Higher physical activity associated with reduced risk of breast cancer
... 55 to 69 in 1986. The women filled out a 16-page questionnaire at the beginning of the study that included information about how often and with what intensity they participated in physical activity during "free time." High physical activity (9,111 women) was defined as vigorous activity (such as jogging, swimmin...Survey of Marine Corps military recruits reveals risk factors for alcohol disorders in young adults
...l the men completed the Recruit Assessment Program questionnaire between June 2002 and April 2006, on which they pr... questions designed to detect risky drinking. The questionnaire also included items to gauge a variety of adverse childhood experiences, including physical neglect,...Recording neo-natal consultations is helpful to parents
...onatologist. The mothers involved also completed a questionnaire about their own general health. Those who had received a recording had significantly greater recall of information in the diagnosis and outcome of their baby, and of tests and treatments. Six mothers could not remember any information all of whom w...Increased patient demand for prostate test has serious implications for cancer services
...he survey period (2003-2004) were matched with the questionnaire responses and analysed to investigate their association with variables such as gender, age, location of practice and awareness of guidelines. More than 15,000 PSA tests had been ordered an average of 11 per doctor. 34 per cent of the respondents w...Stress, childhood trauma linked to chronic fatigue syndrome in adults
...t psychiatric disorders. They then responded to a questionnaire that assessed for five types of childhood trauma: emotional, physical and sexual abuse and emotional and physical neglect. Responses to each item were numbered and added to produce a score for each type of trauma and one overall trauma score. Indiv...Nap a day makes doctors OK, Stanford study finds
..., a computer-based I.V. insertion simulation and a questionnaire developed by NASA that measured different mood states including anger, confusion, depression, fatigue, tension and vigor. The nap group scored fewer performance lapses, reported more vigor, less fatigue and less sleepiness. The doctors and nurses wh...Depression symptoms less likely in kids with accurate self-perceptions
...curacy. The children also were asked to complete a questionnaire about whether they had experienced symptoms of depression, including feeling sad, trouble concentrating and sleeping problems. The experiment was repeated six months later. The average age of the children at the start of the study was 9.4 years old...Should patients undergoing surgery get ASA?
...around the use of ASA, McMaster researchers sent a questionnaire to 1,850 Canadian surgeons who are members of the Canadian Orthopedic Association, the Canadian Association of General Surgeons and the Canadian Society of Vascular Surgery. More than 900 responded. They found "marked variability" in practice betwe...Satellites help ensure safe sunning
...to personalise the service by completing an online questionnaire about skin sensitivity to UV. Once users specify the place and time of sun exposure, HappySun calculates the personal safe exposure time and suggests the adequate sun protection factor (SPF). The World Health Organisation (WHO) report, 'Global Bur...Double jeopardy: Obese smokers at higher risk of death
...ges of 22 and 92 who completed a self-administered questionnaire in the period from 1983 to 1989. They all were fol... 2002 and the number of deaths was reported. The questionnaire collected information such as birth date, height, weight and smoking behavior. Participants' body ma...Study offers new clues to brain-stomach interaction in overeating
...nt, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating. The questionnaire determined correlations between eating behaviors and areas of the brain activated by the stimulator. During gastric stimulation, scores on a measure of self-described "emotional eating" were 21 percent lower than when the stimulator was off. "This ...Almost half of men who pay for sex already have a partner
... used survey data from a standard health screening questionnaire completed by more than 2500 men at one sexual health clinic between October 2002 and February 2004. One in 10 of the men said that they had paid for sex. Their average age was 34. Most said that they had paid for sex with women, and over half sai...Restricted fetal growth increases risk of irritable bowel syndrome
...ere identical. The twins completed a comprehensive questionnaire about their health, including whether they had ever had IBS. This information was then matched with weight at birth, supplied by the national twin registry and divided into four groups, ranging from less than 1500 g to more than 2500 g. A healthy b...Web tool helps gauge risk of having genetic mutation linked to colon cancer
...na-Faber Cancer Institute have developed an online questionnaire to help physicians determine whether patients at r...of the American Medical Association, developed the questionnaire based on findings from a five-year study of clinical and genetic data from nearly 2,000 patients. Th...Japanese adults with diabetes have increased cancer risk
... the beginning of the study, completed a lifestyle questionnaire at that time that included information about smoking, alcohol drinking, medical history, physical activity and food and beverage intake. They were also asked if they had ever been diagnosed with diabetes or taken diabetes medications. Researchers c...Fatty fish protects against cancer
...end of the 1980s, 90,000 Swedish women were sent a questionnaire on their dietary habits in connection with their mammography scan. Now, with the help of another questionnaire a decade later and the cancer registry, scientists at Karolinska Institutet have concluded that wome...Fatty fish consumption associated with lower risk of kidney cancer in women
...ber 1990). Participants filled in a food frequency questionnaire at baseline and in September 1997. The researchers considered fatty fish to include salmon, herring, sardines, and mackerel; lean fish included cod, tuna, and sweet water fish; and other seafood included shrimp, lobster, and crayfish. During an ave...Work-family conflict common among registered nurses, study shows
...4,000 RNs from those areas. The response rate to a questionnaire about work-family conflict was 48 percent, with 1,906 nurses completing the survey. To assess work interference with family, nurses were asked how often their jobs interfered with their home lives or their responsibilities at home, such as yard work...South Asian men suffer more urinary problems than white men but are less likely to seek help
...from the lists of family doctors and sent a postal questionnaire asking them about urinary symptoms, problems and u...f local health services. 7,810 men completed the questionnaire an overall response rate of 64 per cent. Although the response rate from South Asian men was lower ...Dieting danger: Female athletes limiting calories more likely to get stress fractures
...es had more abnormal scores on the eating behavior questionnaire and also showed decreased bone mineral density, findings suggestive of disordered eating, which is an umbrella term for common eating disorders as well as any other nutritional deficiency. The type of sport played was not correlated with high scor...