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Spouse may "drive You to Drink" but also can Protect You from Alcohol

... non-random mating. Once the researchers accounted statistically for the fact that "like marries like," they saw that the additional influence of the partner's behavior tended to reduce the likelihood of problem drinking. Grant says that although non-random mating means that a person with genetic risks for alcohol...

Once-a-year Drug Reduces Fractures from Osteoporosis

...hosphonate family, which showed a similar, but not statistically significant, increased risk of atrial fibrillation. That study also was conducted by the UCSF group. As was expected, there was also a slight increase in minor side effects, such as fever or muscle pain. Those effects were seen within three days of...

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs may Help Reduce Dementia Risk

...ed risk of dementia. However, the results were not statistically significant, which means that they could have occurred by chance. Dementia was diagnosed by a panel of physicians after reviewing results of magnetic resonance imaging and other tests. "These results suggest that there is more to treating blood pre...

Talking With Families may Help Prevent Childhood Obesity

...he small size of the study, these results were not statistically significant, which means they could have occurred by chance. "We encourage small changes which can lead to success," Schwartz said. "We help families find new alternatives to dining out, drinking sugary drinks, TV viewing and ways to increase the ...

Late Clamping of Umbilical Cord may Reduce Anemia in Children

...he umbilical vein of both groups, this study found statistically significant differences, as there is a higher conc...lied to the umbilical artery, where there are also statistically significant differences, with higher a concentration of TAG in the group of early clamping. However,...

Chronic Pain can Impair Memory and Concentration

...e study was small, the researchers insist that the statistically significant findings are "robust". "Prevalence studies indicate that as much as 44 per cent of the populationin Canada as well as in the U.S. and Europeexperience pain on a regular basis, and that in approximately one-quarter of this group the pain ...

Tomatoes are Not So Effective in Preventing Prostate Cancer

...mall number of cases among other ethnic groups was statistically insignificant. They found no significant difference between those who had prostate cancer and those who did not in relation to the concentration of lycopene in their bloodstream. "Our results do not offer support for the benefits of lycopene again...

Healthier Childhood Leads to Higher Fertility

... brought up in Bangladesh. The researchers found statistically significant differences in progesterone levels between individuals who had migrated as children, second-generation migrants, and women of European descent, as compared to the levels for Bangladeshi women who had never migrated and women who migrated ...

Gel Made of Patients Own Platelets may Speed Up Wound Healing

...riod, the autologous platelet geltreated sites had statistically increased wound closure compared with controls by visual clinical assessment and by digital planimetry [boundary-tracing] photographic measurements," the authors write. "On day 17, the percentage of closure was 81.1 percent for the autologous plate...

Some Multivitamin Supplements Don't Reduce the Risk of Lung Cancer

... disease and history of lung cancer, they found no statistically significant relationships between different types of supplements and lung cancer. In 1996, a large study known as the CARET study which was looking into the effects of the dietary supplements beta-carotene and retinol (vitamin A), was halted after...

Obese People More Prone to Severe Persistent Asthma

...0% of the study subjects were women. We did find a statistically significant association between obesity and asthma severity in men, too," he said. Researchers conclude that while it's not known for sure how asthma and obesity are linked, one potential mechanism seems to be an association between the hormone lep...

Combo Therapy may Be Highly Beneficial in Asthma Control

...ghest). Researchers found that SYMBICORT led to statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in AQLQ(S) scores versus formoterol DPI or placebo. SYMBICORT also significantly improved AQLQ(S) scores, compared with budesonide pMDI on all measures except for emotional function. Also, SYMBICO...

Color Vision Drove Primates to Develop Red Skin and Hair, Study Finds

...s evolutionary context, Fernandez and Morris could statistically deduce the probability of their ancestors having the same traits, as well if any of the traits were correlated with one another. They found that the species that could discern red and orange hues were more likely to develop red and orange skin and ...

Bronchial Thermoplasty: Boon to Severe Asthma Patients?

...ure and standard medications showed clinically and statistically significant improvements in pulmonary function, quality of life, and asthma control, and used less rescue medication nearly 6 months following the procedure. One year following the treatment, 50% of bronchial thermoplasty treated patients were able...

Dietary Vitamin B6, B12 and Folate, may Decrease Pancreatic Cancer Risk Among Leans

...e. According to the researchers, that was the only statistically significant finding from the study, which is the largest yet to look at these nutrients and pancreatic cancer risk. All we can say is that a person who has reason to be concerned about their risk of developing this cancer, which is relatively rare ...

Patients With OSA at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

...gher bodymass index, though the difference was not statistically significant. The OSA patients also had more apoptotic cells circulating in their bloodstreams and had vasomotor dysfunction. The OSA patients were given nasal CPAP treatment for eight weeks. Use of CPAP ranged from four to seven hours per night. At...

Unhealthy Lungs Linked to Hostility?

...ith higher levels of general frustration predicted statistically significant reductions in pulmonary function for Black women, White women, and Black men. The only marginally strong finding occurred among the White men sampled. The authors speculate that people in lower status roles, Black women, White women, and ...

Cisplatin-very Effective Than Carboplatin in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Treatment

...ith 8.4 months. The difference in survival was not statistically significant, because both drugs had side effect. Carboplatin was more likely to decrease blood platelet levels, while cisplatin was more likely to cause nausea, vomiting, and damage to the kidneys. Christopher and colleagues discuss the renewed riv...

Intensive Psychotherapy Provides Helping Hand in Borderline Personality Disorder.

... improvements for the TFP patients were not merely statistically reliable, but they represented fairly impressive scientific effects, not just trivial changes, said Lenzenweger. TFP not only helped reduced suicidal behaviors, but also seemed particularly helpful in reducing irritability and angry behaviors. Kern...

Vitamin D Reduces Cancer Risk

...uction. In the three-year analysis, there was no statistically significant difference in cancer incidence between participants taking placebos and those taking just calcium supplements. Through the course of the study, 50 participants developed nonskin cancers, including breast, colon, lung and other cancers. ...

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