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Teen dies after complications from abortion pill

...renthood clinic September 10 to take the pill. She followed the prescribed procedure for using RU-486, taking two more pills at home three days later. After experiencing bleeding and cramps so severe that she was unable to walk, her boyfriend rushed her to the hospital the following evening, where she was gi...

Reducing HIV Transmission

...o their infants for seven days. The current study followed the infants up to 18 months of age. Results showed the 8.2-percent reduction in HIV transmission that was seen for infants on nevirapine at six to eight weeks in the original study was sustained at 18 months. They conclude, "This simple, inexpensive,...

Happiness Survey

...Nigeria has the highest percentage of happy people followed by Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador and Puerto Rico, while Russia, Armenia and Romania have the fewest. "New Zealand ranked 15 for overall satisfaction, the U.S. 16th, Australia 20th and Britain 24th -- though Australia beats the other three for day-t...

Low Birth Weight infants could have Problems in the Future

...nfants, it is imperative that current survivors be followed to school age to provide a more complete picture of their overall outcome. They feel this information is necessary for parents and health care providers....

Cholesterol Drugs Prevent Breast Cancer

....// Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh followed more than 7,500 women ages 65 years and older for more than seven years. Results of the study show more than 3 percent of women who did not use cholesterol-lowering drugs developed breast cancer, while 2.1 percent of women who used statin cholesterol...

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

...t clarifying the situation. In both, investigators followed more than 2,000 children for 18 years to see how breastfeeding impacts weight. Detailed breastfeeding histories were collected for all the participants in the studies. Results of the study showed little connection between breastfeeding and subsequen...

Brain Scans Help Predict Alzheimer's Disease

..., then again after seeing the scans. Patients were followed for two to 10 years to assess their progress. Results showed adding a PET scan improved the ability of neurologists to accurately predict future problems by as much as 30 percent. For example, clinical assessments led neurologists to correctly diagn...

An Alternative to Warfarin

...eceive warfarin or ximelagatran. The patients were followed for 17 months. Researchers report ximelagatran was at least as effective in reducing the frequency of stroke or blood clots as warfarin. The study also found the rate of stroke, death and major bleeding were similar between both groups. Researchers ...

Senate assures ban on smoking

...ssing to the statewide smoking ban, and the Senate followed suit last night after three days of debate, voting 29 to 10. Minor differences between the two bills will have to be worked out, but last night's action ensures that the ban will become the law of the Commonwealth starting July 5, 2004, with violator...

Predictors for Type 2 Diabetes

...s. The study included 1,743 participants who were followed for seven to eight years. Looking at the different risk factors, researchers determined which approach was a better predictor of type 2 diabetes. Researchers say the impaired glucose tolerance and the NCEP definition had higher sensitivity than the ...

The Clue to a Diabetic Requiring an Amputation may lie in the Retina of ones Eye.

...diagnosed with the disease before age 30. All were followed for 20 years to assess how these microvascular changes might relate to subsequent need for an amputation. The risk was significantly higher for those who had also demonstrated microvascular changes in the retina. The finding held true even after res...

Life after Bypass not so Promising for Women.

...ife factors before their surgeries. They were then followed for one year. Overall, quality of life improved for the entire group after surgery. After adjusting the results to take factors such as older age at the time of surgery and worse health and psychosocial status into account, researchers found women ...

Steroid-Free Liver Transplants

...herwise standard treatment. The children were all followed for at least a year. Investigators compared outcomes for the group with those from a similar group of 20 children who had received liver transplants in the past and had been given steroid treatment. The study found children on the newer combination ...

Pancreas Transplant for Diabetics

... information on 11,572 patients. The patients were followed for four years. Researchers say the patients who had pancreas transplants had a 57-percent increased risk of death compared with the patients awaiting the same procedure. In patients who had a pancreas transplant following a kidney transplant, the...

Disease Management Programs – Effective for Heart Patient

... of information and reminders. Education should be followed by empowerment and monitoring, with iteration of this process until the target risk factor level is achieved. This is a key feature of the Coach Program.” ...

Support Services found to Dramatically Impact Pediatric Health Care

...the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health followed nearly 6,000 children from 15 sites which was designed to bridge the gap between families and physicians. It places specialists in the pediatric practice to provide enhanced services such as home visits, telephone help lines, educational materials an...

Oral Medication Effective In Combating Eye Infection

...edication for at least 18 months. Researchers then followed the patients for up to about four years, comparing recurrence rates for the two groups. Among the 18 patients in the first group, six had a recurrence in the first year of use, compared with four among the 22 patients in the second group. During th...

Head injury X-rays may actually be causing harm

... Stockholm, with colleagues in Harvard and Athens, followed up more than 3,000 men who had been given radiation treatment for haemangioma, an excessive growth of blood vessels in the skin, which includes “strawberry marks”. Such marks often occur in babies, and 80 per cent are on the head and neck. They nor...

Shyness Linked To HIV Progression

...ng to his "stress personality." Investigators then followed the group for 12 months to 18 months, measuring their HIV progression and response to antiretroviral therapy. Researchers found men who reacted negatively to stress tests and other psychological measures had viral loads that were about eight-times ...

Exposure To Tobacco Smoke Can Lead To Sickle Cell Crisis

...one of the children smoked themselves. Researchers followed the children for two years, recording the number of sickle cell crises they had that required hospitalization. Over the course of the study, patients exposed to secondhand smoke were about twice as likely as those not exposed to be hospitalized wi...

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