Digital Speech Analysis Tests Sobriety
...archers have to compare their results againstother factors that alter the way a person speaks, such as speechimpediments, injuries, diseases or even common colds. Ataxic dysarthria,for example, is a neurological condition that causes a person to soundintoxicated. With more than a year's worth of work behind...Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
...combination ofbiological, social and environmental factors such as infection, adolescentpregnancy or access to prenatal care. Overall, the researchers said trying to prevent premature births isthe most effective way to save babies. Hamvas suggested that understandingthe causes of pre-term labor, preventing t...Discovery Hints At Multitude Of New Targets For Drugs
...aid. "So, a receptormight interact with one set of factors in one cell, giving rise to one response.And it might interact with another set in another cell, giving rise to awhole different set of responses." McDonnell said the discovery with the progesterone receptor could leadto improved hormone rep...Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...xample, we've had a period of downsizing and other factors to reduce theemployment rate and to get workers who aren't currently trained for thecurrent positions out of the labor force. "Certainly, I think the incentives would change if you raise not justthe normal retirement age but also the age at which yo...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
...e is about to occur. Epilepsy is caused by factors such as head trauma, brain tumors, strokes, infection, poisoning, oxygen deprivation or other events that cause scarring in the brain. This scarring acts as an irritant to the nerve cells which can trigger an abnormal electrical discharge, causing a ...Routine Dental X-ray May Be A Valuable Tool In Stroke Prevention
...ic attacks, or mini-strokes, many had several risk factors for atherosclerosis. Interviews with patients who had carotid calcifications determined that 35 percent were obese; 34 percent had high blood pressure; 20 percent were taking blood thinners; 8 percent had diabetes, and 11 percent were smokers. Seve...Laser Offers Hope For Heart Patients With No Alternatives
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... link." Evans and Maxwell also suspect that other factors may be at work in noisy schools and neighborhoods, such as teacher and parent irritability and their reluctance to talk as much, use as many complete sentences and read aloud as often as other teachers and parents. Both researchers stress the need t...Milk Extract May Heal Wounds And Smooth Wrinkles
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...979 to 1994 in order to point to those areas where factors likerace, low-income and low-education rates mean more infant deaths. The focus, however, is not so much on these neighborhoods, nor onthose where higher incomes and higher education rates mean lowinfant mortality, but on those neighborhoods beating ...Cattle: Latest Weapon In The War On Cancer?
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...won't help everyonewithout also dealing with other factors in their lives. "Numerousstudies show that the lower down you are on the socioeconomic scale, thepoorer your health. This is largely independent of access to health careor lack of health insurance." According to McEwen, the stress of livingin poverty...American Heart Association Comment: Lancet (Jan. 24, 1998) Report
...sk score." The score was derived bycombining risk factors such as smoking history, body mass index, blood pressure,cholesterol, fibrinogen (a protein that helps form clots) and factor VIIcoagulation activity (an indication of the viscosity of the blood). The study found that compared to placebo, warfarin re...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
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