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(PhysOrg.com) -- Suggestive evidence points to the possibility that children who have a diet high in calcium and who consume dairy products may have a lower mortality rate than those who don`t, according to a study by researchers in Bristol and Brisbane, published in the journal Heart. http://www.physorg.com/news168015704.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:03:32 EST news168015704 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of expectant mothers suggests that a group of common environmental contaminants called phthalates, which are present in many industrial and consumer products including everyday personal care items, may contribute to the country's alarming rise in premature births. http://www.physorg.com/news166109999.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:40:36 EST news166109999 A new study examining the evolution of maternal mortality rates in Spain since 1996 shows a 17% increase in deaths. This trend is linked to the widespread increase in maternal age. The highest death rates are among foreign women and those who live in the province of Malaga. http://www.physorg.com/news165669233.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:14:45 EST news165669233 Pioneering therapeutic trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome are underway at multiple medical centers around the world, according to a review in the June 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. http://www.physorg.com/news165494463.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:41:59 EST news165494463 Advances in weight-loss surgery have made it as safe as any routine surgical procedure, according to a Duke University Medical Center researcher who reviewed data from nearly 60,000 patients and found it resulted in low complication and mortality rates. http://www.physorg.com/news165066030.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:50:01 EST news165066030 There is a high probability of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in non-obese, middle-aged patients, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news163737165.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:33:13 EST news163737165 Implementing measures to improve nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunization coverage and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia, according to a study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers found that these strategies combined could reduce total child mortality by 17 percent and could reduce pneumonia deaths by more than 90 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news163077690.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:22:01 EST news163077690 May 21, 2009 - Inuit children have the highest rate of hospital admission for Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) globally, but new research shows that lowering risk factors though public health interventions and an enhanced immunization program could improve health for Inuit children and lower health care costs significantly. The first-of-its-kind case control research was conducted by Dr. Anna Banerji, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and researcher at St. Michael's Hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news162133812.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 14:10:37 EST news162133812 Once in hospital, heart attack patients should be treated without delay to cut their risk of death, ideally within even less than the 90 minutes currently recommended by clinical guidelines, say researchers in a paper published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news162057886.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 May 2009 17:05:30 EST news162057886 (PhysOrg.com) -- New UQ Science research has found the increase in nutrients coming out of our river systems is putting pressure on our mangrove forests and making them far more susceptible to environmental variability and climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news161967492.html Biology Tue, 19 May 2009 15:59:10 EST news161967492 Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found a high frequency of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative rods (GNRs) in two of the largest neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the city of Manila, Philippines. Improved infection control methods could reduce the vast number of hospital acquired neonatal infections. The BUSM study appears online in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. http://www.physorg.com/news161609401.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 12:32:40 EST news161609401 Two Oregon State University researchers have uncovered a pattern of distrust - and sometimes outright antagonism - among physicians at hospitals and midwives who are transporting their home-birth clients to the hospital because of complications. http://www.physorg.com/news161277224.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 May 2009 16:14:21 EST news161277224 Non-smokers live longer and have less cardiovascular disease than those who smoke, according to a 30-year follow-up study of 54,000 men and women in Norway. Smoking, say the investigators, is "strongly" related to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality from various causes. http://www.physorg.com/news160995294.html Medicine & Health Fri, 08 May 2009 09:55:24 EST news160995294 Over the next 20 years, the number of new cancer cases diagnosed annually in the United States will increase by 45 percent, from 1.6 million in 2010 to 2.3 million in 2030, with a dramatic spike in incidence predicted in the elderly and minority populations, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. http://www.physorg.com/news160275278.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:54:55 EST news160275278 Two-thirds of the difference between death rates among African Americans and Caucasians are now due to causes that could be prevented or cured, according to a new study appearing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The study, "Black-White Differences in Avoidable Mortality in the United States, 1980-2005," found that death from preventable or treatable conditions represented half of all deaths for individuals under age 65 and accounted for nearly 70 percent of the black-white mortality difference. http://www.physorg.com/news159712407.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:34:00 EST news159712407 The happiest children in Europe are in the Netherlands and Scandinavia but Britain is among the worst places to grow up, according to new British research published Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news159521415.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:39:18 EST news159521415 Healthcare Reform should start with "evidence-based reimbursement", structuring physician payment incentives around existing empirical evidence of clinical benefit, which would improve quality and reduce the cost of healthcare, says a commentary written by two cardiologists and published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. http://www.physorg.com/news159465899.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:05:34 EST news159465899 Where there is life there is hope and it is never too late to stop drinking, even with the most severe case of alcohol-related liver disease, according to new research from the University of Southampton. http://www.physorg.com/news159082814.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:41:34 EST news159082814 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of more than 45,000 people with HIV in Europe and North America suggests that the minimum CD4-cell count threshold for initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) should be 350 cells per µL of blood. This is at the upper limit of levels for starting cART currently recommended in many countries. http://www.physorg.com/news158508470.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:08:53 EST news158508470 A new study published in the journal Contemporary Economic Policy assesses the impact of state attributes on the likelihood that a state adopts policies to limit youth access to tobacco. Across nine different measures of youth access restrictions, results find key political, economic, and demographic factors influence the likelihood that such measures are adopted. http://www.physorg.com/news158405455.html Other Sciences Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:31:27 EST news158405455 People from the most deprived areas of England have a far higher risk of death after cardiac surgery than people from the least deprived areas, finds a large study published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news157964520.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:02:18 EST news157964520 Hospitals that reported higher scores on measures of safe practices did not have a significantly lower rate of in-hospital deaths compared to hospitals that reported lower scores on these measures, according to a study in the April 1 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news157738118.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:09:10 EST news157738118 Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) fell by more than 90 percent during the past three years at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania due to a multi-pronged approach combining leadership initiatives, electronic infection surveillance, checklists to guide line insertion and maintenance, and implementation of the Toyota Production System to encourage best practices in line care. The findings, which Penn physicians say provide a road map for cutting the deadly, costly toll of hospital-acquired infections nationwide, will be presented on Friday, March 20 at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). http://www.physorg.com/news156795919.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:25:50 EST news156795919 African Americans have a shorter life expectancy than whites, and cancer plays a major role in this disparity. African Americans are more prone to get cancer; they tend to present at a later, deadlier stage; and they have poorer survival rates after diagnosis. http://www.physorg.com/news156795797.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:24:03 EST news156795797 Screening for prostate cancer can reduce deaths by 20%, according to the results of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) published online 1700 hours CET, today 18 March (NEJM, Online First*). ERSPC is the world's largest prostate cancer screening study and provides robust, independently audited evidence, for the first time, of the effect of screening on prostate cancer mortality. http://www.physorg.com/news156618899.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:15:56 EST news156618899 Explaining trends in heart attack: prevention has improved, mortality rates are down, hospitalisation remains the same http://www.physorg.com/news156004048.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:27:43 EST news156004048 Scientists at Children's National Medical Center have identified a previously unknown contributor to organ failure in patients suffering from sepsis: platelets. http://www.physorg.com/news155930778.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:06:59 EST news155930778 A new study appearing in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has found that older women who reported taking daily naps had a significantly greater risk of dying. The results of the study are in contrast to a number of prior studies which have indicated that daily napping improves health. http://www.physorg.com/news155394840.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:15:20 EST news155394840 We've been told for years that popping a multivitamin will make us healthier and prolong our lives, but a major study recently found that daily multivitamins don't make a difference in the rate of breast or colon cancer, heart attack, stroke, blood clots or mortality. http://www.physorg.com/news155240777.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:26:32 EST news155240777 Mailed reminders to patients appear to promote colon cancer screening, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, electronic reminders to physicians appear to increase screening among patients with more frequent primary care visits. http://www.physorg.com/news154633206.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:41:08 EST news154633206