Gestational diabetes not found to alter the metabolic processes in obese pregnant women
...reby making the development of general nutritional guidelines difficult. Past studies have focused on long-term changes in energy expenditure and increase in fat in lean women (body fat less than 25 percent) with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) relative to the alterations ...Laos camera traps capture tigers
... Also, the team looks to set up management guidelines to protect the forest's ungulate species from overhunting by local villagers, a problem that increases the possibility of human-tiger conflict. One hunting method that appears to be on the rise is the trip wire explosive trap, which has been encount...Strengthening independent junior research groups in collaborative research centres
...uilding effect at each location. The conventional guidelines for Collaborative Research Centres apply regarding participation from outside the universities and the provision of core support by universities. The new Collaborative Research Centres in detail: Humanities The Collaborative Research...Nanoscale contact optimizes adhesion
...er and a few micrometers and suggests a few useful guidelines for designing adhesive structures in engineering. (PNAS, Early Edition, 17 May 2004) Welding, sintering, diffusion bonding and wafer bonding are some of the widely used engineering strategies of joining different structural components or objects toge...New guidelines show significant benefits of FUZEON for wide range of pre-treated HIV/AIDS patients
New international consensus guidelines for FUZEON (enfuvirtide) are published today in AI...l journal of the International AIDS Society. These guidelines are vital because they balance the significant benefits of FUZEON with the need for self-injection a...Tests show biotech corn rules need revision
...revise the current Environmental Protection Agency guidelines for interspersing non-Bt corn with Bt, or transgenic, corn. The gene is from the bacterium called Bt--short for Bacillus thuringiensis. "It's the first documentation of gene flow from a transgenic crop into a refuge," said Bruce E. Tabashnik, head o...Functional genomics enables easy target identification and drives drug discovery
...ening (HTS) that detects and provides optimization guidelines for lead compounds and validates drug targets. HTS development provides numerous advantages such as lower attrition rates, reduced time-to-market, and accelerated drug screening process. However, almost 30 percent of NMEs fail to clear Phase I clinic...American Lung Association's 2004 State of the Air report ranks cities and counties with dirty air
...om Ozone and Particle Air Pollution," with special guidelines for seniors and parents of small children. These simple and concrete action steps include avoiding exercising outside on high pollution days and not burning wood or trash. The American Lung Association also urges taking steps to help clean up the ...Bye-bye Bio 101: Teach science the way you do science
... Wisconsin-MadisonHandelsman's campushas rewritten guidelines for tenure, sabbaticals, and merit pay raises to emphasize teaching. And the HHMI professor and her colleagues introduced a course there in which non-science majors develop hypotheses, design and conduct experiments, and interpret data. "Initially, ...Newer drugs more effective at curing strep throat than penicillin
...d debate, because they contradict long-established guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association, and World Health Organization. Strep throat is a bacterial infection that can be spread by personal contact, including coughing or sneezing, often affecting school-age children. P...Urban runoff poses increased health threat for surfers, other beach users, UCI study shows
...ed with open beaches, it suggests that the current guidelines to monitor and close beaches in urban areas such as Orange County may not be sufficient to protect the public's health from general water runoff," Baker said.Betty H. Olson of UCI and Jan C. Semenza of Portland State University collaborated on the st...International critical care doctors release first-ever guidelines for sepsis
...bruary 24, 2004, -- The first clinical management guidelines ever to address the treatment of patients with sev.... "In many other disease areas, treatment practice guidelines have been effective at improving care and, in many cases, saving lives," said R. Phillip Dellinger, ...European Society for Medical Oncology Cancer Conference
... Clinical Recommendations will update current ESMO guidelines on clinical practice for various tumour types. Oncology Highlights of the most important advances in cancer treatment in 2004. Assisting you in Vienna A Press Center will provide you with information, resources, and expert opinion. Press Conferences...Conservation International & Starbucks expand partnership, launch Verde Ventures loan program
...rs, work to expand Starbucks green coffee sourcing guidelines program, and communicate the partnership to Starbucks customers and CI audiences. Since Starbucks and CI began working together in 1998, the collaboration has produced significant benefits for habitat conservation and farmer livelihoods in Mexico, Co...Study calls for end to age thresholds for prenatal genetic testing
... for women aged 35 years or over. Prenatal testing guidelines recommend offering amniocentesis or chorionic vill...ich amniocentesis was cost-beneficial when testing guidelines were developed in the USA in the 1970s. Miriam Kuppermann from the University of California, San Fra...BRCA mutations not associated with colorectal cancer risk, studies suggest
...no such association. Current nationally recognized guidelines recommend that all BRCA1/2 mutation carriers be informed that they may be at an increased risk for colorectal cancer. Tomas Kirchhoff, Ph.D., Kenneth Offit, M.D., and their colleagues at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York compar...BRCA mutations do not increase risk of colorectal cancer
...population." While current national clinical care guidelines recommend informing BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carri...se mutations to follow colorectal cancer screening guidelines established for the general public. "Anyone over age 50 is at risk for colorectal cancer and screeni...World's leading 'mad cow' diagnostic company, responds to USDAs additional BSE protection measures
...ve also adopted this technology, in agreement with guidelines of the World Organization for Animal Health....American Society for Microbiology publication provides guidance for shipping biological agents
...ummarizes the most recent regulations and provides guidelines for shipment. Published by ASM Press, Cumitechs (Cumulative Techniques and Procedures in Clinical Microbiology) are consensus reports in booklet form on topics of special interest to clinical microbiology laboratories. Experts cover the optimal pro...Early identification of kidney disease cost-effective only when directed at high-risk patients
...a number estimated to double by 2010. With no set guidelines for the urine screening test, physicians have varied in whether and how they check patients for early kidney disease. "Patients should be aware of their potential risk of kidney disease, and ask their physicians if they should be tested, particular...