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Good News for New Borns With Hypoxic Respiratory Failure

...ty are quite costly. Perhaps now that we have hard data on the cost savings this treatment provides, insurers will do a better job of covering it.” and they hope that this study would encourage everyone about the importance of this therapy. ...

Alcoholism Influenced By Both Genetics & Family Environment

...risk environment with no alcoholism present. That data revealed 276 of the children had fathers without any type of alcohol dependence or abuse. However, the rest of the children either had a father or uncle with an alcoholic disorder. Thus researchers found those children with alcohol disorders in the...

Exposure To Tobacco Smoke Can Lead To Sickle Cell Crisis

... risk for a flare up. Thus researchers say their data supports the hypothesis that children and adolescents with SCD who live in smoking households have more frequent sickle cell crises requiring hospitalization than do those who live in nonsmoking households.They believe programs aimed at reducing seco...

Breast Implants May Interfere With The Interpretation Of Mammogram Results

...0 procedures were performed. Researchers examined data from seven mammography registries in the United States. They compared the mammogram results of women with breast implants to those of women without breast implants. Results of the study show breast implants decreased the sensitivity of mammography ...

Women Worse Affected By Chronic Cough

...iversity of Massachusetts Medical School, analyzed data from 116 women and 56 men seeking medical attention for chronic cough and a control group of 31 men and women smokers who were observed to be coughing but did not complain of cough. The study shows significantly more women than men in the chronic c...

Poor Oral Health An Indicator Of Heart Disease

...glycerides. Researchers compared the oral health data of 256 cardiac patients to 250 non-cardiac patients with similar demographic characteristics. Results of the study show the strongest predictor of coronary disease was pericoronitis, an infection around the third molar. The second strongest was root ...

Groundbreaking Study Gives Hope For Patients With Kidney Cancer

...e years. Among the 379 patients for whom follow up data were available, 77 percent of those who received the vaccinations were still alive without a recurrence of the disease. This compares to 68 percent of those who did not receive the injections. Researchers conclude saying that,such a milestone could...

Is Drinking Extra Fluids Safe When You’re Sick

...ory infections drink more fluids is safe. Previous data has shown during a respiratory infection, such as a cold or bronchitis, the body releases large amounts of a specific hormone that conserves water. Thus, researchers say giving extra fluids may lead to salt loss and fluid overload. Researchers did ...

The Side Effects Of Estrogen Therapy

...ogen increases the risk of stroke, and preliminary data shows it may also increase the risk of dementia. The finding that estrogen increases the risk of stroke is similar to what was found in the WHI study of estrogen plus progestin, which was stopped in July 2002. In that study, women who took estrogen...

Does Your Prescription Have An Inappropriate Medicine?

... inappropriate medications for older people. Using data from national health // care surveys, researchers, looked at prescribing patterns in physicians’ offices and outpatient clinics in 1995 and 2000. The results showed nearly 8 percent of all the visits involved prescribing at least one drug on the “ina...

The Effectiveness Of Cancer Drug In Women At Risk Of Developing Cancer

...offered and accept the use of tamoxifen. Worldwide data shows women with these conditions receive the greatest benefit from the drug. Overall, approximately 2.4 million women are estimated to be eligible to benefit from the drug tamoxifen. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved tamoxifen in 1998 f...

The Link Between Breast Cancer and Aborted Pregnancy Questioned

... risk. In a recent study researchers re-analyzed data from 53 epidemiological studies in 16 countries. Information was available from 44,000 women who had taken part in studies where any history of abortion had been recorded long before breast cancer was diagnosed. Data on 39,000 women with breast cance...

Beer Found To Be Effective In Fighting Cardiovascular Disease

...percent lower risk of death. Researchers studied data from 14,125 male physicians who were enrolled in the Physicians’ Health Study and who reported past or current treatment for hypertension. However, they had no history of heart attack, stroke, cancer or liver disease. However researchers say doctor...

Latest Tumor Classification More Informative

...ts with cancer. To be most helpful these molecular data must be incorporated into a tumor classification /... identified from the gene expression and proteomic data from tumor samples can then be integrated as new groups within this classification. As each tumor...

The Link Between Diabetes and Colon Cancer

...or of insulin production. Researchers say their data not only supports the hypothesis that elevated long-term insulin production is one underlying mechanism to link dietary and lifestyle risk factors with colorectal cancer risk, but also provide a strong biologic argument that avoiding or reducing the ...

Men Who at Risk Of Developing Prostate Cancer

...s to prevent cancer. A recent study done compared data from two studies, researchers asked men about their risk and, also, if they are currently taking vitamins or supplements to prevent prostate cancer.The first study shows more than half of the 111 men surveyed were concerned about developing the disea...

A Rise In Eye Complications In Diabetics

...ent in the adult population. Investigators pooled data from eight eye surveys and estimated prevalence rates for diabetes reported in the 1999 National Health Interview Study and the 2000 U.S. Census. An estimated 10.2 million adults ages 40 and over have diabetes in the United States....

The Effects Of Coffee

...lthy adolescents between 15 and 19 years old. The data showed individuals who consumed more than 100 milligrams daily of caffeine – the equivalent of about four 12-ounce sodas -- had the highest blood pressure. The number with the more serious impact was the systolic pressure, which indicates the pressur...

How Good Are Vitamins For You ?

...arteries. However researchers say that until more data becomes available, they can’t make any recommendations regarding use vitamins since in some animal studies vitamins have shown to protect the arteries from clogging and the pancreas and other organs from damage caused by diabetes....

Women not Getting Screened Adequately

...hecks they’ve had. Researchers then compared this data to the American Cancer Society’s guidelines. While nearly 70 percent of women had a Pap smear, and 82 percent reported having a mammogram, researchers report only 46 percent had been checked for colon cancer. However, women who had both a Pap smear ...

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