One-hundred-fifty year old lessons of John Snow still relevant today
...MSU's Department of Epidemiology. He said it's not uncommon to first discover the way in which a disease is transmitted, act on that, and then do the lab work necessary to totally wipe it out. "Once the mode of communication of a disease is established, preventive measures nearly always follow, a principle as...Droughts like 1930s Dust Bowl may have been unexceptional in prehistoric times, new study suggests
...cades each. At their heights, prairie fires became uncommon because there was too little vegetation left to burn. The ages of charcoal deposits suggest instead that prairie fires occurred during intervening wet periods, with each wet-dry cycle lasting more than a century each. A report on the research will be...Scientists describe the world's smallest, lightest fish
...ed with other infantfishes. "Infant" describes the uncommon early-stage features of the animal. It is transparent without pigmentation, except for its eyes, and lacks teeth, scales and certain characteristics typical of other fishes. Scientists note that the stout infantfish's unusual appearance corresponds w...Croatian skeletons reveal changing status of cancer in Europe across the centuries
...6 July 2004), suggesting that the disease was very uncommon even in our recent ancestors, reinforcing the concept that cancer is a 'modern' disease and is largely a consequence of the greater longevity we are now experiencing. Dr. Slaus and his colleagues1 analysed the skeletal remains of the 3,160 individual......s and diseases of older age, when gene expressions uncommon in younger adults become more frequent," the authors noted. "There has been a lot of speculation about what gave modern humans their evolutionary advantage," Caspari said. "This research provides a simple explanation for which there is now concrete e......well as the history and implications of the park's uncommon mosaic of public and private land use structures. The atlas also considers the dynamic nature of the park's human communities, including rich information on culture and education, current businesses and industries, and forms of recreation usage acros...Nature's ambush: pregnancy more likely from single unprotected intercourse than believed
... than was previously believed." He said: "It's not uncommon for a doctor to hear from an unhappily pregnant patient that she and her partner had taken a chance 'just this once'. It may be easy to dismiss such claims, but our data suggest these women are probably telling the truth." Prof. Wilcox and his collea......l to lessen their anxiety, a situation than is not uncommon in humans. "Some 30 to 70 percent of alcoholics are reported to suffer from anxiety and depression. Drinking is a way for these individuals to self-medicate," Pandey said. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, an estim...Indoor mold, building dampness linked to respiratory problems and require better prevention
...ded to establish a clear, causal relationship. An uncommon ailment known as hypersensitivity pneumonitis also is associated with indoor mold exposure in genetically susceptible people. Damp conditions and all they entail may be associated with the onset of asthma, as well as shortness of breath and lower re...Tests show biotech corn rules need revision
... oodles of susceptible moths. The idea is that the uncommon resistant moths will mate with the more abundant susceptible moths. Their hybrid progeny would be killed by feeding on Bt corn. Thus, Bt resistance would not increase quickly. Non-Bt corn refuges must be close to Bt corn so Bt-resistant moths will a...Kinase backgrounder: Iressa discovery part of major kinase project at Dana-Farber
...fter a merger, was persuaded to try it against the uncommon and hard-to-treat cancer CML, caused by a chromosome abnormality that triggers a runaway kinase signal. Initially approved only for CML, Gleevec rapidly gained federal approval for use against GIST in early 2002, thanks in part to research and advoca...Educational program increases some safety behaviors for older drivers
...lected in a reduced crash rate because crashes are uncommon events. "Crashes are rare when you look at the millions of miles we drive. Crashes have many causes, including not only driver error, but other factors such as weather conditions, erratic behavior of other drivers and road conditions. Therefore, ...Coexistence of identical competitors: an old doctrine challenged
...this mechanism leads to a demographic advantage to uncommon species, which helps identical competitors coexist. This prediction accords with the discovery of cryptic species of fig wasps made by researchers using molecular markers....Discovery could lead to better treatment for cryptosporidum infections
...utbreaks of disease caused by the parasite are not uncommon in the United States and other industrialized nations, and Cryptosporidium has become the most important contaminant found in drinking water. In 2000 and 2001, there were three drinking-water-associated outbreaks in Northern Ireland, for instance, an...A shocking surprise: High voltage + rats = ozone, reopens power-line debate
... rats were present during a "corona discharge," an uncommon phenomenon in which electrons escape from a sharp surface of an electrical conductor at high voltage. The researchers placed rats in a Plexiglas cage hooked up to a device that produced 10 kilovolts, or roughly the power of air ionizers marketed as h...New Georgia Tech Biosciences Center assists life-science startup companies
...ds on the outcome of clinical trials, and it's not uncommon to spend large sums in pre-clinical and clinical development only to have products fail in clinical studies." Yet Georgia Tech is advancing bioscience entrepreneurs on two fronts. ATDC works with existing startups to provide strategic business advic...California pistachio industry threatened by potentially devastating disease
...nia. "Yield losses from 40 to 100 percent were not uncommon in the orchards where the disease was discovered," said Michailides. "The destruction caused by this disease makes panicle and shoot blight the most serious threat to pistachio trees grown in California," he said. Panicle and shoot blight is caused ...Science paper: Overharvesting of Brazil nuts leading to fewer trees
...ommon in unharvested and lightly harvested stands, uncommon to rare in moderately harvested stands and virtually absent where seeds had been persistently collected in the 20th century," the paper says. "The clear message from this study is that current Brazil nut harvesting practices at many Amazonian forest ...Pest control breakthrough from a spider's stomach
... strong preferences DNA from a species, which was uncommon at the site where they were collected, proved to be present most frequently in the stomachs of the spiders. "The DNA analysis enables us to identify precisely what the spiders have eaten," said Dr Symondson. "If we compare that with the prey populati...Three molecular-targeted compounds show promise against cancers
...and reductions in dose were relatively common. An uncommon side effect was observed in some patients who developed loss of pigmentation in their hair while receiving treatment. "Both PET response and clinical benefit have been seen in patients with a range of malignancies," said Dr. Toner. "These prelimin...