Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
...therapy for prostate cancer have nearly double the risk of developing rectal cancer when compared to men w...n for prostate cancer have about 70 percent higher risk of developing rectal cancer than those who underwent surgery, a risk similar to that posed by having...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (first issue)
... the effect of graft ischemic time on the relative risk of death seemed to peak in the first year after transplantation, and to wear off quickly thereafter. During the study period, from January 1987 to December 1998, patient survival at the seven French transplantation centers which were involved in the...Radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles the risk of rectal cancer
...diation for prostate cancer have nearly double the risk of developing rectal cancer when compared to men w...ation for prostate cancer have a 70 percent higher risk of developing rectal cancer than those who underwent surgery, a risk similar to that posed by having...Statin simvastatin linked to protection against endothelial dysfunction in diabetic rats
...tatin drug simvastatin over five years reduced the risk of a first nonlethal heart attack by 37 percent and risk of a first nonfatal or fatal stroke by 24 percent, regardless of their cholesterol or glucose levels...Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...c polymorphisms that they believe may increase the risk of autism in specific combinations yet to be deter...balance seen in the children and thus increase the risk of the disorder. The next step, says Dr. James, is to determine whether the metabolic profile disc...Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
..., when it was revealed that it poses a significant risk of heart attack and stroke. Similar findings were reported for other cox-2 inhibitors, although they are still on the market. This study shows that another family of anti-arthritis drugs, Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF-alpha) blocking agents, trig...More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
...toxic air contaminant and a major source of cancer risk from outdoor air pollution. "Because so many children ride school buses, reducing the emissions of a school bus would give policymakers more bang for their buck than the same reduction of emissions from other diesel vehicles, such as an 18-wheeler o...Study: obesity impairs immune response of mice, boosts chances of dying from influenza infection
... that the growing obese population is at increased risk for immune dysfunction during influenza infection, which may lead in humans, as it did in the mice, to increased mortality," Beck said. "Influenza virus currently is responsible for 36,000 deaths and 114,000 hospitalizations in the United States each...Newer imaging techniques may lead to over-treatment
.... In fact, "a recent study found a 10 times higher risk of hemorrhagic stroke in patients receiving oral anticoagulant therapy when compared to the general population," Dr. Prologo said. It is imperative that "clinicians consider the risk-benefit ratio of therapy in patients with previously undetectable s...Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
... of the participants recognized that there is some risk of infection with sexually transmitted diseases su...h as chlamydia and HIV, and accurately ranked this risk less than with vaginal sex. However, one in seven participants thought that the risk of STDs from or...Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
...s as harmful as cigarette smoking, even though the risk is actually extremely small compared to that from ...ared with cigarettes. Estimates typically put the risk of dying from snuff use in the range of 1% or 2% of that from cigarette smoking, though some experts...Early home environment and television watching influence bullying behavior
... whether each predictor constituted an independent risk factor for subsequent bullying. Cognitive stimulat...stantial protective effects. "The magnitude of the risk associated with televisionis clinically significant," the authors write. " a one-standard deviation ...It takes a village to improve the health of children
... the increasing impact of social and environmental risk factors on the health of children and adolescents.... the increasing impact of social and environmental risk factors on the health of children and adolescents. "Former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher has w...Genetic link to cervical cancer
...code receptors on innate immune cells increase the risk of developing cervical cancer, according to a stud...re inhibitory than activating KIRs had a decreased risk for cervical cancer, suggesting that activation of NK cells contributes to cancer progression. NK c...Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
Men have a four times greater risk than women of developing abdominal aortic aneurysm...d dihydrotestosterone, from male mice lowers their risk of aneurysm to that of females, while giving females these same male sex hormones increases their ri...Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
...t long-term exposure to those toxins increases the risk of death from cardiac causes. In an editorial accompanying the article in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the authors underscore the complexity of heart-kidney interactions and point to the need for further study. "The clinical imp...Differential heart-attack risks among blacks, whites remain mystery
...elevated plasma levels of Lp(a) are an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease among whites, an...vels of Lp(a) in the bloodstream lead to different risk factors for whites and African-Americans. That theory is based on earlier lab studies that showed Lp...ALLHAT findings are 'color blind' in showing diuretics work better for high blood pressure
...ients in treating high blood pressure and reducing risk of heart disease. The analysis by race of the "Ant...h racial subgroups, there was substantially higher risk of heart failure--37 percent--among participants taking calcium channel blockers compared with those...Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
...r illness and that, unfortunately, there is also a risk that this drug will make her gain weight. She said she didn't want to take it. I said you really don't have a choice to take nothing. It's awful having to present people with such difficult choices, especially when they're already stressed dealing wi...Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
...and anxiety place heart patients at a much greater risk of suffering future cardiac events or dying, few h...rs, but also by modifying important bio-markers of risk that may translate into improved clinical outcomes," he said. The Duke trial enrolled 134 patients w...