Malaria poses additional risks for first-time mothers
...egnancy and so is preeclampsia. In both cases, the reasons are unknown. Researchers from the USA, UK and Tanzania set out to investigate the possibility that malaria might lead to preeclampsia. When a pregnant woman has malaria, it can result in a high concentration of malaria parasites developing in th...Mysterious 'neural noise' actually primes brain for peak performance
...e must be essentially the same as the way a doctor reasons out a diagnosis, and right now our lab is pushing hard to find out exactly how that noise makes all these different aspects of being human possible." Pouget's work still has its skeptics, but this, his fourth paper in Nature Neuroscience on the topic...JCI table of contents: November 9, 2006
...k, and inherited genetic abnormalities. Two of the reasons these events all trigger heart failure is that they result in the muscle cells of the heart getting bigger (a process known as cardiac hypertrophy) and they cause the muscle cells to change the types of protein they express (and so change their funct...In young rats, researchers find a reaction to spinal cord injury that speeds recovery
...o the same extent as the pups do after injury, for reasons that are not understood, she added. "We hadn't expected these results, but they are exciting for the field of spinal cord injury and recovery," Wrathall said. "Now that we know that the difference in the local cell response to injury means a quicker...Huge unmet need for Caesarean sections in developing countries
...s in 2000. Dr Ronsmans concludes: "There are many reasons for the huge shortfall in life-saving surgery among the very poor. In many poor countries functioning hospital services might simply not exist or cannot be reachedThese data deserve the immediate attention of policymakers at national and internationa...Pulmonary hypertension discriminates by race, gender
...confirms that this trend is continuing." While the reasons for this disparity remain unclear, researchers suggest that under-recognized comorbidities, access to care, insurance, and race-specific genetic factors, are now being recognized as potential causes. "Race, gender, and age have become defining factor...Disappearing nest egg: Researcher studying declining numbers of macaws
...species are shrinking," he says. There are several reasons for their declining numbers. The birds are highly prized by the pet trade industry, and they are losing their native habitat due to construction and other factors. Also, some South American natives seek them out either for food or to kill them for ...Scientists find a key to immune system's ability to remember
...ol of Veterinary Medicine. "We now know one of the reasons why we get such a quick (immune) response" when we...s agent is reencountered. "Now we know one of the reasons we get such a quick response and clearance (of the pathogen) with reinfection," Suresh explains. "I...Weather forecasting technique wins top prize in 2006 Collegiate Inventors Competition
...as intrigued by the existing microclimates and the reasons behind them. Originally enrolled at San Jose State University, Haugland was interested in purchasing land where he could conduct his weather observations. Unable to afford land in northern California, he transferred to the University of Oklahoma an...Women's math performance affected by theories on sex differences: UBC researchers
...f Harvard who speculated that one of the potential reasons why women are represented less in math and science professions is that fewer women than men have the intrinsic ability required by such jobs. Dar-Nimrod and Heine's research suggests that women tend to perceive gender differences in math to be innat...Children's Hospital Boston presents at the 2006 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference
...iatricians on the most recent data and explore the reasons for this disturbing new trend. They will review symptoms of prescription-drug abuse, discuss where teens are getting the medicine (including new Internet access), present sample cases to help pediatricians handle instances of suspected abuse, and off...UF experts: Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free
...a. - Coffee addicts who switch to decaf for health reasons may not be as free from caffeine's clutches as they think. A new study by University of Florida researchers documents that almost all decaffeinated coffee contains some measure of caffeine. Caffeine is the most widely consumed drug in the world. And......elpful hints to the the cause of those disorders," reasons Dr. Jan....Sequencing of the oyster mushroom genome
...in bioremediation biodegradation of contaminants , reasons why, together with other crops such as the yucca or cotton, it has been chosen for genome sequencing by the mentioned North American Genome Institute. The oyster mushroom and CO 2 balance The oyster mushroom is actively involved in the re-cir...Urgent call to action issued to protect world's most vulnerable populations from influenza pandemic
...dvantaged. "There are both practical and ethical reasons why policymakers and public health officials should focus on the most vulnerable populations. We have little hope of averting a pandemic if poor villagers are afraid to report sick birds or possible human cases to public health authorities," said Rut...Preventive ovary removal linked to early death in younger women
... the operations were done before menopause and for reasons other than cancer. The women were all followed up until their deaths or until the end of the study, which was staggered between 2001 and 2006, via a combination of interviews with the women or a surviving relative, medical records, and death certifi...Understanding food nutrition labels challenging for many people
...ydrates in a serving of low-carb spaghetti. Common reasons for incorrect responses included misapplication of the serving size, confusion by extraneous material on the food label, and incorrect calculations. According to Russell L. Rothman, MD MPP, "The study showed that many patients struggle to understa...Wild bees make honeybees better pollinators
...ng seeds, Greenleaf found. There appear to be two reasons for that. Male wild bees, probably looking for mates, will latch onto worker honeybees, which are sterile females, causing them to move from one flower to another. Secondly, female wild bees appear to "dive bomb" honeybees, forcing them to move. Freq...Existing vaccine facilities can handle flu pandemic
...cilities or to retrofit existing facilities. The reasons to shift from egg to cell culture production are time and capacity, both of which are critical factors in responding to a pandemic, researchers said. It takes much longer to compile millions of hen eggs than it would to grow up existing cell lines fr...Particle size matters to bacteria ability to immobilize heavy metals
...noparticles (less than 20nm) of similar shape. The reasons are still under investigation. Nanoparticles have properties that differ from larger chunks of the same material. Physicists and chemists have been trying to describe the changes in physical and chemical properties of nanoparticles for some time bu...