from obesity-related morbidity and mortality. "We feel that treating a real health problem as non-existing is equally irresponsible as blaming the victims only."...Preventive treatment helps avoid Hepatitis B relapse during chemotherapy
...eemptive antiviral therapy ameliorates the hepatic morbidity seen during transarterial chemotherapy and facilitates further chemotherapy without disruptions in the treatment schedules, the expectation would be for an increased chance of survival with this approach."...Hydrocortisone supplementation improves ventilator weaning
...r weaning can shorten the length of stay, decrease morbidity and mortality, and reduce costs. Although the reasons are unclear, patients requiring reintubation after a failed extubation have a poor prognosis and higher hospital mortality." In the 35-patient corticosteroid treatment group, 32 were successfully ...Gap widens between black/white kids' asthma hospitalizations and death
...said. While the large racial differences in asthma morbidity and mortality have prompted research on new interventions, public awareness, and health policy efforts in the past decade, a 2003 Institute of Medicine Report still identifies asthma treatment quality as one of 20 priority areas for national action. ...Low-carbohydrate diets appear effective, but may raise cholesterol levels
... that low-carbohydrate diets reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, such diets currently cannot be recommended for prevention of cardiovascular disease," they conclude....Healthy pre-term infants show reduced lung function
...y. This might contribute to the increased neonatal morbidity and mortality related to respiratory illness for preterm male infants." They also noted that in full-term and preterm infants, exposure to cigarette smoke while in the womb was not associated with lower air flows in their sample. "This absence of ass...European Union's 169 billion bill for cardiovascular disease
... disease, is the principal source of mortality and morbidity in the EU, yet until now, there has been no systematic cost-of-illness study to evaluate its economic burden on the EU. The objective of this study is to help policy makers assess the impact of their policies and set priorities for research spending....Women's high heart-surgery death rate may be due to infection
...ty once infected for men." This pattern of greater morbidity in women but greater mortality for men has been observed before in elderly populations, Rogers notes. "Women tend to live with their disease; men die of it," she says. In this case, the overall mortality was higher in women because infections were so...Predicting cardiovascular problems in liver transplant patients
... cardiovascular events are a major source of their morbidity and mortality. Due to excellent long-term survival, there is an increasing emphasis on identifying transplant recipients at risk for immunosuppression-related late complications. Understanding each transplant recipient's risk for cardiovascular event...Chocolate milk could be key to longer, healthier life
...drinking a Milo after exercise may help reduce our morbidity and prolong mortality."...The first clinical test for saliva-based oral cancer detection: Ready now!
...rmous clinical value in reducing the mortality and morbidity for oral cancer patients, as well as improving their quality of life. In a related study, further illustrating the importance of saliva as a diagnostic tool, scientists at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), one of the...Major WHO study concludes calcium supplements can reduce complications during pregnancy
...ptic complications index" and the "severe maternal morbidity and mortality index," including all severe conditi...plications, including maternal and severe neonatal morbidity and mortality, as well as preterm delivery, the latter among young women."...Maintenance therapies offer lasting heart health benefits
...arly statin treatment in reducing the severity and morbidity of these events." Withdrawal Effect After 4-Year Statin Therapy on C-Reactive Protein Is Independent of LDL-Cholesterol Change (1003-185) Research has shown that in patients at high risk for cardiac events, withdrawal from cholesterol-lowering stat...Newspaper coverage of neurologic conditions incorrect 20 percent of the time, study shows
...ss to access health care, thus contributing to the morbidity and mortality of disease. The study paired unlikely partners -- physicians and journalism school experts -- and was the first to examine stigma and accuracy within newspaper coverage of neurologic diseases. Other researchers included Joseph Caspermey...Mailman School of Public Health researchers develop diagnostic test for pathogens
...ific concern because they are associated with high morbidity and mortality (up to 80% mortality rates), and the potential for rapid dissemination through human-to-human transmission. The term "viral hemorrhagic fever" characterizes a severe multisystem syndrome associated with fever, shock, and bleeding cause...Significant reduction in antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal disease since the introduction of PREVNAR
...niae has been associated with the highest level of morbidity and mortality due to bacterial meningitis in children. IPD includes serious diseases such as bacteremia/sepsis, meningitis, and bacteremic pneumonia. PREVNAR is the first and only vaccine indicated for active immunization of infants and toddlers aga......ortance of early detection in an effort to prevent morbidity due to untreated obstructive sleep disordered breathing. Children who snore frequently should be evaluated by a sleep specialist to rule out the presence of obstructive sleep disordered breathing. "Now that we know how prevalent snoring is in childre...... treatment can potentially reduce the incidence of morbidity due to sleep-disordered breathing in children." Dr...elopment of sleep- disordered breathing and reduce morbidity by awareness of high-risk groups." Of the children included in the study, 55 percent were male, 80 p...