IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
...of the study: that single-dose nevirapine cuts the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV nearly in half. "The IOM panel was made up of some of the most highly respected experts in HIV/AIDS research, biostatistics, and bioethics," says pediatrician Kathryn Edwards, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medic...Liver may be source of 'good' cholesterol
...said. Low levels of HDL are associated with higher risk of heart attacks, even when total cholesterol levels are normal. People with Tangier disease have mutations in a gene (ABCA1) involved in the production of HDL. Like all genes, ABCA1 exerts its effects through a protein that it manufactures. The ABC...Data show cyclosporine inhalation solution improves long-term survival in lung-transplant patients
... CyIS was associated with a 69 percent decrease in risk of death compared to placebo. "Analysis of the piv...l study period showed a 79 percent decrease in the risk of death for patients receiving CyIS compared to patients receiving placebo. Data from an additional...Breakthrough in national diseases
A common gene variant has been identified as the risk factor behind a number of common diseases by resea... and MS have together shown that there is a common risk factor for these conditions. It is the first identified gene to link autoimmune diseases with cardio...Soy and fish oil may help prevent heart attacks
... variability between beats, therefore reducing the risk of arrhythmia and/or sudden death. Heart rate var... supplement of fish or soy oil may help reduce the risk of suffering an adverse cardiovascular event, such as arrhythmia or sudden death, specially in perso...Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
...aving an obese parent were more than four times at risk for becoming obese themselves versus their peers who reported not having obese parents. This was the case for both biological and non-biological parents giving evidence that it may be a combination of genetics and environmental factors that predict o...Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
...ot, and we can offer a genetic test to families at risk of Roberts syndrome." Vega and Gordillo, a husband-and-wife team, criss-crossed the globe to continue their work and find better funding opportunities. In Japan, Vega tied the Colombian families' syndrome to a large region of chromosome 8. In The Net...Two drugs combined more cost-effective safer for managing arthritis in high-risk patients
... demonstrates that for arthritis sufferers at high risk for gastrointestinal problems who traditionally ma...at may affect therapy, such as aspirin use and the risk of complications such as heart attack. According to researchers, the study also looked at the healt...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
...a heart failure diagnosis can put patients at high risk of serious problems, including death, but overdiagnosis may lead patients to receive unnecessary treatment. "To date, the way physicians have traditionally evaluated potential heart failure patients has been rather random, with some receiving a phys...In years preceding medicare eligibility, many older adults at risk of being uninsured
...o assess the number of patients whose health is at risk from being uninsured. Study participants aged 51 t...start of the study were all associated with higher risk of death. "The proportion of U.S. adults in late middle age at risk from being uninsured over a ten-...Controversy in dyslipidemia guidelines
... guidelines may lead to more people who are at low risk of coronary artery disease being screened and prescribed statin therapy, which will increase cost for little overall benefit. Jacques Genest and colleagues, members of the Working Group on Hypercholesterolemia and Other Dyslipidemias, comment on the...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
...OVIDENCE, RI Physicians caring for people at high risk for lung cancer should assume responsibility of in...f knowledge, it is reasonable for an individual at risk to choose to undergo testing for lung cancer." The paper is authored by physicians from Rhode Island...Aboriginal Canadians at high risk for severe trauma
...CMAJ shows aboriginal Canadians are at much higher risk of sustaining severe trauma. This population-base...severe trauma (257.2 v. 68.8 per 100 000; relative risk [3.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.0-4.6). Aboriginal Canadians were found to be at significantly ...Location of body fat associated with cardiovascular risk even at normal body weight
...and women is associated with metabolic syndrome, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, ev...bution in middle-aged adults may confer additional risk for metabolic syndrome, but it is not known whether this is true for older individuals. Bret H. Goo...Restless legs syndrome has complex genetic involvement
...tion, family and twin studies. To identify genetic risk factors, the current study used information from French Canadian families, where, according to the researchers, prevalence of restless legs syndrome is higher than in other populations. Alex Desautels, Ph.D., of the University of Montreal, and collea...News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2005
...walk when admitted to the hospital, have a greater risk of death while in the hospital. In a study of 3,043 patients with CAP admitted to six hospitals in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, researchers from the University of Alberta found that patients in a wheelchair at time of hospital admission were 1.4 times...Study finds no link between cell phone use and brain tumors
...s found no link between use of cell phones and the risk of developing a brain tumor. The study is publishe...their cell phone use. The study found no increased risk for brain tumors related to cell phone use, frequency of use, or number of years of use. "These resu...Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
...n men and women over age 55, the age group most at risk of later developing potentially fatal heart failur... demonstrable benefits from exercise, in people at risk for heart disease," adds Stewart. "Further examination of the role of decreasing abdominal fat, whic...Few women at risk for breast cancer willing to use drug to prevent the disease
...men. It also has the added benefit of reducing the risk of osteoporotic fractures. A recent metanalysis of...hout significant side effects, including increased risk of endometrial cancer, pulmonary embolism, painful sexual intercourse, stroke, and cataracts. These ...Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...ndmother smoked while pregnant may have double the risk of developing childhood asthma as a child whose gr...'s grandmother did-the child had nearly double the risk (1.8 times) of developing asthma. If both the mother and grandmother smoked while pregnant, a chil...