News tagged with archives
Better decision support tools needed for prostate cancer screening choice
Sep 28, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
Although screening for prostate cancer with the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test in men ages 50-70 can detect the cancer before it becomes symptomatic, knowing whether screening is beneficial for these ...
Study of hospital relocation provides insights to aid in disaster planning
Sep 21, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Restricting elective surgeries, limiting incoming transfers and enhancing the efficiency of the discharge process helped one major hospital reduce capacity before a relocation without interrupting emergency or trauma services, ...
Alcohol in bloodstream associated with lower risk of death from head injury
Sep 21, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Individuals with ethanol in their bloodstreams appear less likely to die following a moderate to severe head injury, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Surgery.
Dangers of lead pollution have not gone away -- particularly for children
Sep 17, 2009 |
1 / 5 (1) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- The campaign for car drivers to make the switch from leaded to unleaded petrol has been hailed as a major environmental success story in recent years. But despite the dramatic change in our ...
Heart study shows many suffer poor quality of life
Sep 15, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
The world's largest quality of life study of chronic angina patients has revealed that almost one in three experience frequent chest pain, which affects their daily life.
Government Web sites kept alive at Cyber Cemetery
Sep 14, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- It was a historian's nightmare. During the change from the Clinton to the Bush administration, Web sites affiliated with the Clinton White House went dark, and an unknown number of online documents ...
Implantable defibrillators may not benefit women with heart failure
Sep 14, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators do not appear to be associated with a reduced risk of death in women with advanced heart failure, according to a meta-analysis of previously published research in the September 14 issue ...
Web-based screening and intervention may reduce drinking in university students
Sep 14, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Web-based screening and personalized interventions for alcohol use may reduce drinking in undergraduate students, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Active older adults live longer, have better functional status
Sep 14, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Older adults who continue or begin to do any amount of exercise appear to live longer and have a lower risk of disability, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/A ...
Understanding the implications of prenatal testing for Down syndrome
Sep 14, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
With new prenatal tests for Down syndrome on the horizon promising to be safer, more accurate, and available to women earlier in pregnancy, the medical community must come together and engage in dialogue about the impact ...
Brain Defect Implicated in Early Schizophrenia
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of its kind, neurologists and psychiatrists at Columbia University have identified an area of the brain involved in the earliest ...
Rate of teen binge drinking cut more than 1/3 by prevention system
Sep 07, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Rates of binge drinking were 37 percent lower among eighth-grade students in communities in seven states that used a prevention system designed to reduce drug use and delinquent behavior compared to teenagers in communities ...
Surgeon experience not associated with survival among trauma patients in a structured trauma program
Aug 18, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Within a structured trauma program, trauma patients are equally likely to survive if they are treated by a novice surgeon or by the experienced trauma director, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Su ...
Dermatologist skin examinations detect more, thinner skin cancers than patients identify themselves
Aug 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Most melanomas detected in a general-practice dermatology clinic were found by dermatologists during full-body skin examinations of patients who had come to the clinic for different complaints, according to a report in the ...
Personality type linked to risk of death among individuals with peripheral artery disease
Aug 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A preliminary study suggests that a negative, inhibited personality type (type D personality) appears to predict an increased risk of death over four years among patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according ...
