Satellite survey enhances knowledge of Tuscan landslides
...e, land use, geomorphology and other parameters to create geological hazard maps, for updating every few years. At the basis of all three SLAM products is a powerful technique called radar interferometry. It works like a space-based version of 'spot the difference'. Multiple radar images of the same site ...Do minorities survive hospitalization better than others?
...us. Thus, higher rates of DNR orders in Whites may create the appearance of a survival advantage for other ethnicities, and unmeasured differences in use of DNR orders may mask ethnic and sex disparities. In addition, odds of in-hospital mortality tended to be lower for women, and the survival advantage for...Mouse model reveals potential way to reduce cardiac deaths in kidney patients
...els and increasing the work the heart has to do to create a pulse. "Vascular stiffness happens to patients with end-stage kidney failure when they go on dialysis, and it leads to many dangerous cardiovascular complications," Hruska says. "This study shows us that by treating the skeleton or otherwise decrea...Fat may promote inflammation, new study suggests
...carries the genetic code instructions for cells to create the proteins. The study included 20 post-menopausal women from 50 to 70 years old who were overweight or obese and had waists larger than 35 inches. Women in this age group are at increased risk for metabolic syndrome, a cluster of symptoms that incr......ith high cholesterol and their liver condition may create a higher cardiovascular risk that could be addressed through statin therapy. "The studies examining the safety of statins in patients with NAFLD are limited, but the existing data provide some evidence that they can be used safely," reports the auth...NIH state-of-the-science panel calls for 'demedicalization' of menopause
...eatment, noting that for some women whose symptoms create a serious burden on daily life, the benefits of symptom relief may outweigh the risks. In addition to learning more about safe use of hormones, the panel urged further research into nonhormonal treatment approaches. "One of the challenges in this ar...NIAID initiates trial of experimental avian flu vaccine
...efficiently spreading from human to human and thus create a risk for a worldwide pandemic," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "NIAID has supported research on H5N1, the strain responsible for this deadly form of avian influenza, since 1997 when the first cases in humans were reported. The initiatio...Mailman School of Public Health receives Manhattan Tobacco Cessation Center grant
...ailman School of Public Health received a grant to create the Manhattan Tobacco Cessation Network, a program dedicated to reducing tobacco use through evidence-based smoking cessation treatment programs. The Manhattan Tobacco Cessation Network is one of 19 cessation centers statewide funded by the New York...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
... Sweden, the new strategy for public health is "to create social conditions that will ensure good health for the entire population." Of 11 policy domains, five relate to social determinants: participation in society, economic and social security, conditions in childhood and adolescence, healthier working li...Massive weight loss patients create mass appeal for body contouring procedures
... patients has served as a catalyst for surgeons to create surgical techniques that can now be transferred to other patients where there are only average needs from mild weight loss, pregnancy, or aging." Although the trend for many cosmetic patients is to turn to less invasive options for facial procedures,...Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...problem, which has been done before, but to try to create a blueprint of the next steps that organizations, including the American Heart Association, need to take both on their own and in partnership with other groups," he said. The summary also cites an Institute of Medicine report that defines "major con...New ways to design safer & more effective topical (transdermal) drug delivery announced in the PNAS
... in this research not only increase our ability to create effective new CPEs, but they also will expand our ability to evaluate potential new CPEs for safety and efficacy," said Mitragotri. "By enhancing our ability to deliver drugs topically, we will be able to reduce the number of drugs that must be give...Ethical discussion should come before research
...mpted scientists to search for alternative ways to create embryos for research. They are using techniques su...mbryos. The methods being studied cannot currently create embryos that can become viable beings. Jones and William P. Cheshire Jr., M.D., from the Mayo Clinic...Newly discovered pathway might help in design of cancer drugs
...n San Diego. "What we did was to identify a way to create a very damaged form of DNA that is often more dead...r, establishing that there is a way to efficiently create this type of damage by modifying the DNA itself." In the lab, Greenberg and his team used organic ch...Sleeping Through the Night: Children's sleep expert advises parents
...sleep problems and offers parents advice on how to create good sleep habits for their child. "A sleepless child affects the entire family. Parents are usually at their wits' end by the time they seek advice," says Mindell. "Sleeping Through the Night is user-friendly and provides simple strategies so that...Houston meeting kicks off collaboration to advance cancer research
...dvantage of advances in genomics and proteomics to create new diagnostic tests and targeted therapies for cancer." Both institutions have invested in technology transfer and collaborative applied research initiatives in order to bring research discoveries to the market for the benefit of cancer patients ev...Study examines lessons learned at Africa's first public antiretroviral treatment clinic
...e, is promising. "We're hoping that this will help create infrastructure that will help not only with HIV but with other chronic diseases that would normally be easily treated in the West," Dr. Marlink said....Implanted devices detect high-risk heart failure patients
...computer. One use of the data in this trial was to create a "footprint," or visual representation, of a patient's heart rate variability over time. Patients with a footprint of 30 percent or less in heart rate variability were almost two-and-half times more likely to die after one year. "A person with norma...Study finds drug eluting stents as effective as vascular brachytherapy in preventing restenosis
...pen. But despite stenting, scar tissue can form to create new blockages -- a process called in-stent restenosis (ISR). At present, vascular brachytherapy (catheter-based delivery of intracoronary radiation) is the only therapeutic modality proven to effectively reduce in-stent restenosis. But a team of Emor...New data on Orqis Medical's Cancion CRS to be reported at ACC
...hemodynamic principles, the therapy is designed to create a unique "rest to recovery" environment that enables the failing heart to rest as it continues to function. It represents a significant departure from conventional drug therapy and more invasive blood pumps, which either force the failing heart to wo...