Aspirin-a-day advice unheeded by those who need it, Stanford study finds
... percent of patients; physicians and patients must weigh that risk against aspirin's benefits before deciding whether to use it. For several years, clinical guidelines have recommended aspirin therapy for patients with a significant risk of heart disease. Ma and Stafford said their study is the first to ex...Epidural leads to less pain, more assisted deliveries
...relief is not clear-cut. "Each woman will have to weigh how much it means to her to have a spontaneous vaginal delivery versus having more pain in labor," said lead author Dr. Millicent Anim-Somuah of the Liverpool Women's Hospital in England. On a more positive note, mothers who receive the spinal injec......d to suffering. Health care providers will have to weigh demands of their professional roles against other competing obligations to their own health, and to family and friends. Moreover, health care workers will face significant challenges related to resource allocation, scope of practice, professional lia...Study reveals severity of go-cart injuries
... said children should be at least 12 years old and weigh more than 80 pounds to operate go-carts and that in some cases even higher standards are advised. "We don't have enough data to say who is truly safe," he said. In addition to Cline and Relyea-Chew, other researchers were Marta Heilburn, M.D., with W...Parents advised to rethink dummy use
...sk of a SIDS tragedy, so what we've tried to do is weigh up the various risks and benefits. "As breastfeeding provides a host of health and developmental benefits to the child, we have concluded that, on balance, dummies should not be used but individual circumstances should be taken into account."...Black baby girls more likely to live when born very premature
...tatistics. Only about 1 percent of all babies born weigh less than 2 pounds, and one of the first questions parents of these infants ask is if their child will live, said Morse, who as a neonatologist works with families every day. Having accurate data can help families and doctors make better decisions at...Aspirin reduces cardiovascular risks in men and women -- but differently
...ents and their physicians to discuss the issue and weigh the benefits and potential drawbacks to this therapy," Berger said. "Also, aspirin should never replace other ways of reducing cardiovascular risks, such eating a proper diet and exercising." Of the six randomized clinical trials involved in the anal...MPs should consider health for all when they vote on a smoking ban
...bers of Parliament across all parties to carefully weigh up the consequences of their vote for the health of the public. Health for all must be the first consideration."...International Journal of Epidemiology obesity special
... mothers who smoked during pregnancy were found to weigh less at birth, their weight quickly equalled or exceeded that of other children. In the period up to eight years old, the children of smokers were more likely to be overweight, particularly the girls. Maternal smoking in the third trimester of preg...Premature babies and SIDS: Doctors should make special effort to talk to parents About Risk
...dren's Medical Center. Smaller babies infants who weigh less than 10 percent of infants of the same gestational age also have an increased risk of SIDS, she adds. Typically, pediatricians concentrate their SIDS prevention counseling during the neonatal and two-month well-child visits. The timing works we...Animal models show that anabolic steroids flip the adolescent brain's switch for aggression
...ope that people considering the use of these drugs weigh the long-term health risks and the serious potential for aggression and violence. Muscle mass and medals aren't worth the risk of hurting someone or landing in jail." Finally, researchers such as Melloni hope these new insights can lead to treatment...Anti-inflammatory drug's potentially deadly side effect found to be rare
..., physicians and patients alike will first have to weigh the risks of a potentially fatal brain infection against the benefits that this drug may afford." A number of factors can affect the survival of patients with PML, but for now Clifford believes that developing a method to diagnose PML early in its d...Depression, anxiety in girls linked to higher body mass index in women
...sorder who had an average height (64 inches) would weigh between 6 to 12 pounds more than a woman without a...ht woman diagnosed with depression at age 14 would weigh about 10 to 16 pounds more than a non-depressed woman by the time both reached age 30 years. Depres...NIH holds state-of-the-science conference: Caesarean Delivery on Maternal Request, March 27-29, 2006
...ocast.nih.gov/ . WHAT: An independent panel will weigh the available scientific evidenceregarding the risks and benefits of Caesarean delivery on maternalrequest (also referred to as elective Caesarean delivery) on March 27 -29. The panel will issue a statement of its findings on the final dayand will h...Prescription flip-side: Guidelines for medication withdrawal
...s current health status and history. Second is to weigh the time to benefit. Pain relief may be immediate but some preventive medications, such as a statin, may not provide any benefit for years. Third is to work with the patient and family to determine the goals of care, a shifting balance of preventio...Prostate treatment decisions based on perception more than fact
...fy biased information, as well as their ability to weigh complex information about the outcomes that are important to them." "The perceptions of treatment efficacy related to cancer control far outweigh available supporting evidence, and most patients appear to select a prostate cancer treatment primarily ...Daughters of Indian immigrants continue trend of giving birth to small babies
... weight infants as were white women. These infants weigh 2,500 grams (about 5.5 pounds) or less at birth, either because they grew poorly in the womb or were born prematurely. They were also more than twice as likely to have babies that were small for their gestational age, regardless of whether they were ...Do the obese know they are obese? Apparently not, according to a new study
...or obese; and estimate how much they would need to weigh in order to be considered obese. The researchers ...hen asked participants how much they would need to weigh to be classified as either underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese, and again the results v...Shock wave therapy for kidney stones linked to increased risk of diabetes, hypertension
... for kidney stone patients and their physicians to weigh the pros and cons of shock wave treatment according to individual situations. "It's a trade-off about whether the risks are worth taking," he says. "We're assuming doing nothing is not the right thing to do for patients. You have to look at it in ter...