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FDA Says Device Trials Need More Women

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE:   December 20, 2011

EXCERPT:  "The FDA has issued draft guidance aimed at enrolling more women in medical device trials and better analyzing the trial data to tease out whether the particular devices work differently in women versus men."  more

RELATED LINK:

FDA Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff - Evaluation of Sex Differences in Medical Device Clinical Studies, DRAFT GUIDANCE. [Silver Spring, MD]: December 19, 2011.  Center for Devices and Radiological Health; Food and Drug Administration; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Male Gender and Obesity Up Risk for Postop Blindness

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE: December 22, 2011: 

EXCERPT:  "Male Gender and Obesity Up Risk for Postop Blindness 
Men and heavier patients who have spine surgery may be at a greater risk for postoperative blindness, researchers found."  more


RELATED:

Lee LA, et al "Risk of ischemic optic neuropathy in spine surgery" Anesthesiol. 116(1):15-24, January 2012. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31823d012a


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Researchers Find Confidence Is Key To Women's Spatial Skills

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  December 6, 2011

EXCERPT: "Boosting a woman's confidence makes her better at spatial tasks, University of Warwick scientists have found, suggesting skills such as parking and map-reading could come more easily if a woman is feeling good about herself."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Estes Z, Felker S. Confidence Mediates the Sex Difference in Mental Rotation Performance. Arch Sex Behav. 2011 Dec 1.


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Lower Antioxidant Level Might Explain Higher Skin-Cancer Rate In Males

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  December 3, 2011

EXCERPT: "Men are three times more likely than women to develop a common form of skin cancer but medical science doesn't know why. A new study may provide part of the answer."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Sullivan NJ, Tober KL, Burns EM, Schick JS, Riggenbach JA, Mace TA, Bill MA, Young GS, Oberyszyn TM, Lesinski GB. UV Light B-Mediated Inhibition of Skin Catalase Activity Promotes Gr-1(+)CD11b(+) Myeloid Cell Expansion. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Oct 27. doi: 10.1038/jid.2011.329.


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