Italian researchers find fenretinide cuts the risk of second breast cancers in young women
...gical mechanisms are still unclear, especially the reasons why it works differently in younger or older women. They suggest that fenretinide may enhance the protective or damaging effects of hormones in different ways according to the stage of breast gland development in women. Said Dr Decensi: "Its differen...Study shows newborns with jaundice at no greater risk
...develop jaundice, and it is one of the most common reasons babies are re-hospitalized after birth. "These are reassuring results" said Thomas B. Newman, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and biostatistics at UCSF and the lead investigator of the study. "Our research shows that when severe jaundice is detected...Almost 1/3 of colon cancer patients stop chemotherapy, leading to double the death rate
...atment at all. The findings add to the arsenal of reasons why colon cancer patients, and all cancer patients, need to complete their chemotherapy regimens whenever possible. Previous studies have shown that not completing chemotherapy regimens for breast cancer is associated with shorter survival. This is ...Infants can organise visual information at just four months
... of the research was to investigate the underlying reasons why some babies are 'short-lookers' and shift visual attention rapidly, while others are 'long-lookers' who keep their attention fixed for longer. Previously, these categories were thought to be relatively stable traits indicative of individual diff...Case Law School receives $773,000 NIH grant to develop guidelines for genetic enhancement research
...old, dean and McCurdy Professor of Law. "Among the reasons that the Law-Medicine Center is so highly regarded is that it undertakes important new research like this." Mehlman said the need for, and importance of, developing rules for enhancement research is growing rapidly, thanks to the ever-incr...Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators have higher malfunction rate than pacemakers
...0-2002 to determine the reported number, rate, and reasons for pacemaker and ICD malfunctions and to assess trends in their performance. The researchers found that from 1990 to 2002, 2.25 million pacemakers and 415,780 ICDs were implanted in the United States. During this period, 17,323 devices (8,834 pacem...For one Stanford doctor, the beat goes on during open-heart surgery
...lderly and, surprisingly, women, Ihnken said. "For reasons not well-understood, women don't do as well during bypass as men," Ihnken said. "Women have double the mortality rates following bypass." Besides his own positive experiences with the technique, Ihnken points to a recent report in the new journal Inn...The diabetes epidemic obesity a major factor
...Disease Control and Prevention examine some of the reasons for this increase. They conclude that obesity is a major factor in this recent increase of newly diagnosed diabetes. Lifestyle interventions that reduce or prevent the prevalence of obesity among persons at risk for diabetes are needed to halt the in...Concern over rising preterm births
...and behavioural problems by the age of 7. Possible reasons for the findings from Denmark are numerous and difficult to explain, say the authors, but they may include extremes of maternal weight, smoking, ethnic origin, and social class. A trend towards earlier ultrasound for dating and screening might also p...More than half of older diabetics lack medicines that protect kidneys and heart
...s." Rosen notes that the study did not reveal the reasons that use of the drugs was so low. But she says that lack of awareness among physicians, the cost to patients and lack of effective measures to track and encourage use of the drugs may all contribute. Last year, Rosen and her colleagues published a st...Blood sugar control before surgery associated with fewer infections afterward
...ad operations that took longer. There could be two reasons for the association between glycemic control and infections, the authors write. One is that patients with better preoperative glycemic control are likely to have lower blood sugar levels after surgery as well, which has been shown in other studies t...Mammography screenings for breast cancer show racial and ethnic disparities
...rm mammography, and multiple personal and cultural reasons for choosing not to undergo screening. "Additional work needs to be done to understand how to improve outreach and provide screening to these women," said Smith-Bindman. "It seems that many women do not undergo routine mammography. Increased use of ...Markers of PCOS inherited, persist and raise risk for heart disease, diabetes
... feature of PCOS is abnormal lipid levels, but the reasons are controversial. Insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels and metabolic syndrome all increase risk for heart disease. Studies of women with PCOS, by definition, have been limited to women in their reprodu...Study: Paramedics save more lives when they don't follow the rules
... Health System in Wisconsin. "We think one of the reasons that CPR as directed by international guidelines has not worked well is because it is designed for two entirely different conditions: cardiac arrest and respiratory arrest," said Dr. Ewy. "What is good for one may not be good for the other. Cardioc...VCU Medical Center team implants total artificial heart
...ursing care is particularly crucial and one of the reasons that we were able to be TAH-t certified." The American Nurses Credentialing Center recently awarded the VCU Health System Magnet status, the highest honor and level of recognition for nursing excellence in national and international health care. "Th...Young patients more likely to die in countries where health care is funded by private insurance
...ast quarter of a century is striking and there are reasons that are common between different countries. These include the tendency for adolescents and young adults to wait longer before consulting a doctor about symptoms, lack of a regular and usual source of primary care, delays in diagnosis by doctors not...PENN surgeons offer transfusion-free heart surgery to all
... "The beauty of this option, if you choose it for reasons other than religious convictions, is that if you have it done, you can still get a transfusion during surgery to save your life if it becomes medically necessary," states Bridges. "However, by and large, we predict we'd be able to get the vast majori...Helping mentally retarded children and adolescents
...are much greater. Better efforts to understand the reasons for mental retardation and to develop effective strategies to both prevent and minimize the impact of MR will continue to be very important. The April issue of Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care presents clinicians and other hea...Delay in surgery decreases survival for bladder cancer patients
...son for delay was scheduling issues. Less frequent reasons were patients seeking multiple opinions, misdiagnosis or patients reluctant to be treated. Patient indecision was not a common cause of lengthy delays. "Most of these causes for delaying surgery are potentially reversible, and physicians despite bu...... that older smokers may quit smoking for different reasons than younger smokers. The study did not directly assess the smokers' reasons for quitting, but the authors postulate that factors such as lack of transportation, poor financial ...