Perceived discrimination linked to coronary artery calcification
...imination and health outcomes in the same way, and whether the stress of discrimination might spark inflammation that could contribute to the onset of atherosclerosis. "Other studies have found that inflammatory markers might be prevalent in people who feel socially rejected," she said....Tools for diagnosing heart attack could be inaccurate in some populations
...d tool to help emergency room physicians determine whether a patient is having a heart attack may not work as...nstrument (ACI-TIPI), which is designed to predict whether a patient is having a heart attack. Although ACI-TIPI itself is not widely used clinically, its elem...Watching metals melt, nanometer-scale views inside cells
... This information, for example, can tellphysicians whether artery plaque is dangerously inflamed, consistingof foam cells rich in lipids, or if they are less dangerous due to acollagen-rich composition. In the realm of brain surgery, it allowssurgeons to determine the boundaries of aggressive brain tumors(g...Health-care ethics practical, smart: U of T study
...ns with patients and their families anything from whether to prolong life with various treatments to whether it is worth allocating hospital resources to a particular, expensive course of medication to whether...HIV treatment not affected by hormonal birth control
...esearch. Our research group set out to investigate whether hormonal contraception influenced response to HAAR...ymphocyte counts and viral load. They investigated whether there were any effects on the two main markers of HIV disease progression, which are CD4 cell count ...Treating children with chronic hepatitis C
... with larger numbers of patients have to elucidate whether there is a different response rate in relation to mode of transmission," the authors conclude. Other studies "should focus on treatment duration for genotype 2 and 3 patients and particularly on vertically infected children with genotype 1."...UT Southwestern researchers show new drug may help treat certain forms of leukemia
... been highly successful against CML, it is unknown whether the drug can permanently eradicate all leukemia cells with the specific aberrant enzyme found in CML patients. About 15 percent to 20 percent of patients who take Gleevec become resistant to the drug and relapse, leaving few effective treatment optio...Simple questions may determine children's exposure to smoke
...moking factors in the home. The questions included whether the mother (or primary caregiver) smoked; whether the father smoked; whether other family members or visitors smoked in the home; whether people smoke...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for May 2005 (first issue)
...r questions, participants in NHAMES III were asked whether they had taken aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprof...irst step toward improvement might be to determine whether better information for families sharing end-of-life decisions would decrease their risk of post-trau...Attention full-time workers: Get off the computer and out to exercise in your free time!
... observational study, Warren said she doesn't know whether full-time workers exercise less because they are watching too much TV or vice versa. "But either way, they need to think about shifting their interests."...Diabetes and pizza: Slow and steady insulin delivery wins the race
...tion." Gabbay said future studies will investigate whether the method works with foods of other compositions. In addition to Gabbay, Jones and Quarry, the study team included Molly Caldwell-McMillan, M.D., Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, and David T. Mauger, Ph.D.,...Acupuncture treatment no more effective than sham treatment in reducing migraine headaches
...rsitt Munich, Germany, and colleagues investigated whether acupuncture reduced headache frequency more effectively than sham acupuncture or no acupuncture in patients with migraines. The study consisted of a three-group, randomized, controlled trial (April 2002-January 2003) involving 302 patients (88 perce...Fracture risk lower for black women than white women at all bone mineral density levels
...D) and fracture incidence." "An important issue is whether evidence about ethnic differences indicates a different threshold for treating patients with the same BMD based on differences in skin color, facial features, or self-identified racial groups. This approach is fallible to the extent that race is a n...Other highlights in the May 4 JNCI
...onducted a phase III randomized trial to determine whether doubling the dose density of ifosfamide, carboplat...e National Cancer Institute, and colleagues tested whether treating hormone receptornegative breast cancer cells with MPA could decrease the ability of the can...Long-term outcomes promising for patients with localized, low-grade prostate cancer
...nn., and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether prostate cancer death rates declined, remained constant, or increased after 15 years. The researchers used data from the Connecticut Tumor Registry, supplemented by hospital record and histology review of 767 men aged 55 to 74 years with clinically l...More effort needed to prevent pattern of child abuse developing in families
..., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) and colleagues tested whether regular home visits by public-health nurses prevented recurrence of abuse when compared with standard services from child protection agencies (CPA). Standard services include routine follow-up by CPA caseworkers to assess risk of recurrence and provi...Internet program launched to prevent blindness in diabetic patients
...tment, and Velez and his colleagues will determine whether the screening indeed reduces blindness among patients with diabetic retinopathy because ophthalmologists can act early. Diabetes can lead to changes in blood vessels in the retina called diabetic retinopathy. Digital photography is the key to the pro...Therapy to overcome fears helps children with obsessive-compulsive disorder
...nd 11 studies of medication treatment to determine whether either treatment has an advantage. "Because very few studies have directly compared the effects of medication versus CBT for treating children, our results give parents and health care providers more insight as they choose treatment," says Dr. Abramo...Routine procedure during childbirth provides no benefits, study review finds
...udies published as early as 1983 began to question whether routine episiotomy actually provided the benefits credited to it. Thorp himself began to investigate the wisdom of routine episiotomy in the late 1980s. "This is embedded in modern obstetrics," Thorp said, adding that episiotomy was introduced as pa......ces at McMaster University, and colleagues tested whether regular home visits by public-health nurses prevented recurrence of abuse when compared to standard services from child protection agencies (CPA). Standard services included routine follow-up by CPA caseworkers to assess risk of reoccurrence and pr...