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Increase in breast cancer seen in Asian American women

The incidence of cancer among Asian Americans in California has dropped 5.9 percent and deaths from the disease have dropped 16.3 percent since 1988.

22 Oct 2004

New Center for Space Medicine

The Cleveland Clinic is launching a Center for Space Medicine that will coordinate its efforts to research medical problems experienced by humans during long-term space flight. The center will work closely with engineers and scientists at Cleveland’s NASA Glenn Research Center.

22 Oct 2004

A new general medical journal launched this week with a non-traditional publishing model

A new general medical journal launched this week with a non-traditional publishing model is the latest top-tier venue for publishing important, peer-reviewed biomedical research, and is being called the first major, international journal to be introduced in more than 70 years.

22 Oct 2004

New Yorkers' use of mental health services rose only slightly after 9//11

New Yorkers' use of mental health services rose only slightly during the year after the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks compared with the year before the attacks, a recent study suggests. But the number of mental health visits among people already receiving treatment increased after the attacks.

22 Oct 2004

Gene variations explain why people with type 2 diabetes are at much greater risk for coronary artery disease

New studies by an international team of scientists led by Joslin Diabetes Center have found variations in a gene that help explain why people with type 2 diabetes are at much greater risk for coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death for this group.

21 Oct 2004

Babies born by Caesarean section may be at greater risk of diarrhoea

Babies born by Caesarean section may be at greater risk of diarrhoea and sensitisation to certain foodstuffs during their first 12 months than babies born vaginally, suggests research in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

21 Oct 2004

FDA approves partial artificial heart

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a partial artificial heart intended to keep people alive in the hospital while they are awaiting a heart transplant.

18 Oct 2004

A study to help women decide how to give birth

A study to help women decide how to give birth has started in Bristol and Weston. Known as the DiAMOND study (Decision Aids for Mode Of Next Delivery), it is being run jointly by the Universities of Bristol and Dundee.

18 Oct 2004

Location of body fat on older women can indicate the likelihood of heart disease

The location of body fat on older women can indicate the likelihood of heart disease, according to a new study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

16 Oct 2004

Geriatricians call for creative and wide-reaching solutions to end-of-life care for patients with dementia

Three University of Chicago geriatricians are calling for creative and wide-reaching solutions to the problem of sub-optimal end-of-life care for patients with dementia.

14 Oct 2004

Black men have better sexual and urinary function than white men after prostate cancer surgery

Five years after surgery for prostate cancer, African-American men reported better sexual and urinary function than non-Latino white men-yet they were also more dissatisfied with problems related to their sexual function

13 Oct 2004

Researchers have identified a protein in the inner ear that translates sound into the nerve impulses used by the brain

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and their colleagues report in the October 13 Nature advanced on-line edition that they have identified a protein deep in the inner ear that they believe translates sound into the nerve impulses used by the brain.

13 Oct 2004

Research in children has shown that blood loss after heart surgery can be minimized if fresh whole blood is used for transfusions

A standard medical practice at some of the nation's largest children's hospitals – using whole, recently donated blood for certain infant open heart surgeries – may do more harm than good.

13 Oct 2004

Greater risk for children of mothers over 40 to die in the womb or as a newborn

Women who give birth after 40 run a greater risk of experiencing pregnancy complications than younger women. Moreover, there is an increased risk of the child dying in the womb or in close connection with delivery.

13 Oct 2004

Technique for genetically modifying blood stem cells brings cure for blood diseases closer

The condition of mice with a genetic blood disease called beta-thalassemia improved significantly following treatment of their blood forming cells with a gene that enabled them to produce the type of hemoglobin normally found only in the fetus.

12 Oct 2004

Surgical treatment for morbid obesity helps prevent hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea

A summary of data from numerous studies suggests that the majority of morbidly obese patients who underwent bariatric (obesity) surgery experienced effective weight loss and improvement in diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea, according to an article in the October 13 issue of JAMA.

12 Oct 2004

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Increase in breast cancer seen in Asian American women

New Center for Space Medicine

A new general medical journal launched this week with a non-traditional publishing model

New Yorkers' use of mental health services rose only slightly after 9//11

Gene variations explain why people with type 2 diabetes are at much greater risk for coronary artery disease

Babies born by Caesarean section may be at greater risk of diarrhoea

FDA approves partial artificial heart

A study to help women decide how to give birth

Location of body fat on older women can indicate the likelihood of heart disease

Geriatricians call for creative and wide-reaching solutions to end-of-life care for patients with dementia

Black men have better sexual and urinary function than white men after prostate cancer surgery

Researchers have identified a protein in the inner ear that translates sound into the nerve impulses used by the brain

Research in children has shown that blood loss after heart surgery can be minimized if fresh whole blood is used for transfusions

Greater risk for children of mothers over 40 to die in the womb or as a newborn

Technique for genetically modifying blood stem cells brings cure for blood diseases closer

Surgical treatment for morbid obesity helps prevent hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea

New study highlights survey vulnerabilities

Discovery of the oldest remains of a woman who died in childbirth

In some cases, children with Hodgkin’s Disease can safely skip or reduce the amount of radiation therapy received

School physical education programs are the place to score in the battle with obesity

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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