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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012 Newborn Screening May Miss Infants With Adrenal Gland Disorder “The purpose of newborn screening (NBS) for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH; a genetic disorder present at birth characterized by a deficiency of the hormones aldosterone and cortisol and an overproduction of male sex hormones [androgens]) due…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., call Nicole Fawcett at 734-764-2220 or email nfawcett@umich.edu. CHICAGO – A survey of mid-career academic physician researchers finds that gender differences in salary exist, even after adjustment for differences in specialty, institutional characteristics, academic productivity, academic rank,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., call Jason Bardi at 415-502-4608 or email jason.bardi@ucsf.edu. To contact editorial co-author George T. O’Connor, M.D., M.S., call Gina DiGravio at 617-638-8480 or email gina.digravio@bmc.org. CHICAGO – Among six large integrated health care systems between 1996 and 2010…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012 Life Expectancy Gap Between Blacks, Whites Decreases “Understanding the causes of black-white differences in mortality has important consequences for interventions to reduce health inequalities in the United States. A previous report found a nearly 2-year decline in the black-white life expectancy gap among men and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Antonio Nicolucci, M.D., email nicolucci@negrisud.it. To contact editorial author Jolanta M. Siller-Matula, M.D., Ph.D., email jolanta.siller-matula@meduniwien.ac.at. CHICAGO – Among nearly 200,000 individuals, daily use of low-dose aspirin was associated with an increased risk of major gastrointestinal or cerebral bleeding,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact P.J. Devereaux. M.D., Ph.D., call 289-237-3748 or 905-527-4322, ext. 40654; or email philipj@mcmaster.ca. CHICAGO – Certain levels of the biomarker troponin T (a protein) measured in the first three days following noncardiac surgery are associated with an increased risk of death…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact David C. Mohr, Ph.D., call Marla Paul at 312-503-8928 or email marla-paul@northwestern.edu. CHICAGO – Patients with major depression who received telephone-administered cognitive behavioral therapy (T-CBT) had lower rates of discontinuing treatment compared to patients who received face-to-face CBT, and telephone administered…

EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT) MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 International Panel Updates Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Gordon D. Rubenfeld, M.D., of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Canada, and colleagues with the ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) Definition Task Force, developed a new definition of ARDS (the Berlin Definition) that focused…

EMBARGOED FOR EARLY RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT) SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012 Study Evaluates Use of Inhaled Saline for Young Children With Cystic Fibrosis Margaret Rosenfeld, M.D., M.P.H., of Seattle Children’s Hospital, and colleagues conducted a study to examine if hypertonic saline would reduce the rate of pulmonary exacerbations in children younger than 6 years of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Surface of Drug-Eluting Stents May Become Damaged During Balloon Expansion Drug-eluting stents (DES) have advanced percutaneous treatment (such as balloon angioplasty) of coronary artery disease by reducing restenosis (re-narrowing of a coronary artery after angioplasty). However, DES are associated with complications, including thrombosis (formation of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Sascha Kopke, Ph.D., email sascha.koepke@uksh.de. CHICAGO – Nursing homes that used a multicomponent intervention that included staff training and supportive materials for staff, residents and relatives had a lower rate of use of physical restraints such as bilateral bed rails and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Ferran Barbé, M.D., email fbarbe@arnau.scs.es. To contact José M. Marin, M.D., email jmmarint@unizar.es. To contact editorial co-author Edward M. Weaver, M.D., M.P.H., call Clare LaFond at 206-685-1323 or email clareh@uw.edu. CHICAGO – Two studies that included adults with obstructive sleep apnea…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, Ph.D., call Alison Trinidad at 323-442-3941 or email alison.trinidad@usc.edu; to contact corresponding author Tong Zhu, Ph.D., email tzhu@pku.edu.cn. To contact editorial co-author Francesca Dominici, Ph.D., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu. CHICAGO – During…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Eran Bendavid, M.D., M.S., call Ruthann Richter at 650-725-8047 or email richter1@stanford.edu. To contact editorial author Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., call Holly Auer at 215-349-5659 or email holly.auer@uphs.upenn.edu. CHICAGO – Between 2004 and 2008, all-cause adult mortality declined more in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Lars Ake Persson, M.D., Ph.D., email lars-ake.persson@kbh.uu.se. To contact editorial co-author Robert E. Black, M.D., M.P.H., call Tim Parsons at 410-955-7619 or email tmparson@jhsph.edu.  CHICAGO – Pregnant women in poor communities in Bangladesh who received multiple micronutrients, including iron and folic…

Prevalence of Girl Child Marriage Decreases in South Asia Girl child marriage (i.e., < 18 years of age) affects more than 10 million girls globally each year and is linked to maternal and infant morbidities (e.g., delivery complications, low birth weight) and an increased risk of death. Half (46 percent) of child marriages occur in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT) TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact R. Matthew Chico, M.P.H., email Katie Steels at katie.steels@lshtm.ac.uk or call +44 (0)20-7927-2802. CHICAGO – A review of studies reporting estimates of the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections/reproductive tract infections (STIs/RTIs) and malaria over the past 20 years suggests that a…