Liver cancer patients with high serum levels of hepatitis B virus face poorer outcomes
In the June issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), researchers report their findings from the first-ever study examining the prognostic value of serum HBV DNA levels for patients with liver cancer undergoing chemotherapy. They found that patients with high pre-chemotherapy levels of HBV DN...Poorer breast cancer prognosis with reduced physical activity
A multicenter study headed by Melinda Irwin, M.D., from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine, have found that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer are less active after the diagnosis leading to increase in body weight and body fat, which, in turn, leads to poorer breast cancer diagnosis. The population-based, multicenter study involved 856 patients wit...Poorer Quality of Life Observed In Overweight Kids
The more overweight children are, the poorer quality of life they will have, say researchers according to a new study.// Nearly 2,000 children participated in the study . Researchers measured health-related quality of life using a short survey completed by a parent and child self-report to assess the physical, emotional, social and academic functioning of the children. About 75...Dental Hygiene Found Wanting In Children Of Poorer Communities In Scotland
A National research that was conducted in Scotland has found that the children in the poorer communities are twice as likely to suffer from tooth decay.// The research that was conducted by the National Dental Inspection Programme 2005 has shown that 64% of children in the most deprived areas had decay in permanent teeth by primary age of seven as compared to only 30% of children in w...Insufficient Sleep Associated with Poorer Blood Glucose Control
CHICAGO - Getting fewer hours of sleep or lower-quality sleep may be associated with poorer blood glucose control among African-Americans with diabetes//, according to an article in the September 18 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a theme issue on sleep. Many individuals in modern society experience a chronic lack of adequate sleep, either because they voluntarily stay up late...Colorectal Cancer Survival Rates Poorer in African-Americans
A new Study led by Chyke A. Doubeni, M.D., M.P.H. of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Meyers Primary Care Institute in Worcester, MA, researchers from// the National Cancer Institute-funded Cancer Research Network investigated the association between tumor stage and risk of death by race in colorectal cancer and factors related to ethnic/racial differences in a population of...