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Sex mismatches in kidney transplantation affect risk of graft failure Jul 3, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Graft failure is more common when male donor kidneys are transplanted into female recipients than with any other sex combination of donors and recipients, Swiss and German investigators report in the July 5th issue of The Lancet. The finding suggests an immunologic effect related to the male Y chromosome-encoded histocompatability (H-Y) antigen. |
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Logan College Dedicates The Standard Process Student Center On Its Chesterfield Campus Jul 3, 2008
Logan College of Chiropractic, St. Louis, officially completed a 6-month development project with the dedication of the $3.6 million Standard Process Student Center at a ribbon-cutting event held on the schools Chesterfield campus. The 6,500 square-foot facility is the latest construction project at the college over a 3 year period. |
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Medicare Puts Hold On All Payments To Physicians Jul 2, 2008
According to Medicare officials, the agency will not process any payments to physicians until July 15th at the earliest, leaving the congressionally mandated 10.6% reimbursement reduction in limbo. |
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Exercise does not appear to be efficacious in migraine therapy Jul 1, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exercise therapy does not appear to reduce headache attack or duration in migraine patients, according to findings published in the June issue of Headache. However, exercise may reduce pain intensities in this population. |
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Heel ultrasound may effectively assess osteoporotic fracture risk Jul 1, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Quantitative heel ultrasound plus the presence of clinical risk factors may provide an easy, effective method of assessing the risk of osteoporotic fractures in elderly women, Swiss researchers report in the July issue of Radiology. |
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Even modest weight gain raises risk of chronic kidney disease Jul 1, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In healthy men of normal weight, relatively small weight gain can adversely affect glomerular filtration rate, an indicator of chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a report by Korean researchers that will appear in the September issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. |
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Excellent results with early, aggressive treatment in RA Jun 30, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Continuous methotrexate and intra-articular corticosteroids can achieve "excellent clinical response and disease control after 2 years" in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Danish investigators report in the June issue of the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. |
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Abnormal p53 boosts prostate cancer recurrence Jun 30, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Prostate cancer is more likely to recur in men with abnormal p53 protein expression compared with their counterparts without this abnormality, according to researchers. |
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High birth weight linked to risk of adult-onset rheumatoid arthritis Jun 30, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants with higher than average birth weights appear to be twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adulthood compared with their normal-weight counterparts, new research suggests. According to authors of a report in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, posted online June 30, characteristics of the fetal environment responsible for high birth weight may increase RA susceptibility. |
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Prostate screening of obese men calls for PSA adjustment Jun 27, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with increased body mass index (BMI) generally have relatively low prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels even when prostate findings are abnormal -- and thus cancers may be missed or not detected promptly -- according to US and Canadian researchers. |
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High homocysteine and low vitamin B tied to hip fracture risk Jun 27, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elevated homocysteine is a strong risk factor for osteoporotic fractures in the elderly, and may not simply be a marker of lack of vitamin B, researchers report in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. |
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Brothers of women with PCOS share some of the same metabolic defects Jun 27, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Brothers of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are likely to exhibit a metabolic phenotype of dyslipidemia and insulin resistance, suggesting that these defects are heritable and are not sex specific, a team of endocrinologists reports in the June issue of Diabetes Care. |
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OUM Chiropractor Program Says Hello to Patrick Kelly, DC Jun 27, 2008
The OUM Chiropractor Program, Brentwood, Tenn, a leading chiropractic malpractice insurance offered by PACO Assurance, Inc, recently welcomed Patrick Kelly, DC, as the newest member to the OUM National Chiropractic Advisory Board. |
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HIV/AIDS incidence rising among males who have sex with males Jun 26, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Between 2001 and 2006, male-to-male sex was the largest HIV transmission category in the US, and the only one associated with an increasing number of HIV/AIDS diagnoses, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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U.S. judge dismisses suit over veteran health care Jun 26, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judged dismissed on Wednesday a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that claimed the government was failing to meet the mental health needs of former troops, who have a rate of suicide far higher than the general population. |
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