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Study Identifies Characteristics of Sunbed Users, Motivation for Tanning
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Sven Schneider, Ph.D., M.A., email Sven.Schneider@medma.uni-heidelberg.de. CHICAGO– A telephone survey of 4,851 individuals in Germany suggests the overall prevalence of sunbed use was nearly 40 percent for participants who had ever used one and 14.6 percent had used a tanning bed…
Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery Study Highlights Dry eye symptoms and chemosis (swelling of the tissues on the surface of the eye) were reported in 26.5 percent and 26.3 percent of patients, respectively, following blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), according to a study of 892 cases…
Study Suggests Men Diagnosed with ADHD as Children Had Worse Educational, Occupational, Economic, Social Outcomes as Adults
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Rachel G. Klein, Ph.D., call Allison Clair at 212-404-3753 or email allison.clair@nyumc.org. CHICAGO – Men who were diagnosed as children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appeared to have significantly worse educational, occupational, economic and social outcomes in a 33-year, follow-up study that compared…
Archives of Neurology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Archives of Neurology Study Highlights While deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus has been associated with improvement in the symptoms of Parkinson disease (PD), including bradykinesia (a slowness of motion), a study of 24 patients with PD suggests that when stimulation was turned off…
Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Study Highlights Simulated surgical training appeared to improve technical skills to a proficiency level in otolaryngology residents in a study of 14 residents at two academic medical centers in New York, with eight residents trained to proficiency on an…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Archives of Dermatology Study Highlights A telephone survey of 4,851 individuals in Germany suggests the overall prevalence of sunbed use was 39.2 percent for participants who had ever used one and 14.6 percent had used a tanning bed within the last 12 months (Online First,…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights A study that sought to develop and validate a clinical prediction tool for patients after ischemic stroke suggests that the PLAN score (derived from preadmission comorbidities [co-existing diseases], level of consciousness, age and neurologic deficit) appeared to predict 30-day…
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights Researchers in Finland suggest that the risk of long-term consequences from childhood urinary tract infection (UTI) appears to be low after a follow-up study found no cases of impaired renal function or hypertension six to 17 years…
Weight Loss Surgery May be Associated with Increased Substance Use Following Surgery
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Alexis Conason, Psy.D., call 646-841-3652 or email drconason@gmail.com. CHICAGO – Patients who undergo bariatric weight loss surgery may be at increased risk for substance use (drug use, alcohol use and cigarette smoking) following surgery, particularly among patients who undergo laparoscopic Roux-en-Y…
Archives of Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights Patients who undergo bariatric weight loss surgery may be at increased risk for substance use (drug use, alcohol use and cigarette smoking) following surgery, particularly among patients who undergo laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery who appear to be at increased…
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Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights Discussing driving concerns with older patients is the subject of two articles that report the results of a survey of 404 vision care professionals (VCPs) in Michigan (both optometrists and ophthalmologists). In one article, more than 80 percent of VCPs…
Moving from High-Poverty to Low-Poverty Neighborhoods Appears Beneficial for Some Adolescent Girls
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Theresa L. Osypuk, Sc.D., Sc.M., call Lauren Dibble at 617-373-5460 or email l.dibble@neu.edu. CHICAGO– Although some girls benefited from a program that moved families from high-poverty areas to low-poverty areas, boys and adolescents from families with preexisting health-related vulnerabilities did not…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights Overall death rates due to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection declined over time between 1993 and 2007 for most men and women by race/ethnicity and educational levels, with the largest absolute decreases for nonwhites because of their higher baseline…
Study Finds Decline in HIV Deaths for Most Men, Women by Race/Ethnicity, Education
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact author Edgar P. Simard, Ph.D., M.P.H., call David Sampson at 213-840-7525 or email David.Sampson@cancer.org. To contact commentary author William Cunningham, M.D., M.P.H., call Enrique Rivero at 310-794-2273 or email ERivero@mednet.ucla.edu. CHICAGO – Overall death rates due to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights A study of children in theNew Bedford,Mass., area suggests that low-level prenatal mercury exposure may be associated with a greater risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-related behaviors and that fish consumption during pregnancy may be associated with a…
Prenatal Mercury Exposure May be Associated with Risk of ADHD-Related Behaviors; Fish Consumption May be Associated with Lower Risk
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Sharon K. Sagiv, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Tom Langford at 617-534-1605 or tlangford@partners.org. To contact editorial author Bruce P. Lanphear, M.D., M.P.H., call 778-782-8650 or email blanphear@sfu.ca. CHICAGO– A study of children in the New Bedford, Mass., area suggests that low-level prenatal…
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Archives of Neurology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 Archives of Neurology Study Highlights A study of 84 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and 24 healthy controls that used a high-resolution imaging technique to measure retinal layer thickness suggests that those retinal measures reflect global central nervous system pathology in patients with MS. The…
Psychiatric Disorders May Persist in Some Young People After Detention
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Linda A. Teplin, Ph.D., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. CHICAGO– A study of juveniles detained in Chicagosuggests that more than 45 percent of males and nearly 30 percent of females had one or more psychiatric disorders with associated…
Archives of General Psychiatry Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 Archives of General Psychiatry Study Highlights A study of juveniles detained in Chicago suggests that more than 45 percent of males and nearly 30 percent of females had one or more psychiatric disorders with associated impairment five years after detention (See news release below). A…
Study Suggests High Use of Medicare Skilled Nursing Benefit at End of Life
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Alexander K. Smith, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., call Jason Bardi at 415-502-4608 or email jason.bardi@ucsf.edu. To contact commentary author Peter A. Boling, M.D., call Cheryle Rodriguez at 804-827-0889 or email clrodriguez@vcu.edu. CHICAGO– Almost one-third of older adults received care in…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights Almost one-third of older adults received care in a skilled nursing facility in the last six months of life under the Medicare posthospitalization benefit, according to a study of more than 5,000 Medicare participants who died (Online First, see…
Study Examines Safety of Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine Given to Females
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Nicola P. Klein, M.D., Ph.D., call Maureen McInaney at 510-891-3173 or email maureen.mcinaney@kp.org. CHICAGO– A study of girls and young women in Californiasuggests that the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4) appeared to be associated with syncope (fainting) on the…
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Study Examines Delayed, Misdiagnosis of Sporadic Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Michael D. Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D., call Jason Bardi at 415-502-4608 or email jason.bardi@ucsf.edu. To contact editorial author Richard J. Caselli, M.D., call Jim McVeigh at 480-301-4222 or email mcveigh.jim@mayo.edu. CHICAGO– A medical record review study of 97 patients with…
Study Links Active Video Gaming with Higher Energy Expenditure in Children
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Michael M. Morris, M.Sc., email m.morris@chester.ac.uk. CHICAGO – Compared with rest and sedentary video game play, active video gaming with dancing and boxing were associated with increased heart rate, oxygen uptake and energy expenditure in a study of 18…
Study Analyzes Variations in Antibiotic Prescribing Among Older Patients
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact author Yuting Zhang, Ph.D., call Allison Hydzik or Cyndy McGrath at 412-647-9975 or email hydzikam@upmc.edu and mcgrathc3@upmc.edu. To contact commentary author Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.P.H., call Jason Bardi at 415-502-4608 or email jason.bardi@ucsf.edu. CHICAGO– A study of Medicare data suggests there…
Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights Two articles examine antibiotic prescribing patterns. A study of Medicare data suggests there was wide variation in antibiotic prescribing for older patients based on geography and the season in which prescriptions for the medication were written (Online First, see…
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Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery Study Highlights Endoscopic forehead-lift appears to enable long-lasting results, and patients receiving the treatment reported feeling satisfied, according to a review of 143 medical records of patients who underwent endoscopic forehead-lift between 1994 and 2007. A total of 98 patients…
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Archives of Dermatology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 Archives of Dermatology Study Highlights A study of 201 patients in Spain that evaluated differences in the initial prognosis of patients with cutaneous melanoma managed by teledermatology (TD) compared with non-TD referral systems suggests that the frequency of melanoma with a favorable initial prognosis was…
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Resuming Warfarin After Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding Associated with Lower Risk for Thrombosis, Death
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact author Daniel M. Witt, Pharm.D., F.C.C.P., B.C.P.S., call Amy Whited at 303-344-7518 or email Amy.L.Whited@kp.org. To contact commentary author Daniel J. Brotman, M.D., call Stephanie Desmon at 410-955-8665 or email sdesmon1@jhmi.edu. CHICAGO– A study of patients treated with the anticoagulant medication…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights A study of patients treated with the anticoagulant medication warfarin suggests that resuming warfarin therapy after gastrointestinal tract bleeding was associated with lower risk for thrombosis (blood clot) and death (Online First, see news release below). A study suggests…
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Study Compares Duodenal Switch vs. Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Matthew J. Martin, M.D., call Carrie Bernard at 253-968-2968 or email carrie.bernard@us.army.mil. To contact critique author Alec C. Beekley, M.D., call Katie Krauss at 215-955-5507 or email katharine.krauss@jefferson.edu. CHICAGO – A study comparing bariatric surgical procedures for obesity suggests…
Archives of Surgery Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 Archives of Surgery Study Highlights A study comparing bariatric surgical procedures for obesity suggests that even though undergoing the less commonly used biliopancreatic diversion/duodenal switch (DS) may be associated with higher early risks compared with gastric bypass (GB), the DS appears to achieve better weight…
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Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights An observational cross-sectional study of 1,936 patients of the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort found an association between retinopathy (a persistent or acute disorder involving the retina) and decreased kidney function. The authors suggest that retinovascular pathology may reflect renal disease,…
Archives of Neurology Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Archives of Neurology Study Highlights Treatment with angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs; group of medications used in treatment of hypertension, diabetic nephropathy and congestive heart failure) among persons with hypertension is associated with less amyloid accumulation in the brain and a decreased likelihood of post-mortem neuropathologic…
Vigorous Physical Activity Associated with Reduced Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Youth
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Jonathan McGavock, Ph.D., call 204-480-1359 or email jmcgavock@mich.ca. CHICAGO– A study of Canadian youth suggests that vigorous physical activity was associated with reduced cardiometabolic risk factors, such as body mass index z score (BMI-z), waist circumference, systolic blood pressure…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights A study of Canadian youth suggests that vigorous physical activity was linked to reduced cardiometabolic risk factors, such as body mass index z score (BMI-z), waist circumference, systolic blood pressure and increased cardiorespiratory fitness (Online First, see…
Study Suggests Acupuncture May be Better Than No Acupuncture, Sham Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic Pain
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact author Andrew J. Vickers, D.Phil., call Caitlin Hool at 212-639-3573 or email hoolc@mskcc.org. To contact commentary author Andrew L. Avins, M.D., M.P.H., call Maureen McInaney at 510-891-3173 or email maureen.mcinaney@kp.org. CHICAGO– An analysis of patient data from 29 randomized controlled trials…
Study Links Electrolyte Disorder Hyponatremia with Increased Risk of Death, Complications Following Surgery
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author David W. Bates, M.D., M.Sc., call Tom Langford at 617-534-1605 or email tlangford@partners.org. To contact corresponding commentary author Joseph A. Vassalotti, M.D., call Christie Corbett at 212-241-9200 or email christie.corbett@mountsinai.org. CHICAGO – An observational study of nearly 1 million…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights An observational study of nearly 1 million patients who underwent surgery suggests that preoperative hyponatremia (an electrolyte disorder in which sodium levels in the blood are low) was associated with an increased risk of complications and death within 30…
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Study Suggests Possible Association Between Cardiovascular Disease, Chemical Exposure
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Anoop Shankar, M.D., Ph.D., call Amy Johns at 304-293-1412 or email johnsa@wvuhealthcare.com. To contact commentary author Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., M.S., call Laura Gallegos at 915-309-5647 or email laura.gallegos@ttuhsc.edu. CHICAGO– Exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a manmade chemical used in the manufacture…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine Study Highlights Exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a manmade chemical used in the manufacture of some common household products, appears to be associated with cardiovascular disease and peripheral arterial disease in a study of 1,216 individuals (Online First, see news release…
Study Examines Association Between Parkinson Disease, Cancer
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Lisa A. Cannon-Albright, Ph.D., call Kathy Wilets at 801-581-5717 or email kathy.wilets@hsc.utah.edu. To contact editorial author Walter A. Rocca, M.D., M.P.H., call Brian Kilen at 507-284-5005 or email newsbureau@mayo.edu. CHICAGO– A study that used a Utahgenealogic database and a…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 Archives of Neurology Study Highlights A study that used a Utah genealogic database and a statewide cancer registry to examine the relationship between Parkinson disease (PD) and cancer suggests an increased risk of prostate cancer and melanoma in patients with PD and their relatives (Online…
Prenatal Maternal Smoking Associated With Increased Risk of Adolescent Obesity
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Zdenka Pausova, M.D., call Caitlin McNamee-Lamb at 416-813-7654, ext. 1436 or email caitlin.mcnamee-lamb@sickkids.ca. CHICAGO – Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking appears associated with an increased risk for adolescent obesity, and is possibly related to subtle structural variations in…
Archives of General Psychiatry Study Highlights
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 Archives of General Psychiatry Study Highlights Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking appears associated with an increased risk for adolescent obesity and is possibly related to subtle structural variations in the brain that create a preference for eating fatty foods (Online First; see news release…
Study Details Bullying Involvement for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Paul R. Sterzing, Ph.D., M.S.S.W., call Yasmin Anwar at 510-643-7944 or email yanwar@berkeley.edu. CHICAGO– A study based on information collected from 920 parents suggests an estimated 46.3 percent of adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder were the victims of bullying, according…
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Study Highlights A study based on information collected from 920 parents suggests an estimated 46.3 percent of adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder were the victims of bullying (Online First, see news release below). While many children with pleural…