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For COPD Patients, Pulmonary Rehabilitation And Improvement In Exercise Capacity Improve Survival

Date: May-22-2012
Pulmonary Rehabilitation And Improvement In Exercise Capacity Improve Survival Main Category: COPD Also Included In: Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy;  Sports Medicine / Fitness Article Date: 22 May 2012 - 2:00 PDT  email to a friend   printer friendly   opinions    rate article  Current ratings for: 'For COPD Patients, Pulmonary Rehabilitation And Improvement In Exercise Capacity Improve Survival' Patient / Public: 5 (1 votes) Healthcare Prof: Pulmonary rehabilitation and improvement in exercise capacity significantly improve survival in patients with chronic...

Task Force Recommends Against PSA-Based Screening For Prostate Cancer: Evidence Show Harms Of PSA Testing Outweigh The Benefits

Date: May-22-2012
Following a period for public comment, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendation for prostate cancer screening. The Task Force now recommends against PSA-based screening for all men, regardless of age. The final recommendations are being published early online in the May 22 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP). The Task Force last published recommendations on prostate cancer screening in 2008. At the time, researchers concluded that there was no evidence to support PSA testing...

Higher Mortality Rates In Older Asthma Patients May Be Due To Inflammation

Date: May-22-2012
Higher Mortality Rates In Older Asthma Patients May Be Due To Inflammation Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Seniors / Aging;  Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 22 May 2012 - 1:00 PDT  email to a friend   printer friendly   opinions    rate article  Current ratings for: 'Higher Mortality Rates In Older Asthma Patients May Be Due To Inflammation' Patient / Public: Healthcare Prof: Higher mortality rates among older adult asthma patients compared to their younger counterparts may be due, at least in part, to an increase in airway inflammation,...

The Risk Of Lung Cancer Mortality In The Elderly Increased By Tuberculosis

Date: May-22-2012
Tuberculosis   Urology / Nephrology          Vascular   Veterans / Ex-Servicemen   Veterinary   Viruses / Bacteria   Water - Air Quality / Agriculture   Women's Health           The Risk Of Lung Cancer Mortality In The Elderly Increased By Tuberculosis Main Category: Tuberculosis Also Included In: Lung Cancer;  Seniors / Aging Article Date: 22 May 2012 - 1:00 PDT  email to a friend   printer friendly   opinions    rate article  Current ratings for: 'The Risk Of Lung Cancer Mortality In The Elderly Increased By Tuberculosis' Patient / Public: Healthcare...

COPD Patients Commonly Experience Troublesome Dyspnea During Sexual Activity

Date: May-22-2012
Troublesome Dyspnea During Sexual Activity Main Category: COPD Also Included In: Seniors / Aging;  Heart Disease;  Depression Article Date: 22 May 2012 - 1:00 PDT  email to a friend   printer friendly   opinions    rate article  Current ratings for: 'COPD Patients Commonly Experience Troublesome Dyspnea During Sexual Activity' Patient / Public: 5 (1 votes) Healthcare Prof: Troublesome dyspnea that limits sexual activity is common among older patients with COPD, according to a new study from Denmark. "We compared measures of well-being, depression and...

Arthritis Drug Effective Against Parasite That Causes Amebic Dysentery And Liver Abscesses

Date: May-22-2012
Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine has led to identification of an existing drug that is effective against Entamoeba histolytica. This parasite causes amebic dysentery and liver abscesses and results in the death of more than 70,000 people worldwide each year. Using a high-throughput screen for drugs developed by the research team, they discovered that auranofin - a drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration 25 years ago for rheumatoid arthritis - is very effective in targeting an...

The Impact Of Urologic Diseases On The American Public

Date: May-22-2012
Urologic conditions like urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and prostate cancer are a major economic burden on Americans, resulting in health care costs of close to $40 billion annually, according to a newly released national report that charts the demographic and economic impact of urologic diseases in the U.S. Urologic Diseases in America (UDA), last published in 2007, has been revised and updated for 2012 and includes a wealth of new, detailed information on the utilization of resources and the costs associated with urologic diseases among men, women and children. The information is...

Driver Distraction Examined By CQ Researcher

Date: May-22-2012
More than 5,000 people die each year in vehicle crashes caused by distracted driving, many who were texting and talking on cellphones behind the wheel, according CQ Researcher (published by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE). Teen drivers appear to be especially susceptible to distraction. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that 16 percent of all drivers younger than 20 involved in fatal crashes were believed to be distracted - "the highest proportion of any age group," according to David Hosansky, author of the report, "Distracted Driving: Should driver texting and...

Building A Model To Explain How Take Their 'First Steps'

Date: May-22-2012
A collaboration between Lehigh University physicists and University of Miami biologists addresses an important fundamental question in basic cell biology: How do living cells figure out when and where to grow? The study, Oscillatory Dynamics of Cdc42 GTPase In The Control of Polarized Growth, appears in the journal Science Express. Assistant Professor Dimitrios Vavylonis and graduate student Tyler Drake joined a University of Miami research team led by Associate Professor Fulvia Verde to learn that protein Cdc42 begins the ballet of proteins that change cell polarity, by oscillating throughout...

Patients Referred For Pulmonary Rehabilitation Likely To Suffer From Bone Disease

Date: May-22-2012
There is a very high prevalence of osteopenia/osteoporosis among male patients with pulmonary disease, according to a new study from researchers in California. "While post-menopausal women are routinely screened for osteoporosis, men are not," said Kathleen Ellstrom, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist and Director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at the Veterans Administration Loma Linda Healthcare System. "The high prevalence of bone disease we found in male patients referred to our pulmonary rehabilitation program suggests that routine screening should also be...