1- common lung exam often causes unnecessary pain: more pain control needed, 2- quicker asthma diagnoses may lower hospital admission rates for elderly: based on research expected to be presented at the American Thoracic Society Conference May 5-10 in Toronto.
Deaths due to smoking leave hundreds of thousands of youth in the U.S. motherless or fatherless, and the resulting taxpayer costs included nearly $2 billion in Social Security Survivors Insurance costs in 1994 alone, says a UC Davis epidemiologist (Preventive Medicine, 5-00).
Every picture tells a story, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons will tell the stories of artists with orthopaedic conditions and the physicians who treat them through a special art exhibit -- eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art.
A new type of natural progesterone improves the quality of life for post-menopausal women, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the May Journal of Women's Health.
Contrary to popular belief, people enrolled in managed care plans are no longer less likely to be admitted to hospitals than are individuals covered by non-managed care plans, according to a study from AHRQ.
In recognition of National Better Hearing and Speech Month, a University of Arkansas researcher of communication disorders reveals that America's older population is being silenced -- not by illness or physical impediment but by the social stigmas associated with growing old.
Obtaining lower cost insurance and satisfying employees who want to keep their current doctors may be more important to small businesses when negotiating health care coverage than the plans' quality of care or accreditation status, according to a study from AHRQ.
Vertical structures, called microcolumns, found in the cerebral cortex of normal brains are disrupted in the brains of people affected by Alzheimer's disease and may be connected to the cognitive loss associated with it, report Boston University scientists in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
If a common heritage conferred peace, then the history of conflict in the Middle East may have been resolved years ago. For, according to a new study, Jews are the genetic brothers of Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese, and they all share a common genetic lineage that stretches back thousands of years.
Many patients who suffer from episodic cluster headaches, which are even more painful than migraines, may find rapid relief from the drug zolmitriptan, according to a study reported in the May 9 issue of Neurology.
The head of the nation's only nonprofit medical research organization dedicated to new approaches to the worldwide tuberculosis epidemic calls today's report from the National Academy of Sciences, "a fire alarm in the night for America's leaders in Washington and across the country."
Many severely injured trauma patients eventually succumb to infection and multiple organ failure. Male sex hormones may play a harmful role in cell and organ dysfunction after trauma and hemorrhage, whereas female sex steroids may have protective effects.
Deaths due to smoking leave hundreds of thousands of youth in the U.S. motherless or fatherless, and the resulting taxpayer costs included neary $2 billion in Social Security Survivors Insurance costs.
That's the question the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and National Osteoporosis Foundation are asking people nationwide to test their knowledge about osteoporosis in an online survey.
Researchers at UAB have found that sleep apnea, a common but serious sleep disorder, is the cause of nocturia, or getting up frequently during the night to urinate.
Pesticide use and exposure in the home and garden increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study of almost 500 people newly diagnosed with the disease; the findings were presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Preliminary results suggest that using smokeless tobacco may dramatically increase the risk of breast cancer, Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers reported today.
In the United States, about 40,000 people suffer from cystic fibrosis. Although a cure for CF has not yet been found, University of Missouri-Columbia researchers have been working on a novel approach to treat CF and other diseases that were once thought to be ìpure imagination.î
A $20 million philanthropic gift from John Moores, majority owner of San Diego Padres and Regent of the University of California, and his wife Rebecca, is among the largest gifts from private individuals ever received by UCSD and the largest given toward the Cancer Center initiative.
Research presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting in San Diego indicates that more than half of retired football players surveyed had experienced concussions; they were more likely to have neurological complaints, ranging from memory problems to numbness in their extremities, later in life.
Systolic blood pressure, the first -- or higher -- number in a blood-pressure reading, is the important factor in determining whether a person has hypertension, experts state in a new NIH-sponsored clinical advisory statement released May 4 (Hypertension, 5-00).
A clinical advisory campaign being launched by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute now stresses that systolic blood pressure is the key determinant in the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension and in evaluating risk for heart disease and stroke (Hypertension, 5-00).
Stroke survivors who can leave the hospital early and rehab at home fare better than those who don't get that opportunity, researchers report in this month's Stroke.
Studies have consistently found that smokers have lower rates of Parkinson's disease; however, the first explanation that comes to mind -- that some ingredient in cigarettes helps prevent Parkinson's -- may not be correct.
Keeping active outside work, either physically or mentally, in the midlife years may help prevent Alzheimer's disease, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Occupational lead exposure may have long-term effects and dramatically increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in later years, according to research presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting.
For a century, a tiny compartment called the volutin granule in yeast, fungi and bacteria was thought to be a storage granule with no active function; however, University of Illinois scientists have found that it may provide a new line of attack against malaria (Biochemical Journal, 4-1-00).
The American Psychiatric Association today commended the Southern California Permanente Medical Group for moving swiftly to ensure that all psychiatric patients are first seen and evaluated by a psychiatrist before the psychiatrist prescribes medication.
In honor of National Senior Citizens' Month, a University of Arkansas professor of exercise science offers tips on how to modify and maintain your exercise routine as you enter your retirement years.
Sudden fall attacks among the elderly can be related to an overlooked inner ear disorder, but available treatments are often successful, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.
The quality of life for prostate cancer patients returns to normal within one year after implantation of permanent-source brachytherapy, and symptoms essentially disappear, report Wake Forest University investigators.
When listening to or looking at others, most people don't focus on the area of the face that will display true emotions, according to a report presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Patients with serious neurological conditions may have a better chance of survival in a Neurological/Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit rather than a general ICU, according to research presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting.
Joseph Schlessinger, Director of the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Cell Biology at New York University School of Medicine, was today elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Ninety-seven percent of patients who had undergone hip replacement surgery between 1970 and 1972 were satisfied with the outcome of their procedure, as reported in the April Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
NYU Medical Center cardiac surgeons, leaders in minimally invasive heart surgery techniques, and Computer Motion, Inc., the leader in medical robotics, announced the successful completion of the first minimally invasive robotic heart valve surgery in the U.S.
Millions of older men who suffer from urinary obstruction and associated pain caused by an enlarged prostate gland could benefit from new treatment technology developed by a senior scientist at Sandia National Laboratories.
The sexually transmitted human papillomavirus has been found by Johns Hopkins researchers to be a likely cause of certain cancers of the head and neck and also an indicator of improved survival (Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 5-3-00).
APL's licensing agreement grants Akorn, a specialty pharmaceutical company, exclusive worldwide rights to a patented method for treating a type of age-related macular degeneration.
1-prostate cancer treated with ultrasound, 2-radical prostatectomy and quality of life, 3-erectile function after brachytherapy for cancer, 4- quality of life following brachytherapy, 5-12 years after brachytheapy for prostate cancer, and 6-lithotripsy and residual fragment kidney stones at the American Urological Association 2000 Annual Meeting beginning Wed, May 3 in Atlanta.
At least half of the extra risk for diabetes faced by African-American women is linked to relatively simple and modifiable lifestyle factors; the same was not true for African-American men, according to a study team led by Johns Hopkins investigators (JAMA, 5-3-00).
Revive your New Year's resolution to eat better and exercise more; reducing high blood pressure, losing weight and lowering cholesterol levels may help protect you against dementia.
Ginkgo, a daily supplement commonly used for memory enhancement, reduces the extent of brain damage caused by stroke induced in mice and could play a role in protecting humans, according to a report at the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting.
A new method to deliver compounds into cells may help scientists develop new, more powerful treatments that carry fewer side effects and are less likely to produce drug resistance in patients being treated for cancer and HIV.
A study by Columbia Presbyterian researchers is the first of its kind to show a significant effect of a new class of drugs that may stabilize progressive, recurrent disease in patients with advanced prostate cancer; results will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.
An NIMH $1.6 million grant will fund a research project, led by an associate professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, which will involve seriously depressed patients who have suffered at least two major depressive episodes during their lives.
Two scientists at the Research Triangle Institute have been recognized by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation for the discovery of two chemotherapeutic compounds, Camptothecin and Taxol, both of which have unprecedented mechanisms of action against cancer.
A chemical that could form the basis of a new class of drugs to treat a number of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has been developed by researchers.
1-hysterectomy and sexual dysfunction, 2-treating erectile dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease, 3- penile reconstruction, 4- sexual arousal and gender, 5- underreporting erectile dysfunction, 6- radiation and prostate cancer, 7- androgen deprivation and bone density in men, and 8- female genital sensation--normal values at the American Urological Association 2000 Annual Meeting beginning Tues, May 2 in Atlanta.
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