Anticholinergic Medicines Result In Cognitive Impairment
...inergic drugs remained the most highly significant predictor of this condition, say the authors. Given the aim of identifying mild cognitive impairment is the early treatment of dementia, people with mild cognitive impairment due to anticholinergic drugs could be in the absurd situation of receiving pro-cho...Patients with HIV-1 can predict plasma lipids level based on race
... Pennsylvania which shows that race/ethnicity is a predictor of plasma lipids in patients with HIV-1 on HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy). The study was conducted on 626 patients participating in several ongoing AIDS Clinical Trial Group studies. The main thrust was to look at the way that race/et...New Fertility Predictor Test Developed
...niversity's researchers have developed a fertility predictor test, which enables women to find out as to whether their fertility is increasing or decreasing. This will be particularly useful to women who prefer to go in for late marriages. The best age for child bearing is// reported to be the twenties among w...New Home-Fertility Kit Launched For Men
...o approval has 95% accuracy.It can even serve as a predictor of potential fertility problems. This would save the valuable time lost by couples during infertility assessment. "At the moment many couples are advised to wait for around a year before seeking medical attention. But age can have a very significan...Bad professional behavior dates back to medical school
...her, these traits turned out to be a much stronger predictor of future disciplinary action than more traditional measures such as test scores and grades. The study is part of a larger movement within the field of medicine to retool itself for a world where "I don't know" is an acceptable phrase from a doctor...A Simple Test To Detect Heart Disease In Women Can Be Lifesaving
...attack. The new stress test served as an important predictor in the high-risk category. History of congestive heart failure and heart attacks were the other clinical predictors. The findings of the present study can help doctors arrive at important conclusions regarding treatment about patients with positive...Genetic Profile To Predict Ovarian Cancer Prognosis
...o gene profiles [CRP and OCPP] are a more powerful predictor of a patient's prognosis than either profile separately," said Cannistra. "This represents the first time that two profiles have been combined to yield such a powerful result in this disease." Contact: Bonnie Prescott bprescot@bidmc.harvard.edu...Persons With Fatty Liver More Prone For Hypertension
...ody fat distribution. Infact GGT was a significant predictor of hypertension only among overweight participants with increased central body fat. Alcohol consumption was initially thought to play a role in the development of hypertension because it was considered a significant risk factor for the chronic dise...Abortion Does Not Increase Risk Of Depression In Women
... that pre-existing mental health might be a better predictor of depression risk. Surprisingly, women who opted for a termination reported less depression than those who chose to carry on with the unwanted pregnancy. However, the observed effect could be due to the differences in education and income between ...Smoking And Its Relation To Neurocognitive Deficits In Alcoholism
... regression models, smoking remained a significant predictor for both measures, but alcoholism remained significant only for IQ. Smoking may explain some of the relationship between alcoholism and neurocognitive function, perhaps especially for measures that focus on proficiency. The authors state that future...A Novel Method Of Detection Of High Nuclear Grade Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma
...munosuppressive acidic protein (IAP) is a variable predictor of lymph node and distant metastasis in patients w...fort to identify a potentially useful preoperative predictor of high nuclear grade RCC. The investigation, published in the October issue of the journal Urology...Pubertal development may predispose women to pain and other symptoms
... For both sexes, pubertal development was a better predictor of pain than was age. Thus it appears that pain, other somatic symptoms and depression increase systematically with pubertal development in girls. These results confirm that the prevalence of pain conditions in adolescents, particularly adolescent ...Depression May Be A Risk Factor For Cancer Initiation
...bjects were patients or controls was a significant predictor of the 8-OH-dG levels in male and total subjects, as was the CES-D score or the Depression-Rejection score of the POMS in female subjects. The study concludes on the note that although it may be overhasty to conclude that individuals with depression...Obesity, diabetes in pregnant women affects babies
...ispanics, and Whites. But it was not a significant predictor of low birth weight among Blacks. "In this population-based study, obesity and diabetes were independently associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, highlighting the need for women to undergo lifestyle changes to help them control their weight dur...Philadelphia, Aug 15. The best single predictor of happiness is Physical health. The others like income, education and marital status only follow health as per a recent study//. Glenn Firebaugh of the Pennsylvania State University and graduate student Laura Tach from Harvard University measured t...Vitamins Found To Influence Birth Weight
... that Folate status was found to be "a significant predictor of birth weight". Folic acid is thought to influence birth weight because it is an essential nutrient for growth and gene expression in the foetus. Smoking is likely to reduce a women's folate levels because it is a significant source of oxidative ...Umbilical Cord Blood Could Predict Childhood Allergies
...levels in umbilical cord blood may be an important predictor of childhood allergies at ages 4 and 10 and of asthma at age 10....Blood Test May help Heart Prediction
...f the protein part of cholesterol, may be a better predictor of heart trouble than traditional cholesterol tests and may one day lead to more tailored treatments.// High cholesterol is considered one of the strongest risk factors for developing coronary artery disease and dying from a heart attack, but some p...New Insight In Periodontal Disease In Postmenopausal Women
...at alveolar bone loss is one of the most important predictor of losing one’s teeth in such women. For each millimeter of bone loss during menopause, there exists three times as much a risk of tooth loss. This risk increases by 2.5 times more for each millimeter loss of soft tissue attachment between the tooth ......showed that waist circumference was an independent predictor for elevated blood pressure, insulin resistance and elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level. There was a significant correlation between WC and all the components of the metabolic syndrome, said the authors in their report. Visceral obe...