Nearly half of people with diabetes are not using aspirin to reduce risk of heart attack and stroke
...alf of the diabetic respondents said they consider themselves "extremely knowledgeable" about aspirin therapy , only 25% of the diabetic respondents said they strongly agree with the statement, "The benefits of aspirin therapy generally outweigh the risks." The survey findings suggest that healthcare professi...Research published in the NEJM challenges 30-year-old standard of care for lupus patients
... side effects, choose to forego treatment, putting themselves at risk for kidney failure and premature death. Significant findings of the study include: Induction therapy with MMF was superior to IVC in inducing complete remission of lupus nephritis MMF appeared to be better tolerated than IVC, with less seve...Stanford study of sea squirt provides clue to human immune system
...dy by means of mobile stem cells, which transplant themselves between the fused individuals through the shared circulatory system. Eventually one set of stem cells overpowers the other, going on to replace the tissues of the loser. It was the fusing process, body-snatching tendencies notwithstanding, that attra...... care workers who become sick or die as they place themselves in harm's way. The Human Costs of Restrictive Measures Officials need to provide support for those in quarantine, cut off from family, friends, work, shopping and possibly medical care for other aliments, the report says. The public should also be ...Men, check your blood pressure before checking in for plastic surgery
...IGHTS, Ill. As a holiday luxury, many people give themselves the gift of plastic surgery. But before men opt for a holiday facelift, they should check their blood pressure. According to a report published in December's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of ...Cellular molecule spurs growth of prostate cancer
...rmation in part by signaling prostate cells to rid themselves of a tumor-suppressor protein. Normally, this suppressor protein would inhibit rapid cell growth by signaling the cell to destroy itself. A report on the study, which appeared Nov. 15 in the journal Cancer Research, also points to Ack1 as a potentia...Antibacterial coatings cut infection rates
...hen bacteria sit on the surface, they first anchor themselves individually and then send out signalling molecules called homoserine lactones to other bacteria, which do the same, talking to each other via these signalling molecules until they reach sufficient density as a group on the surface. The bacteria then...World first trial to test human implant of HeartPOD
...onitor their condition and adjust their medication themselves without having to visit a doctor each time. It is comprised of a permanently implanted sensor system that is designed to measure the pressure in the left atrium, the core body temperature and the electrical conduction of the heart. It is implanted in...No separate changing rooms for boys and girls in one in five primary schools
...eived a large number of requests from the children themselves for separate facilities, say the authors. The survey of 116 primary schools in Sheffield, a large city in northern England, included children between the ages of 8 and 12. Of the 102 that responded, 40 (39%) said that their pupils had specifically ...Jewelry-making program empowers participants, reduces HIV risk
...omen's self esteem. Most of them have been selling themselves for so long, and giving them the opportunity to sell a beautiful product that other people appreciate really had an impact on their self value as well. This program is a novel approach to self empowerment and HIV-prevention," said Sherman. The effect...Does the district general hospital have a future?
...hris Ham. District general hospitals may also find themselves under pressure from the devolution of budgets to general practices and payment by results. Taken together, these policies mean that many district general hospitals may find it difficult to sustain a full range of services and could be left providing ...Research review finds tobacco scenes in movies boost teen smoking
...ewing on-screen smoking and then taking up smoking themselves finds that one leads to the other. The review concludes that eliminating scenes of smoking in new youth-rated films should substantially reduce smoking initiation in the adolescent years, when the vast majority of smokers start. "The weight of dozens...Updated infection-control guidelines focus on patients, personnel in the cardiovascular cath lab
...l that this continue to be the case." SCAI members themselves identified the need for updated infection-control guidelines. In a member survey, nearly 80 percent of respondents called for SCAI to revise the prior infection-control recommendations. Dr. Chambers and a panel of experts from interventional cardiol...How the neuron sprouts its branches
...o found that the Golgi outposts appeared to locate themselves at dendritic branch points. "This finding is important because a fundamental problem that neurons must solve is how to sort appropriate cargo molecules in the right amounts down different dendritic branches," said Ehlers. "After all, different dendri...New study shows successful aging a question of 'mind over matter'
...e rating was 8.4. Most of the respondents who gave themselves high ratings would not meet the criteria for succe...h other members of the community consistently gave themselves higher scores. Participants who had a paid job outside of the home were also more likely to give th...Technology for successful aging shown at White House conference
...rs, care providers, industrial partners and elders themselves in working on technical and social solutions for e... researchers and manufacturers, as well as seniors themselves who will participate in the system design, ORCATECH investigators hope to develop solutions that tru...UK Select Committee on Science and Technology does not appropriately scrutinize British science
...ip to southeast Asia, the CST panel members showed themselves to be ill-informed about use of research in public policy, and to have scant knowledge of the activities of the funding bodies they supposedly monitor. They assailed MRC head Colin Blakemore with questions on financial contributions made by the Depar...One third of patients who stop treatment for schizophrenia early do so due to poor response
...oor response to treatment, 80%stopped because they themselves believed it wasn't effective. Only 20% of thepatients studied stopped taking medication based on a doctor's decision thatthe treatment wasn't effective. "Discontinuation due to patient perception of poor response appeared to occurparticularly early ...Patients and researchers differ on perception of remission from depression
...y life. Others may have mild symptoms but consider themselves free of depression. It's important to determine whether mental health professionals should expand their definition of remission beyond symptoms of depression," Zimmerman says....Clinical performance measures raise bar in heart attack care
.... They allow physicians and hospitals to benchmark themselves and see whether they're adhering to evidence-based recommendations, and if not, to develop systems to improve the quality of healthcare," said Robert O. Bonow, M.D., F.A.C.C., chair of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures and the Goldberg P...