News tagged with status


Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy shows advantages, but also certain complications

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research indicates that the use of minimally invasive procedures (including the use of robotic assistance) for radical prostatectomy, which have increased significantly in recent years, may shorten hospital stays and ...


Church Attendance, Marital Status Can Affect Mood of Older Adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UA graduate student Rita Law's study to evaluate long-term effects of marital status and church attendance is among very few that have considered such a correlation.


New study finds income affects prostate cancer patients' survival

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prostate cancer patients of low socioeconomic status are more likely to die than patients with higher incomes. That is the finding of a new study from Swiss researchers to be published in the December 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer ...


Facebook's new status feature may cause headaches

Technology / Internet

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook has just announced another feature that should make you scramble to update your privacy settings.


New genetic link between cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid dysfunction identified

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Genes previously known to be essential to the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of cardiac muscle -- a healthy heartbeat -- have now also been found to play a key role in thyroid hormone (TH) biosynthesis, according ...


Persistent pain may accelerate signs of aging by 2-3 decades in middle-aged adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Younger people with pain look similar in terms of their disability to people who are two to three decades older without pain, according to a study published in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric So ...


Study identifies which children do not need CT scans after head trauma

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A substantial percentage of children who get CT scans after apparently minor head trauma do not need them, and as a result are put at increased risk of cancer due to radiation exposure. After analyzing more than 42,000 children ...


Market based reforms have not harmed equity in the NHS, say researchers

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Recent NHS reforms, such as the introduction of patient choice and provider competition, have not had a deleterious impact on equity with respect to waiting times for elective surgery in England, concludes a study published ...


Disparities in cancer care reflect hospital resources, study finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospitals that treat more black cancer patients have worse survival rates on average for patients with breast and colon cancer, regardless of race, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...


Orbiter Safe After Computer Swap

Orbiter Safe After Computer Swap

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode, a precautionary standby status, and in communications with Earth after unexpectedly switching to its backup computer on Thurs. Aug. 6.


Americans remain divided on government involvement in health insurance: survey

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Researchers from Indiana University's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) have found that support for government-sponsored health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same ...


No need to tighten your belt -- credit crunch will worsen obesity epidemic

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Levels of debt have been associated with an increased risk of being fat. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health blame the trend on the high price of healthy food, and a tendency for people worrie ...


Study finds no link between cognitive decline, socioeconomic status in elderly

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New UCLA research suggests that for seniors age 70 and older, socioeconomic status does not play a major role in the brain's continued ability to function. However, seniors who have never been married and ...


New research links social stress to harmful fat deposits, heart disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

A new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding ...


Study finds increased 'sibling risk' of obstructive sleep apnea in children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep indicates that children have an increased risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) if they have at least one sibling who has been diagnosed with the sleep disorder.