Study finds race affects African American survival of breast cancer
..., 2,140 breast cancer patients were treated in two prospective series of clinical trials at M. D. Anderson involving use of the chemotherapy doxorubicin before and after a radical or modified radical mastectomy. Of the total patients, 1,590 were Caucasian, 300 were Hispanic, and 250 were African-American, with ...New study shows the benefits of eating fish greatly outweigh the risks
...r). The researchers focused on evidence from large prospective studies and randomized clinical trials. The evidence across different studies showed that fish consumption lowers the risk of death from heart disease by 36%. The benefit was related to the level of intake of omega-3 fatty acids, and thus benefits ...Jefferson Orthopaedic surgeons leading international study of timing of spinal surgery
...g of surgery, the timing of spinal reduction and a prospective evaluation of how patients do. STASCIS is an ac...egun in 2003, STASCIS is both an observational and prospective randomized study aimed at determining if patients with spinal cord injury will benefit from early tr...Monoclonal antibody reduces exacerbations in asthmatics
... rheumatoid arthritis have been encouraging. Small prospective studies of a soluble receptor directed against TNF in severe refractory asthma have also shown improvements in lung function and airway hyperresponsiveness." During the study, 13 of the 18 patients on placebo (72 percent) experienced exacerbations, ...Short episodes of manic symptoms may indicate bipolar disorder in some youth
...o date of pediatric bipolar disorder and the first prospective naturalistic study of children and adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorders. The first published results established the characteristics and short-term outcomes of the disease....Heartburn drug may help to slow progression of chronic heart failure
...re research is needed. "We performed the present prospective study with only 50 CHF patients," said Dr. Kitakaz...ication? To find out, the researchers designed a prospective study in which 25 patients with both medical conditions were given famotidine and 25 patients were g...All intravascular devices pose risk of bloodstream infection to patients, study finds
... in Mayo's medical journal extracted data from 200 prospective studies to examine the risk of IVD-related bloodstream infections associated with each type of IVD. Lead author Dennis Maki, M.D., a researcher and infectious disease and critical care specialist at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in...Risk factors linked to pain after breast cancer surgery
... results are consistent with other studies." Few prospective studies have identified the characteristics of patients who are most likely to develop chronic pain, which can diminish a woman's quality of life by leading to job loss or marriage stress, even if the cancer is successfully treated. Dworkin's grou...High levels of lipoprotein(a) in women associated with increased risk for cardiovascular events
...han women in the lowest quintile. "In this large prospective cohort study of initially healthy women, extremely high levels of lipoprotein(a), measured with an assay independent of apolipoprotein(a) isoform [a type of protein] size, were associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk, particularly in wo...Upgrading donor lung quality to improve availability
...ng to note that there has never been a large-scale prospective study to assess adequately the criteria used to identify the 'ideal donor.' As the demand for lung transplantation increases, such studies will be of great importance to understand better which organs are truly useable, and more importantly, which or...Mayo Clinic finds effective test to determine treatment for chronic cough
...next step needed in testing for chronic cough is a prospective study comparing the utility of the methacholine challenge versus the exhaled nitric oxide test, says Dr. Hahn. ...Methamphetamine use restricts fetal growth, study finds
...d highly addictive stimulant. It is also the first prospective study: these infants will be followed over time. ...the Maternal Lifestyle Study, the nation's largest prospective study of cocaine-exposed children. About 1,400 newborns were enrolled in Providence, Detroit, Memphi...St. Jude first to describe new statistical method
...o the gold standard of clinical study designs--the prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT), according to Xiaoping Xiong, Ph.D., associate member of the St. Jude Department of Biostatistics and the paper's first author. In an RCT, participants are randomly assigned to either the group that receives the new ...Low testosterone levels associated with increased risk of death in men
... simply due to acute illness," they write. "Large prospective studies are needed to clarify the association between low testosterone levels and mortality."(Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1660-1665. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) ...Pigments in corn, squash and other vegetables may help protect against age-related vision loss
...o chance. More conclusive evidence from long-term prospective studies and clinical trials is needed to determine whether the intake of macular carotenoids themselves, or as markers of broader dietary patterns, can protect against intermediate AMD or delay progression in individuals who have early stages of the ...Terrorism and mental health focus of NIMH-funded study
...aumatic Stress. "This study represents the largest prospective examination of how people are impacted by ongoing terrorism, and its findings will have important implications for the mental health not only of Israelis, but for people around the world." The study has multiple goals, including: To further theore...Gout increases risk of heart attack, according to University of Pittsburgh study
...atology, and principal author of the study. The prospective study examined data from 12,866 men who were enrolled for a mean of 6.5 years in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT), a randomized primary cardiovascular disease prevention trial conducted and supported by the National Heart, Lung and...Men more at risk of recurrent blood clots than women
...ty to blood clots. Dr Simon McRae writes: "further prospective studies are needed before a firm recommendation can be made to incorporate patient sex into decision making on duration of anticoagulant treatment in individual patients." ...Test helps identify patients at low risk for recurring blood clots
...on than patients with recurrence. "In this large prospective cohort study, we found that patients with a first spontaneous VTE and peak thrombin generation of less than 400 nM [the measurement nanomolar] after discontinuation of vitamin K antagonists have a low risk of recurrence. According to Kaplan-Meier ana...