Study finds medication prevents travelers' diarrhea
...r of 2003. Only 14.74 percent of those who took a daily dose of rifaximin for two weeks suffered from diarrhea, while 53.7 percent of those who took placebos came down with the illness, which also includes nausea, vomiting and stomach pain. Traveler's diarrhea has been treated for years by antibiotics be...Dogs get back in the action: New pet food improves mobility and quality of life for dogs
...adding Prescription Diet Canine j/d TM to Moose's daily routine, he displayed dramatic improvements. Not o...n if your dog is stiff or sluggish, he still needs daily exercise. Work with your veterinarian to establish a personalized daily workout routine for your dog...New data demonstrate that Benicar and Benicar HCT significantly reduces systolic hypertension
... patients began treatment with BENICAR (20mg) once daily in the morning. Up-titration to olmesartan medoxomil 40 mg/day, olmesartan medoxomil/HCTZ 40/12.5 mg/day, and olmesartan medoxomil/HCTZ 40/25 mg/day occurred at 3-week intervals if blood pressure remained greater than or equal to 120/80 mm Hg. T...Employee with sleeping disorder has to work extra hard
...dings. The researcher postulates that under normal daily circumstances, the lower performance level was probably not visible because the sleep sufferers invest extra energy in carrying out a task. Research psychologist Michel Varkevisser investigated how sleeping problems affected the performances of empl...Cancer survivors may be at higher risk for cognitive dysfunction
... orientation or recallproblems that interfere with daily life, was considered to havecognitive dysfunction. "The twin who had cancer was more likely to have some sort ofcognitive dysfunction," said Beth Meyerowitz, professor ofpsychology in the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. About15 percent of ...A few 30 second sprints as beneficial as hour long jog
...xercise a week could be as effective as an hour of daily moderate activity suggests new findings from researchers at McMaster University. "Short bouts of very intense exercise improved muscle health and performance comparable to several weeks of traditional endurance training," says Martin Gibala, an assoc...Experts hope policy breathes life into asthma treatment method
...to do is get the patient back to a normal level of daily activity," Coons said. UF physicians supported prescribing an inhaler with a holding chamber instead of nebulizer treatment when the research was presented to them, but Hendeles said nebulizer therapy continued to dominate at the hospital. To encour...Pollution-eating bacteria produce electricity
... things that we tend not to think about during our daily routines. When we do, thoughts on bacteria usually do not enter our minds. Bacteria make you sick, they are important in the processing of food, but making electricity? Surely that is not part of the story. But it is," says Milliken....Two Children's Hospital Boston researchers win top presidential awards
...nary diseases, like flu, in real time. Now part of daily emergency department operations at Children's, the system analyzes new patient data and compares it with data from previous medical visits, flagging abnormal disease clusters or symptom patterns. It has been expanded for use by the Massachusetts Depa......bstract books, news releases and information about daily activities will be available. Preliminary program and hotel information are available online at http://www.asm.org/Media/index.asp?bid=35876 . Media registration is complimentary. Journalists wishing to register can do so by contacting Jim Sliwa...20th annual convention of US naturopathic physicians convenes Aug. 24, 2005 in Phoenix
...hoenix, AZ. Research presentations will be offered daily throughout the conference. WHY: A growing number of Americans are turning to naturopathic care to replace or augment the care they receive from conventional medical practitioners. A 2004 patient survey conducted by the Association of Accredited Nat...Separating morning and evening in the circadian clock of mammals
...it of the Sun. Such clocks are synchronized by the daily light-dark cycle. A key question for circadian biologists concerns the way in which seasonal changes in day-length alter the behavior of circadian clocks over the course of the year. One idea for which evidence has accumulated is that circadian clock...'Win-win' economic strategy for mobile PET/CT imaging reported at SNM's 52nd Annual Meeting
...he fee schedules (one based on per exam fee with a daily minimum, geared toward a start-up service, and one based on a flat fee per day for those with a solid referral pattern) and service requirements and outlined the route. The mobile PET/CT unit, which came with a price tag of nearly $2.4 million, made ...Expert system developed to enhance diagnostic accuracy of Alzheimer's disease with FDG PET scans
... reason, make judgments, communicate and carry out daily activities. More than 4.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, including former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who endured the disease for years before his death last June. An early, accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's helps patients and t...National Academies advisory: June 29 public briefing on ionizing radiation
...such radiation, which people encounter even during daily activities such as eating, drinking, and breathing? HEALTH RISKS FROM EXPOSURE TO LOW LEVELS OF IONIZING RADIATION (BEIR VII -- PHASE 2), a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council, addresses this question and related issues....Targacept compounds show long-lasting improvement in cognition
...-daily dose that minimizes side-effects. A simple, daily dosing regimen is particularly important when treating disorders that affect cognition," he added. "Targacept's compounds act selectively on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor targets, and we anticipated this duration of effect based on extensive resea...Scientists uncover new clues about brain function in human behavior
...people's social behavior through the monitoring of daily life events such as danger signals. Scientists know from animal studies that damage to the amygdala impairs social functioning. "Social interactions are central to human experience and well-being, and are adversely affected in psychiatric illness. T...Strong impact of wintering waterbirds on zebra mussel populations at Lake Constance, Germany
...e increased fourfold since the early 1960s, with a daily average of 162 500 waterbirds from September to April as shown by a study published in the august issue of Freshwater Biology. This massive increase coincides with the major expansion of zebra mussels in the lake, originating in the Caspian-Aral basi...US Senate increases microbicide funding for a total of $42 million
...robicides. Of the 14,000 people infected with HIV daily worldwide, half are women. In the United States, girls make up the majority of all new HIV infections among teenagers, with most acquiring the virus through heterosexual intercourse. The microbicide field has built an extraordinary amount of scie......res within the turfgrass. They are also monitoring daily weather patterns to understand the influences of rain, dry weather, high winds, or high and low humidity. "Preliminary results are confirming what we learned last year about Bermudagrass," Williams said. "Bermuda supports much higher numbers of all...