Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Smoking Linked to Breast Cancer: No Impact on Aggressiveness

But smoking does not result in more advanced stage diagnoses or aggressive breast cancers at the time of diagnosis. That is the result of an analysis of 35…

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PET Scans Enhance Tumor Tracking After Stereotactic Radiotherapy

For many, a radiation technique called stereotactic body radiotherapy presents a less invasive treatment option to surgery that is typically offered to…

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New Insights Into Inflammation in Osteoarthritis Research

The most common degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis (OA) is marked by the breakdown of articular cartilage, which is the type of cartilage that lines…

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Housing Development Grows Near America’s National Forests

America’s national forests and grasslands provide the largest single source of freshwater in the United States, habitat for a third of all federally listed…

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Higher Obesity Hormones Found in Children With Down Syndrome

A research team from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine published their study online today in the…

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Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Hope for Parkinson’s Relief

For those who suffer with the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease, deep brain stimulation offers relief from the tremors and rigidity that can't be…

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Flaws in University Ranking Systems: A 2006 Study Analysis

The study focuses on the published 2006 rankings of The Times Higher Education Supplement “World University Rankings” and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University…

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Life After Westminster: Insights from Former MPs’ Careers

In a major study, a team at the University of Leeds sought to find out whether this is true by asking more than 180 former MPs about aspects of their…

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Hospital Malnutrition: 75% of Patients Affected Across Departments

The study, which was carried out in patients older than 18 in all the departments of the hospital except Psychiatry and Ophthalmology, showed that, although…

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Boosting Osteoporosis Care: The Role of Electronic Records

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…

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Chewing Gum Reduces Cravings and Controls Appetite

WHAT: A research study to be presented at the 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting of The Obesity Society, found that chewing gum before an afternoon snack helped…

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Atmospheric CO2 Rises with Economic Growth and Weaker Sinks

These conclusions are drawn in a new study in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,* October 22-26. The report…

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Endobronchial Valve Boosts Lung Function in Emphysema Patients

Emphysema patients whose lungs are implanted with a pencil eraser-sized, one-way endobronchial valve experience significantly improved measures of lung…

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Ensuring Anti-HIV Drug Adherence in Africa: Key Insights

According the results of a new study conducted by Tanzanian physicians and Duke University Medical Center researchers, HIV-infected patients who openly…

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New Clinical Studies: Innovative Therapies in Trials Today

Among the studies presented include a pair of reports on two separate novel insulin-like growth factor receptor enzyme inhibitors, both currently involved in…

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ICU Physical Therapy Cuts Hospital Stays for Respiratory Patients

The length of stay for a group of respiratory-failure patients who received mobility therapy within 48 hours of the insertion of a breathing tube was reduced…

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