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Clinical Times: December 2007

Active parents raise active children

BMJ | 14 December 2007 | Women's Health

Parents who are active during pregnancy and early in their child's life tend to raise more active children, a new study has found. Valid data, defined as at least three days of at least 10 hours per day, were collected... Read more

Factors identified to help predict risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women

JAMA 2007;298:2389-2398 | 14 December 2007 | Musculoskeletal, Women's Health

A clinical model that includes 11 factors has been developed to help predict the 5-year risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women, according to a new study. In the study, doctors evaluated clinical risk factors for hip fracture in postmenopausal... Read more

Ozone link between heat and increased heart attack risk

Occupational and Environmental Medicine | 14 December 2007 | Cardiovascular, Respiratory

Ozone may prove the key to the link between high temperature and the increased risk of death from heart disease or stroke, according to new research. The researchers based their findings on a population of almost 100 million people in... Read more

Infusion therapy may increase patients' risk of heart attack

JAMA 2007;298:2399-2405 | 14 December 2007 | Cardiovascular

Infusion of a combination therapy consisting of glucose, insulin and potassium - which was thought could be a beneficial treatment immediately following a heart attack - may increase the risk of heart failure and death in the first three days... Read more

General surgery loses its appeal

Prof Tom Gorey | 14 December 2007 |

I set out to summarise some of the proceedings of the recent American College of Surgeons meeting in New Orleans, and started by describing the New Orleans venue, in particular - the aftermath of hurricane Katrina two years later. This... Read more

Fewer die with rapid response

JAMA 2007;298:2267-2274 | 07 December 2007 | Cardiovascular

A childrens hospital that added a rapid response medical team for patients not in the intensive care unit saw an 18 per cent decrease in the death rate, and about a 70 per cent decline in the rate of cardiac... Read more

Exercise decreases symptoms of fibromyalgia

Archives of Internal Medicine 2007;167:2192-2200 | 07 December 2007 | Women's Health

An exercise programme that incorporates walking, strength training and stretching may improve daily function and alleviate symptoms in women with fibromyalgia, according to a new report. The report followed a study by researchers who recruited 207 women taking medication for... Read more

Organ allocation criteria reduces deaths

Archives of Surgery 2007;142:1079-1085 | 07 December 2007 |

Changing the method by which donated livers are allocated to potential transplant patients appears to have decreased the number of deaths among individuals on the waiting list as well as shortened the time to transplantation, according to a new study... Read more

Obesity linked to lower PSA levels in prostate cancer

JAMA 2007;298:2275-2280 | 07 December 2007 | Cancer, Men's Health

A higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with higher plasma volume, which may be related to lower prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels among obese men, according to a new study. Recent evidence has suggested that prostate cancer screening may be... Read more