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Spirituality Increases as Alcoholics Recover

...ges in the other measures of spirituality were not statistically associated with the likelihood of sobriety. Robinson and her colleagues write that their results suggest that “proactive and experiential” dimensions of spirituality, rather than cognitive ones, were contributing to the recovery and decrease in dr...

Zinc Supplements Enhance Immunity in Children

... of mortality with zinc supplementation, which was statistically insignificant, and a statistically significant 18 percent reduction in mortality in children aged 12 to 48 months. According to the Hop...

Stroke Patients With High BMI Less Likely to Be Discharged After Hospitalization

... percent). The highest two BMI categories showed a statistically nonsignificant trend toward extended length of hospital stay when compared with the lowest BMI category (6.3 days vs. 5.2 days). "Eighteen of the 451 patients died and in-hospital mortality did not differ among the BMI groups," the authors note. "No ...

Circumcision May Lift HIV Risk for Women

... they said the numbers so far were too small to be statistically significant, and left open the possibility that the higher rates were due to chance; both groups of men and women were given repeated HIV prevention education and free condoms. Experts said the study showed the importance of finding ways to protect...

Want a Baby? No Hot Baths Please !

... six months. This increase was largely driven by a statistically significant increase in sperm motility among responders, from a mean of 12 percent at the start of the study to 34 percent post-intervention. Of the six patients who did not see an increase in sperm count or motility, tobacco use emerged as a possi...

Omega-3 Again Linked to Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk

...uced colorectal cancer risk. However, this was not statistically significant, said the researchers. When they exa... cent risk reduction), although this was again not statistically significant. The study adds to a growing body of science linking omega-3 and fatty fish consumpti...

Tamoxifen Yields Long-term Reduction in Breast Cancer Risk

...that overall invasive breast cancer rates were not statistically different (82 breast cancer cases among 1,238 wome...later follow-up period. “We found that…a highly statistically significant risk reduction was found that could be attributed principally to a reduction in the risk...

Smog in Warm Weather may Contribute to Stroke Risks in Elderly: Study

...rticulate pollution. "Coarse particles were not statistically significantly associated with stroke deaths." she adds. "Our results suggest that the levels of combustion- originating particles rather than coarse particles explain the association between particulate matter and stroke. “Thus, regulatory effort...

Once-daily Nevirapine Has More Side-effects Than Twice-daily Dose

...idered in the review. Each found that there was no statistically significant difference in the efficacy of once-daily and twice-daily nevirapine. In two of these studies there were also no differences in the frequency of adverse events between once and twice-daily regimens. A further study did, however, highlight ...

Coffee-time for Those Listening to Their Heart

...o drank 0 to 4 cups per week. Yet this was not statistically significant. Still, it could be concluded that drinking coffee does not increase the risk of heart attack, according to the researchers. Several studies have examined ties between coffee consumption and risk of heart attack, but results have b...

Calcium, Vitamin D Supplements Reduce Stress Fractures in Military Recruits

...f time. Frankly, we were not sure we would see any statistically significant results in only eight weeks,” said principal investigator Joan Lappe, Ph.D., R.N., a professor of nursing and medicine at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. Stress factures are one of the most common and debilitating overuse injuries s...

Vaginalis Increases the Risk of Becoming Infected With HIV

... ratio, 1.60, p = 0.01). This association remained statistically significant after adjustment for sexual risk behaviours, sexually transmitted infections, and the other potential confounding factors noted above (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.52; p = 0.03). The investigators then turned their attention to the factors ...

Standard Therapy More Effective in Common Fertility Disorder

...nd the combined clomiphene-metformin group was not statistically significant. The researchers also found that, compared to the other women in the study, obese women were less likely to conceive during the course of the study and less likely to ovulate in response to metformin. The researchers noted that women in...

Mammography Saves Life-Beware Women Over 40

...ercent in 2000 to 74.6 percent in 2005, which is a statistically significant difference. "Are women getting prevention complacency, as with anything we do that is routine?" Lichtenfeld asked. "And do we have enough facilities? There is also an increasing number of uninsured and underinsured. There is no clear s...

Moderate Coffee Does Not Affect Pregnancy

... The authors declared these differences were not statistically significant. PRI...

Vitamins C and E Lowers Kidney Cancer Risk

...researchers, was of borderline significance. No statistically significant association was observed for any of the other micronutrients analysed, including retinol (vitamin A), alpha and beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, vitamin D, thiamine, folate, and other B vitamins, and lycopene. “The present finding...

Low-Dose Steroids Reduce Joint Damage From Rheumatoid Arthritis

...ly the highest-quality data, the benefits remained statistically significant. “Even in the most conservative estimate, the evidence that glucocorticoids given in addition to standard therapy can substantially reduce the rate of erosion progression in rheumatoid arthritis is convincing,” they say. The authors ...

Potential Threats of Bioterrorism

...in-state” scores were sharply different. “We saw a statistically significant increase in the ‘state anxiety’ levels for the experimental group and a decrease of similar magnitude for the control group,” says Dr. Cohen. “And while there was negligible change in ‘trait scores’ for the control group, we found a signi...

FDA To Reconsider Standards for Reviewing Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives

...new contraceptives and the old pills might "not be statistically different." According to the Journal, FDA in an upcoming meeting will seek its advisers' input for new guidelines to review new oral contraceptives. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation...

HIV Home-based Care Produces Positive Outcomes in Uganda

... of the follow-up interview. This increase was not statistically significant (p = 0.063) bit it nevertheless concer...o, however, write that even though there was not a statistically significant increase in the number of women reporting domestic violence, “concern...is merited.” All...

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