Intensive statin therapy may partially reverse plaque build-up in arteries
...therapy used in this study resulted in significant regression of atherosclerosis as measured by intravascular ul... arteries to measure plaque. The study showed that regression occurred for all three pre-specified IVUS measures of disease burden. The mean baseline LDL cholest...Diabetes can lead to gum disease in childhood; onset is younger than previously recognized
...s previously established, it was believed that the regression of gums began much later and increased with age. The study, a collaboration among researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, Mailman School of Public Health and Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, is published in the February issu...Progress slow in improving hospitals' patient safety systems
...t safety systems is at best modest. "Self-reported regression in patient safety systems was also found. While 74 percent of hospitals reported full implementation of a written patient safety plan, nearly 9 percent reported no plan. The area of surgery appears to have the greatest level of patient safety systems...Award for work on hypertension
...ardiotrophin-1 is a marker for the development and regression of left ventrical hypertrophy in patients with high blood pressure). This line of research with cardiotrophin-1 was initiated in 2003 and already this year it has been published twice in the international Journal of Hypertension magazine and in pre...New study shows women more vulnerable to risk of colorectal cancer from tobacco
...community hospitals, the investigators conducted a regression analysis of gender, tobacco and alcohol use. They found that while age of onset of colorectal cancer was slightly younger in males than females in the non-smoking/non-drinking group, current smokers had a markedly decreased age of presentation for ...Meeting MRSA targets largely down to chance, says expert
...to the overall average rate (a phenomenon known as regression to the mean). This immediately explains reports of hospitals slipping significantly down the league table from one year to the next. He believes that, if MRSA rates are to be used to assess performance, further changes are needed. Finally, the govern...Kids who drink early in life: What does it mean for their future?
...l history (otherwise called "controls"). Multiple regression analyses were performed to determine which variables contributed the most to predicted AFD. Results indicate that child and environmental factors are stronger predictors of AFD than family history of alcohol dependence. "Three variables explained ...Penn researchers discover a molecular pathway that leads to recurrence of breast cancer
...larly targeted therapies and leads to the dramatic regression of tumors to a clinically undetectable state. Nevertheless, residual tumor cells lie in a dormant state and later grow out after a month to a year in the mice. Using microarrays, Chodosh's team compared recurrent tumors with the original tumors from...Study links regions of two chromosomes to susceptibility for type of autism
...sceptibility for a type of autism characterized by regression in development. Developmental regression can include the loss of previously acquired language, social skills or both. Moreover, the study is ...Doctor 'report cards' may keep some heart patients from getting angioplasties
...ed using mathematical calculations called logistic regression modeling. "The fear of public reporting of higher mortality rates may be driving patient selection in New York, but this analysis demonstrates that mortality is not different once you adjust for risk factors," he says. "As the trend toward public re...Mayo Clinic researchers develop new treatment for incurable recurring form of adult brain cancer
... recurrent glioblastoma." Achieving the 36 percent regression rate was an encouraging result -- but researchers didn't stop there. They took the work a step further by analyzing specific tumor properties of the patients enrolled in the study. What they found is also encouraging. Patients most likely to respond ...Presence of high-risk prostate cancer can be predicted without a biopsy, new study says
...n in the study. Researchers then used logistic regression analysis to compare clinical variables with biopsy outcomes. Researchers found they could accurately predict a tumor's Gleason score using three clinical variables: age, digital rectal exam findings and PSA density. "We found that PSA density is b...No strong evidence linking mercury levels with worse neurobehavioral performance in older adults
... measured and the researchers used multiple linear regression to examine its associations with scores from 12 neurobehavioral tests. First-visit data were obtained in 2001-2002. Participants also completed a food frequency questionnaire to determine fish consumption levels "In summary, the study provided no com...