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...sh volunteers to determine when sunburns occur and who experiences them. The study participants received wristwatch UV radiation dosimeters (devices that measure radiation) to record sun exposure and filled out diaries including details about sunburn, sun-exposure behavior, and exposure location. The ave...Newborn's first week may be critical period for developing obesity in adulthood
Babies who gain weight rapidly during their very first week o...icipating in infant formula studies in Iowa. Those who had gained weight more rapidly during their first week were significantly more likely to be overweig...Surgery for children with sleep apnea improves quality of life
...f life in children with sleep-disordered breathing who were suspected of having obstructive sleep apnea a...p for further analysis of the QOL data." "Children who underwent adenotonsillectomy had significant improvements in QOL scores and PSG parameters," the res...Dermatologists use knowledge of patterns to recognize melanoma
...ld lead physicians to listen carefully to patients who want a mole resected [removed], because patients may perceive subtle changes that they may be unable to communicate."...Gastric bypass patients fare better as surgical programs' experience increases
...records of 750 consecutive morbidly obese patients who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery at Tufts-New England Medical Center from March 1998 to April 2004 to evaluate the role of experience and patient volume in reducing the rate of complications in patients undergoing this type of ...Long term outcomes for children who undergo ear tube placement surgery
CHICAGO Infants and young children who undergo surgery to insert ventilation tubes in the...eckups 14 years following surgery for 237 children who had tubes inserted to treat ear infections at the age of five to16 months. The children had also par...Anthrax treatments' cost effectiveness shown in Stanford study
...Fowler, MD, a former Stanford postdoctoral scholar who is now at the University of Toronto. The researchers also determined that widespread pre-attack vaccination was not particularly cost-effective. For a city of 5 million people, assuming a low of probability of attack, the incremental cost of a vaccin...Virtual colonoscopy: Virtually promising
...ence, and cost effectiveness," said Dr. Imperiale, who is professor of medicine and Regenstrief Institute... tests for any cancer, according to Dr. Imperiale, who thinks that PAP smears are probably the best currently available screening tools because they are re...Variant in gene associated with telomeres predicts longer survival of deadly brain tumor
...rme, found that the 36 patients (about 11 percent) who had the "SS" variant genotype of hTERT survived an...f 25 months, compared to about 14 months for those who had either the "SL" or "LL" genotypes. The findings are exciting, says the lead investigator, Meliss...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 19, 2005
...S. may be headed for "boutique medicine" for those who can afford it, primary care in large integrated systems for those who have health insurance, and "a poorly compensated, disorganized group of safety-net providers," say e...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...new HIV infections, and care for 10 million people who are infected with HIV or affected by it. This com...ards of $35,000 annually for skilled professionals who want to make a difference overseas but are stymied by financial and logistical barriers. Fellows wo...More evidence suggests statins help cut risk for advanced prostate cancer
...ms of prostate cancer. But they did find that men who took cholesterol-lowering medications, as opposed to those not taking them, had half the risk of eventually developing advanced prostate cancers (283 men had cancer that invaded nearby tissue, had spread to other parts of the body, or was fatal) and ...Researchers identify marker of heart disease in low-birthweight babies
...1.3 pounds less and three weeks earlier than those who had normal HDL levels of the suspect particles. Results are published in the April 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. In adults, HDL enriched with apolipoprotein C-1 may be dysfunctional and cause the death of smooth muscl...Paramedics need help to revive marriages: U of T study
... primary source of nurturance and safety for those who do this high-stress job," says Cheryl Regehr, U of T professor of social work and director of the university's Centre for Applied Social Research. "If they don't receive support themselves, it can lead to increased family stress, then family breakdow...Obesity hits below the belt: Overweight Americans suffer higher rate of knee cartilage tears
...ciate professor of family and preventive medicine, who led the study. "There's a potential savings of $1... Hegmann and his U colleagues studied 515 patients who underwent meniscal surgery between 1996-2000 at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City and Utah Valley Regio...Clinical trial of gefitinib for advanced lung cancer closes early
... this group of patients," said Scott Saxman, M.D., who oversees lung cancer clinical trials for NCI. An estimated 172,570 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States in 2005. Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death in both...Alcohol-impaired driving on the increase, study shows
...f alcohol-impaired driving were reported by people who also reported binge drinking, defined as consuming...ociate in pediatrics at the University of Chicago, who worked with colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on this report. "Thi...Number and quality of kidney transplants much greater if national matching program adopted
...sible kidney for the greatest number of recipients who have incompatible donors. Kidney paired donation (KPD) provides organs to patients who have a willing, designated donor who is not compatible. A kidney from such a donor is matched to --......hological interventions can help fight fat People who are overweight or obese can use behavioural and co...ll led to a rapid increase in the number of people who are clinically overweight or obese. But there are major gaps in our understanding of the ways that d...