Researchers largely at fault for health risk studies that influence and confuse the public
...of context and offer conflicting information about what puts us at risk for diseases." Dr. Kupfer believes that to advance medical science and promote public health, research must be both flawless and accurately presented. In order to generate more reliable and meaningful findings, Dr. Kupfer urges resear......ir homeownership plans in any way. Still, despite what the survey participants said, the results showed a...their housing preferences moved somewhat closer to what they were before the 9/11 attacks. Compared to the respondents in the second survey, more people in...Study shows adherence to pulmicort respules, results in fewer ER visits in asthmatic children
...SPULES and how often they happened were similar to what was experienced with a non-medicated mist (placebo). These side effects included respiratory infection, runny nose, coughing, earache, viral infection, stomachache, oral thrush and nosebleeds. If a child is exposed to chicken pox or measles, consult......and gratitude, and legacy. Other patients received what is called "usual care," and received mailings of standard support materials related to their disease, many of which could be found in their doctors offices. "We were able to improve depression symptoms and lessen death anxiety, which led to better sp...Scientists observe infectious prion proteins invade and move within brain cells
...t possible pathways that lead into cells determine what happens to prion protein; some pathways could lead to digestion by the cell, others lead to transfer--and presumably infection--in adjacent cells. "This has been pretty amazing--certainly a new approach for our field," Dr. Baron says....Female lung transplant recipients at greater risk of acute lung injury
...complications. "We need further investigation into what it is about women that increases the risk," Dr. Kuntz said. "We need to look at factors such as whether the women have gone through menopause, and how many children they've had." According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) there are curr...Psychologist: Make culture part of the new collaborative science
...nese researchers. "Even though cultures differ in what they consider the mark of a healthy individual, [we want to show] that different components of well-being will still be linked with biology." Where independence and individualism are signature features of American culture, Japan has traditionally bee......e of kindness will do for adults andtheir families what the Children's Inn has done for our pediatricpopul...mily Lodge will help keep familiestogether through what is often an extremely stressful time of illness, andour patients deserve that kind of support." Bui...A 'mind-reading' mum - rich or poor - is key to baby's progress
...nt for the child's development than who she is and what she has, according to important new research spons...deos of mother-and-child play sessions, and noting what was said by the women at the time. Comments were deemed appropriate if a mother appeared to be 'read...Risk factors in contracting cancer of the endometrium
...n of animal fat, visceras and smoked fish. This is what Pamplona doctor Roco Montejo concluded in her PhD Estudio caso control sobre factores de risgo en el cncer de endometrio (Controlled case study of risk factors in cancer of the endometrium), defended recently at the Public University of Navarra. ...High blood pressure causes pathological scars in the heart
...arra. When arterial blood pressure rises, we have what is known as high blood pressure and the heart becomes overloaded, as it were: it pumps blood against the greater resistance created by this extra pressure. During most of the XX century doctors believed that the growth of cardiac muscle (left ventric...A warning for women on HRT don't skip your next mammogram
...o coming into play and at the moment we don't know what they are." "Despite these issues, we would still urge women on HRT to continue to have a mammogram every two years as it remains the most effective screening tool for breast cancer." "Most importantly, women should receive information about the effec...International committee of medical journal editors updates requirements for clinical trials registry
...m is to shape medical decision-making. We will do what we can to help reach this goal. We urge all parties to register new and ongoing clinical trials."...Medical privacy vs. health care quality?
...database. Doctors can use the database to find out what treatments and preventive measures help patients most, and what factors worsen their chances. This information helps doctors improve care at their own hospital, and...Survey of academic medical centers' standards for clinical-trial agreements with industry
... some issues, research administrators agreed about what was ethically acceptable. Eighty-nine percent sai...sus and many differences among the institutions in what they viewed as acceptable or unacceptable provisions in agreements with industry sponsors of clinica...Post-marketing analysis examines cholesterol-lowering drugs' side effects
...physicians should continue to offer their patients what is still one of the best tools we have for treatin... in reporting detail make it difficult to conclude what caused the side effects, particularly when other factors, such as potential drug interactions, are p...Bad metabolism in blood vessels linked to high blood pressure and atherosclerosis
...h blood pressure and atherosclerosis." That may be what happens as people age, according to Semenkovich. He says it's likely that oxidative damage accumulates in cells, and the mitochondria eventually become defective. As cells try to compensate, more damage accumulates. There also is evidence that a simi...New haptics systems challenge stroke patients to grasp, pinch, squeeze their way to recovery
...be," "pincher" or "mutual touch," which tell users what they do. In addition, each cyber task targets spe...milk out of a glass, to each patient, depending on what level of impairment they have sustained," McLaughlin added. "We also get information on their perfo...Duke engineers develop new 3-D cardiac imaging probe
...Smith. "Not many graduate students could have done what Chris Pua has done." "Maintaining the size of normal TE probes was a main factor in the design since 3-D imaging inherently requires significantly more sensors than 2-D imaging," said Pua. "The original casing held enough cabling for 64 transducer el...Witnessing gun violence increases likelihood that a child will also commit violent crime
...amine. "And honestly, it's very difficult to think what we might have left out," Earls said, pointing to the 153 variables that were embraced in the study. There is no shortage of medical ways to view urban violence, but the challenge for social medicine researchers is to choose the best one - is violence...