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Better stroke care could save thousands of lives every year

An eight-month study at 21 Canadian hospitals, led by a Canadian Stroke Network and Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher, found that the majority of patients did not receive care on an acute stroke unit.

25 Jun 2004

Senior citizens cutting back on medications due to high costs

The findings are based on an in-depth study over a three-year period of nearly 8,000 older adults who were regularly taking prescription medicines at the beginning of the study.

25 Jun 2004

Alzheimer’s Society expresses concern over new study on dementia drug effectiveness, published in The Lancet

The Alzheimer’s Society has expressed serious concern at the interpretation of a new study into the effectiveness of drugs for dementia, published in The Lancet.

25 Jun 2004

Treatment of cytomegalovirus remains a priority in order to improve the prognosis for people with HIV-1 infection

Treatment of cytomegalovirus infection remains a priority in order to improve the prognosis for people with HIV-1 infection, including people already receiving antiretroviral therapy

24 Jun 2004

Most Alzheimer's drugs don't work

A new UK study published in THE LANCET concludes that the most widely used drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease have only minimal efficacy, and that an alternative approach for treatment is needed.

24 Jun 2004

There are 9.8 million cancer survivors in the United States

A cancer survivor is defined as anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, from the time of diagnosis through the balance of his or her life. The findings are published in the June 25 issue of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, "Cancer Survivorship - United States, 1971 - 2001."

24 Jun 2004

Police are less likely to make an arrest when they encounter an incident of juvenile prostitution

"Prostitution of Juveniles: Patterns from NIBRS" is the latest in a series published by the U.S. Department of Justice. According to authors David Finkelhor and Richard Ormrod, disappointingly little statistical and research information exists about the prostitution of juveniles, in part because their social and legal status is somewhat ambiguous.

24 Jun 2004

Stubbing out smoking in all American workplaces would save more than 2,420 lives and $280 million

Making workplaces smoke-free would prevent an estimated 610 stroke and heart attack deaths in the first year alone, mostly among non-smokers. Over seven years, the study projects that more than 2,420 lives and $280 million would be saved – not including the costs associated with other smoking-related illnesses or lost productivity.

24 Jun 2004

Newborns are more susceptible to DNA damage from pollution than their mothers

New Study of New York City Residents Shows That Newborns are More Susceptible to DNA Damage from Pollution than Their Mothers.

24 Jun 2004

Findings from WHI memory study may not directly apply to newly menopausal women

The WHIMS article reported that estrogen therapy does not decrease, but may increase, the risk of probable dementia in women age 65 and older using hormones compared to women taking placebo.

23 Jun 2004

More than half of Canadian caregivers struggle to get their baby to sleep

More than half (59 percent) of Canadian caregivers struggle to get their baby to sleep, according to the JOHNSON'S Baby Sleep Survey.

23 Jun 2004

Delayed brain development and its interaction with puberty key to learning difficulties

A Northwestern University study is the first to suggest that delayed brain development and its interaction with puberty may be key factors contributing to language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia.

23 Jun 2004

Trends in the American diet can be described as more calories, more refined grains, more added sugars, and more added fats

The reasons behind these trends are largely economic, says Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Nutritional Sciences Program in the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine.

23 Jun 2004

Voluntary work associated with worse-than-normal physical health

Volunteering not only helps other people, but makes the do-gooder feel good too - or that's what we tend to assume.

23 Jun 2004

Staying stress free in your twenties reduces high blood pressure risk later on

Avoiding stress in your 20's could reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure in middle age, according to a report in today's issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

22 Jun 2004

Cognitive decline can occur before chemotherapy treatment

In a series of studies in breast cancer patients, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have confirmed the presence of “chemobrain” after chemotherapy treatment – but they also discovered that a significant portion of patients have cognitive declines even before chemotherapy.

21 Jun 2004

Cutting down on cigarettes may actually increase consumption of smoke, carbon monoxide and nicotine

Smokers who pride themselves on successfully cutting back as a step toward quitting tobacco altogether may be caught in a haze of self-deception.

21 Jun 2004

Bionomics and Nanogen reach milestone on the development of genetic tests for serious forms of childhood epilepsy

Bionomics Limited has announced that it had achieved a further milestone in its collaboration with Nanogen on the development of genetic tests for serious forms of childhood epilepsy

21 Jun 2004

More than half of head and neck cancer patients disabled by cancer or by cancer treatment

According to information in the article, more than 40,000 new cases of head and neck cancer are diagnosed annually in the United States, with 12,000 deaths each year. Patients with head and neck cancer often experience problems with eating and communicating, have pain, and have poor emotional well being and general functional status.

21 Jun 2004

Pacific Island nations have among the highest traffic-related death tolls in the world

A collaborative study between The University of Auckland and the Fiji School of Medicine documenting the scale and nature of traffic injury in Pacific Island nations could help minimise death on the roads.

21 Jun 2004

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Better stroke care could save thousands of lives every year

Senior citizens cutting back on medications due to high costs

Alzheimer’s Society expresses concern over new study on dementia drug effectiveness, published in The Lancet

Treatment of cytomegalovirus remains a priority in order to improve the prognosis for people with HIV-1 infection

Most Alzheimer's drugs don't work

There are 9.8 million cancer survivors in the United States

Police are less likely to make an arrest when they encounter an incident of juvenile prostitution

Stubbing out smoking in all American workplaces would save more than 2,420 lives and $280 million

Newborns are more susceptible to DNA damage from pollution than their mothers

Findings from WHI memory study may not directly apply to newly menopausal women

More than half of Canadian caregivers struggle to get their baby to sleep

Delayed brain development and its interaction with puberty key to learning difficulties

Trends in the American diet can be described as more calories, more refined grains, more added sugars, and more added fats

Voluntary work associated with worse-than-normal physical health

Staying stress free in your twenties reduces high blood pressure risk later on

Cognitive decline can occur before chemotherapy treatment

Cutting down on cigarettes may actually increase consumption of smoke, carbon monoxide and nicotine

Bionomics and Nanogen reach milestone on the development of genetic tests for serious forms of childhood epilepsy

More than half of head and neck cancer patients disabled by cancer or by cancer treatment

Pacific Island nations have among the highest traffic-related death tolls in the world

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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