New study shows teenage girls' use of diet pills doubles over five-year span
...t. By the ages of 19 and 20, 20 percent of females surveyed used diet pills. "These numbers are startling, and they tell us we need to do a better job of helping our daughters feel better about themselves and avoid unhealthy weight control behaviors," U of M professor and study researcher Dianne Neumark-Szta...Many adults with psychiatric disorders may also have undiagnosed ADHD
...dity Survey (NCS) showed that among adult patients surveyed ADHD existed comorbidly in 32.0 percent of those with a depressive disorder, 21.2 percent of those with BPD, and 9.5 percent of those with an anxiety disorder. When compared with these high overall levels of psychiatric comorbidity detected in the N......survey of 566 professional cleaners. Subjects were surveyed about asthma history and their degree of safety training comprehension. Among those surveyed, 94 percent reported receiving training, and 13 percent reported having difficulty understanding the topics. Those who did not receive training and men with ...Teens half as likely to smoke if they are wise to subliminal messages in cigarette ads
...Primack notes. For example, the student population surveyed in this study was largely homogeneous in terms of race and socioeconomic status, so the results will need to be confirmed among more diverse groups. Also, a longitudinal study tracking the relationship between SML scores and smoking initiation would ...Double jeopardy: Obese smokers at higher risk of death
...tics at the National Cancer Institute. The study surveyed more than 80,000 current and former radiologic technologists between the ages of 22 and 92 who completed a self-administered questionnaire in the period from 1983 to 1989. They all were followed through December 2002 and the number of deaths was repo...Physicians slow to integrate information technology into patient practice
...ating with patients by e-mail. Frequent use of the surveyed technologies was most likely among recent medical school graduates and physicians affiliated with academic practices and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and was least likely in one- or two-person practices. While the survey did not ask ab...Childhood lead exposure linked to increased injuries as teens
...e Journal of Adolescent Health. The researchers surveyed 212 teens (with a 42 percent response rate) from t...ants with varying childhood blood-lead levels were surveyed to determine the relationship between lead exposure and injuries during adolescence. These included ...New study in JCSM shows effective treatment for elderly insomniacs
...D, of the University of California, San Francisco, surveyed 455 older women, at an average age of 82.9 years, ...vements disturbed the sleep of 27 percent of those surveyed on five or more occasions per hour, while six percent were awakened on 15 or more occasions in one h...Free drug samples influence prescribing, say one in three doctors
... the data show. In March 2003, the research team surveyed 397 members of the American College of Obstetricia... covered by the College. Just over half of those surveyed responded (217). More than 90% of the respondents thought it was ethical to accept free samples o...Predictors of undergoing joint replacement surgery among patients with severe osteoarthritis
...re was 41.1/100. At baseline, 48 percent of those surveyed had seen a physician in the past year for hip and/or knee problems, but only 20 percent were willing to consider TJA. During the follow-up period, scores of disease severity, incidents of doctor visits, and willingness to consider TJA as...Binge-drinking teenagers at greater risk of violence
...e victimisation. More than 4,000 children were surveyed at 13 schools at four local authorities in the North, the Midlands, London and the South. The study found that 25% of 11-year-olds were drinking monthly and 3.6% daily, with 12.8% admitting to getting drunk three to five times a year. By the age of 1...Alcoholics Anonymous membership may decrease alcohol-related homicides
...al Service Board Central Office in New York, which surveyed AA groups every three years for the same time period. "Our study showed that total and male homicide rates in Ontario were strongly related to average levels of alcohol consumption," said Mann. "These observations confirm previous research showing ...Surveys find outright hunger among Latino immigrants in North Carolina
... stamp program." In Forsyth, 15.8 percent of those surveyed reported children had had to go all day without food in the past year and 21.8 percent reported that children were hungry because they couldn't afford more food. And yet the researchers also found that only 12.9 percent of those in Forsyth reported r...Health effects of 'functional foods' featured during four-day symposium, Sept. 10-13
...stitute of Fruit Tree Science in Japan, scientists surveyed 1,073 people in a Japanese town noted for its high consumption of mandarin oranges. The researchers found certain chemical markers in the subjects' blood that are associated with a lower risk of several health problems, including liver disease, ather...Malpractice concerns may deter Florida medical students from entering obstetrics and gynecology
...alizing in ob/gyn. Half of the Florida students surveyed 42 percent men and 58 percent women responded. The respondents were divided into three groups students who selected ob/gyn as a career (had applied to ob/gyn residencies); those who considered ob/gyn as a career but ultimately decided against it;...Prevalence of childhood allergies increasing worldwide
...amine any changes in prevalence. The investigators surveyed the parents of over 193 400 children aged 6-7 years from 37 countries on the presence of symptoms of asthma and allergies, such as wheezing, in their child. They also asked around 304 680 children, aged 13-14 years from 56 countries, the same questio...UK hospitals poorly prepared for a 'major incident,' say researchers
... better prepared than in 1996, when they were last surveyed and found severely wanting. For the current survey the authors telephoned 179 senior doctors working in anaesthesia, emergency care, general surgery, trauma, and orthopaedics in 34 UK hospitals, to ascertain their readiness to respond to a major in...Physicians more likely to disclose medical errors that would be apparent to the patient
...ington School of Medicine, Seattle, and colleagues surveyed physicians in the United States and Canada to gauge their attitudes regarding the disclosure of medical errors. The 2,637 physicians had an average age of 49.2 and had been in practice for an average of 16.8 years; 1,233 were from the United States ...Two-thirds of pregnant women with depression aren't getting treatment for it
...come from a study of 1,837 pregnant women who were surveyed in the waiting rooms of five Michigan obstetrics clinics, using a standard questionnaire that detects signs of depression. Of the women in the study, 276 met the criteria for being at risk of depression. All of these women had follow-up interviews...... study also showed that more than half of patients surveyed had no EOL order (no intubation, "do not resuscitate," etc) in their chart. This study appears in the August issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA UNDERDIAGNOSED BY CLINICIANS ...