Exercise reduces risk of recurrence and death in early stage colon cancer patients
...up in which a separate study headed by Dana-Farber researcher Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, revealed that regular aspirin use reduce recurrence and death risks by about the same magnitude as exercise....Expandable electrodes safe and effective for radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors
... created every time," said Paolo Cabassa, MD, lead researcher on the study. In addition to the more even distribution of heat, the expanding electrodes include other safety features. The hooks of the electrode are fixed within the liver tissue when deployed so no needle movement is possible during RFA, which ma...Whole-body MRI takes less than 20 min to scan a patient's entire body for cancer spread to bone
...an other methods," said Joan C. Vilanova, MD, lead researcher for the study. In addition to all its benefits, s...etection and staging," said Nadir Ghanem, MD, lead researcher on the German study. Dr. Ghanem will present the full results of the study on May 17 during the Ame...Genes may influence nutritional composition of breast milk
...erg, a professor of gastroenterology and nutrition researcher at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. "But we found that women with a common genetic variant produced milk containing higher levels of DHA." In the study, 111 women ate a meal with an added dose of DHA and then pumped their breast milk hourly...Patients with suspicious axillary breast lymph nodes should undergo fine-needle aspiration
...fter this procedure," said Eugenio Zanon, MD, lead researcher of the study. For the study, the researchers analyzed 274 cases of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of axillary lymph nodes in patients suspected of having breast cancer. A total of 109 of the fine-needle aspirations turned out positive for m...MDCT overtakes ventilation-perfusion lung scan for diagnosing pulmonary embolism
...om other hospitals," said Jay H. Donohoo, MD, lead researcher of the study. According to the researchers, there are a number of reasons for the shift toward MDCT pulmonary angiography. "The current generation of MDCT scanners can quickly image the pulmonary vasculature with high resolution, enabling small pulmo...Hidden costs and invisible contributions of adults characterized as dependent
... $2.3 million project led by University of Alberta researcher Dr Janet Fast, was announced in January 2003. Its overall objective is to create a deeper understanding of the place in society of those currently characterized as 'dependent,' specifically older adults and adults with chronic illness or disability....Testicular cancer gene in mice may offer clues to origins of cancer in men
... mice were born. Matin, working as a post-doctoral researcher at Case Western Reserve University with Joseph Nadeau, Ph.D., a co-author of this paper, decided to study tumor development in mouse embryos. In 2001, she mapped the location of ter, a mutation which was directly associated with development of the te...Go to the tape: Video replay improves radiology residents' performance
...y subjective," said Marie-Therese Nguyen, MD, lead researcher of the study. There are other benefits to videotaped feedback, as well, say the researchers. "It helps radiology residents develop awareness of their strengths and fosters growth in their verbal and nonverbal skills. It can also reduce the anxiety t...Empathetic voice improves doctor-patient communication
... them to stick to their treatment regime, a Monash researcher has found. Dr. Marisa Cordella, from Monash's School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, analysed how doctors and patients talked to each other and found the use of a more empathetic 'fellow human voice' resulted in better treatment practices and...Birth weight and breastfeeding in infancy may affect premenopausal breast cancer risk
...artment of Social and Preventive Medicine and lead researcher on the study. "In utero and early childhood exposures might affect breast cancer risk by altering the hormonal environment of the developing fetus and young infant through mechanisms not yet completely clarified." Barba and colleagues from UB's S...Moderate to severe sleep apnea significantly raises stroke risk, study finds
...ke, such as hypertension or diabetes," said senior researcher Douglas Bradley, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director of the Centre for Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology at the University of Toronto. He and colleagues Michael Arzt, M.D., and Terry Young, Ph.D., found that the risk of stroke was significant...Female lung transplant recipients at greater risk of acute lung injury
...easons why women are at increased risk," said lead researcher Catherine Kuntz, M.D., Pulmonary Fellow at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. "It may involve women's hormones or differences in their immune systems." The study included data on all 7,482 adult lung transplants performed in the United S...Harvard Medical School and Project A.L.S. join forces to target ALS research
...system. Guiding the new initiative is longtime ALS researcher Dr. Robert Brown, HMS professor of neurology, director of the Day Neuromuscular Research Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a member of the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair (HCNR). HCNR will manage the new initiative. La...Protein essential for hearing also vital for pain perception
...tant professor in anesthesiology at Feinberg and a researcher at the Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience, initiated the study of TRPA1 in the late 90s, while searching for the channel that mediates hearing. After they discovered that TRPA1 is expressed in the organ of Corti, the hearing organ o...Medical privacy vs. health care quality?
...d a mailed consent form that gave permission for a researcher to call them six months after their hospitalizatio...cipants to send their consent forms back so that a researcher can call them. But still, Eagle and his colleagues worry that many other hospitals will not take th...Short on time, long on feeling: Study suggests deadlines intensify emotions
...gs add fuel to feelings, Teuscher, a post-doctoral researcher in the cognitive science department of the University of California, San Diego, asked 165 young subjects to imagine themselves in several different scenarios. Half of the scenarios included an explicit "limited-future" condition, such as the last da...Medical whistleblowers speak out
...lator - and that rarely happens." The industry researcher explained that the studies that are the basis for regulatory approval are too small and are conducted over too brief a period to properly assess safety. There are "blockbuster drugs" out there, said the scientist, that "might be associated with tens ...Mayo Clinic Proceedings studies risk factors for blood clots
...ns," says Juraj Sprung, M.D., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic researcher in the Department of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The study was conducted by Dr. Sprung and others. Dr. Sprung advises that physicians consider taking extra preventive measures with the patient during the flight and during and after th......ssia and for further research in the international researcher network of the consortium. The two most important partners in the surveys in St Petersburg were MAPS (St Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies) and CISR (Centre for Independent Social Research). Besides the Academy of Finland, funding ha...