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Kids More Apt to Smoke If Mom Did While Pregnant

Research suggests biological changes take place in the womb TUESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking while pregnant "biologically primes" the unborn child to become a regular smoker as a teen and young adult, according to a theory put forth by University of Arizona researchers. "...

Blacks, Hispanics Less Apt to Get Best Heart Failure Care

Disparity exists even though more minorities than whites meet criteria for cutting-edge treatment FRIDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- When black and Hispanic Medicare recipients suffer severe heart failure, they are less likely than their white counterparts to be treated with the most ...

Women Less Apt to Get Clot-Buster, Study Finds

Some think gender inequality stems from different stroke symptoms in men and women FRIDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Gender definitely makes a difference when it comes to stroke, new research shows. Not only can stroke show itself in slightly different fashion in women than it ty...

Denim, Not Cotton, Apt Wear for Summer

Conventional wisdom is turned on its head yet again, this time on what kind of dress is best in a hot summer. No, it is not cotton or linen , but denim and wool, Swiss researchers say after reviewing 500 studies from around the world on how people protect their skin. Writing in a study pub...

Gym Class Injuries Up 150 Percent

...d girls, she noted. Boys were more likely to be injured on the head, during collisions with other people and during group activities. Girls were more apt to suffer strains and sprains to the legs and to be injured during individual activities. Most injuries (52 percent) occurred among kids in middle ...

Biomarker Could Predict Severe Osteoarthritis

... Those with highest levels are more apt to have joint replacement, study finds THURSDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Levels of a certain protein strongly predict the risk of hip ...

This Summer is an Ideal Time for Commercial Real Estate Lease Renewal

...a modest rent increase." But, Selinger warns, the best way to approach lease renewal is with a market-driven strategy. Selinger provides an apt example: "While it may feel good to negotiate yourself a $.75 PSF annual increase to renew your existing $26 PSF lease, the current market may on...

Attention Training Might Help Stroke Victims

...he and a colleague, Catherine A. Mateer, developed apt in the 1980s when both were at the University of W...ictoria in British Columbia, Canada. They designed apt for accident victims with brain injuries. "It's...ere has not been a lot of information available on apt after stroke. The positive results suggest that it...

AHIMA Launches New Interactive myPHR.com Web Site

...pically, healthcare consumers who actively participate in their own care have better results. The seven populations highlighted on myPHR.com are more apt to quickly realize the benefits of PHRs in managing their health information and their healthcare. For this reason, content and resources on the new W...

Researchers map how staph infections alter immune system

...ne system. Despite considerable advances, however, it remained unclear how the host's immune system responded to the infection and why some people are apt to get more severe staphylococcal infections than others. By using gene expression profiling, a process that summarizes how individual genes are b...

Watson Pharmaceuticals Resumes Shipment of INFeD(R) (Iron Dextran Injection, USP)

...anted therapy with parenteral iron will cause excess storage of iron with the consequent possibility of exogenous hemosiderosis, which is particularly apt to occur in patients with hemoglobinpathies and other refractory anemias. About Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is ...

Team Sports Can't Compete With Films to Keep Kids From Smoking

...s, both discourage tobacco use," he said. "Overall, this paper suggests that the attitudes toward smoking in the culture that surrounds a child are apt to affect the attitude, and behavior, of that child," Katz said. "Our job is to raise every child in a culture that denigrates smoking for the pernici...

Alzheimer's Disease: Facing the Facts, Public Television Documentary Wins Emmy Award

... About American Public Television For 45 years, apt has been a prime source of programming for the nation's public television stations. apt distributes more than 300 new program titles per y...best of public television's lifestyle programming. apt is known for its leadership in identifying innovat...

European researchers look for new ways to fight multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections

...nsiders these multi-drug-resistant microorganisms the cause of emerging infectious diseases. Currently a large amount of antibiotics available are not apt for the treatment of resistant pathogens belonging to an important group called gram-negative bacteria. On occasions, the choice narrows down to one d...

Study pinpoints novel cancer gene and biomarker

...serve as a biomarker for tumors that can be effectively treated with the chemotherapy drug rapamycin: tumors with a high level of the protein are more apt to shrink in response to the drug than those with low levels. The study began with an observation made years ago that a section of chromosome 5p13 ...

Need a Walking Partner? Try a Dog

... Those who do are apt to exercise (and enjoy it) more, experts say,, THURSDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Forget about joining a gym. If you want to get into s...

Health Care 'Gap' Continues for Minority, Poor Americans

...e now obese or overweight. Cancer screening rates remain lower for minority and/or poor patients. For example, low-income women are 26 percent less apt to receive a regular mammogram than more affluent women. There were even disparities in terms of routine doctor visits. Hispanic and black America...

Early Bedtime May Help Stave Off Teen Depression

...ls suicidal thoughts as well, study finds TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Teens whose parents pack them off to bed at 10 p.m. are less apt to become depressed or have suicidal thoughts than their peers who stay up much later, recent research shows. "This study bolsters the argument tha...

Weight May Affect Colonoscopy Success

... More rigorous prep is needed for obese people, study finds,, MONDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- People who are obese are less apt to have thoroughly cleansed their colon before getting a colonoscopy, hampering the effectiveness of the procedure, a new study finds. Being obese ...

Telemedicine may improve care for school children with diabetes

...nts, with more than 90% stating they would use the program again. According to Dr. Izquierdo, "Children in the telemedicine treatment group were more apt to feel better about their diabetes." He also notes that the children who used the telemedicine program were more likely to complete the prescribed d...

Fad Baby Names Tend to Fizzle Fast

...thDay News) -- Faddish baby names don't retain their appeal for long, a new study suggests. But names that take their time becoming popular seem most apt to stick around. The findings, from research published Tuesday in a top scientific journal, offer insight into how we become suspicious of sudden ...

Poor Kids Exposed to More Secondhand Smoke

... Wealthier households are less apt to include adult smokers, study finds,,,, FRIDAY, April 3 (Heal...h 21 percent of kids from wealthier families, and poorer children were more apt to live with more than one smoker as well. Among the approximately 5 mil...

Artificial pump effectively backs up failing hearts

...ts with heart failure, they reported a significantly improved quality of life after receiving the device, indicating that their heart failure was less apt to interfere with everyday activities such as housework, hobbies or sleeping or to affect their mood, ability to concentrate or energy level. "Befo...

National Walk to Work Day is April 3

... while chatting on the phone, sending e-mails, reading, and working on a computer. The device is most often used as a shared resource. Employers are apt to place them in common areas or conference rooms, where employees can take turns enjoying the benefits. The integrated treadmill operates within a l...

Most Devout Most Likely to Fight Death to the End

... Medical Center in Boston. Phelps said the study wasn't able to address the question of why people who rely heavily on their religion might be more apt to use any lifesaving measure available, but there are several possible theories. One is that, "they may be more optimistic because they have faith i...

Media Images of Alcohol Can Drive You to Drink

... WEDNESDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Young men who watched the movie American Pie with accompanying commercials for alcohol were more apt to grab a beer or glass of wine from the refrigerator, compared to those who watched a movie without the drinking prompts. This study shows for th...

His and hers: Study examines the role of gender in the stigma of mental illness

...he stereotype, they might arouse more of our sympathy and leniency; if it's more uncommon, it's probably more authentic. By contrast, we might be more apt to blame and stigmatize the mentally ill when they conform to stereotype. The psychologists decided to explore this provocative idea with a nationa...

Teens From Smoke-Free Homes Carry on Tradition

... quarters without puffers once they move on, study finds FRIDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who live in homes with smoking bans are apt to choose a similar living arrangement when they move into their own place, a new study has found. Researchers from the Boston University School of...

U of I study shows benefits of hormone found in fat tissue

... It's called the obesity paradox. Although obese people are more apt to suffer from inflammatory diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, they are also more likely to survive a major attack caused by one o...

Obesity Just as Risky for Teens as Heavy Smoking

... Men who were overweight youths are far more apt to die early, study finds,, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Being obese at age 18 increases the risk of premature death in adulthoo...

Published Study Shows Brain Exercises Improve Memory and Attention - And People Notice

...% gain, which may sound like they did half as well; however, we look at memory on a curve, not a straight line, and a 2% gain is not something you are apt to notice in your life." "This study has profound personal and public implications for aging baby boomers and their parents," said Joe Coughlin, ...

Terror Fears Tougher on Minorities, Disabled

...abled, black, Latino, Chinese-American, Korean-American or not U.S. citizens were more likely to think that the alert level was higher than it was and apt to worry more and change their behavior because of those fears. For instance, about 14 percent of whites surveyed said they worry very often or oft...

Penn study: Chances of surviving cardiac arrest depend on where patients are treated

..., published in Resuscitation , suggests that patients who are cared for in the highest volume intensive care units after cardiac arrest are also most apt to survive. The findings points to a need to explore the development of specialized, regional post-cardiac arrest care centers modeled after those tha...

Old, Fat Mice Blamed for Virus Transmission

...ose contacts. But when the researchers combined the data, they found a connection. Mice with either a few long contacts or many short ones were more apt to have the hantavirus. They also found that the mice with the most contacts were about 11 percent heavier than the other mice. "The biggest i...

Potential autoimmunity-inducing cells found in healthy adults

...e on December 22nd. As antibody-producing B cells develop in the bone marrow, the body tests them to determine whether their antigen receptors are apt to confuse self tissues for intruders. If so, their receptors are either rearranged to make new, non-autoreactive versionsa process called 'receptor e...

PureCart Systems LLC Develops a Portable Disinfecting System for the Healthcare Industry

...id Jim Kratowicz, president of PureCart Systems. "Applying a disinfectant as a mist provides the ability to disinfect hard-to-reach areas and is less apt for human error over traditional methods, such as wiping or mopping. The system is compact, very easy to use and can be moved throughout a facility. ...

On World AIDS Day, Russell Simmons and Special Guests Attended 'Empowerment for Africa' Dinner

...unities in nations where diamonds are a natural resource. Education is critical in curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS, and thus World AIDS Day provided an apt stage to publicize D.E.F.'s objective. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081204/NY49966 ) Crucial to the endurance of ...

Bad Bosses Are Hard on the Heart

...h Center at Yale University School of Medicine noted again that this research did not prove causality. "It may be that workers who are ill are less apt to be satisfied," Katz said. "But it is not unreasonable that dissatisfaction at work could translate into great risk for ill health, and even prematu...

Fewer than 1 in 10 Nurses Now Smoke

... "Yet nurses struggle with nicotine addiction like the rest of the 45 million smokers in America. We are concerned that nurses who smoke may be less apt to support tobacco-control programs or encourage their patients to quit." The researchers' findings come from an historic study on womens health ...

UCLA study reveals smoking's effect on nurses' health, death rates

...g. "Yet nurses struggle with nicotine addiction like the rest of the 45 million smokers in America. We are concerned that nurses who smoke may be less apt to support tobacco-control programs or encourage their patients to quit." Sarna led a team of researchers who analyzed data from the Nurses' Hea...