Not-For-Profit Nursing Homes Fare Better in Studies

Quality of care higher than in for-profit residences, review finds WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Non-profit nursing homes provide better care than for-profit facilities, say Canadian researchers who reviewed the results of 82 studies from 1965 to 2003. Forty studies found th...

Many Americans Worry About How People With HIV/AIDS Fare in the U.S. Health System

Research shows that support for increased funding coexists with fears and stigma NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many Americans voice concern about how those infected with HIV fare in the U.S. health care system, according to "Impressions of HIV/AIDS in America" a new focus grou...

Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass

Study finds that for some groups, survival odds after angioplasty are not as great FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- A major international study pinpoints which people with major heart artery blockages would be better off having bypass surgery than artery-opening angioplasty. "By...

D&W Fresh Markets, Family Fare and VG's Expand Discounted Generic Drug Program

Now 90-day prescriptions for $10 - Plus More Women's Health Medications GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting March 1, 2009, D&W Fresh Market, Family Fare and VG's pharmacies will expand their generic drug program to 90-day prescriptions for only $10 - now there are two pr...

Substitutions Make Holiday Fare Healthier

Altering recipes to cut fat, salt a quick fix without losing taste, experts say SATURDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- You can eat healthier this holiday season by altering recipes and making good food choices, say experts with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. Holiday cooks can...

Elderly fare better when included in decisions on treatment trade-offs

Halting a medication that treats one ailment because it may worsen another is a treatment trade-off decision that elderly patients with multiple medical conditions would rather take part in, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatri...

New Report Analyzes How Children Fare in Candidates' Health Care Plans

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A report ( http://www.firstfocus.net/pages/3519/ ) released today has detailed how children are treated in the health care plans of the presidential candidates, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. The analysis identifies both opportunities and...

College-Educated Fare Better When Cancer Strikes

They've gained most from recent advances in treatment, survival, study finds TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) - Recent U.S. declines in deaths from the four most common cancers -- lung, colorectal, prostate and breast -- are primarily benefiting better educated Americans, new researc...

No Matter the Doctor, Black Diabetics Fare Worse Than White Counterparts

Study found doctors with patients of both races still showed disparities in outcomes TUESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that black patients with diabetes tend to fare worse than white patients do, even if they see the same doctor. In other words, the gap can't b...

Mayo Clinic: Heart patients fare better in 3-year program

ROCHESTER, Minn. - People recovering from acute heart problems such as heart attack and heart surgery are more likely to develop habits to control heart attack risk factors when they meet regularly with cardiac "disease managers," according to researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. These manager...

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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...

For Old or Young Dialysis Patients, AV Fistulas Remain Pure Gold

...sis," said Forauer. Researchers studied how 72 patients (36 were 75 years or older) and 36 younger patients (between the ages of 40 and 60) would fare when comparing the patency of AV fistulas. Researchers collected information about the patients' other medical conditions -- such as whether they had ...

Vermillion Presents Critical Data From Its OVA1 Clinical Trial

... mass," said Gail S. Page, President and CEO. "Research demonstrates that patients who have initial surgery performed by a gynecologic oncologist fare better than patients who are treated by a non-specialist. Any additional diagnostic tools that help the physician identify who is at a high risk of EO...

Pivotal Data Published For First Biomarker Combination Test to Determine Risk of Ovarian Cancer in Women Who Present With Pelvic Mass

...nsitivity of 76.5%, a specificity of 74.8%, and an NPV of 95.0%. "Research demonstrates that patients who are treated by a gynecologic oncologist fare better than patients who are treated by a non-specialist. Any additional diagnostic tools that help the physician identify who is at a high risk of E...

Anpath Group, Inc. Advances Relationship With the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro)

...tations, rail cars, buses and other vehicles. EnviroTru(R) will be used on high hand contact areas within the system such as door handles, hand rails, fare card machines, and other surfaces customers contact when passing through the transit system. ESI had previously reported the selection of EnviroTru(R)...

Abbott's XIENCE(TM) V Drug Eluting Stent Demonstrates Consistent and Positive Clinical Outcomes Out to Two Years

...dpoints such as major adverse cardiac events, retreatment and heart attack, patients treated with XIENCE V in the SPIRIT II clinical trial continue to fare better than patients treated with TAXUS out to two years," said Patrick W. Serruys, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Interventional Cardiology at Thoraxcentr...

Molecular Science Could Further Improve Leukemia Survival, Say St. Jude Researchers

...e that genes play in therapies, according to Ching-Hon Pui, M.D., St. Jude Department of Oncology chair. Currently, adolescents treated for ALL do not fare as well as children; and among adults with ALL, only 30 to 40 percent are cured. Cure rates for children with ALL -- defined as 10 years of cancer...

Controversial Shoulder Surgery for First-time Dislocation Proven Effective Long-Term

...litary cadets who suffered their first shoulder dislocation. The short-term results were excellent. The unknown, however, was how these patients would fare over the years. "We decided to examine these patients' long-term results," says Major Brett Owens, MD, of Williams Beaumont Army Medical Center in E...

Anpath Group, Inc. Announces Selection of its Disinfectant by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro)

...vironment in general." ESI stated that in addition to daily application of EnviroTru(TM) on high hand contact areas such as door handles, hand rails, fare card machine buttons, etc., in the event of a pandemic flu or other infectious disease outbreak Metro is prepared to use EnviroTru(TM) with the Foster...

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Food

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Climate change may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent

...her variables associated with climate change, such as sea-level rise, may affect pannes. Gedan said higher sea levels would help pannes, because forbs fare well in areas inundated by water. On the other hand, she added, the higher concentrations of carbon dioxide also expected to occur would accelerate fo...

Women faring well in hiring process for science faculty jobs at research universities

...red receive tenure at the same or higher rates than men. The congressionally mandated report examines how women at research-intensive universities fare compared with men at key transition points in their careers. Two national surveys were commissioned to help address the issue. The report's conclusi...

For old or young dialysis patients, AV fistulas remain pure gold

...lysis," said Forauer. Researchers studied how 72 patients (36 were 75 years or older) and 36 younger patients (between the ages of 40 and 60) would fare when comparing the patency of AV fistulas. Researchers collected information about the patients' other medical conditionssuch as whether they had peri...

Climate change affecting Europe's birds now, say researchers

...been increasing each year since the mid-80s, indicating that climate is having an increasing impact on biodiversity. "Those birds we predict should fare well under climate change have been increasing since the mid-80s, and those we predict should do badly have declined over the same period. The worry i...

Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears

...arch 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...

UCSB study finds physical strength, fighting ability revealed in human faces

...ay and direct experience with fighting, yet women are just as good at assessing these variables. The authors also point out that neither men nor women fare as well in assessing women's strength. This is entirely expected because, ancestrally, inflicting violence was mostly the province of men. "The nex...

Better beer: College team creating anticancer brew

...duate research endeavors, they typically are not given the pie-in-the-sky opportunity to pursue their own ideas." Regardless of how the BiOWLogists fare with BioBeer, they are already looking ahead to next year. Team members recently filed the necessary paperwork to create the Rice Synthetic Biology Cl...

Brown scientist finds coastal dead zones may benefit some species

...dators return as oxygen levels in the water rise, and those hunters primarily sea stars, fish and crabs feast on the clams. That means quahogs could fare worse if Narragansett Bay's waters got cleaner. Yet Altieri is not advocating that hypoxic zones remain. While the quahog is shown to benefit from ...

Wolves would rather eat salmon

... food web, we like to think of them as North America's answer to the Serengeti's wildebeest." The authors explain that the wolves' taste for fishy fare is likely based on safety, nutrition and energetics. Darimont said, "Selecting benign prey such as salmon makes sense from a safety point of view. Whi...

Nanotubes could help study retrovirus transmission between human cells

... nanotubes may serve as tunnels that protect retroviruses and bacteria in transit from diseased to healthy cells a fact that may explain why vaccines fare poorly against some invaders. To better study the missions of these intercellular nanotubes, scientists have sought the means to form them quickl...

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Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears

...arch 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...

Biotech Drops on Weaker First Quarter Drug Sales, But Broader Markets Remain on a Roll

...biotech companies that are linked to combating a potential flu pandemic, such as Gilead Sciences, Novavax and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, biotech didn't fare as well as the general markets," said G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company, a San Francisco based global leader in life sciences with activit...

Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears

...arch 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...

Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears

...arch 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...

New Report - Prospering in a Down Market: Strategies for Life Science Suppliers

...ted by the current economic recession," notes Tamara Zemlo, Ph.D., Vice President of Advisory Services. According to Zemlo, life sciences will likely fare better than other sectors of the economy, but she points out that scientists are employing a variety of ways to stretch their budgets. "Understanding...

Life Science Labs Reacting to the Economic Crisis

...o two-thirds indicated that their research has already been affected by the current economic recession. According to Zemlo, life sciences will likely fare better than other sectors of the economy but she points out that scientists are employing a variety of ways to stretch their budgets. "Understanding ...

Malaysian Healthcare Industry Is in Good Shape

...orm of clinical research outsourcing and clinical trials. The rest of the players such as medical devices and healthcare services provider will have a fare share of opportunity in biotechnology based products as well as expansion abroad. Despite the economy meltdown, opportunities are anticipated for...

Professor-turned-producer learns the movie biz

...keting the film and filling IMAX and other giant-screen theaters with eager moviegoers. Siegel is intrigued to see how "Molecules to the MAX" will fare not only against Hollywood blockbusters, but also against the growing cadre of sharks, dinosaurs, insects, historic sites, and heavenly bodies that ha...

AUDIO from Medialink and GlaxoSmithKline: Fiber Key in Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Symptoms

...EW YORK, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Summertime equals fun for a lot of folks. But for the one-in-five with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), typical summer fare could also mean aggravating their sensitive stomachs. Registered dietician Ashley Koff, author of "Recipes for IBS," has more on what people with IBS ...

Who Gives a Blog?

...short for "Web logs") are abandoned after their first posting and that two-thirds of all blogs are abandoned within two months. Wisconsin seems to fare better than average. Browsing more than 100 Wisconsin-based blogs, I found only half to be abandoned. Those that werent provided a few hours of mild-...

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Prion

...ween prion and non-prion forms, as well as the consequences of having intracellular prions. In certain situations, cells infected with [PSI+] actually fare better than their prion-free siblings; this finding suggests that, in some proteins, the ability to adopt a prion form may result from positive evolut...

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Identity

...ine - up to 50% off bank check prices. Latino Youth Meet With Chiefs of Police at Forum Hosted by Identity . Identity After-School program youth fare better than control group as shown in ... Equifax compiles credit reporting data from many sources and creates a credit ... Protect your identity ...