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Normal People can Only Remember Four Things at a Time

...that the capacity of short-term memory is a strong predictor of an individual's IQ level and scholastic achievement . A study conducted by them has shown that an average person can think only about four items at a time, but people with high IQ levels can remember more articles. Professor Edward Awh and P...

Nodal Status is the Best Predictor in Esophageal Cancer

... nodes that contain evidence of cancer is the best predictor of the effectiveness of adding chemotherapy and radiation to a treatment plan prior to surgery in individuals with oesophageal cancer. The authors say their finding is particularly important because the focus of recent pathological studies of res...

Smoking, Glucose Tolerance Level may Increase Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

...link between smoking and RA and glucose level as a predictor of RA. Investigators examined lifestyle factors using a self-administered questionnaire and took glucose tolerance and lipids readings. Individuals who developed RA after participation in the health surveys were compared to controls without RA fr...

New Genetic Studies Carried Out in Cancer Therapy

...hromosomal numerical heterogeneity may be a useful predictor of paclitaxel resistance in some cancers. Ceramide metabolism was identified as a critical regulator of sensitivity to a wide range of chemotherapeutic drugs. Although ceramide has been associated with apoptosis for some time, the mechanisms have n...

Obesity is Linked to Enlarged Heart

...e heart to the rest of the body, was the strongest predictor of LVH, followed by gender and Body Mass Index. While the cause of LVH in obese patients is not known, it may be related to increased work load or to the presence of other cardiac risk factors in these patients. These results are another stake i...

Women Taking Oestrogen Therapy Showed Reduced Coronary Artery Calcification

...cation is a marker of plaque in the arteries and a predictor of future cardiovascular events. In the five years since the WHI study ended, new data have emerged that help put the initial findings into perspective. These results showed that in these younger menopausal women, estrogen therapy reduced calcified...

Another Sexual Attraction is Possible ...

...elatedness rather than pheromone type seems a good predictor of the ability to mate, at least within this species studied here. These results suggest that the role of pheromone divergence in speciation may not be quite as strong as previously thought - at least within this model species - since another reco...

Smoke-free Workplace, Non-smoking Spouse Help Quitters Stay Off the Butt

...because marriage to a non-smoker was such a strong predictor of long-term smoking abstinence. The findings also underscore the benefits of smoke-free workplaces, which are on the increase. As a part of the study the researchers looked at 327 participants from its Smoking Survey who had quit smoking as youn...

Alternative Treatments for Arthritis

... Industry involvement appeared to be the strongest predictor of trial results which suggested that industry bias accounted for the results of these studies and not treatment efficacy. Trials using preparations by Rottapharm had an especially large effect compared with other studies and this may be due to bia...

Brazil Government In Contention With Merck Over Anti-AIDS Drug

...erceived discrimination is a strong and consistent predictor of poor ratings of the healthcare system, which may negatively influence health behaviors. Thus, it is crucial for providers to address discrimination with their patients", Sohler concluded....

Reduction in Nicotine Craving Predicts Ability to Quit

...e to the first cigarette of the day may be a novel predictor of smoking relapse that should be tested in future studies. Toll said it is known that smokers who light up immediately after waking are more dependent on nicotine and may have more trouble quitting smoking than those who do not. Existing evidence...

Lymphocyte Count Found to Be a Predictor of Survival for Young Patients With Leukemia

...n every complete blood count report, is a powerful predictor of survival for young patients with leukemia. According to the American Cancer Society, the average rate of survival for pediatric patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is close to 50%. However, researchers have found that using the ALC co...

Estrogen is Important for Bone Health in Men as Well as Women

...mounts of active estrogen metabolites are a strong predictor of bone mineral density in the men they studied. Testing hormone levels and bone density as measured by DXA (dual X-ray absorptiometry) scans in 61 men age 50 or older, the researchers saw that men with higher levels of active estrogen metabolites al...

Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle During Adulthood may Delay Old Age Disability

...med 400-meter walk. Poor physical performance is a predictor of future disability, nursing home admission and mortality. The researchers found that men and women who were obese at ages 25 years, 50 years and between 70 and 79 years had significantly lower scores of physical performance than those who were no...

Regular Smokers are at the Risk of Developing Depression

...ing behaviour and changes in it is considered as a predictor of depressive symptoms. The researchers had acc...ges in it between 1975 and 1981 were analyzed as a predictor of depressive symptoms measured in 1990. The analyses were adjusted for other factors known to predi...

High Pretreatment PSA Velocity Predicts Worse Outcome

The most significant single predictor of aggressive prostate cancer is an elevated rate of increase in prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, according to a new study. The study found that a pre-treatment rate of PSA increase, called PSA velocity, of more than 2 ng/ml/year was strongly...

Scientists Identify the Most Significant Single Predictor of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

...cific antigen (PSA) levels is the most significant predictor of aggressive form of prostate cancer, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer. The study suggests if the rate of PSA increase prior to treatment (PSA Velocity) is more than 2 ng/ml/year, it is an indication of a high risk of deat...

Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury can Be Predicted Using MRI

...Since the severity of spinal cord compression is a predictor of outcome after SCI, this study suggests that MRI may predict which patients would benefit the most from decompressive surgery," Dr. Fehlings said. He added that MRI should be performed on all patients with acute SCI whenever feasible as it provid...

Brain Tumor Patients Survival Depends on Predicting Treatment Responses Earlier

...umor patients' response to treatment is a powerful predictor of survival. "Our study opens the door to the po...reatmentsFLT-PET was the most powerful independent predictor of survival," she said. The drug bevacizumab is an antiangiogenic agent, which inhibits the develo...

Understanding and Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

...ently co-occurs with CDH, and in fact is the major predictor of morbidity and mortality. This appears to arise from combined primary developmental defects of the lung, as well as mechanical compression from the displaced abdominal contents. CDH affects as many as 1 in 3,000 newborns and continues to have a mor...

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