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Air Pollution Tied to Stroke Risk

...stroke hospital admissions. Researchers collected data on 23,179 hospital stroke admissions from 1997 to 2000 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the second largest city on the island and is a heavy industrial area. Investigators compared air pollution levels on the dates of hospital admissions with air pollutio...

Weight and Blood Pressure

...ages 36, 43 and 53 years old. Researchers also had data on the participants’ birth weight and childhood social class. Researchers report a consistent negative association between birthweight and systolic blood pressure from age 36 to 53 years old. Researchers also say those in a lower socio-economic clas...

False beliefs could cost cancer patients their lives

...Angeles and one in Charleston, South Carolina. The data turned out to be very strikingly similar at all the sites. "It suggests it is a nationwide phenomenon."Researchers found that many patients refused to go see a surgeon, even when told they needed surgery to take out a lung cancer tumor. "They say, ...

Memory said to automatically improve with age

...ent memory increases because it has added a lot of data to a person's memory storage. So, getting older may mean getting wiser. Unfortunately, intelligent memory doesn't help you remember where you put your keys, say researchers, but it will teach you to put your keys in the same place every time....

Breastfeeding not found to have an impact on weight of the child.

...ugh, has been inconclusive, with limited long-term data available on breastfeeding and weight of children into adolescence. Researchers conducted long-term studies aimed at clarifying the situation. In both, investigators followed more than 2,000 children for 18 years to see how breastfeeding impacts wei...

Transplants Help Liver Cancer Patients

...do not.// Researchers from Johns Hopkins reviewed data on more than 48,000 patients who underwent a liver transplant between 1987 and 2001. More than 900 of the patients underwent a liver transplant for liver cancer, and more than 33,000 of the patients underwent a liver transplant to treat other conditi...

Preventing Vision Loss

...on the quality of life for an individual ... These data suggest that the recommendations of such a supplement for those individuals should have a major impact on them as well as on the public health....

Enzyme Associated with Memory

...ituations. For the study, the scientists collected data from the mouse brain to see how norepinephrine plays a role in memories. Their research suggests the enzyme protein kinase C plays a fundamental role in turning a one-time event into a lasting memory. The enzyme activates genes to express certain pro...

Partial-Breast Irradiation an Unproven Therapy

...reast irradiation. He reported that the follow-up data on whole-breast irradiation is much longer than that for the newer technique. His research also showed that 15 years after a lumpectomy, the cancer recurrence rates were nearly the same at both the original tumor site as well as other parts of the br...

Preventing Vision Loss

...on the quality of life for an individual ... These data suggest that the recommendations of such a supplement for those individuals should have a major impact on them as well as on the public health....

Enzyme Associated With Memory

...ituations. For the study, the scientists collected data from the mouse brain to see how norepinephrine plays a role in memories. Their research suggests the enzyme protein kinase C plays a fundamental role in turning a one-time event into a lasting memory. The enzyme activates genes to express certain pro...

Prevention of Vision Loss

...on the quality of life for an individual ... These data suggest that the recommendations of such a supplement for those individuals should have a major impact on them as well as on the public health.” ...

HIV Treatment Said to Increase Heart Attack Risk

...d suffered a heart attack. Researchers collected data over a period of 36,199 person-years. They found 126 patients had a heart attack. They say the incidence of a heart attack increased with longer exposure to combination antiretroviral therapy. They also say factors such as older age, current or forme...

Link between C-section Delivery and Stillbirth

...iological cause. Researchers in Scotland studied data for all second births that took place in the country between 1992 and 1998. They then compared the data to records from the women’s first pregnancies and to information provided in the Scottish Stillbirth...

Antidepressants Harmful for Kids

...utlined their recommendation. They say a review of data on the safety and effectiveness of SSRIs -- the mo... Administration is currently investigating whether data support a link between suicide and SSRIs in children and will hold a public hearing on the issue. Ho...

Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility

... system for educating these women and showing them data -- even if incomplete -- about these questions and advising them on what they can consider to attempt to preserve fertility," says Dr. Partridge."[Women's] risk perceptions are likely grossly exaggerated; there is room for education here." Doctors o...

Preventing Colorectal Cancer

...surprise the scientific community is the vitamin D data ... There have been some studies suggesting this, but our data are compelling.” Colorectal cancer affects about 55,000 people in the United States but is consider...

Screening For Prostate Cancer in men over 75 Questioned

...bout how patients and physicians interpret medical data on the PSA screening is critical to understanding the risks and benefits of this test in elderly men....

Pancreas Transplant for Diabetics

...pancreas-kidney transplant. Based on the study the data collected suggests that patients with complicated diabetes who are considering a solitary pancreas transplant must weigh the potential benefit of insulin independence against an apparent increase in mortality for at least the first four years post-tr...

Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility

... system for educating these women and showing them data -- even if incomplete -- about these questions and advising them on what they can consider to attempt to preserve fertility," says Dr. Partridge."[Women's] risk perceptions are likely grossly exaggerated; there is room for education here." Doctors o...

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