In utero exposure to urban air pollutants can increase risk
...n the preschool years is an important precursor of subsequent educational performance deficits," said Dr. Frederica Perera, DrPH director of the Center and lead investigator. "Fortunately, airborne PAH concentrations can be reduced by currently available pollution controls, greater energy efficiency, and the u...Brain study considers motor function, cognition with alcohol consumption
...n areas needed to incorporate new information into subsequent and correct motor function." For the study, eight people, ranging in age from 21-25, were asked to maneuver a joy stick both while sober and when experiencing a blood alcohol level of 0.07 percent (just below the legal definition of intoxicated). Bra...Many breast cancer survivors not getting recommended mammograms
...ude annual mammography for early identification of subsequent cancers. In the general population, mammography has been demonstrated to be effective at reducing mortality. In breast cancer survivors, mammography has been shown to identify tumors at early stages, when treatment is more successful. Existing studie...Stroke-associated damage to brain structure may lead to heart attack
...right insular area had a 15 times greater risk for subsequent heart muscle injury than did patients with damage in other areas. The right insula is known to be involved with the sympathetic nervous system, the portion of the autonomic system that sets off stress-related responses. "This image analysis technique...Latest issue of Alzheimer's & Dementia explores new ideas for cause, screening and risk factors
...ia, and diabetes in midlife has been linked to the subsequent development of dementia decades later. Exploratory analyses of the rosiglitazone data raised the possibility of an interaction between treatment efficacy and presence or absence of the APOE4 variant. APOE4 noncarriers showed significant clinical imp...Very long or short intervals between pregnancies associated with increased poor perinatal outcomes
...orld to advise women on the benefits of delaying a subsequent pregnancy for approximately two to five years to improve the health of both mother and the next infant."...$1.5 billion needed to ensure 12-month stockpile of pediatric vaccines
... supplies to between 95 percent and 100 percent. A subsequent problem of shortages is that many children miss their vaccines and must return to their physicians to catch up, but in many cases parents do not follow through with the return visits. The 15-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice establis...Newer chemotherapies improve outcomes for some types of breast cancer
... concurrent with cyclophosphamide, with or without subsequent paclitaxel (May 1994 to April 1997); (3) sequential doxorubicin, paclitaxel, and cyclophosphamide with concurrent doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel, and also three-week vs. two-week cycles (September 1997 to March 1999). The re...JCI table of contents, April 6, 2006
...ediated pathology and clinical disease following a subsequent peripheral challenge with a related LCMV virus. The authors hypothesize that the organ-restricted infection results from either an infection during the newborn stage or from simultaneous exposure to a second virus (such as herpesvirus or measles), an...What is pharmacology's place in finding alternatives to alcohol?
...sequences of intoxication, such as accidents, with subsequent medical complications." These papers discuss alternative models to the current approach to the sale and consumption of alcohol, such as removing or reducing alcohol content in drinks sold, especially beers and lager, and offering tax incentives for ...Researchers identify potential targets for new pain therapies
...than opioids, which often require higher doses for subsequent treatments to produce the same effect and can interfere with respiratory function. Gereau says there also have been problems associated with anti-inflammatory cox-2 inhibitors, such as Vioxx, which was found to increase the risk of serious cardiovas...Children's viewing time may increase requests for advertised products
...dia exposure is a true prospective risk factor for subsequent consumeristic behavior, adding to the evidence supporting behavioral and policy interventions to reduce children's exposure to screen media and advertising, whether implemented at the individual family level, institutional level or the population lev...Watch not, want not? Packard/Stanford study links kids' TV time and consumerism
... the correlation between increased screen time and subsequent requests for toys and junk food held true for over a period of 20 months. Chamberlain warns that, if left unchecked, increasing amounts of screen time for children could foster a rise in obesity and consumerism that will reverberate for decades. S...Mayo Clinic researchers zero in on diagnosing sometimes fatal heart rhythm disorder
...dition, the epinephrine QT stress test can provide subsequent physiological confirmation of a LQT1 genetic test ...or LQTS based on an initial clinical diagnosis and subsequent referral to Mayo Clinic by physicians across the country. Between 1997 and 2004, 541 consecutive unr...Panel finds insufficient evidence to recommend for or against maternal-request Caesarean delivery
...s is because the risk of serious complications for subsequent pregnancies increases with each additional Caesarean delivery. The panel further stressed that CDMR should not be performed before the 39th week of pregnancy or without verification that the fetus' lungs have matured sufficiently to avoid newborn r...New study establishes criteria to detect ovarian cancer in asymptomatic postmenopausal women
...0) would have been detected. The study found that subsequent annual screenings provided the opportunity to compare current CA-125 levels and/or transvaginal ultrasounds (TVU) findings with the previous screen. Utilizing the above criteria for distinguishing benign from malignant masses in women with more than...Effects of preterm birth and early environmental risks continue into adolescence
...dhood social environment plays a prominent role in subsequent development, with greater environmental risk such as life stresses and little social support related to lower cognitive abilities and delayed social development. For the current study, researchers from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at the Un...Patient care dramatically improved using best practice
...d 2 to 3 weeks in other countries, but few got the subsequent time to diagnosis down to one week (18 hospital breakthrough teams did it in this study). And magnificently, all 22 teams had their patients in the operating room for surgical treatment within 3 weeks, 10 teams doing this within 2 weeks. Surely if t...Mayo Clinic to host inaugural National Symposium on Health Care Reform in May
...tified. The forums will present recommendations at subsequent symposia....Studies compare stents and cardiac procedures for long-term survival
...mation on treatment decisions that could help make subsequent cardiac procedures unnecessary. Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit is an annual meeting for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiograp...