Survival differences by race most apparent in advanced stages of breast cancer
...re likely to die from their disease. The mortality rate among African American women was calculated to be up to 56 percent higher than whites. This study confirms statistically significant differences within stage between black and white women in tumor size and nodal involvement. However, the authors c...A 'broader' look at cardiac CTA images often finds diseases/disorders beyond the heart
...g cancer, or pneumonia. There was a fairly high rate of abnormalities that are found incidentally outside the coronary arteries and bypass grafts, said Dr. White. The take home message is that these examinations require physician interpreters who are trained to read the entire CT, not just the coronary...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...years another 10 percent developed diabetes. The rate at which this African-American population is developing new onset diabetes is extremely important as well, Dr. Miller notes. At this rate, and combined with the group who had diabetes at baseline, more than one-half of the population will be diabeti...RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
... with them, Smith said. The study also found the rate of growth of diabetes prevalence is not as high or... said. The study examined reasons for the rising rate of diabetes over time. The three most important reasons by far were increases in excessive weight, t...Drug interactions with warfarin
...Kingdom. They documented a 46-fold increase in the rate of gastrointestinal bleeding associated with the combined use of the anticoagulant warfarin and antiplatelet agents. This real-world study of prescription data from general practices observed much higher rates of bleeding than those derived from a me...Comparison of obstetric outcomes between on-call and patients' own obstetricians
...l but significant increase (11.4% v. 11.9%) in the rate of cesarean deliveries when women are cared for by an on-call obstetrician rather than their regular-care obstetrician. In a related commentary, Dr. Chaim M. Bell PhD and Dr. Joel G. Ray MSc, highlight the importance of ensuring smooth hand-offs o...Stomach cancer rate set to fall further 25 percent over next decade
... monitoring period. The figures showed that the rate of new cases fell steadily by between 2.4 and 2.9% a year in women and men, respectively. Dysplasia, which was diagnosed in just over 8500 patients, and atrophic gastritis, which was diagnosed in just over 23,000, both fell by more than 8% a year. ...New treatment effective in counteracting cocaine-induced symptoms
...ular system, including lowering the elevated heart rate and blood pressure often found in cocaine users. We have found that cocaines effects on the cardiovascular system can be reversed by the use of a drug called dexmedetomidine, which is currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for anesth...Childhood obesity indicates greater risk of school absenteeism, Penn study reveals
...nn. However, they are missing school at a greater rate than their peers, setting themselves up for the ne...e have been previously documented. Meanwhile, the rate of childhood obesity has tripled in the United States during the past 25 years. The four indicator...Penn study finds pro-death proteins required to regulate healthy immune function
...s. Closer investigation showed that the amount and rate of calcium release from intracellular stores was altered in the mutant cells. The inadequate calcium signals were unable to stimulate the mitochondria, which are the energy factories in the cell. Without mitochondrial activation, a key by-product ...Despite claims, not all probiotics can treat diarrhea say experts
...y outcomes were duration of vomiting and fever and rate of admission to hospital. Safety and tolerance were also recorded. Duration of diarrhoea was significantly lower in children receiving Lactobacillus GG and a mix of four bacterial strains than in patients receiving oral rehydration alone. The three...Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
... samples, the researchers were able to measure the rate at which a particular individuals body built muscle protein. During the five hours after the young and elderly volunteers ate the beef, both groups muscle protein synthesis increased by 50 percent. Weve done studies in the past with specialized dri...Refusal of medical and surgical interventions common among chronically ill elderly
...e more likely to have congestive heart failure, to rate their own longevity at less than two years, and to...o discuss their prognosis with them. The mortality rate among those who had refused treatments was higher than those who had not. Our study highlights th...Researchers find vitamin B1 deficiency key to vascular problems for diabetic patients
...hiamine. Rather it was due to a profound increased rate of removal of thiamine from the blood into the urine. The researchers feel that important areas for future study are: confirmation of low plasma thiamine concentrations in diabetic populations of other countries independent of local diet; the eval...Wireless technology shows promise in diagnosing pediatric intestinal disease
...el diseases in infancy, he says. However, the high rate of positive examination is due to the very careful selection of the patients. ...Stem cell transplantation procedure results in long-term survival for amyloidosis patients
...ately achieve a complete response have the highest rate of long-term survival, she adds. ...Study suggests nonpharmaceutical interventions may be helpful in severe influenza outbreaks
...xcess pneumonia and influenza deaths (excess death rate [EDR], 500/100,000 population) in the 43 cities during the 24 weeks analyzed. Every city adopted at least one of the three major categories of non-pharmaceutical interventions. School closure and public gathering bans activated concurrently represent...WPI wins $1M to develop system to locate and monitor emergency workers in buildings
...monitoring of temperature, heart rate, respiration rate and other physiological parameters. The enhanced system will address two of what a 2005 report from the National Fire Protection Association identified as the three leading causes of firefighter deaths: stress-related heart attacks (No. 1) and gettin...Early-childhood intervention may improve well-being through young adulthood
...e result is that we have the highest incarceration rate in the world despite being the nations wealthiest country. Early-childhood education, on the other hand, is woefully under-funded. The findings from the Child-Parent Centers should not surprise us, he continues. They prove that a well-designed and ......s to copper ions affects the fibers' architecture, rate of propagation and their effect, if any, on surrounding neurons. "Not all amyloid fibrils are toxic," says Dr. Lynn. "Amyloid is made of proteins and proteins normally fold into beautiful structures. However, for whatever reason, some misfold and t...