High estrogen levels associated with dementia in older men
A prospective population-based study has found that higher estrogen levels in older men are associated with an increased risk of dementia. By contrast, levels of testosterone were not associated with cognitive decline. The study is in the August issue of Annals of...Adopting multiple healthy habits may significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease in men
Boston, MA -- A prospective study of 42,847 middle-aged and older U.S. men participating in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study has found that a healthy lifestyle is associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), even among men taking antihypertensive or lip...New scoring system predicts gastric bypass surgery risk
...ighest risk for dying. If validated by additional prospective studies, the new scoring system not only would give surgeons concrete information on which to base treatment options, but would help patients make informed decisions about potential risks, its developers said. Additionally, the system, if widely adop...Finnish scientist to receive IADR Award in Geriatric Oral Research
... plaque, and temporomandibular disorders. Further, prospective studies have yielded considerable progress on our understanding of the extent of the vulnerability of the frail and institutionalized elderly to developing oral disorders resulting in oral dysfunction and impaired quality of life. Her studies utilize...Smoking and obesity may increase the risk of erectile dysfunction
Boston, MA -- A prospective study by researchers from the Harvard School of Pu...ring the risk of ED. This is the first large-scale prospective study to examine the links between ED and smoking, obesity, alcohol and a sedentary lifestyle. The s...Pesticide exposure associated with incidence of Parkinson's disease
A prospective study of over 143,000 people found that those who ...of the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a prospective study of Parkinson's disease among a large cohort of Americans. They included male and female partic...Pesticides exposure associated with Parkinson's disease
Boston, MA -- In the first large-scale, prospective study to examine possible links between chronic, l...the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort, a prospective study begun in 1992 by the American Cancer Society. Some 143,325 participants who responded to a fol...Very early signs of atherosclerosis and heart failure seen together on MRI
...udy of Atherosclerosis (MESA). The MESA trial is a prospective population-based observational cohort study of men and women from four different ethnic groups (Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, and Chinese), ages 45 to 85 years old, who were free of clinical cardiovascular disease at enrollment. Using a rela...Outcomes of patients in trials; Better blood pressure treatment; Snake bites, and more
...setting regardless of whether the patient enrolls, prospective participants and their referring physicians should be reassured: there is no evidence that random treatment assignment leads to worse clinical outcomes." Citation: Gross CP, Krumholz HM, Van Wye G, Emanuel EJ, Wendler D (2006) Does random treatment a...New model makes diagnosing osteoporosis easier
...,902 women recruited by Malm Preventive Project, a prospective study of cardiac health that was initiated in Sweden in 1974. At the time of recruitment, the subject's ages ranged from 44 to 50. Now, more than 30 years later, baseline characteristics could be matched with fracture incidence over time. Holmberg an...Embargoed materials for Complementary & Integrative Medicine Conference
... in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study, a prospective cohort study evaluating prevalence, incidence, and determinants of osteoporosis. Their data will be presented at The North American Research Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 24th-27th, 2006. ...Diabetes, heart disease can herald early GI cancers
...ators from the University of Hong Kong conducted a prospective study to evaluate potential risk factors for colorectal cancer and found that patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) were also prone to colorectal cancer and adenoma, most likely as a result of common risk factors for both diseases. Both condit...New study shows erosive esophagitis healing linked to acid control
...linical data demonstrated, for the first time in a prospective study, a direct relationship between controlling g...003 and 0.032, respectively). "This is the first prospective study that showed an association between control of intragastric pH and clinical outcomes in GERD pa...Study finds stool testing novel technique for detecting colon cancer
...new test even easier to perform." Patients in this prospective multi-center study were enrolled and consented after colonoscopic findings of either a normal colon (n=122) or CRC (n=40). Patients had no personal or family history of CRC or polyps. Approximately 6-14 days after colonoscopy (prior to surgery for th......ing only in the heart's lower chamber. This large prospective trial held at 108 sites worldwide randomized 988 ICD recipients to receive either single-chamber programming or dual-chamber programming. Only 32 out of 502 patients (6.4%) randomized to dual-chamber programming died or were hospitalized for heart f...Blood test predicts success of quitting smoking using the nicotine patch
... of nicotine by using the spray more often." "If a prospective study replicates these results, we will be in a position to recommend this blood test to tailor the type and dose of nicotine replacement therapy for smokers who wish to quit," Lerman said....Closing holes in heart important treatment for young stroke patients, study says
.... The study demonstrates further need for a large, prospective randomized trial with long-term follow-up to determine whether device closure is the best treatment for young stroke patients, its authors say. A randomized study is under way and may provide additional answers....Short term follow-up proves to be helpful
...ly restaging CT should be assessed in a controlled prospective study of a more homogenous population of patients with lung cancer, which could perhaps also incorporate volumetric measurements of tumor size and assess the relative values of restaging CT and CT-PET scanning," stated Dr. Bruzzi. The full results of...Excess folate linked to increased birth of twins after in-vitro fertilisation
..., enrolled 602 women undergoing IVF treatment to a prospective cohort study and related their intake of dietary and supplementary folate, their blood concentrations of folate, and variations in 6 genes involved in folate metabolism, to the outcome of their IVF treatment. Results showed that twin births after tra...Mothers often have inaccurate perceptions of their children's body weight, study shows
...erviews conducted for the Latino Health Project, a prospective study of Latina women who were recruited during pregnancy and interviewed annually. The study included 194 women and children who were interviewed in 2000-03, three years after recruitment. The number of overweight children was higher among women wh...