Malpractice concerns may deter Florida medical students from entering obstetrics and gynecology
... work hours and unpredictable schedule were major reasons students cited for not choosing ob/gyn careers, whether they initially considered the specialty or not. However, the survey demonstrated a significant split in concerns about Florida's medical-legal climate between these two groups. Of the studen...Analysis shows blacks have poorer diabetes control than whites
...may be poorer among minority populations. Possible reasons include differences in quality of care, including the intensity of treatment; socioeconomic differences, such as being less likely to have prescription drug coverage, and genetic differences. The researchers were not able to examine these factors in ...Why are so many people dying on Everest?
...importantly, can we reduce this number? The main reasons for people dying while climbing Mount Everest are injuries and exhaustion. However, there is also a large proportion of climbers who die from altitude related illness, specifically from high altitude cerebral oedema (HACE) and high altitude pulmonary...Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in US decreasing
...rcent in 1988-1994). The authors write that the reasons that HSV-2 seroprevalence significantly decreased even after accounting for changes in measured sexual behaviors may include a combination of unmeasured factors, such as careful partner selection, condom use, and/or choosing oral sex over vaginal sex...One in 10 teenage girls have self-harmed, study shows
...e act, its motivation and its consequences. "The reasons why boys and girls decide to self-harm are varied but the most frequent motive expressed by both males and females was as a means of coping with distress," said Dr Rodham. For both sexes there was an incremental increase in deliberate self-harm wit...Scripps research team reverses Friedreich's ataxia defect in cell culture
... Researchers are still working to understand the reasons the triplet repeats prevent transcription of the frataxin gene, although the gene itself remains intact. Although other theories have been proposed, the new research supports an explanation known as the "histone code theory." Histones are protein...Clinical trial evaluates first-line approaches for treating HIV
...ue to evaluate our study data to try to assess the reasons for these findings," noted Dr. Haubrich, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at UCSD School of Medicine. All of the drugs used in the clinical trial are approved for the treatment of HIV. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase in...Teens who do use condoms often don't use them properly
...al sex. Among those keeping a diary, the primary reasons given for not using a condom were to enhance intim...hat they got carried away. The three most common reasons for actively choosing to use a condom were to avoid pregnancy, avoid making a mess, and to make sex ...More than 3 percent of US teens have exchanged sex for money or drugs
...cents interviewed in this sample exchanged sex for reasons other than survival, say the authors. Those who were depressed or who had run away from home in the past year were also significantly more likely to have sex for drugs or money. Larger numbers of adolescents who had used sex in this way had had a...Chronically high blood sugar linked to risk of cognitive impairment
...e authors note that there are a number of possible reasons why chronically high blood sugar may cause cognitive impairment, ranging from the overall effects of diabetic complications to direct and indirect brain damage caused by high blood sugar to a possible association between the enzyme that degrades insu...Multiple Sclerosis in genetically susceptible twins is augmented by the northern environment
...nity for early exposure to the sun, or for unknown reasons to an unrecognized causal factor, such as a virus. "It may even be that exposure to the sun interrupts whatever effect a virus has," Mack says. ...Cancer in the workforce: mapping the Australian experience
...iod. "It seems that people with cancer have many reasons to stay on at work, even if it means reducing their working hours or switching to lighter duties. Why? Because medical bills have to be paid, and work is often a central part of our social lives and sense of personal worth." "Many people can tolera...Puerto Rican and African-American children show different patterns of asthma care
...spent three times more days in the hospital. The reasons for these differences need further study, Cohen says. "The Puerto Rican children had greater asthma severity, so it was interesting that the African American children ended up spending more days in the hospital," she says. "Is that because Puerto Ric...Young teens see pregnancy as a way to enhance relationships
...r-olds and 35 percent of teens under 16. They gave reasons such as: immaturity, being emotionally unprepared, financial or employment instability, uncertain relationships and lack of stable housing. Likewise, 63 percent of the oldest teens felt the pregnancy would disrupt their life, while 83 percent of teen...MetOp to be launched in October
... after three consecutive attempts due to technical reasons related to the Soyuz's ground system. The MetOp series consists of a total of three satellites, which are designed to provide meteorological operational data from polar orbit until 2020. The global data sets gathered by the MetOp satellites will rev...Washington University researchers find almost half of kids with ADHD are not being treated
...ressions," he explains. "There also can be lots of reasons why you become diabetic or hypertensive. The end result is high blood sugar or elevated blood pressure, but how that happens can differ greatly from individual to individual. It's the same thing for ADHD." Todd believes that as genes are identified...Studies examine physician disclosure of medical errors
...pport. Even the best doctors may make mistakes for reasons that are hard to understand -- we all have strange moments when we have lapses. However, we need to pay attention to the difference between honest mistakes and mistakes that happen when professionals are knowingly negligent," Kaldjian said. Kaldjia...Low literacy increases risk of death and misunderstanding of medical consent forms
...ng more passes were 2.5." Sudore speculates the reasons might have to do with an already-existing high level of distrust of medical studies among African Americans. She cites the Tuskegee Study, in which the United States Public Health Service withheld syphilis treatment from a group of 399 African-Ame...Research leads to first treatment for drug-resistant HIV
... These new protease inhibitors are beneficial for reasons beyond their potency and enduring effectiveness, Ghosh said. "Because they are synthetic, lab-created materials, they are amenable to cost-effective mass production. Keeping costs down greatly increases the accessibility of the drugs to Third World...Diagnosis and referrals for kidney disease fall well short of need, Johns Hopkins study shows
... this time." The authors cited several potential reasons why family physicians and general internists may not always spot CKD, such as lack of training to estimate kidney function and assess lab tests, lack of time and an "inadequate knowledge of CKD risk factors." Although clinical evidence suggests tha...