Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner
...and circulation project will establish a suite of observational and modeling activities that will provide the first comprehensive description of the physical oceanography in the Red Sea. This research also will support studies of coral reef ecology and provide a baseline for long-term monitoring of the coasta...Risk of common vaginal infection linked to preterm birth appears higher for blacks
...iversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center. For this observational study, Dr. Simhan and his colleagues considered 325 women who were in their first trimester of pregnancy. Among these women, 129 (39.7 percent) were white female/white male partnerships, 35 (10.8 percent) were white female/black male couples, 12 (3.7...Foxes get frisky in the far north
...mmalian mating systems that were not apparent from observational studies of animal social behavior. Using a technique called microsatellite DNA fingerprinting, a team of researchers from the University of Alberta in Edmonton and the University of Quebec at Rimouski collected DNA samples from 49 arctic foxes trappe...Boosting key milk nutrients may help lower type 2 diabetes risk
...ings each day. Most of the studies assessed were observational and the limited number of intervention trials makes definitive conclusions difficult, yet the Tufts researchers suggest calcium and vitamin D may affect the bodys ability to produce or utilize insulin, the hormone the body makes to process sugar that...OHSU scientists find antidepressant, bone loss link
...lationship" between SSRIs and bone loss. "Both are observational studies, so without a prospective study of this issue, we're unable to make a determination of direct causality," she said. The studies also found that use of another popular class of antidepressant medications, known as tricyclic antidepressants o...Pregnancy nausea/vomiting may indicate lower risk of breast cancer
...ricate relationship that may exist between readily observational perinatal factors, physiological characteristics and cancer risk, Jaworowicz said. Subsequent analyses are planned to investigate the potential association between pregnancy characteristics and genetic polymorphisms of particular enzymes responsibl...Gum disease in postmenopausal women linked to oral bone loss
... postmenopausal women, which is an offshoot of the observational portion of the national Womens Health Initiative (WHI). Participants in this study completed questionnaires, had physical measurements taken, had bone-density testing and an oral health examination. The oral health examination had several components...IMS updated recommendations on postmenopausal hormone therapy
... been accumulated from both arms of the WHI study, observational trials and from other studies, allowing a more com...small (less than 0.1% per annum). For combined HT, observational data from the Million Women Study suggested that breast cancer risk was increased as early as the fi...IMS reaction to report on breast cancer incidence in 2003 in US
...ty of the results of the WHI study and other major observational studies (such as the Nurses' Health Study) makes the suggested link between a decrease in breast cancer incidence and the decrease in hormone use less important for the consumer, since risks of long-term HT can be reported accurately, based on the ab...Short-term studies suggest that whole grain oats may reduce risk factors for coronary heart disease
...d of low density lipoprotein cholesterol. Existing observational studies indicate that wholegrain cereals may reduce the risk of CHD, possibly by reducing cholesterol levels. A Cochrane Systematic Review identified ten trials that assessed the effect of giving wholegrain foods to adults. Of these studies, eight ...30th anniversary of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
...nomy, Heidelberg Eric Bell works in the field of observational cosmology. He investigates one of the key questions in his discipline: How did galaxies develop after the Big Bang? To directly observe and analyse the history of the universe, he examines distant galaxy populations. Bell was able to develop a standa...Other highlights from the March 21 JNCI
...observed for dietary fat and breast cancer risk in observational studies and clinical trials stand in sharp contrast to the robust evidence for a strong link between [body fat] and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer," the authors write. Contact: Article: NCI Office of Media Relations, (301) 496-6641, ...Study: Chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth better for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
...Kanto area in Japan. The prospective, multi-center observational study, named SOS-KANTO, is the first large-scale account comparing the survival rates of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who were treated either with or without mouth-to-mouth ventilations by bystanders at the scene. "For cardiac arrest, t...After scrutiny, preemie lung treatments turn out to be safe, effective
...dy in this months Pediatrics. Even though previous observational studies suggested that repeated courses of steroids in the womb may result in brain damage, this study shows that the babies brains are virtually unaffected. "The consensus in recent years has been to no longer give women in preterm labor more than...NSAIDs modulate biomarker panel for esophageal adenocarcinoma
...arretts esophagus, but especially since this is an observational study, and not a randomised trial, it will need to be confirmed in other groups of patients....Anti-herpes treatment reduces HIV levels in women infected with both viruses
...plement new methods of HIV prevention. A number of observational studies have indicated that HSV-2 enhances the risk of HIV-1 acquisition by around three-fold2. HSV-2 infection may also increase HIV-1 infectiousness by disrupting the genital mucosa and increasing the levels of HIV in the genital tract3, allowing e...Worldwide research network needed to really understand what is changing in the Arctic
...uld build from these already existing networks and observational platforms, he said. "People have been collecting data at these locations for a long time and they could add immensely to the AON," he said. "We know that the Arctic is changing dramatically but there are important things that we just don't know. ...Maternal seafood consumption benefits children's development
...nd colleagues from Bristol University, analysed an observational cohort study, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)**, to assess the possible benefits and hazards to a child's development of different levels of maternal seafood intake during pregnancy. Maternal seafood intake during pregnan...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...onducted this study in Missouri using a mixture of observational and modeling approaches. Gu believes the finding has important implications for predicting climate change, at least at local and regional scales. [Contact: Ron Walli, (865) 576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov ] ENERGY -- Electricity from the sun . . . ...BioMed Central announces winners of first open access research awards
...acute organ failure and subsequent mortality in an observational cohort" Dominic Job, University of Edinburgh, "Grey matter changes can improve the prediction of schizophrenia in subjects at high risk" Judith Lumley, La Trobe University, "PRISM (Program of Resources, Information and Support for Mothers): a...