Concentrated animal feeding operations near schools may pose asthma risk
...and residence in a rural area or on a farm. Kline stressed caution in considering the study results showing the difference in asthma diagnoses between the two schools. "Since different physicians were diagnosing asthma among the two groups, it's possible that one group may have been more or less likely to re...Experts present strategies to address adolescent violence and bullying
...and one of the nation's foremost bullying experts, stressed that health care professionals should be "vigilant" when evaluating their patients, looking for possible signs of bullying victimization and routinely asking about peer relations. The conference provided critical information for practicing physici...NICE gives backing for the use of advanced biological therapies to treat severe psoriasis
...tching. As the itching got worse, I would get more stressed and this only made my condition worse. Following a treatment review with my doctor, I was prescribed a biological therapy and for the first time since developing psoriasis, my skin started to clear and my confidence came back. This treatment might...Understanding what people with arthritis believe about exercise
... Pain. Although all focus groups stressed pain as a barrier, exercisers were more likely to make adaptations and work through the pain to attain the benefits of exercise, while non-exercisers were more likely to give up exercise altogether. Attitudes and beliefs. Non-exercisers were mu...Study finds cardiac toxicity rates high with herceptin use
...iabetes, that can affect cardiac function. Esteva stressed that advanced breast cancer patients should receive a "baseline" cardiac assessment before the drug is used, and then follow-up care by a cardiologist. He pointed out that these results do not apply to use of the drug in patients with early-stage dis...Survey shows many teens injured on the job
...d. But training on the job where safety could be stressed often is given by another employee. "This type of training usually consists of explaining how to do the work and how to work the equipment, without emphasis on safety issues," Zierold said. "In other instances, no training is given at all."She said ...Doctors warn: Do not rely only on what young athletes say when managing concussions
...ptoms have resolved both at rest and at exertion," stressed Dr. Collins. "Other factors that especially concern us are related to information we've learned, with the aid of ImPACT, in numerous previously published UPMC research studies notably that younger athletes are more vulnerable to further injury post...'Living While Black' index measures variety of stress factors for African Americans
...rrested than going to jail, they are likely not as stressed as one would anticipate. The linkage between poverty and economic disadvantage and serious crimes is not new, but the Penn State study strongly illustrates the relationship. Gabbidon noted, "States may need to invest in community-level programs a......change in marital status and change in job. Though stressed smokers were more likely to "light up when upset" at 30 days, 50 percent quit, compared with 60 percent of nonstressed smokers. At the one-year mark, there was no difference shown in quit success. Researchers conclude that many smokers who reported m...Wide racial disparities found in coronary artery disease deaths
...rtery bypass surgery as often. But the researchers stressed that other unproven factors almost certainly are involved and that further research is needed to identify them and quantify their contributions. "As prevention becomes a key point of emphasis in treating heart disease, it is vitally important to id...UCLA study reports conflict of interest policies and practices of major journals
...omedical research has increased, and journals have stressed the importance of such disclosures. "While it is healthy that doctors, patients and journals are paying more attention to conflict of interest, it is not meaningful if the disclosures are not made public, or if the disclosure policies do not pertai...Policy makers, networking agencies told to get their act together for nanoscience
...: we really, really need a pan-European approach," stressed Ruth Duncan of the Centre for Polymer Therapeutics at Cardiff University, UK. "If we compare what we are doing here in Europe with Japan and the US we are somewhat fragmented." In 2003 Duncan was working with the European Medical Research Councils...Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute -- cancer study
...lls. They discovered that if the cancer cells were stressed by chemotherapy, SPL could be activated or "turned on" to reduce the levels of S1P, which is needed to cause cell death. "The enzyme SPL senses when a cell has sustained damage or is undergoing mutations," said Dr. Saba. "Once the enzyme is aware of...SCAI issues recommendations to prevent kidney damage after imaging procedures
...sociated morbidity and mortality." Dr. Schweiger stressed that CIN is relatively rare; the condition is estimated to occur in 13 percent of individuals who undergo interventional cardiovascular procedures in which contrast dyes are used. Patients at greatest risk are the elderly, and those with diabetes, ch...Health providers could save billions without compromising health care says drug study
...ents related to the switch. The authors have stressed the importance of carefully selecting patients based on sound clinical criteria and making sure that patients are happy with the switch and understand the reasons behind it. "Indiscriminate switching policies in patients previously well controlled ...Pain control after surgery reduces days of hospitalization
...n associated with surgery, these patients are less stressed and more willing to have the surgery they need." Dr. Chelly and his colleagues analyzed the hospitalization experiences of 1,527 patients, including 495 undergoing surgery between July 1, 2001, and Aug. 30, 2002, and 1,032 who underwent surgery fo...Chronic family turmoil and other problems cause physical changes
...sk exposure." The researchers also found that when stressed by a mental arithmetic problem, the cardiovascular systems of adolescents who had been exposed to chronic risk factors responded less actively to the stressor and were slower to physiologically recover. The results are based on surveys, blood pressur...Quick, innovative procedure helps men minimize incontinence after prostatectomy
...percent had achieved continence. The researchers stressed that the men involved in the study had all been diagnosed with non-aggressive, localized cancers. "With more aggressive tumors, surgeons must often excise the tissues that we need for reconstruction, so the technique is not useful in those cases," Dr...Study: Chain-owned nursing homes hurt by too much standardization
...ocols for handling resident needs. "What we have stressed in the larger project is that chain ownership is not necessarily bad for the quality of health care, Banaszak-Holl said. "What is problematic is a shift away from community values and local needs, and an overly strong emphasis on administrative rathe...Limiting eligibility for medical studies can omit women and African-Americans
...on," the authors noted in their paper. Humphreys stressed that he doesn't believe his fellow researchers are acting out of prejudice or purposefully excluding patients. "Most researchers want women in the studies, but they don't realize that the way they design the study undermines their intentions," he sai...