Testosterone may help men with multiple sclerosis
...hs, this decline slowed by 67 percent to an annual rate of -0.25 percent. "Because the protective effect of testosterone treatment on brain atrophy was observed in the absence of an appreciable anti-inflammatory effect, this protection may not be limited to MS, but may be applicable to those with non-infl...Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet for May 15, 2007
... in 20 primary care practices found that the death rate of those with depression who were enrolled in a depression management group was lower than those with depression receiving usual care (Article, p. 689). The effect appears mainly in deaths that were due to cancer. The reason for the effect is not cle...'Lite' low tar cigarettes impair blood flow as much as regular cigarettes
... test results showed that blood pressure and heart rate both climbed after smoking, irrespective of cigarette type. Similarly, CFVR, which was already lower in both groups of smokers than it was in the non-smokers, fell further still after smoking. This was irrespective of cigarette type. CFVR fell sh...Mammography rates declining in the United States
...tates. After years of increasing incidence, the rate of new breast cancer diagnoses has recently declined. How much of that drop is due to changes in mammography use has been the subject of debate. Prior reports show that between 1987 and 2000, screening rates among women over 40 years old increased fr...Smoking, growing private hospital care for poor and US flu vaccine policies
...nancy, compared to 16 percent of white women, this rate is well above the 1 percent goal for pregnant smokers put forward in the U.S. health agenda, Healthy People 2010. Effective interventions to promote smoking cessation during pregnancy may require new approaches that consider the social environment, s...Quick, innovative procedure helps men minimize incontinence after prostatectomy
...rostatectomy, yet attained a 95 percent continence rate among patients 16 weeks after their surgeries," explains lead researcher Dr. Ashutosh K. Tewari, director of robotic prostatectomy and outcomes research at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and the Ronald P. Lynch Associate Professor of Urologic Onc...SCAI'S Hildner Lecture traces progress through 30 years of interventional cardiology
...re is successful in 98 percent of patients, with a rate of major complications of only 1.5 percent. Just 1 patient in 1,000 needs emergency bypass surgery. Indeed, nearly 30 years after the first balloon inflation in a human coronary artery, interventional cardiology is enjoying unprecedented success, n...Panel offers expert analysis on causes, prevention of stent thrombosis
...restenosis, of the coronary arteries, reducing its rate by 4060 percent compared to bare metal stents. However, several recent analyses that tracked patient outcomes for four to five years after stent placement showed that blood clots were slightly more likely to form inside drug-eluting stents than insid...Chemotherapy more effective when given before breast cancer surgery
...ry. The data revealed a higher cancer recurrence rate in women who had chemotherapy before surgery, although this did not affect survival rates, which were similar for both groups. "Ten studies reported overall survival data on 4,620 women involving 1,139 estimated deaths," the authors write. "There w...Patients with 'bleeding' strokes less likely to get prevention treatment
...lf). Bleeding strokes have a much higher fatality rate than strokes caused by clots. Get With The GuidelinesStroke is an American Heart Association quality improvement program in which hospitals establish teams to ensure that stroke patients are treated and discharged appropriately according to guideline...Chunky adolescents' cardiovascular health is headed in wrong direction
...rterial stiffness than their white peers. Heart rate increases also were fairly dramatic in blacks and whites: one beat per minute for each category. "Once again, they are young and headed in the wrong direction," says Dr. Dong. There also was a linear increase in the size of the pumping chamber of t...An aspirin a day keeps colorectal cancer away
... patients studied (all of which affect the general rate of colorectal cancer) and that the effect was also seen in individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer in a first degree family relative (which increases lifetime risk of an individual acquiring the disease by two to four times). The au...Procedural changes may reduce cardiac arrests outside pediatric ICUs
... statistically significant. The PICU mortality rate dropped from 4.5 percent in the first period to 4.... system. However, the stability of the PICU death rate surprised them. "If you recognize these patients sooner, get them to the PICU, and intervene before ...Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer
...ee years. They found a near 100 percent efficacy rate in prevention of HPV types 16 and 18. "It's the first vaccine designed specifically to prevent cancer," says Dr. Ault, one of the authors of the study and a key researcher in the development of the vaccine. "The two main things to emphasize are t...HPV infection linked to throat cancers
...develop the cancer. This was much higher than the rate increase of threefold for smokers and 2 -fold for drinkers. Study participants who reported having more than six oral sex partners in their lifetime were 8.6 times more likely to develop the HPV-linked cancer. In a surprising twist, Gillison says ...Stress of deployment increases risk of child abuse, neglect in military families, UNC study shows
...a. Researchers found that prior to October 2002, rate of abuse and neglect called maltreatment was sli...nd fewer returned home in 2003. In addition, the rate of occurrence of substantiated maltreatment in military families was twice as high in the period aft...Comparison of patients' access to new and better cancer drugs reveals inequalities between countries
...untries, France had the highest five-year survival rate for all cancers (apart from non-melanoma skin canc...served improvement in the two-year cancer survival rate between 1992 and 2000 at 50 USA cancer centres could be attributed to the use of newer cancer drugs....VA should revise its methods for evaluating and rating PTSD in veterans
...fic to PTSD. The committee emphasized the need to rate PTSD disability based on a fuller range of an individual's capacity to function, not just on his or her ability to work. The focus on occupational impairment in the current rating scheme penalizes veterans who can and do work despite their symptoms,...Research reveals way to speed up treatment of deadly malignant hyperthermia
...-line of defense against reducing the MH mortality rate from nearly 80 percent in the 1970s to less than 10 percent today. "For years, nurse anesthetists have been on the forefront of research that has greatly enhanced anesthesia safety," said Kevin Baker, CRNA, MSNA. "New discoveries of best practices...Combined molecular-targeted and hormonal therapies offer promise in treating ovarian cancer
...osed in the later stages, when the 5-year survival rate drops below 25 percent. Traditional chemotherapy has proven to be generally ineffective against recurrent ovarian cancer, which has led researchers to investigate novel treatments. "While a cure is unlikely, the goals of treatment are to control tu...