Men With Angina Do Worse Than Women
Doubled rate of heart attack, tripled rate of death seen in study THURSDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that men diagnosed with the chest pain called angina did much worse than women, and neither artery-opening angioplasty nor coronary-bypass surgery reduced long-term...Vets Who Repress Traumatic Memories May Not Be Worse Off
New study finds they fared as well as those who unearthed the pain FRIDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may not be plagued by poor health and shortened lives if they repress their combat experiences, new research suggests. ...RA individuals from lower GDP countries keep working despite worse symptoms than richer countries
Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday 12 June 2009: Individuals diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in lower gross domestic product (GDP) countries (GDP below $11,000) are more likely to continue working despite higher disease activity and functional disability scores compared to their counterparts in ...Transplant patients have worse cancer outcomes, analysis shows
CINCINNATIAfter comparing two patient cancer registriesone featuring transplant patients and the other the general populationresearchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that transplant patients experience worse outcomes from cancer. These results will be published in the May 15...Tobacco smoke and alcohol harm liver worse as combo
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Exposure to second-hand smoke and alcohol significantly raises the risk of liver disease, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The finding adds to mounting evidence that tobacco smoke and alcohol are worse for health as a combination, beyo...African-Americans have worse prognosis at colorectal cancer diagnosis
(PHILADELPHIA) African-American patients with colorectal were more likely to present with worse pathological features at diagnosis and to have a worse five-year survival rate compared to Caucasian patients, according to a study conducted by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University. The resu...Transplanted fatty livers associated with worse prognosis for patients with HCV
A new study suggests that patients with hepatitis C (HCV) who need a liver transplant should not receive an organ with high levels of fatty deposits (a.k.a. hepatic steatosis). HCV recurrence was more frequent and earlier among those transplanted with such livers. These findings are in the January...Uninsured Face Worse Outcomes After Diverticulitis
Delaying care, they may present with more complications, experts say MONDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Patients lacking adequate health insurance are more like to fare poorly after a diagnosis of the painful and sometimes deadly intestinal condition known as diverticulitis, a new s...Poor understanding of medicare leads to worse healthcare access
Houston, Tex. November 18, 2008 A study appearing in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows that Medicare beneficiaries' understanding of their healthcare benefits may affect their ability to access needed care effectively and could lead them to the delay or avoid seeking care. I...Why Do African-Americans Fare Worse With Cancer? Access and Economics Are Only Part of the Story
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An analysis of almost 20,000 patient records from the Southwest Oncology Group's database of clinical trials finds, for the first time, that African-American breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer patients tend to die earlier than patients of oth...FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Zyprexa for Two Adolescent Indications
...s with schizophrenia experience onset of the disease before the age of 19(5). Studies have suggested that early-onset schizophrenia is associated with worse long-term outcomes compared to onset of illness in adulthood(6). About Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents Bipolar disorder affects approxima...New Poll Finds Disease Prevention is Top Priority for Americans in Health Reform
...n for reducing disease, improving quality of life, and lowering health care costs." "Spiraling health care costs and poor outcomes will only get worse in the absence of employer action and intervention," said Robert J. Gould, Ph.D., president for Partnership for Prevention. "Through Partnership for P...CuraGen Updates CR011-vcMMAE Data at ASCO
..., diarrhea, anorexia and nausea. Grade 3 or 4 neutropenia was observed in 5 patients. The absence of rash in the first cycle of treatment predicted a worse PFS. Additionally, in a subset of patients with tumor biopsies, high levels of tumor expression of GPNMB appeared to correlate with favorable outcome...Video: UCB Launches Vimpat(R) in the U.S. for Add-On Treatment of Epilepsy in Adults
...ession, any unusual changes in mood or behavior, or suicidal thoughts, behavior, or thoughts about self harm that they have never had before or may be worse than before. To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact UCB, Inc. at 866-822-0068 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch . Please ...OJ worse for teeth than whitening says Eastman Institute researchers
With the increasing popularity of whitening one's teeth, researchers at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, set out to learn if there are negative effects on the tooth from using whitening products. Eastman Institute's YanFang Ren, DDS, PhD...Chantix side effects no worse with depression history
People with a likely history of depression who take varenicline (Chantix) do not report more severe mood symptoms, medication side effects, or less success quitting smoking compared to people with no history of depression taking this drug. The findings by Group Health, Free & Clear, and SRI I...Toll of climate change on world food supply could be worse than thought
Global agriculture, already predicted to be stressed by climate change in coming decades, could go into steep, unanticipated declines in some regions due to complications that scientists have so far inadequately considered, say three new scientific reports. The authors say that progressive changes...Cigarette smoke, alcohol damage hearts worse as combo
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Tobacco smoke-filled air is bad for cardiovascular health, and drinking alcohol at the same time only makes it worse, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Testing the theory that moderate alcohol consumption provides some heart-protection ...Overuse of narcotics and barbiturates may make migraine worse
November 17, 2008 (Bronx, NY) A team of researchers led by investigators at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has determined that certain commonly-prescribed medications may have the unintended consequence of increasing the frequency of migraine attacks. This importan...Moving to the US increases cancer risk for Hispanics
... PHILADELPHIA Results of a new study confirm trends that different Hispanic population groups have higher incidence rates of certain cancers and worse cancer outcomes if they live in the United States, than they do if they live in their homelands. "Hispanics are not all the same with regard to th...Most older long-term cancer survivors have poor health habits
...o exercised more and had better dietary habits experienced better vitality and physical functioning. On the other hand, individuals who were obese had worse physical quality of life. "Our findings point to the potential negative impact of obesity and the positive effect of regular exercise and a healthy...22nd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sept. 12-16, 2009, Turkey
...ring from mental disorders, and in the European Union, mental disorders range as one of the leading causes of disease burden. What makes the situation worse is that the prevalence of mental and neurological disorders is expected to grow for a variety of reasons: an ageing population will lead to an increas...New theory gives more precise estimates of large-scale biodiversity
...spatial scales, but it will increase (the direness) of estimates of loss at smaller scales." Losing half of a small biome, for example, will have a worse impact than people think, while losing half of a large area would turn out better, he said. Harte, who spends his summers in the Rocky Mountains st...Natural compound stops retinopathy
...ssels may swell and leak fluid. In other people, abnormal new blood vessels grow on the surface of the retina. Over time, diabetic retinopathy can get worse and cause some vision loss or blindness. Oklahoma researchers found that this inflammation and leakage is caused by an imbalance of two systems in...Work-life imbalance - A global problem getting worse
"Society is changing but the way we think about work life isn't. Everyone knows the present organization of work does not work, but nobody is ready to translate this into actual practice, despite this having serious implications for gender equality and life satisfaction." This quote by a Dut...Looking Older Than You Are May Have Little to Do With Wrinkles
...ifying early facial imbalance is key to both correction and prevention. The worse it gets, the worse it gets, is how she phrased the dilemma. "By correcting early with sma...Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears
...has shown that certain marginalized groups including the mentally ill, the disabled and ethnic minorities such as African Americans and Latinos fare worse than others in the aftermath of natural disasters, suffering disproportionate impoverishment, injuries and fatalities. Now, a new study by UCLA ...Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears
...has shown that certain marginalized groups including the mentally ill, the disabled and ethnic minorities such as African Americans and Latinos fare worse than others in the aftermath of natural disasters, suffering disproportionate impoverishment, injuries and fatalities. Now, a new study by UCLA ...Energy Leaders Gather in Houston; Call for Balanced, Careful Approach to Energy Policy
...s would surge out of control. Or, if environmental standards were lifted on drilling, resources would be quickly depleted, and the country would be in worse shape than before. "There has been no time when this nation has had more serious choices to make on energy policy," White said. John...Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears
...has shown that certain marginalized groups including the mentally ill, the disabled and ethnic minorities such as African Americans and Latinos fare worse than others in the aftermath of natural disasters, suffering disproportionate impoverishment, injuries and fatalities. Now, a new study by UCLA ...InterMune Reports Results of Two Phase 3 CAPACITY Studies of Pirfenidone in IPF
...tically significant findings on any of the other pre-specified secondary endpoints in either study and pirfenidone treatment was not associated with a worse outcome on any endpoints. Although pooled analyses of secondary endpoints were pre-specified in the study protocol, these analyses are nonetheles...