The Cochrane Library Newsletter, 2005, Issue 1
...when the doctor advises against them or refuses to supply this medication. According to the finding of this Cochrane Review the doctor was right. The authors considered results from two different clinical trials where patients with acute laryngitis were given either an antibio...Yellowstone microbes fueled by hydrogen, according to U. of Colorado study
... lots of hydrogen in the hot springs -- an endless supply for bacteria," he said. Measurements of the amount of H2 in water were recorded in Yellowstone hot springs, streams and geothermal vents in different parts of the park and during different seasons. All of the environments had concentrations appropr...Green tea extract boosts exercise endurance 8-24%, utilizing fat as energy source
...capacity is controversial, they say that increased supply of circulating fatty acids would "induce the uptake of fatty acids, and thereby stimulate lipid metabolism in muscle." Indeed, lab results showed that muscular beta-oxidation was higher in GTE-fed mice (compared with non-exercise and exercise-contro...Discovery promises simpler therapy for sickle cell disease
...c, blood transfusions replenish the red blood cell supply in the body. The team further found that differences among patients in their ability to process nitric oxide in the blood correspond to the severity of their disease symptoms. That result might explain a long-standing puzzle: patients with sickle cel...Scientists find male finches frugal in their attempts to attract females
...s led us to predict that when females are in short supply or infertile, unmated males should reduce these 'costs' by singing less." In a paper published in the new issue of the journal Biology Letters , Sockman and colleagues Dr. Thomas P. Hahn and Kendra B. Sewall of the University of California at Davis ...Scientists discuss improved biopesticides for locust control in West Africa
... several countries, causing severe income and food supply loss. Larry Vaughan, associate program director of the USAID-funded Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program (IPM CRSP) and research associate in the Office of International Research, Education, and Development (OIRED), and F...Drought reduces nitrogen-fixing in legumes
... in the nodules, a drop which, in turn, limits the supply of carbon to the bacteroid and the capacity of the bacteroid to fix nitrogen thus affected. Perception of water stress Wishing to investigate the process of perception and transduction of water stress that leads to the inhibition of nitrogen-fixing...Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals
...ment, enables the brain to replenish its dwindling supply of dopamine, sidetracking the destructive course of Parkinson's disease. But eventually the treatment can backfire. "Levodopa generally works great for several years, but then it actually starts creating movement problems," Mandel said. "Our idea is ...New stem cell source could boost bone marrow success
...sues and can be harvested to generate an abundant supply in a short amount of time. This expandable source of progenitor cells could greatly improve bone marrow transplantation, a painful yet common procedure that currently has a 30 to 40 per cent success rate in treating disease. Professor John Davies ...New system can measure productivity of oceans
...tually similar to technology that's used in a home supply or paint store when someone brings in a color chip and wants to "match" the paint color. A computer analysis is done that determines the final color of the paint, factors in the base colors used to produce it and then determines the original formula ...Why do insects stop 'breathing'? To avoid damage from too much oxygen, say researchers
...tissues. "Even in our own case, our bodies have to supply oxygen to our tissues, but they must also keep out excess oxygen to prevent oxidative damage to the tissues. This damage is closely related to aging. Hence, perhaps, the many anti-oxidative creams flooding the market to combat aging. The concentratio...Tree-ring data reveals multiyear droughts unlike any in recent memory
... ways to restore some flexibility in Western water supply systems that have a limited ability to respond to multiyear droughts," says co-author Nate Mantua of the Climate Impacts Group based at the UW. "The drought like the one indicated in 1840s, for instance, simply hasn't been part of the modern water sy...Green tea extract shows promise as an anti-cancer agent, UCLA study finds
...inhibiting the development of an independent blood supply that cancers develop so they can grow and spread. In the UCLA study, which brought together researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, School of Public Health, Center for Human Nutrition and the departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, S...Pall-Aquasafe protects patients from exposure to waterborne contaminated medical equipment
...disposable filter, which is installed in the water supply line, is a CE-marked medical device for the European market. It contains a 0.2 micron bacterial retention membrane validated to produce bacteria-free water. Gastroscopes, colonoscopes, bronchoscopes and other heat-sensitive flexible endoscopes are...USGS featured at AAAS - Nation's largest science meeting
...imalaya and other ranges of Central Asia. Glaciers supply much of the fresh water and hydroelectric power in the region. This shared economic interest and the mitigation of flood and landslide hazards could improve relations among this region's nations or incite conflict. The diminishing glaciers could ope...New findings lead researchers to question basic assumptions of fisheries management
...g in management decisions that threaten the future supply of fish and the long-term survival of some fish populations. The symposium, organized by Steven Berkeley of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Larry Crowder of Duke University Marine Laboratory, is part of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Am...2005's highest engineering honors awarded
...lm path to handle the film as it traveled from the supply spool through the exposure frame, paused for exposure, and resumed transport to a spool -- all at 18 inches/second. Ground control operated the camera remotely. DON H. SCHOESSLER was lead engineer of the Kodak film design and production team. Th...2005 ASM biodefense research meeting
...Prions as novel threat agents Protecting the food supply from agroterrorism Bird flu and pandemic flu preparedness The press center will be located in the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Program and abstract books, news releases and information about daily activities will be available. Preliminary ...JCI table of contents March 1, 2005
... blood vessels in patients with insufficient blood supply to various organs - diseases of vascular insufficiency. The selective angiogenic activity of BDNF compared to other growth factors, could lead to the development of organ specific angiogenesis therapy. BDNF now is a novel therapeutic protein to ind...... blood vessels in patients with insufficient blood supply to various organs - diseases of vascular insufficiency. The selective angiogenic activity of BDNF compared to other growth factors, could lead to the development of organ specific angiogenesis therapy. BDNF now is a novel therapeutic protein to ind...