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Study Finds No Survival Benefit for Gastric Cancer Patients

... 54 months. The researchers found no significant difference in survival between the two groups. The five-drug regimen did not reduce the risk of death or relapse. Both groups had about a 50 percent five-year survival rate, which is much higher than previous studies have shown. "The unexpectedly long surviva...

When 'prevalence' Makes for Disparity in AIDS Care

...d numbers of the HIV/AIDS infected. But there is a difference in attitude towards AIDS control from state to state. The budgetary allocation also differs, affecting awareness campaigns in north Indian states, with declarations and testing low. Health activists say that this is like "sitting on top of a volcan...

The Gen(i)e Behind Fatsos

...ot a connection between the disease and a specific difference in the FTO gene. The study published in the journal Science shows, by merely carrying a single copy of the FTO variant, the risk of obesity goes up by 30%. Further research in this area will give us a better idea as to why some of us stick out, des...

Yoga Helping Fight Autism Down Under

...s journalism programme. "It's amazing to see the difference in the group. At the beginning they're quite noisy and at the end of the class, it's just peace," said White. Three students learning yoga as a way of coping with their autism were highlighted, including while doing exercises like 'surya namaskar' ...

Study Finds Dietary Fat Interacts With Genes

...r four pieces of whole wheat bread will not make a difference in their body weight if the foods have the same amount of calories. “We have all known people that do not watch what they eat, but usually don’t see any effect on their weight,” says Ordovas. “This is the first study that enables us to identify thi...

Study Finds Link Between Secondhand Smoke and TB Infection in Children

...in children not living with a smoker. Although the difference was not statistically significant, the researchers found that there was a significant link between secondhand smoking and a positive tuberculin skin test in the 172 households that included someone living with TB. In those homes, children were fiv...

Exercise: the Ideal Way to Combat Arthritis in Older Women

...e as one hour and 15 minutes a week now can make a difference over the next three years. However, here is a word of caution. AP quotes lead author Kristiann Heesch from the University of Queensland, Australia, as saying, "I don't think the results are suggesting that you should just become this maniac exerci...

Race Takes Back Seat to Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

...d Chinese Americans (100 percent.) Lima says the difference could be due to successful disease prevention efforts among all racial groups, except for African Americans, at controlling hypertension. “A lot of public health attention has already been paid to getting high blood pressure under control, so it m...

Foot Deformity Could Be Corrected With Minimal Surgery

...ernationally to use the method successfully. The difference between Dobbs' method and casting techniques tried in the past is in the way forces are applied to the foot and the way the casts are molded, he says. "What has previously been lacking in any cast treatments for CVT is a lack of understanding by or...

Biofeedback Treats One Type Of Chronic Constipation

... alterations in muscle-function that really make a difference with biofeedback?" Rao said. "The study results show that bowel movement improvement is possible in nearly 80 percent of patients through biofeedback." Standard treatment included use of laxatives, education about bowel habits, exercise for overall...

Painkiller may Boost Chance of Heart Problems in Patients With Osteoarthritis

...se aspirin. The results showed that there was no difference in the total number of heart attacks and strokes among participants at low risk of cardiovascular disease, irrespective of their drug treatment. But this was not true of those at high risk. High-risk patients taking aspirin and ibuprofen were aro...

Alberta Pharmacists Entitled to Prescribe Medicines

... to who will take the ultimate responsibility when difference of opinion between doctors and pharmacists arise. Pharmacists have praised this move, as it will ease the pressure on family physicians and reduce waiting times in emergency rooms. Jeff Poston, executive director of the Canadian Pharmacists Associa...

Religiosity May Be Instrumental In Preventing The Spread Of HIV-AIDS

...tify what specific component of religiosity made a difference in sexual activity. However, he said two factors –...s than non-Christians. There was no statistical difference between Evangelicals and Catholics in reported sexual activity. Evangelicals were as likely as Catho...

Cure for Cancer One Step Closer

...e cure. Every cell contains a clue that can make a difference to tomorrow's cancer patients," he said. Queensland is well placed as a source of cancer tissue due to its diverse population, large number of aged retirees, and high-rate of some cancers, particularly melanoma. The Wesley Hospital alone had almost...

High Dose Inhaled Corticosteroid Use for COPD Could Cut Risk of Lung Cancer

... was 1.13. (A relative risk of 1 means there is no difference in risk between two groups.) Over the next four years, the researchers found that among a total of 9,957 nonusers of ICS, 402 developed lung cancer. For 298 users of ICS at a level below 1,200 micrograms per day, 16 developed lung cancer. Among 219...

Sun Exposure Severe in Males

.... Previous studies have shown that there's a huge difference between men's skin and women's skin. Men are more likely to get skin cancer than women. Source-IANS/L...

High-dose Inhaled Corticosteroid Use for COPD Could Cut Risk of Lung Cancer

... was 1.13. (A relative risk of 1 means there is no difference in risk between two groups.) Over the next four years, the researchers found that among a total of 9,957 nonusers of ICS, 402 developed lung cancer. For 298 users of ICS at a level below 1,200 micrograms per day, 16 developed lung cancer. Among 219...

Weight Gain in Pregnancy Linked to Overweight in Kids

...rs calculated total gestational weight gain as the difference between the last weight recorded before delivery a...weight gain of having overweight children, with no difference in risk of undesirable birth outcomes, such as small or large size for gestational age or birth by c...

Gender Linked to Development of Skin Cancer

...be gender-related variables that accounted for the difference between male and female rates of developing these .... Oberyszyn and Thomas-Ahner also noted that the difference in the antioxidant capacity between male and female mice was present in the untreated skin as well a...

Implications of Statin Therapy in Bladder Cancer Patients

... After a median follow-up: 56 months, there was no difference in recurrences (59% in both groups, p = 0.801), tu...8%, p = 0.57) or deaths. Furthermore, there was no difference in outcomes, even when accounting for whether patients received only induction BCG therapy or induct...

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