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Age, Gender Major Factors in Severity of Auto-Accident Injuries

...od," Mannering said. The Purdue researchers found statistically significant differences in the severity of injurie... middle-aged female fatalities, its impact was not statistically significant for most age and gender categories, Mannering said. "In many cases, alcohol consumption...

Cough and Phlegm Cause Fourfold Increase in COPD Incidence

...gm among study participants was an independent and statistically significant predictor of COPD. Of the 5,002 individuals in the study cohort, 123 were diagnosed with COPD. All participants had normal lung function at baseline. COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, killing 122,283 Ameri...

New Study Shows Efficacy of AROMASIN on Early Breast Cancer

...hs after the unblinding of the study, there was no statistically significant difference in fractures with Aromasin ...tive breast cancer. Overall survival data were not statistically significant at 34.5 months. Updated 56 month follow-up data, presented at the 2006 American Societ...

Survival of Mice With Human Breast Cancer Extended by Monoclonal Antibodies

...r cells to the antibody inhibited cell growth by a statistically significant 16 percent. Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, Ph.D., associate professor of clinical and laboratory sciences in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is senior author on the study. "This antibody binds with a carbohydrate on the t...

Study Reveals That Americans are Keeping Better Tabs on Their Blood Pressure

...ter awareness, detection or treatment. There is no statistically significant increase in these, so probably all of these contribute in a small way." The study revealed that knowledge and awareness about blood pressure control increased from 70.6 percent to 81 percent, and treatment rates also rose from 63.8 perce...

Older Medication May Be More Cost-Effective for Some Schizophrenia Patients

...medications. In addition, the researchers found no statistically significant difference in overall effectiveness between perphenazine and the second generation antipsychotics, with regard to symptom relief and side effect burden. The findings echo what was implied in the results of the first phase of CATIE, exp...

Pregnant Women With Placental Infection Have Doubled Risk of Recurrence

...h noninfected women. All of these differences were statistically significant, the researchers said. These factors a...y developed it in their second. The difference was statistically significant, even after accounting for those known risk factors for chorioamnionitis, such as length...

Job Burnout May Make People More Prone to Developing Diabetes

...d at a smaller sample — 507 workers — and tried to statistically eliminate the possible effect of blood pressure levels. The result: The burned-out workers were then 4.32 times more likely to get type 2 diabetes. The job burnout may be only part of the picture, Melamed said. “It is possible that these people are...

Adding Radiation Therapy For Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer May Offer Benefit

...e estimate, 14.7 years), a difference that was not statistically significant. There were no significant between-group differences for overall survival (71 deaths in the radiotherapy group vs. 83 deaths in the observation group). The researchers did find that patients in the adjuvant radiotherapy group had a 57 p...

Combination Therapy More Effective for Treating Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

...nt with tolterodine ER plus tamsulosin resulted in statistically and clinically significant treatment benefit. Similarly low incidences of acute urinary retention were observed in all treatment groups, and there were no significant differences in maximum urinary flow rate or postvoid residual volume between any 2 ...

Link Shown Between Military Service And Risk For ALS

...se. Johnson thinks that, while the connection is statistically significant, the study findings need to be replicated. 'The question is, if it's true, then why does military service increase your risk?' 'The question is, if it's true, then why does military service increase your risk?' says Dr Johnson who think...

Unconventional Hospital Costs For Children Affected By Flu

...ive flu seasons, from 2000 to 2004. The study team statistically adjusted the direct medical costs to account for geographic variations in those costs. 'We found a broad range of hospital costs in the study, from approximately $7,000 each for patients treated only on the ward, to nearly $40,000 each for childre...

IMRT Versus 3D CRT For Prostate Cancer, New Long-Term Data Assesses Side Effects

...for IMRT; 10.4% in 3D CRT). The research showed no statistically significant difference between the two treatment types for genitourinary side effects. Kirichenko concluded, "Despite the specific findings pertaining to 3D CRT technique and the gastrointestinal side effects, men treated with either modality have ...

New Rhinosinusitis Clinical Trials Guidance Developed

...logic factors, assessing inflammatory indices, and statistically measuring outcomes. “Rhinosinusitis: Developing Guidance for Clinical Trials” offers a comprehensive list of rhinosinusitis clinical trial components ranging from the title of the trial, to study design, objectives and safety assessments. The fi...

Amniocentesis Safer for Pregnant Women

...ss than 6 months of gestation was 1.0% and was not statistically different from the control group. According to researchers, the procedure related loss rate after amniocentesis was 0.06%. Women undergoing amniocentesis were only 1.1 times more likely to have a spontaneous loss. Researchers concluded that the pro...

Smoking Cessation Therapy May be Harmful for ICU Patients

...r for mortality (odds ratio 17.0). There were no statistically significant differences in age, gender, ethnicity, and severity of illness measured by APACHE III prognostic model between the NRT and control groups. The median ICU length of stay for the NRT group was 24.4 (16.1 – 63.6) hours, compared with 22.6 (1...

Adhering to Clinical Guidelines Decreases Blood Clots in the Elderly

...n pharmacologic prophylaxis use was modest and not statistically significant,” the authors write. “These observations together suggest that our multifaceted intervention not only altered the use of measured prophylaxis means but also improved physician and nurse awareness of patients at risk for venous thromboe...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome More Prevalent in Overweight Women

...he prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome was not statistically different when considering the degree of obesity, as classified according to the guidelines published by the National Institutes of Health,” the authors write. Patients with the syndrome tended to be younger and were more likely to also have insulin ...

Higher Risk of Premature Menopause in Twins

...r study validates the hypothesis that twins have a statistically significantly higher prevalence of POF than women generally. "The differences were large, at three to five-fold at both the 40 and 45-year threshold, and were similar in both the national registers." GYT...

Mammograms Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths, But Increase Overdiagnosis

...slightly lower. At neither time was the difference statistically significant. “We believe more in the good trials,” said G?tzsche, “but we have taken the other trials into account as well and reached a compromise of 15 percent. We don’t find it likely that it’s higher than this.” According to Stephen Taplin, M...

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