Study reveals surprising attitudes about research involving adults with Alzheimer's
...part, the percentage saying probably or definitely yes fell just below 50 percent for gene transfer and biopsy. Kim notes that the results need to be interpreted with caution because the study participants were already participating in an Alzheimer's-prevention study, making them probably more pro-resear...MUHC study reveals Vioxx related heart attacks can occur within the first two weeks of use
...ack while taking these medications; the answer was yes for Vioxx," says Linda Levesque, a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University, researcher at the MUHC in Montreal and lead author of the new study. "Our current study assessed the pattern of cardiovascul...Heart risks from Vioxx happen much earlier than believed, says Queen's researcher
...ack while taking these medications; the answer was yes for Vioxx," explains Prof. Lvesque. In the current study, funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), the pattern of cardiovascular risk in Qubec seniors was assessed over a three-year period. The additional cardiovascular risk actu...Patients have high expectations about screening mammography
...n), tend to have a view of all medical tests being yes or no, 'positive' or 'negative'; the general public as well as some health care professionals do not completely understand concepts of accuracy, sensitivity and specificity, false negatives, and false positives," said Marilyn Roubidoux, MD, co-invest...Adolescent smokers have a greater risk of developing alcohol-use disorders than nonsmokers
...ects of alcohol?" The short answer appears to be yes . Researchers examined data from an aggregate of 2002 through 2004 U.S. National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. Randomly selected, household-dwelling adolescents and young adults (n=74,836) were selected from the non-institutionalized and civilian...Medicalize me: Experts look at how our perceptions of illness are shaped
... notes, as physicians try to decide whether to say yes or no to each request. The fact that physicians themselves are exposed to the same ads, and are part of the same society as their patients, further complicates the issue. The answer for U.S. doctors, and for the British and European doctors who ma...Choice is a key element in success for smokers who want to quit
...e for your mate, does it matter why" The answer is yes according to Patrick's research. She found that both small sacrifices, like doing the dishes for your partner, and big ones, like moving across the country for a new job he or she really wants, mean more if you do them because you genuinely want to. ...Paying taxes, according to the brain, can bring satisfaction
...jects saw their money go to the food bank and made yes or no decisions on additional giving. Researchers found that two evolutionarily ancient regions deep in the brain the caudate nucleus and the nucleus accumbens fired when subjects saw the charity get the money. The activation was even larger when...