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Tag: "data" at medical news

Obesity shortens lifespan

....// The researchers looked at 13 years of detailed data on more than 7000 heart patients. They reported at a meeting of the American Heart Association that the the average age of the overweight patients was 61, and that of the most obese was 57.The researchers, led by Dr. Eric Eisenstein, also calculat...

The effect of heart rate in middle aged men

... mortality in middle-aged men.// In their study , data were collected from 2533 men who were between 40 to 69 years of age , who were followed up over 4 to13 years.During such follow up there were 393 deaths.Of these deaths , 38% were due to cardiovascular diseases, 39% were from cancer, 5% from violence...

Wishes of unspoken patients

...earchers at the University of Texas have collected data on 'unexpressed wishes' from 800 patients. They filled in a questionnaire about their concerns before and after a physician visit. And 30 physicians were asked to rate the visit itself. Nine per cent of patients reported there were requests they wa...

Sleep, snoring....stroke

...t East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, said the American data confirmed what they knew of the links between snoring and stroke.The results from the Western New York Stroke Screening Study, presented at the American Stroke Association's 26th International Stroke Conference showed that those who regularly slept m...

The new born nightmare

...study was only made possible by the vast amount of data stored in the Regenstrief system. The researchers conclude that erythromycin should be used with great precaution in a baby’s first four weeks of life. br>...

Toxic effects common with AIDS treatments

... on the toxic effects of the drugs. Therefore, the data may be useful as a reference for future analyses o...ual use, and this is likely to be reflected in the data collected, the researchers warn....

Cost-effective antibiotics for sinusitis treatment

...tics. // Dr Jay Piccirillo and his team examined data from 29,102 adults with a diagnosis of acute sinusitis receiving initial antibiotic treatment. The antibiotic treatment received was divided into first-line therapy and second-line therapy. First-line antibiotics include amoxycillin, trimethoprim/sul...

Suicide risk in panic disorder

... potent risk factor - but cannot alone explain the data on panic disorder and suicide.// The survey, of 130 people with panic disorder, showed that 10 per cent had major depression and 30 per cent of this group had suicidal thoughts. Only ten per cent of patients who weren't depressed were a suicide ris...

Diabetes on the rise

...c in the world will be Indian.// "Epidemiological data shows that now only the prevalence of type II diabetes is very high in the urban population, but it is also increasing." Another worry confronting the Indian health authorities is the relatively young age at which diabetes is being diagnosed in many ...

Breast Cancer Surgery Causes Psychological problems

...heir psychological health. The team also collected data on the severity of the patients' tumors. Breslau's team found that about one third of the patients were psychologically distressed. Of the patients, 26% reported having obsessive-compulsive thoughts, 18% reported having psychotic thoughts and 23% rep...

Pollution- hazardous for diabetics

...problems. Researchers in the US looked at Medicare data for Cook County Illinois for 1988 to 1994 and have...te variability , thrombosis, and inflammation. The data show that the risk is doubled when you have diabetes. It's possible that pollution exposure and diab...

For healthy lungs

...e study, published in the journal Thorax, analysed data taken in the 1980s. It found that the lung capacity or "forced expiratory volume" (FEV) of people with a high intake of two particular vitamins - C and E - was better than average.Eating bread was also associated with improved lung health.// Scient...

Contraceptives decreases Libido

... and ammonia. Dr Claire lead researcher said: "Our data seem to show that iatrogenic steroids - such as th...ulation in humans needs rethinking. "Although our data have confirmd the existence of changes in olfactory sensitivity during oral contraceptive use with r...

Older men 'father' schizophrenics

...usalem between 1966 and 1986, and compared them to data from the Israel Psychiatric Register, which is part of the Israeli Ministry of Health. Lead researcher Professor Dolores Malaspina, of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, said her findings showed "a man has a biological cloc...

Irregular Periods Linked to Diabetes

...strual cycles and Type II diabetes. The study uses data from the Nurses Health Study II, which followed mo...on about their menstrual cycles and other personal data -- weight, height, family history of diabetes, the level of physical activity. The results of the st...

Patients Pressure Would Result In Overprescription

...r patients. // Scott and his colleagues analyzed data from a 1996-1999 observational study of nearly 300 outpatient visits to 18 family practices in the US. All of the visits were related to acute respiratory tract infections such as the common cold, bronchitis or middle-ear infection. The findings show...

Implantable Contact Lens Found Safe and Effective

...l Inc. of Monrovia, California. One-year follow-up data was available for 429 eyes implanted with the contact lens. Vukich reported that 45% of the implanted eyes had visual acuity of 20/20 or better, and 84% had visual acuity of 20/40 or better. The lens does not correct astigmatism, which is blurry vi...

Cardiac diseases develop early

... were unable to determine the reason why the boys' data differed from the girls', they speculated that it may relate to an overall early risk, which is higher in males than females. Researchers also noted that the ages of 14 to 16 is a time span when many boys go through puberty. They went on to suggest t...

Erythromycin and infants’ intestinal disorde

...assistant professor of pediatrics. Using clinical data extracted from the Regenstrief Medical Record Syst...nic medical records system that gathers and stores data including diagnoses, radiology and operative reports, pharmacy records, and physician observations -...

Research of Ritalin

... brain involved in movement and motivation. "These data do suggest that there are effects of Ritalin on cell function that outlast the short term and we should sort that out," Dr Walker said. ADHD researcher Dr Alasdair Vance of Melbourne's Alfred Hospital said the study demonstrated the importance of s...

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