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Medical Studies/Trials News When it comes to cancer 'mind over matter'...doesn't matter
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31599
Scientists in the United States have found that a person's emotional state makes little difference to the progression of, or survival from cancer.
Electronic medical records improve continuity of care for osteoporosis
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31564
Electronic medical records and outreach programs of e-mail messages, letters and phone calls to patients and their primary care providers after a bone fracture can dramatically improve the diagnosis and management of the patients' osteoporosis, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the September issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Funding source a major determinant in findings regarding adverse effects in corticosteroid studies
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31546
Studies of inhaled corticosteroids, medications frequently prescribed for asthma and other respiratory problems, appear less likely to find adverse effects if they are funded by pharmaceutical companies than if they are funded by other sources, according to a report in the October 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Stem cells from a person's own umbilical cord effectively treat blood and immune disorders, juvenile diabetes
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31589
Two separate data abstracts displayed at the annual scientific meeting of the AABB - an international association of medical professionals and institutions focused on transfusion, transplantation and cellular therapy - highlight the increasing therapeutic use of autologous (one's own) cord blood stem cells for transplant and regenerative medicine, including treatments for blood and immune disorders, juvenile diabetes and neurological repair.
Zinc can help nursing home residents who are susceptible to pneumonia
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31598
When elderly nursing home residents contract pneumonia, it is a blow to their already fragile health.
Smoking cessation programs should be tailored to age
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31522
A new study shows that obstacles to smoking cessation and motives for quitting smoking vary with age.
Height may point to a biological basis for pedophilia
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31523
Height may point to a biological basis for pedophilia, according to new research released by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
Study explains why physical activity is beneficial in preventing heart attack and stroke
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31590
It is well known that physical activity can improve cardiovascular health. But it's the impact exercise has on specific known risk factors that accounts for about 60 percent of that improvement, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Genetic influence on HIV/AIDS progression
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31591
Viral load - the amount of virus in the blood of an HIV-infected person - has long been viewed as the chief indicator of how quickly someone infected with HIV infection progresses to AIDS.
Stanford seeks volunteers for flu vaccine study
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31595
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital are looking for adults and children to participate in three studies that will help them better understand how the flu vaccine works in people of different ages.
Study looks at physician migration
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31575
Physicians moving from developing countries to work in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom are more likely to originate from wealthier developing countries than less developed countries.
Hispanics and African Americans are less likely to use commercial weight loss programs
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A new analysis of a landmark weight loss survey suggests that Hispanics and African Americans are more likely than whites to use unproven dietary supplements for weight loss.
Severely restricting calories leads to a longer life
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New research now has shown for the first time that such a diet also can maintain physical fitness into advanced age, slowing the seemingly inevitable progression to physical disability and loss of independence.
More fast food means greater body mass index
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Americans are less willing to pay more for healthy dishes, less knowledgeable about healthy menu items, and more likely to consider healthy items bland tasting, finds a Temple University analysis.
University at Buffalo receives three grants to tackle problem drinking
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31548
Three new grants have been received by the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) to study "mechanisms of change" that may play a role in the process of changing problem drinking.
Educating poor in India helps health and well-being
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31562
Simply informing the poor about government-provided health, educational, and social services they are entitled to could empower them to take greater advantage of free or low-cost public services, a study in India suggests.
Sleep-deprivation causes brain to overreact to negative experiences
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31586
Without sleep, the emotional centers of the brain dramatically overreact to negative experiences, reveals a new brain imaging study in the October 23rd issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press.
Hypnotherapy effective for smoking cessation after hospital discharge
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31557
Hospitalized patients who smoke may be more likely to quit smoking through the use of hypnotherapy than patients using other smoking cessation methods.
40 percent of men and 30 percent of women are overweight
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31552
A new global study revealed that 40 percent of men and 30 percent of women are overweight, while 24 percent of men and 27 percent of women are obese, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Heparanase shows potential as cancer drug
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31570
Laboratory experiments have previously shown that cancer cells overproduce an enzyme, heparanase, which splits the body's own polysaccharide heparan sulfate into shorter fragments.
Human cytomegalovirus may help doctors treat glioblastoma multiforme
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31533
A common human virus may prove useful in attacking the deadliest form of brain tumors, according to a study by researchers at Duke's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center.
Endobronchial valve improves quality of life in emphysema patients
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31540
Emphysema patients whose lungs are implanted with a pencil eraser-sized, one-way endobronchial valve experience significantly improved measures of lung function and report better quality of life, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researcher Frank C. Sciurba, M.D., reported today at CHEST 2007, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Emotional well-being not an independent factor affecting the prognosis of head and neck cancers
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31528
A patient's positive or negative emotional state has no direct or indirect effect on cancer survival or disease progression, according to a large scale new study.
Improvements in survival after dialysis in the elderly
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31560
The majority of patients starting dialysis as a result of chronic kidney disease are 65 years or older at the time of their first treatment, and many are over 75 years.
Spending more for lung cancer treatment did not substantially increase patients' lives
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31587
A new study finds that survival for elderly patients with lung cancer has changed little despite large increases in healthcare expenditures for lung cancer treatment.
More educated people who develop dementia lose their memory faster
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31567
People with more years of education lose their memory faster than those with less education in the years prior to a diagnosis of dementia, according to a study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, published in the October 23rd issue of the medical journal Neurology.
Strong association between tattoos and hepatitis C virus infection
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31510
The connection between tattoos and hepatitis C virus (HCV) has long been suspected but never completely substantiated.
Impact of income inequality on health in both rich and poor nations
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31517
A wide income gap between the most affluent and the worst off in society is closely associated with higher death rates worldwide, especially for younger adults, finds a study published on bmj.com as part of a global theme issue on poverty and human development.
Prevalence of acne in adults 20 years and older
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31518
While acne is oftentimes as much a part of being a teenager as dating and Friday night football games, a new study examining the prevalence of acne in adults age 20 and older confirms that a significant proportion of adults continue to be plagued by acne well beyond the teenage years.
Clinical trial evaluating brain cancer vaccine is underway at NYU
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31479
A clinical trial evaluating a brain cancer vaccine in patients with newly diagnosed brain cancer has begun at NYU Medical Center.
Addicts renting their cars in exchange for drugs
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31472
A growing number of crack cocaine users are renting their cars in exchange for drugs, according to criminologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Justice Sciences.
Random drug and alcohol testing does not reliably keep student-athletes from using
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31456
In fact, the mere presence of drug testing increases some risk factors for future substance use, Oregon Health & Science University researchers report. Their findings are published in the November issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, the journal of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
Study supports the theory of the seasonal flu
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31446
Low temperatures and relative humidities have been linked to the rapid spread of influenza in a new study by researchers, led by Dr. Peter Palese, from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Study examines effects of caregiving
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31466
A new study from the USC Davis School of Gerontology found that caregivers of different ethnicities showed few negative mental or physical health effects as a result of tending to a family member with dementia.
Smurfs a major cause of osteoarthritis
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31468
A new clinical trial seeks to predict who is most likely to experience osteoarthritis, and to test whether an experimental treatment can prevent it altogether.
Oral medication restores missing protein in boys with muscular dystrophy
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31453
PTC124, an oral medication that changes the way muscle cells interpret genetic information, holds promise as a treatment for some patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the Muscular Dystrophy Association ( http://www.mda.org/ ) announced today.
Growth hormone use for diabetes healing
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31441
Slow or troubled healing processes are one of the many negative outcomes of diabetes and many other human diseases.
New insight into mechanisms by which E. coli colonize the intestines
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31442
Food poisoning caused by the bacteria enterohemorrhagic Eschericia coli (EHEC) O157:H7A results in severe abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhea.
Enzyme synergy shown to perpetuate sleeping sickness
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31430
The pathogenesis of the parasite African trypanosome (T. brucei) has been linked to a key protein switch, detailed in a new study by researchers at the University of Iowa and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center of Iowa City, led by Dr. John Donelson.
Clinical trial to evaluate glioblastoma multiforme vaccine commences at NYU
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31425
A clinical trial evaluating a brain cancer vaccine in patients with newly diagnosed brain cancer has begun at NYU Medical Center.
Avastin and chemo combo may offer hope for glioblastoma multiforme patients
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31426
Brain cancer patients with the poorest prognosis -- those with a type of deadly tumor known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) -- may survive longer with a drug that chokes off a tumor's blood supply.
Early intervention dramatically improves outcomes for new dialysis patients
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31428
A program of education, close medical follow-up, and self-empowerment for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) newly starting dialysis, reduces complications and improves outcomes - including significant reductions in mortality and hospitalization rates, reports a study in the November Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infection, sore throat, or ear infection
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31439
Antibiotics are not justified to reduce the risk of complications after upper respiratory tract infection, sore throat, or ear infection, finds a study published on bmj.com.
Mice offer clues to the roots of human resilience
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31451
When faced with adversity, some people succumb to debilitating psychological diseases including posttraumatic stress disorder and depression, while others are able to remain remarkably optimistic.
Heart attacks and suicide higher in those who have surgery for obesity
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31421
New research has revealed that deaths due to suicide and coronary heart disease are higher among people who have undergone bariatric surgery for obesity.
Aspirin may really be a man's drug
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31366
First it was an apple, now it is an aspirin a day that may keep the doctor away.
Cardiac stents may cause tingling in some patients
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31369
Coronary stents are commonly used to open blocked arteries of patients with coronary artery disease.
Sex hormone signature indicates gender rather than just chromosomes
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31403
Help with assigning gender could one day be at hand for intersex individuals whose genital phenotypes and sex chromosomes don't match, thanks to the discovery of a stable sex hormone signature in our cells.
HPV test beats Pap in detecting cervical cancer
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31404
A new study led by McGill University researchers shows that the human papillomavirus (HPV) screening test is far more accurate than the traditional Pap test in detecting cervical cancer.
Intra-arterial combination chemotherapy induces long-term survival for hepatocellular carcinoma
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=31386
Portal venous tumor thrombus (PVTT) is a crucial factor that can worsen the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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