Billions in cost estimated for firefighter injuries
...ting strategies. NIST plans to use the study as an aid to determining what new research might lead to a reduction in injury costs and to enhanced fire safety. The study stressed the importance of programs that minimize emergency calls, prevent accidental fires, and reduce the incidents of arson. It also...Understanding how vulnerabilities may keep women in abusive relationships
... experience in her abusive relationship(s) and may aid her in determining her own relational and situational vulnerabilities. Using self-reflection, i.e. narrative therapy, women may find the origins of, their susceptibility to, and untapped resiliencies against violent relationships. An article publish...PillCam enables study of esophagus by swallowing a pill
... (14 per second). The patient gradually sits up to aid its progression down the esophagus, while the photographs are transmitted to a recording device and then viewed on a computer screen. The single-use capsule is passed naturally in less than 24 hours. "The main use of the PillCam ESO right now is to f...Mountaineering doctors hike medicine to new heights with Xtreme Everest
..., lowlanders and summiteers to identify genes that aid survival in extreme altitudes. A separate initiative called Project Everest will recruit over 1000 volunteers to take part in cardiovascular fitness research at UCL in the run up to the expedition. Participants will undergo Cardiopulmonary Exercise ...Prostate cancer screening practices examined
... cancerous growth. The outcome of the study should aid patients and doctors in making decisions about diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. "It's a complex decision," Andriole explains. "Say your father had an abnormal PSA test, and he's 76 and has a bad heart, diabetes, or recently had a stroke. F...New hand-held information system for emergency responders
...o key information required by first responders. To aid decision making, users can specify the role they are currently performing at the scene of an incident, and WISER organizes the critical information in a sequence most relevant to a first responder on-the-scene, a Hazmat specialist, or an emergency me...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...seful in predicting gait outcomes. Rat study may aid in testing medications and other treatments for urinary incontinence, pg 109 This study tests the short-term effects and functional changes in the urethra in female rats after nerve injury. Fifty-four female rats underwent a pudendal nerve crush and...In solution, tiny magnetic wires scatter light
...ve as magneto-optical switches. The switches could aid in fields such as photonics, where light, rather than electricity, relays information. "In a broader sense, it is also helpful to study how these wires behave in wet situations because if they are ever medically used, there is little inside our bodie...End AIDS drug waiting lists, HIV care providers tell policymakers
...people with HIV/AIDS. Ryan White programs provide aid ranging from social and support services like legal services, child care, and housing assistance to access to antiretroviral medications through the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. "However, Ryan White does not currently give medical care and basic med...St. John's wort amplifies effect of blood thinner Plavix
... why clopidogrel does not work in some people, and aid the search for new drugs to help them. The researchers caution that much more clinical study will be needed to confirm the effect. For now, they say, the early finding reinforces how important it is for patients to tell their health care providers a...NYU'S Duster cautions against FDA approval of 'race-based' pharmaceutical
...associations," he writes. "The hope is that it may aid scientists to identify medically relevant genes for diseases." Initially, the FDA rejected its use to treat heart disease because of its ineffectiveness among the general population. However, the company began testing BiDil exclusively on black...Dual testing better for monitoring new cases of HIV
...sful are global treatment efforts in Africa, where aid from the United States is set to make antiretroviral therapy more widely available. The Hopkins team successfully determined new cases from old by adding the Affinity/Avidity test to the current STARHS protocol, the test widely used by the United Sta...Carrot component reduces cancer risk
...and recommendations for growers and may eventually aid the development of anti-cancer drugs. Falcarinol protects carrots from fungal diseases, such as liquorice rot that causes black spots on the roots during storage. The scientists investigated the compound after a previous published study suggested it...Rice scientist recognized as pioneer in tissue engineering
...s. Once the material sets, it acts as an immediate aid in the body's efforts to form new tissue and heal ... and direct their migration and differentiation to aid in the regeneration of specific tissues in desired areas. Recently, the Mikos laboratory has been wo...Get ready for next generation surround sound
... created in this research will be derived with the aid of 3-D images of the pinnae. This research is being undertaken in close collaboration with academics at the University of Sydney, Australia. They have pioneered the techniques for using the information about face shape captured by the York group to p...Older people with the 'Alzheimer's gene' find it harder to 'remember to remember' even if healthy
...s, could result in the promise of a simple test to aid in early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Finally, McDaniel points out that major problems with prospective memory could alert older adults to the presence of a genetic risk for Alzheimer's. He says, "It could be useful for someone to recognize suc...Rebuilding wounded veterans: Annual review of limb loss & prosthetics research
...ey found energy dissipation capacity knowledge can aid in prosthetic foot and shoe selection to reduce the risk of residual limb soft tissue damage. Pg. 547 Shoes worn during lower-limb prosthesis fitting limits shoe choice later Investigators examine how shoe heel height affects the rollover characte...Pharmacist review does not keep older people out of hospital
... and informed the local pharmacist if a compliance aid was needed. After six months, 178 emergency hospital admissions had occurred in the control group and 234 in the intervention group, a statistically significant increase of 30% in the intervention group. This trial shows that home based medication re...Mayo Clinic researchers report success in new molecular breast imaging technique
...tect smaller breast lesions, this technique should aid in the detection of early-stage breast cancer, something that was not possible with conventional gamma cameras," says Michael O'Connor, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic radiologist. In the study, 40 women with suspicious findings on mammogram underwent molecular b...The Lancet calls for creation of Int'l Commission on Global Responses to Complex Emergencies
...ty is failing to coordinate and strategically plan aid for the tsunami-struck regions of south Asia, comm...task of effectively distributing and co-ordinating aid remains unfulfilled. The Lancet makes two proposals to address this issue. The first is to create ...