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Exercise doesn't work for us all

PUBLIC-health campaigns regularly plug exercise as a sure-fire way to avoid an early grave. But that message may be too simplistic. For an unhappy few, even quite strenuous exercise may have no effect on their fitness or their risk of developing diseases like diabetes. "The...

Parents' attitudes to sperm donation still some concerns about being open

...after the birth. We also need to develop education campaigns to prevent further stigmatisation of male infertility, as increased tolerance may influence parents' openness. We also need large-scale follow-up studies investigating DI parents' and children's choices and concerns." The UK study UK researchers in...

Gray wolves maintain the food chain in winter

...habited most of North America until US extirpation campaigns nearly eradicated them by the 1930s. In 1995, the US Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced the persecuted predator into Yellowstone. Wilmers and Getz used data from the past 50 years to establish winter trends and model wolves' impact on the fate of...

Shirley Malcom of AAAS named to election reform commission

...rved as national finance chairman for the election campaigns of Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush; Rita DiMartino, formerly the vice president of congressional relations for AT&T, and now the principal U.S. delegate to the Inter-American Commission of Women; and former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, who se...

2005 AAAS human rights directory now available

...engineers, and health professionals, and organizes campaigns on their behalf. The program also organizes humanitarian and fact-finding missions to investigate human rights issues; prepares documentation for Congress, other U.S. government officials, and international human rights groups; and organizes symposia...

New strategies to reduce hospital-acquired infections

...es across the U.S. in addition to public education campaigns by several organizations are also pushing for hospitals to alert the public to their infection rates....

Maternal alcohol use increases the risk of newborn infections

...whose mothers did not. Despite public-information campaigns and physician advice about alcohol consumption dur...t the University of Nebraska. "Public-information campaigns are either not understood or ignored. It is also likely that many of these women do not receive the...

Pioneering research on ALS muscle disease rewarded

...hort while ago, the Association started collection campaigns for research into ALS. Now, the Association is presenting all of the collected funds to the VIB researchers as a gift of appreciation. The chairman of the ALS Association expressed it to Peter Carmeliet this way: "The Association and its members are ...

Doctors announce lawsuits against major food companies

...stopping multi-million-dollar national advertising campaigns by five of the nation's largest food companies and major dairy trade groups that claim that milk and other dairy products facilitate weight loss. WHO: T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.: Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at ...

Towards a cheap and easy way to monitor HIV/AIDS

...eopardizes the success of recently launched global campaigns to fight AIDS". While acknowledging that several issues remain to be resolved before the assay can become a widely used tool in resource-poor settings, Bentwich states "the authors of this study should be commended for addressing an extremely importa...

Don Quixote's home shows way to future Earth Observation missions

...t 15 years Barrax has been used for many different campaigns and field experiments, being a validation site for a large number of ESA, European Union and national projects. The new data gathered between 11 and 15 July serve to complement the initial measurements carried out in Barrax last month between 30 May...

Tobacco industry weakened pesticide regulations, UCSF study shows

The tobacco industry coordinated cross-industry campaigns to delay and weaken federal and international regulations on pesticide use, according to new findings by UCSF researchers. The findings are reported in a study and commentary posted online at the pre-publication website of Environmental Health Perspe...

Women better at hand hygiene habits, hands down

...easing public awareness of clean hands in periodic campaigns since 1996, and this message remains one of our most important priorities," according to Judy Daly, Ph.D. Dr. Daly is the elected Secretary of the Society and Director of the Microbiology Laboratories, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake Ci...

Low-income pregnant Latinas drink despite universal alcohol-warning messages

...hnic groups. Although numerous public-information campaigns have addressed the dangers of drinking during pregnancy, language and cultural differences may present a barrier for some to understanding those risks. A study in the November issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research looks at alcohol ...

Swedish researchers warn university students face infertility

...y other European countries. She felt that national campaigns and leaflets could help raise awareness among women and men and that the regular visits most women have to healthcare professionals for birth control may provide opportunities for discussions about plans for having children, and age-related fertility...

Sahara's edge studied from ground, air and space to improve water management

...erplay between satellite remote sensing, air-borne campaigns and ground-truthing," added Saradeth. "It demonstrates the complementary nature of each and emphasises their individual importance. AquiferEx and Aquifer stand also for successful cooperation between operational water management entities, research an...

Researchers to scrutinize megacity pollution during Mexico City field campaign

...ty to participate in one of the most complex field campaigns ever undertaken in atmospheric chemistry. From Ma...GE is one component of a set of simultaneous field campaigns collectively called Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations (MILAGRO). This inte...

NASA scientists study pollution's origins and air quality impact

...f the first phase of one of the most complex field campaigns ever undertaken in atmospheric chemistry. Research...dies are components of a set of simultaneous field campaigns collectively called Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations (MILAGRO)....

Fire ants: Their true story told by the scientist who loves them

...ions on what Tschinkel calls politically motivated campaigns to eradicate S. invicta with little or no improvement in native survival to show for it. "Fire ants have been the victims of a good deal of bad science," he said. Ironically, 75 percent of the so-called native ants that inhabit disturbed habitats alo...

A cleaner, greener rice industry

...allenges in the region. A series of activities and campaigns addressing the AEY 2006's theme will be carried out in each ASEAN member country throughout this year....

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