ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...005) New guidelines for management of obesity from the American College of Physicians recommend diet and ...n Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians," were published in the April 5, 2005, issue of Annals of Internal Me...Endangered species: Who will teach anatomy in 2010?
...many, too few, or just enough future anatomists in the training pipeline to meet teaching needs in the coming years? The answer to that question should matter to anyone who ever has an x-ray, goes to a p...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
...d clinical studies, aid weight loss, but says that the drugs have potential side effects and do not have ...erm studies of effectiveness and safety. Moreover, the average weight loss at one year is small to moderate. ACP discusses several types of obesity (baria...Genetic link to cervical cancer
...t encode receptors on innate immune cells increase the risk of developing cervical cancer, according to a study by Mary Carrington and colleagues in the April 4 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine. Most cervical cancers (>95%) are associat...Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
...loping abdominal aortic aneurysms, estimated to be the cause of death in 4 percent of people over the age of 65, but the mechanism for this higher incidence has remained unknown. Researchers at the Uni...Education program reduces incidents of shaken baby syndrome
...hospital-based parent education program can reduce the incidence of abusive head injuries caused by shake...dying from their injuries and at least one half of the survivors suffering significant neurological impairments," said Mark S. Dias, M.D., pediatric neuros...AACR celebrates 20th anniversary of minority scholar awards
...PHIA -- A little over twenty years ago, members of the American Association for Cancer Research began an important dialogue about the advancement of minority investigators in the field of cancer research. The result of this discussio...Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center say that con...ing, a kidney transplant can significantly improve the heart function of people on dialysis with a serious form of heart failure. In a study published in t...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
The six finalists competing to win the 2005 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences show a marked contrast in the ways that a major sports enterprise, an Asian univ...Differential heart-attack risks among blacks, whites remain mystery
HOUSTON, April 5, 2005 The latest findings from the historic Dallas Heart Study have ruled out one of the most prominent explanations of why elevated levels of a fat-carrying protein called "lipoprotein(a)"...ALLHAT findings are 'color blind' in showing diuretics work better for high blood pressure
...on faculty members are co-authors of an article in the April 6 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. The article reports study results suggesting older, cheaper diuretics ...Researchers at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School...rmarelis, a professor of biomedical engineering at the Viterbi School, presented HUTT images of animal organ tissue in San Diego at the 28th International ...Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
...her metabolic problems that may result from use of the newer antipsychotics for schizophrenia, researchers say. Nearly all of the 258 members of the American Psychiatric Association in Georgia, Ohio and Iowa responding to a survey...Golf-related head injuries in children increasing along with sport's popularity
...ts under age 19 seen by pediatric neurosurgeons at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta between 1996.... Rahimi, neurosurgery resident and lead author on the study published in the March issue of Journal of Neurosurgery. Seventeen bicycle-related head injur...Physicians, researchers to talk about new treatments for oral, head and neck cancers
...nged or even erased. The loss of speech, taste, or the ability to eat is often the price of survival. The devastating effects of the disease are one reason that these cancers, and the...Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
PHILADELPHIA -- In special ceremonies at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), U. S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif); Miss ...Young scientists awarded for achievements in cancer research
PHILADELPHIA -- To maintain the flow of keen minds into the research talent pool, the American Association for Cancer Research is holding three special programs...West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
...000 to 200 000 people. It has long been known that the timing of this epidemic and its spatial distribution within the "Meningitis Belt", situated between 10 and 15 North, are closely linked to climatic conditions. Invo...Onion compound may help fight osteoporosis
...ns also may be good for your bones. Researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland have identified a compound in the popular vegetable that appears to decrease bone loss in laboratory studies using rat bone cells. Alt...Injectable drug, combined with counseling, shows promise in treating alcohol dependence
...dence is a major public health problem, ranking as the fourth leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization's Global Burden of Disease project. In the United States, it is believed ...