Physically abused children highly distracted by anger
...dy suggests that even when the levels of anger are quite mild and no real threat of physical harm is involved, children with histories of abuse focus their attention to signs of threat in their surroundings. "These results may help explain why abused children may be especially distracted in classroom and ...Largest ever Asian smoking study reveals cardiovascular health risks
... and the rate of quitting amongst Asian smokers is quite low. This can be partly blamed on a lack of previous evidence on the benefits of quitting, yet this study shows that the benefits for Asians is the same as for Australasians, in terms of reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. Public health efforts t...New nutritional challenges emerge for HIV care providers
...ents healthier overall, so we are not dealing with quite as much severe weight loss," says Tang. "Now we are able to concentrate more on determining the vitamin and mineral ('micronutrient') requirements of these patients and investigating potential therapeutic uses of supplements." This is particularly im......rug-resistant strains of Staph. aureus have become quite common. At the same time, reports of virulent newer strains of Staph that can cause invasive disease, extensive tissue damage and death have increased. "These bacteria have picked up genes that enable them to evade most of the drugs we used to emp...NCI/Fox Chase Cancer Center Science Writers' Seminar
...ve reacts to the news of a cancer diagnosis can be quite different from how another person would react. Likewise, those at increased risk of developing cancer face a variety of challenges when communicating that risk to other family members and when making decisions about screening strategies. Please j...Use of pulmonary artery catheterization does not show benefit for severe heart failure patients
...on the routine use of this monitoring modality was quite real and the results of the last 5 years of study most valuable. Once again the community of critical care physicians has been edified by the approach of 'Don't just do something, stand there! And then think about it. '" Dr. Hall concludes. (JAMA.20...New model shows gender differences in high blood pressure, Jefferson scientists find
...od pressure straight up," she says. "The effect is quite profound. There are a lot of checks and balances that keep the pressure down. We were surprised there was such an increase at resting. We might have thought this would happen if we stressed the animal, but we saw it at baseline. Obviously it is affec...Federal grant to expand MCG pipeline programs for minorities
...eir students," Ms. James said. Students are making quite a commitment as well. They will take two to three six-hour Saturday classes each month for two years. "We are looking for motivated students," Ms. James said. Their efforts will yield them a small stipend and great preparation, she said. It won't tak...Immune therapy could treat leukemias, autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection
...rom their tumors by three weeks. "We were actually quite shocked at how effectively CD19 mAb-treatments prevented malignant B cell expansion," said Tedder. "Treatment of such tumors in mouse models is extraordinarily difficult." Finally, when the researchers measured the effects of CD19 mAb treatment on bl...Radiation after prostate cancer surgery increases survival
...ajor breakthrough as cancer doctors, we should be quite impressed. Prostate cancer patients clearly deserve a discussion with their physician about whether adding a course of radiation after surgery is right for them, their cancer and their lifestyle." For more information on radiation therapy for prostat...Herceptin treatment lowers recurrence rate in early breast cancer
...t I've ever seen in oncology," says Gelber. "It is quite remarkable." Harold Burstein, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber, wrote in a commentary published with the report that the results have "a profound lesson: not all breast cancers are the same." The study shows the success of therapy tailored to a specific biolo...Heart attack death rates found higher in hospitals treating larger share of African Americans
...weight to hospital quality. Potential remedies are quite different, depending on which set of factors predominates. This study sheds light on the mechanisms that may be at work in the case of hospital care and heart attacks." Led by Jonathan Skinner, Ph.D., of Dartmouth Medical School, the research team ...New class of drug reduces post-operative vomiting
...sure within brain, controlling this side effect is quite important for the medical recovery of these patients, Gan said. The same holds true for patients undergoing surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract, he added, since the act of vomiting could cause sutures to come apart....Can bench pressing reduce or prevent lymphedema symptoms in breast-cancer survivors?
... mild to extensive (bordering on elephantitis) and quite disfiguring. "Statistically, this is a public health problem," says Schmitz. "It affects up to one-half of the nearly two million breast-cancer survivors alive in the U.S. today which means that there may be as many as one million women suffer from...Innovate or perish? Helping developing countries fight neglected diseases
... type of policy some time ago and it seems to work quite well." In 1954, Korea was one of the two poorest countries in the world. Now, Korea is a high middle-income country with membership in OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and a per capita gross domestic product exceeding $10,...What makes the brain tick, tick, tick. . .
...nson's patients are on their medication, they time quite normally," said Meck. "But as their medication wears off, we can see their clock slow down by recording their brain signals." Said Meck of their research, "We're addressing two challenges. One is to find the molecular processes that underlie this int...Family meals cut teenage fatness
...3 percent of them said eating together was very or quite important. The findings have been drawn from the world's longest running health study -- the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy, which has followed the progress of Brisbane mothers and their families since 1981. The survey of 3795 mo...Is it okay to sign Alzheimer's patients up for research studies?
...her studies of Alzheimer's disease, so they may be quite similar to those likely to be considered for future research studies," Kim said....Some outgrow allergy to tree nuts, Johns Hopkins Children's Center experts report
...as peanuts (which are not nuts but legumes) can be quite severe, and they are generally thought to be lifelong," says senior author Robert Wood, M.D., director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the Children's Center. "Our research shows that for some children, however, lifelong avoidance of thes......, probably because nutritional intake in India was quite low. The greater dietary intake identified in the UK needs to be matched by more physical activity". Drs Jeetesh Patel & Elizabeth Hughes, who ran the work in Sandwell, added: "Diabetes and sugar intolerance were common in both India and Britain, bu...