A 'broader' look at cardiac CTA images often finds diseases/disorders beyond the heart
...ch as intracardiac thrombus, and 34 patients had a non cardiac finding such as: pulmonary embolism, lung cancer, or pneumonia. There was a fairly high rate of abnormalities that are found incidentally outside the coronary arteries and bypass grafts, said Dr. White. The take home message is that these ...U of M report says early-childhood intervention improves well-being through young adulthood
...with a 63.7 percent finish rate among those in the non preschool group. Those who attended preschool also were more likely to have health insurance with 70.2 percent having insurance compared with 61.5 percent of those not in preschool. Those children in the program also had lower rates of felony arrest...Personal comments by physicians distract from patient needs
...hird of patient visits. The disclosures were often non sequiturs, unattached to any discussion in the visit and focused more on the physicians needs than the patients needs. The disclosures interrupted the flow of information exchange and valuable patient time in the typically time-pressured primary care...Mouse model points to possible new strategy for treating rare muscle disease, kidney disorders
...erited disorder. HIBM is a genetic disease with non life-threatening symptoms that emerge in adulthood and lead to slowly progressive muscle weakness. Most patients develop symptoms while in their early 20s and become wheelchair-bound by the time they reach 40, as their arm, hand, leg and core muscles...Pfizer Onocology press briefing scheduled during ASCO 2007 Annual Meeting
... feature presentations from leading oncologists on non small-cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, melanoma and thyroid cancer. WHEN: Sunday, June 3, from 6 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CDT WHERE: Hyatt Regency Chicago 151 E Wacker Drive Room Crystal B...UK researchers find new class of nontoxic cancer treatments
...ned from blood vessels that UK-101 was found to be non toxic because they lacked expression of this LMP2 immunoproteasome target....Sheffield scientists light up bacteria
...and developing a light signal through fluorescence non radiative energy transfer (NRET), the researchers will be able to detect early stage bacterial contamination. Being developed by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the Universitys Departments of Chemistry, Engineering Materials and the...New report reveals African-Americans may lack key nutrients for optimal health
...rus and consume fewer servings of dairy foods than non African Americans. African Americans in all age groups do not meet the 2005 Dietary Guidelines recommendation for three daily servings of low-fat or fat-free milk or milk products. "Researchers continue to monitor populations that are at risk for n...NHLBI awards 12 Women's Health Initiative contracts
... test associations between dietary, supplement and non steroidal anti-inflammatory use (NSAID) with inflammatory markers and risk of overall cancer. They will then study interaction effects of genetic variants with dietary, supplement, and NSAID exposure on cancer risk. The NHLBI intends to fund a...New research says winning a Nobel Prize adds nearly two years to your lifespan
...pped four from that total who died prematurely for non biological reasons - such as active combat in the First World War. That left 524 scientists, of whom 135 actually won a Nobel Prize. The average life span for this group was just over 76 years. Winners of the Nobel Prize were found to live 1.4 year...ACTOS (pioglitazone HCl) demonstrates significant improvements in cardiovascular outcomes
...care treatment, reduced the recurrence of fatal or non fatal (excluding silent MI) heart attacks by 28 percent (P=0.045). Prevented Recurrent Strokes Patients with diabetes have a markedly higher risk of stroke than those without. In fact, strokes occur twice as often in people with diabetes. Of t...HIV drug could be used to prevent cervical cancer, say University of Manchester researchers
... prevented and not all women will be vaccinated. A non surgical therapy will have significant advantages better preservation of obstetric function, the potential for use in resource poor settings such as underdeveloped countries and it may appeal more to women than surgery. "We are very grateful for t...Healthcare providers react more positively to men than women who reveal they're gay
...hcare providers are aware of people's sexuality as non disclosure has been shown to have a negative impact on their health" says nurse researcher and lecturer Dr Stephen Neville. "For example, people who are lesbian, gay and bisexual are more likely to face an increased risk of suicide, depression an...Pre-scan warnings would have caused extra distress say women with problem fetuses
...uses were affected by lethal anomalies and 11 were non lethal. Surgery was possible in a further 12, but five of these carried a significant risk of death. One displayed a number of anomalous markers, but the prognosis was uncertain. "The question about how much information should be given to women...HIV pregnancy study discovers increased anaemia and blood pressure problems
...per cent received no antenatal care. The HIV and non HIV groups were selected from 1,540 women receiving prenatal care at a Gauteng hospital over a 15-month period. 776 agreed to be HIV tested and over 31 per cent of these were positive. Women were then classified as normal, moderate and high risk preg...New kind of drug could increase number who quit smoking
... pubic places. "This is good news for smokers and non smokers alike as many smokers are keen to quit and this gives them an added incentive. "Medicines like varenicline are very important as they will help many more people to quit smoking, including those who have failed with other methods."...CT colonography even safer than previously reported, says study
...is a very safe colorectal screening tool. 'Primum non nocere' (first do no harm) is particularly applicable to the screening of asymptomatic adults, which raises some important issues for screening with invasive colonoscopy," said Dr. Pickhardt. The full results of the study will be presented on May 2, ...Adherence to treatment guidelines for patients with ACS associated with decreased in-hospital deaths
...idelines for the appropriate care of patients with non ST-segment elevation (NSTE - a certain pattern on an electrocardiogram) myocardial infarction (MI heart attack) acute coronary syndrome (ACS - the development of chest pain of cardiac nature). Eric D. Peterson, M.D., M.P.H., from Duke University Me...Statewide study reveals new data on risks and consequences of seatbelt non-use
...utcomes and characteristics of seatbelt users with non users. Their study appears in the March 10, online issue of Academic Emergency Medicine. "Unbelted crash occupants represented 68 percent of the patients dying in the ED's," says lead author Shane Allen, a third year medical student. "Among motor veh...5,000 rare diseases need drugs, but Europe only approves a handful each year
...eived 193 marketing authorisation applications for non orphan drugs and 153 of these were approved. "However, ten of the 18 orphan drugs approved were authorised under exceptional circumstances which means that the dosier was not complete and the Committee required additional studies in order to maintain...