Obesity before pregnancy linked to childhood weight problems
...if their body mass index (BMI) was greater than or equal to the 95th percentile for their age and gender. BMI is a measurement that relates weight to height. A child in the 95th percentile for his weight is heavier than 95 percent of the children his age. A mother's weight within a month or two before she ...Data in New England Journal of Medicine show benefits of REMICADE in ulcerative colitis patients
... of 6 to12) and an endoscopy score greater than or equal to 2. ACT 1 patients received treatment with plac...g/kg than placebo-treated patients (P less than or equal to 0.003 for all comparisons with placebo). The rates of clinical response were similar between the...New Phase 3 data show potential benefits of Aranesp dosed every three weeks for CIA
...obin levels to the target level of greater than or equal to 11 grams per deciliter (g/dL) and reduced the need for red blood cell transfusions by almost half compared to placebo. The data were presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 47th Annual Meeting and Exposition. (Abstract #3556) "Thes...Interim Aranesp data suggest major response in anemic patients with MDS
...fied as major response (defined as greater than or equal to 2 grams per deciliter [g/dL] increase from baseline hemoglobin or transfusion independence). Sixty-seven percent of patients achieved the target hemoglobin level of 11 g/dL. Nineteen percent in the erythropoietin-naive group had at least one tra...'Fish with chips' reporting from ocean top highlights at Census of Marine Life mid-point
...re kilometers, of which thearea sampled to date is equal to a few footballfields. The number of seamounts (underwatermountains rising at least 1,000 meters from the oceanfloor, often extinct volcanoes that failed to growtall enough to become islands) is estimated atbetween 30,000 and 100,000, of which a f...Another world-record achievement for National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
...nt of the strength of a magnetic field; 1 tesla is equal to 20,000 times the Earth's magnetic field. Typica...agnet represents a 17-percent jump, or an increase equal to the magnetic force of two MRI machines. "With the advances that magnet lab engineers and technic...Overfishing may drive endangered seabird to rely upon lower quality food
...carbon isotopes. "It takes about 70 to 80 krill to equal the energy value of one sardine," said Beissinger. "When murrelets have to rely upon less nutritious foods, they need to spend more time diving underwater to catch and eat them, and have less energy to make and lay eggs. The availability of food comm...Male elephants woo females with precise chemistry
...ontalin than "minus," but the ratios became almost equal as the elephant matured, especially between ages 3...ic composition of the frontalin secreted is almost equal in the middle part of a musth episode, a period of prime signaling by male elephants. In contrast, a...Unified physics theory explains animals' running, flying and swimming
...e, work against gravity to lift an amount of water equal to their own mass for each body length they move forward. "It puts fish in the same physical realm as runners and fliers," Marden said. "The fact that the same proportionalities rule optimal running, flying and swimming is not a coincidence; rather i...... equality between the sexes, men and women are not equal when it involves being affected by alcohol. In particular, this study's findings suggest that women, as the gender less affected by alcohol's sedative effects, should take greater care when gauging how much they have had to drink. This study unde...Partner proteins may help estrogen foster breast cancer
...predictions. "We conducted this study with almost equal contributions from computational scientists and experimental scientists," says principal investigator and corresponding author Tim Hui-Ming Huang, professor of human cancer genetics. "This strategy, in which computational predictions are verified by...UC Riverside researchers identify clay as major contributor to oxygen that enabled early animal life
... clays. Organic matter preservation results in an equal portion of oxygen released to the atmosphere through the chemical reaction of photosynthesis. Thus an increase in the burial of organic carbon made it possible for more oxygen to escape into the atmosphere, the researchers posit. "One of the things ...Study demonstrates rapid diagnosis of urinary tract infections with biosensor technology
...a microfabricated electrochemical sensor array. Of equal significance, the new test provided results in 45 minutes, compared to two days with conventional methods. The research, reported in the February 2006 issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Microbiology, investigated a new technology to solve...Obese women suffer more pregnancy complications
...men whose body mass index (BMI) is greater than or equal to 30 have approximately double the risk of having an affected child," according to the Public Affairs Committee. The increased risk cannot be explained by folic acid intake, or by maternal diabetes. The relationship between obesity and other birth ...Americans prefer to leave child's sex to chance, survey finds
... than one child indicated they either preferred an equal number of boys and girls or had no preference as to the sex of their children. Pre-conception sex selection using sperm-separation technology is currently available in the United States as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial. The technique is not ...New influenza vaccine takes weeks to mass produce
...oduced using this system are safe, elicit immunity equal to or greater than egg-based vaccines, and are 100...level where manufacturing costs are expected to be equal to or less than that of traditional egg-based vaccines. "It has been suggested that the next pandem...Can science-based resource management work?
...id. At the Valles Caldera, the chief scientist has equal status with the preserve manager in the organizational chart. That structure differs from scientists' positions in other federal land management organizations. Very few doctorate-level scientists are on the staffs of national parks or national forest...Researchers develop alternate method to dispose nuclear liquid waste
...he new process uses low temperatures (less than or equal to 90C) to solidify and stabilize high alkali, low-activity radioactive waste. The resulting form is a hydroceramic, which is strong, durable and has the potential to tie-up and hold minor radioactive components in its zeolitic structure. The prepar...New study confirms the ecological virtues of organic farming
... using the integrated system were given a blend of equal parts chicken manure and calcium nitrate. Each tree was fertilized twice, in October and May, and given the same amount of nitrogen at both feedings no matter what the source--alfalfa, chicken manure, calcium nitrate or the manure/calcium nitrate ble......n the United States. Collectively, American lawns equal a landmass the size of Florida. While some Americans are off cutting their lawns into checkerboard perfection, Steinberg is more interested in pointing out the environmental impact of all this mowing. Using a power lawn mower for an hour spews as m...