Boost radiotherapy effective for very early breast cancer
...nd had received breast-conserving surgery. About a sixth of the patients were not given any radiotherapy after surgery; almost half received radiotherapy without a boost; and the remaining two-fifths received radiotherapy with an extra boost. The researchers found that the risk of the cancer returning decr...ACPM to host Webcast on adolescent violence and bullying
...Association found that 16% of students between the sixth and tenth grades reported being sometimes or frequently bullied. The American Medical Association's Educational Forum on Adolescent Health asserts that health care professionals play important roles in prevention and treatment of youth violence thro...Low literacy increases risk of death and misunderstanding of medical consent forms
... a consent form written in English or Spanish at a sixth grade-reading level, and asked to read along slowly while native speakers read the form aloud to them. The speakers stopped frequently to ask if the subjects understood what was being read to them. They then asked the subjects seven true-or-false que...Research finds vigorous exercise equals better academics
...one academic year, the study tracked more than 200 sixth graders. For one semester half of the students took the general physical education class offered by the school, while the other half took part in a non-physical education course. Halfway through the school year they switched. The researchers found ...Positive parenting helps encourage healthy sun habits in children
...dren were all 9 to 12 years old, in fourth through sixth grade and from southern Idaho or eastern Tennessee. Forty-five days after parents in the intervention group received the handbook, children in both groups underwent an assessment in which they were asked questions about their sun-related habits and ...Facial resurfacing treats precancerous skin lesions, may help prevent skin cancer
...dren were all 9 to 12 years old, in fourth through sixth grade and from southern Idaho or eastern Tennessee. Forty-five days after parents in the intervention group received the handbook, children in both groups underwent an assessment in which they were asked questions about their sun-related habits and ...New study seeks to lower diabetes risk in youth
... country reopen their doors this fall, hundreds of sixth graders in 42 middle schools will begin taking part in a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The HEALTHY study will determine if changes in school food services and physical education (PE) classes, along with activities that ...EU should make vaccination against cervical cancer virus mandatory for adolescent girls
...bill on Sept 21 ruling that all girls entering the sixth grade of school (1112 year-olds) should be immunised. The Lancet comments: "This is the first legislation of its kind in the USA, and a decision from which the EU member states should take heed. For effective and long-term eradication of HPV, all ...Pakistani women 30 percent more likely to be blind than men
...uring the prevalence of blindness in Pakistan, the sixth most populous country in the world. These included age and socioeconomic indicators including education and household occupation. The study showed that the prevalence of blindness was higher in women in every age category surveyed except those age...Adolescent girls more active if neighborhoods have parks
... girls. The study team tracked 1,556 girls in the sixth grade in six cities and counted the average number of public parks within a half-mile radius of the homes of girls in the cities. The girls were fitted with accelerometers - devices that measure physical activity - and were monitored for six days. T...Athlete's 'rituals' important for overcoming performance anxiety
...ized." According to Cox, who just published the sixth edition of his book "Sport Psychology: Concepts and Applications," an athletic performance task can be repeated hundreds of times yet mistakes are still made. Well planned and practiced performance routines can minimize these errors. Dallas Cowboys f...USC professor at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles receives $2.5M for stem cell research
...y at the Keck School of Medicine. News of USC's sixth CIRM award announced in recent weeks comes as two more stem cell researchers are headed for the USC campus, continuing the university's aggressive recruitment efforts for the new program. Krzysztof Kobielak, M.D., Ph.D., comes from Rockefeller Univer...Diet and lifestyle -- In the cancer fight, eating well is the best revenge
...head and neck cancer. Head and neck cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, resulting in more than 350,000 deaths annually. "Identifying protective factors for head and neck cancer is particularly important as it has a high mortality rate," said Neal Freedman, Ph.D., can...RAND study finds school playgrounds can help fight childhood obesity
...s with the physical activity of 1,556 girls in the sixth grade in six metropolitan areas: Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Md.; Columbia, S.C.; Minneapolis, Minn.; New Orleans, La.; Tucson, Ariz.; and San Diego, Calif. Researchers visited all the schools and parks within a half-mile radius of the homes of th...Scientists find missing link to understand how plants make vitamin C
...ty of cellular compounds. Once the product of the sixth step, a compound called GDP-L-galactose, can take the exit marked VTC2, however, the atoms are reconfigured toward making vitamin C, specifically, and little else. The remaining three steps, like a curving driveway, require some turns but no real ch...RAND study finds alcohol advertising and marketing associated with adolescent drinking
...study issued today. The study of children in the sixth and seventh grades found that those exposed to alc... This new study shows that by the time they get to sixth grade, ads may be influencing them to drink." "Parents often think they don't have to worry about ...National Autism Conference slated for June
The sixth annual Topics in Child Development Conference will address assessment-driven interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorders June 28 29 on the Kent State University Kent Campus. Regional, state and national leaders in the study and tr...Comparison of patients' access to new and better cancer drugs reveals inequalities between countries
...ess to these drugs. Dr Jnsson said: "Around one sixth of the differences between these five countries in five-year cancer survival is due to differences in the uptake of new drugs in each country." Two other analyses in the report also related access to new cancer drugs with improved patient survival....Next generation of Latino drug abuse experts at UH to learn, teach
...f drug abuse in Latino populations." This is the sixth year UH has hosted the event, which will inform and train new scholars pursuing research on the factors that influence Latinos to abuse drugs. Sixteen pre- and post- doctoral fellows were selected to participate in the seminartwo are coming from as f...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...n cancer (204,000 cases and 125,000 deaths) is the sixth most common cancer and the seventh most common cause of death from cancer in women.5 The majority of patients with ovarian cancer will have advanced disease at the time of initial diagnosis. Typically, these patients are managed with surgery followe...