Medica 2007

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• Developed: Formula to Gauge Risk of Disease Clusters
  Researchers have developed a mathematical formula which can help to assess whether concentrated disease outbreaks can be ascribed to random-chance events or, instead, suggest a contagious or environmental effect that requires epidemiological investigation.
  
  
• Medica 2007: Cancer
  Poor Countries: Screening Technique For Cervical Cancer Visual inspection using acetic acid (VIA) is an effective method of screening for cervical cancer in developing countries. It could make women in these countries up to 35 percent less likely to die from the disease.
  
  
• Medica 2007: HIV
  US: Abstinence Programs Fail to Cut HIV Infection Rates Programmes that exclusively encourage abstinence from sex do not seem to affect the risk of HIV infection in high income countries like the USA.
  
  
• Medica 2007: Hospitals: Hand-Washing Video Improves Hygiene
  In a study a simple video-based awareness programme significantly improved hand washing among family members visiting sick children in a paediatric intensive care unit.
  
  
• Technology: Removing Viruses From Drinking Water
  University of Delaware's (UD) patented technology, incorporates highly reactive iron in the filtering process to deliver a chemical "knock-out punch" to a host of notorious pathogens, from E. coli to rotavirus.
  
  
• Inherited: Ability To Listen To Two Things At Once
  Researchers have found that the ability to listen to two things at once is largely influenced by genes. This may help to understand auditory processing disorders.
  
  
• Medica 2007: Hospitals: Identifying Potentially Violent Individuals
  A researcher has identified possible behaviours that precede violent behaviour in accident and emergency departments. The STAMP - which stands for Staring and eye contact, Tone and volume of voice, Anxiety, Mumbling and Pacing – violence assessment framework could be used by any...
  
  
• Medica 2007: Hypertension: Dark Chocolate Reduces Blood Pressure
  Eating about six grams a day of dark chocolate is associated with a lowering of blood pressure, without weight gain or other adverse effects, according to a study
  
  
• Medica 2007: Heart Attack: Obese Patients More Likely To Survive
  Amongst patients who had received initial treatment for a specific type of heart attack, those that were obese were less likely to die during the following three years than normal weight patients
  
  
• Medica 2007: Multiple Sclerosis: Testosterone May Help Men
  A small pilot study suggests that testosterone treatment may help men with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. It seems to reduce symptoms, slow brain degeneration and increase muscle mass
  
  
• Medica 2007: Retina: Preventing Blindness with Omega-3 Fatty Acids
  The study was done in mice, but a clinical trial at Children’s Hospital Boston will soon begin testing the effects of omega-3 supplementation in premature babies, who are at risk for vision loss. Abnormal vessel growth is the cause of retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy in...
  
  
• Medica 2007: Lifetime: Every Third Adult Reported Alcohol Problem
  About 30 percent of Americans report having some form of alcohol use disorder at some point in their lifetimes, including 17.8 percent with alcohol abuse and 12.5 percent with alcohol dependence.
  
  
• Medica 2007: Social Capital: Single Parents Have Poorer Health
  Single mothers and fathers have poorer health than married or cohabitating couples, according to a new Swedish dissertation. Marcus Westin’s dissertation at the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University studied health and the utilization of health care among single parents and their...
  
  
• Computer: How the Brain Learns to Move Muscles
  A team of biomedical engineers has developed a computer model that makes use of more or less predictable “guesstimates” of human muscle movements to explain how the brain anticipates what it needs to develop new motor skills.
  
  
• Alcohol: A Drink A Day May Delay Dementia
  In people with mild cognitive impairment, up to one drink of alcohol a day may slow their progression to dementia, says a neurological study. Mild cognitive impairment is a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia that is used to classify people with mild memory or...
  
  
• Medica 2007: Sleep Apnea: Increased Risk of Severe Car Crashes
  People with obstructive sleep apnea are three to five times as likely as people without sleep apnea to have a serious car crash involving personal injury, according to a study.
  
  
• Medica 2007
  MEDICA and COMPAMED continue their victory tour - premiere for new Hall 8b The world’s largest medical trade fair MEDICA plus COMPAMED, the leading international trade fair for upstream supplies for medical manufacturing, both continue on course for success at their “homebase”...
  
  
• Skin: Reducing Wrinkles With Retinol Lotion
  Lotions containing retinol improve the appearance of skin that has become wrinkled through the normal aging process, not just skin that has been damaged by exposure to the sun, according to a new study.
  
  
• Medica 2007: Exercise: Reversing Aging in Human Skeletal Muscle
  A study has shown that exercise, specifically, resistance training, rejuvenates muscle tissue in healthy senior citizens.
  
  
• Medica 2007: Intensive Care: Reducing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  Hospitals that use a simple strategy of enhancing communication with family members of patients dying in the intensive care unit can greatly reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression after their loved one dies.
  
  
• Teenagers: Physical Activity Reduces Hypertension Risk
  Young adults who devote more time to physical activity have a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure in the next 15 years, according to new research.
  
  
• FAD: Diagnosis of Lower Back Pain Cause
  Functional anesthetic discography, a diagnostic procedure involving injecting anaesthetic directly into a spinal disc, can be used to confirm the presence of injured discs as the source of a patient’s lower back pain symptoms, according to a new study.
  
  
• Marketing: Alcohol Ads Linked to Adolescent Drinking
  Children's exposure to alcohol advertising during early adolescence appears to influence both beer drinking and their intentions to drink a year later.
  
  
• Conception: Date Affects Future Academic Achievement
  According to research the time of year in which a child is conceived influences future academic achievement. Children conceived in June through August had the lowest scores in a test.
  
  
• Allergy: Cat Hair At Home Poses a Risk
  Cats in the home clearly raise the risk of allergic sensitisation of children up to the age of two. For older children, however, this influence decreases.
  
  
• Melanoma: Earlier Detection by Dermatologists
  Individuals whose melanoma is diagnosed by a dermatologist may be more likely to have early-stage cancer and to survive five years than those with melanoma diagnosed by a non-dermatologist.
  
  
• Teens: High Stress Levels Increase Acne Severity
  A study reveals that teenagers who are under high levels of stress are 23 percent more likely to have increased acne severity. The acne severity however does not depend on the sebum production, as the sebum production doesn´t differ in high-stress and low-stress conditions.
  
  
• Human Skin: Completely Unknown Bacteria Detected
  Researchers found evidence for 182 species of bacteria in skin samples. Eight percent were unknown species that had never before been described.
  
  
• Food: Gardens Grow Kids’ Desire for Veggies and Fruit
  Children who are served homegrown fruits and vegetables are more likely to eat more servings per day than those who seldom get farm-fresh produce, new research finds.
  
  
• Schizophrenia: Tying Together Genetic Associations
  A research shows that defects in the brain´s white matter are a key contributor to schizophrenia. It also demonstrates how two genes play a part in the disease.
  
  
• Exercise Lowers Hypertension Risk
  Young adults who spend more time participating in physical activity have a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure within the next 15 years.
  
  
• Antidepressants Safe for Children
  According to a meta-analysis of 27 major studies antidepressants are safe and effective for treating anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder in children and adolescents.
  
  
• Cured Meats Can Lead to Lower Lung Function
  Frequent consumption of cured meats such as sausages increases the odds of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a survey of adults in the U.S.
  
  
• Preventing Hearing Loss through Noise
  A study in animals has shown that a combination of high doses of vitamins A, C and E and magnesium is very effective at preventing permanent noise-induced hearing loss.
  
  
• Fifty Percent Increase in Fat People
  A meta-analysis of seven studies has found that for overweight and obese individuals, the incidence of asthma increases by 50 percent, as compared to those of normal weight.
  
  
• A Short Walk Helps Smokers Quit
  Smokers should do short bouts of exercise to help them resist the temptation to light up, say experts at the University of Exeter: When smokers abstain from smoking, exercise can help them to manage withdrawal symptoms and resist the urge to smoke.
  
  
• Obese People Eat with Their Eyes
  Seeing food with a high content of calories triggers a neural activation in the brain of obese people. This activation does not occur in normal-weight people, a study has shown.
  
  
• Discharging the Healthiest From Hospital
  Health care experts recommend that hospital plans for a surge of disaster victims should begin with a strategy to empty their beds of relatively healthier patients. Such a strategy could safely empty 70 percent of a hospital’s inpatient population within 72 hours.
  
  
• Memory Loss and Confusion Can Occur
  Weight loss surgery, can lead to memory loss and confusion, inability to coordinate movement, and other problems. These problems occurs when the body doesn´t get enough vitamin B1, or thiamine.
  
  
• Position as Global Hub for the Medical Sector Impressively Confirmed
  The world’s largest medical fair MEDICA plus ComPaMED, leading international trade fair for upstream supplies in medical production, have impressively confirmed their position as the global hub in the medical sector.
  
  

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