Survival differences by race most apparent in advanced stages of breast cancer
... survival increased with more advanced disease was surprising and suggested that non-clinical factors contributed to survival differences. Epidemiology studies have long showed significant racial/ethnic differences in breast cancer survival among U.S. women. African American women have poorer five-year survi...A 'broader' look at cardiac CTA images often finds diseases/disorders beyond the heart
... said. One of the issues that we found somewhat surprising is the number of patients with pulmonary embolism who had undergone recent bypass grafting, he said. It is reasonable to suspect that cardiac surgery patients who are often immobilized after their procedure might have these problems; but this connect...Traditional Chinese exercises may increase efficacy of flu vaccine
...touches people on many fronts, he said. So its not surprising that you can feel the immune part, the strength part, the psychological part. Its what this art was designed for to target all these different aspects of life, from a preventative and nurturing point of view.And, he added, those benefits are borne o...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
...ques used and the questions being studied, "what's surprising is how supportive of each other the fundamental conclusions (of the two papers) are about Wnt signaling and aging."...Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help, infants' language development
...ed with slight increases in language skills, not a surprising finding since both activities foster language development, Zimmerman said. The researchers believe the content of baby DVDs and videos is different from the other types of programming because it tends to have little dialogue, short scenes, disconnec......thors suggest that a possible explanation for this surprising finding could be the fact that with higher incomes, more travel is likely, which in turn increases the likelihood of motor vehicle collisions. Alternatively, more tourism to the area may have reduced unemployment but caused more road accidents. Th...Early-childhood intervention may improve well-being through young adulthood
...gram extend beyond educational achievements is not surprising given the links between education, mental and physical health and behavior, the authors note. Because expenditures for the medical care and justice systems comprise roughly 20 percent of the gross domestic product, the potential cost savings to gover...U of M report says early-childhood intervention improves well-being through young adulthood
...gram extend beyond educational achievements is not surprising given the links between education, mental and physical health and behavior, Reynolds and Temple said in the study. Because expenditures for the medical care and justice systems comprise roughly 20 percent of the gross domestic product, the potential ...UD scientists invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue
... scientists have invented a novel biomaterial with surprising antibacterial properties that can be injected as a low-viscosity gel into a wound where it rigidifies nearly on contact--opening the door to the possibility of delivering a targeted payload of cells and antibiotics to repair the damaged tissue. Reg......Section on O.R. in Sports (SpORts) will reveal the surprising ways that baseball can learn management strategies from experts in operations research. J. Eric Bickel, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University will discuss decision-making in sports in "Applying O.R. across the Baseba...Personal comments by physicians distract from patient needs
...ournal Archives of Internal Medicine publishes the surprising results of the investigation in the June 25 issue. The investigators found physician self-disclosures in about a third of patient visits. The disclosures were often non sequiturs, unattached to any discussion in the visit and focused more on the phys...Paying taxes, according to the brain, can bring satisfaction
...es (sweets or social contact) are satisfied. The surprising element for us was that in a situation in which yo...ic Research in Cambridge, Mass. To economists, the surprising thing about this paper is that we actually see people getting rewards as they give up money, he said...When it comes to preventing amputation in diabetics, site, not size, matters
... that helped predict recurrence. "The study was surprising and promising in that, out of a whole lot of data, some simple truths emerged," noted David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, Professor of Surgery at Scholl College and a principal investigator on the study. "The location of the ulcer (under the big toe) and t...UCLA imaging study reveals how pure oxygen harms the brain
...e in the brain and heart." That's when something surprising happened on the MRI scan. Three brain structures suddenly lit up: the hippocampus, which helps control blood pressure; the cingulate cortex, which regulates pain perception and blood pressure; and the insula, which monitors physical and emotiona...Long-term anti-clotting therapy sweetens stenting outcomes in diabetic patients
...nt versus 5.5 percent, respectively; p=0.07). More surprising was the finding that even with bare metal stents, long-term clopidogrel therapy significantly reduced the risk of death or heart attack (3.5 percent versus 12.2 percent, p=0.01). Among patients who discontinued clopidogrel after 6 months, the differe...Infants with bronchiolitis may benefit more from albuterol
...no difference or an advantage to epinephrine, this surprising result of a small but real advantage in using albuterol may force physicians to reassess their treatment choices. Principal Investigaor, Paul Walsh, MD, originally preferred epinephrine prior to conducting this study. The other investigators were Kem...To what extent are emergency departments being used for primary care?
...ome common assumptions about ED use and found some surprising results. To analyze ED usage, a research tool called the Emergency Department Algorithm (EDA) has been developed that attempts to categorize all ED visits into four categories: non-emergency; emergency, primary care treatable; emergency, needing ED...HPV infection linked to throat cancers
...ore likely to develop the HPV-linked cancer. In a surprising twist, Gillison says their data show no added risk for HPV carriers who smoke and drink alcohol. "Its the virus that drives the cancer," explains Gillison, an assistant professor of oncology and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins. "Since HPV has alread...No evidence older women generate new eggs
.... Since then, other papers have refuted Tilly's surprising finding that mice can produce eggs throughout their lives. Now, David Keefe, MD, professor and chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at USF, and colleague Lin Liu, who also holds a post at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China, say they can find no......hern Africa for the years 2003 and 2004 and found surprising results. "It has been known for many years now ...ore diffuse the longer it travels. So, it was very surprising to find that even over Australian biomass-burning areas still up to 30% of the enhanced carbon monox...