Conventional prognostic factors fail to explain better prostate cancer survival in most Asian men
.... The reasons for these racial differences remain poorly studied. In particular, the risk among different Asian ethnicities is poorly understood, in part, because most studies have aggregated all Asians into a single racial category, ...1 of 2 pediatric kidney disease research centers in world established
...s of the majority of pediatric disorders are still poorly understood. Since renal disease also is a progressive childhood disease, it is often a harbinger of cardiovascular disease in adults. The grant will focus on three major areas: polycystic kidney disease, which is a genetic disorder characterized by ...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
..."The interface between CKD and ESRD, which is very poorly understood, remains an unmet public health challenge," the authors write. Dr. Foley concludes, "If one accepts that healthcare resources are finite, prevention of ESRD has the potential to enhance the lives of people with CKD and without CKD." ...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
...repairing damaged muscle tissue just as slowly and poorly as old stem cells in the same surroundings. This confirmed their earlier research showing that the ability of muscle stem cells to regenerate tissue depends on the age of the cells' environment (including the age of the blood supplying the tissue), n...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...ing changes in brain function that occur have been poorly understood. Now, a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study is the first to link changes in brain function directly to the recovery of the athlete. Results of the five-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, are published in...AASM to school-bound: Sleep is the right ingredient for academic success
...eeping late on weekends are more likely to perform poorly in the classroom. This is because, on weekends, they are waking up at a time that is later than their internal body clock expects. The fact that their clock must get used to a new routine may affect their ability to be awake early for school at the...Medical residents unclear about TB guidelines
...cted with TB but has no symptoms) was particularly poorly answered, with residents getting on average three-fifths of the answers wrong. The residents also had particular difficulty in answering questions pertaining to the risk of progression from latent TB to active disease (where a patient develops TB-r...Chemical in brain acts like a fuel gauge
...why Im interested in this system, because its very poorly understood, Khan said. If we dont know how an automobiles fuel system works to begin with, then how can we expect to fix one when it is not burning fuel appropriately" In his study, Khan injected insulin in a group of animals to drop their blood ...Women's mortality rates for cardiovascular disease differ widely among hospitals
... interventional cardiology procedures. Compared to poorly performing hospitals, the best-performing hospital...period, but the greatest improvement was among the poorly performing hospitals, whose risk-adjusted mortality rates improved 10 percent from 2003 through 2005...A new direction: Integrating best-practices to improve food responses
...ons. One of the potential negative consequences of poorly managed food aid is the impact of food aid on local markets, says Maxwell. We are making progress toward better market analysis that may limit, if not eliminate, the negative effects of food aid programming on these markets. One way to preserve the...Late weekend sleep among teens may lead to poor academic performance
...eeping late on weekends are more likely to perform poorly in the classroom. This is because, on weekends, they are waking up at a time that is later than their internal body clock expects. The fact that their clock must get used to a new routine may affect their ability to be awake early for school at the...UCLA researchers develop new nanomaterials to deliver anti-cancer drugs to cells
...t cancer therapies such as CPT or Taxol, which are poorly water soluble, must be mixed with organic solvents in order to be delivered into the body, Tamanoi said. These elements produce toxic side effects and in fact decrease the potency of the cancer therapy. To overcome these problems, drug delivery s...Study shows Diachrome improves blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes
...icantly improved glycemic control in patients with poorly controlled blood sugar levels who were being treated with oral anti-diabetic medication (OADs). Patients in the treatment group showed significant improvements in glycemic control (A1C) compared with placebo (an absolute decrease of 0.54%). The gre...Men worry more about penile size than women, says 60-year-old research review
...review also showed that the results of surgery are poorly documented and significant complications can ensue...enis syndrome with gadgets or surgery. There is poorly documented evidence to support the use of penile extenders, and while information is starting to eme...Survey shows asthma not controlled in majority of patients
...ty of their asthma. Also likely contributing to poorly controlled asthma was the fact that only a minority of patients reported having received a personalized asthma action plan from their physician (26 percent of controlled asthmatics and 35 percent of uncontrolled asthmatics). Written asthma action pl...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...s arthritis or nerve injuries may be disabling and poorly controlled with aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol), or ibuprofen (Advil). In selected cases, opioid analgesics (e.g., morphine), combined with other treatments, can safely and more effectively relieve pain and improve function. We surveyed less experie...NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Networks and ALA ACRC Network to present at ATS 2007
...e ways to predict which high-risk children will do poorly with their asthma. "Some children outgrow their as... have allergy, or have eczema that they tend to do poorly over time. A third study from NHLBIs Asthma Clinical Research Network looks at the impact of overwe...Tiny newborns face higher risk of death at community hospitals, Stanford/VA study finds
...ot that we think the community services are bad or poorly staffed," he added. "But a regional structure of services may be best able to help these kids." ...Approved medical resident hours still resulting in sleepy doctors
...s have shown that sleep-deprived residents perform poorly in several areas like judgment and concentration a...post-call days. This may be because they performed poorly to begin with on the pre-call day or possibly there was a learning curve on a post-call day," says c......crinologists' annual meeting in Seattle found that poorly managed type 2 diabetes costs the U.S. health system an extra $22.9 billion a year in direct medical costs. Diabetic complications cost almost $10,000 per patient each year, concluded the author of that study, Willard Manning, PhD, a University of C...