Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management
... 2030, smoke from wood fires used for cooking will cause about 10 million premature deaths among women and children in Africa. By 2050, according to the report, smoke from cooking fires will release about 7 billion tons of carbon in the form of greenhouse gases to the environment. That's about 6 percent of...Charcoal and forest management could reduce greenhouse gas levels & save lives in Africa
...s that smoke from wood fires used for cooking will cause about 10 million premature deaths among women and children by 2030 in Africa and release about 7 billion tons of carbon in the form of greenhouse gases to the environment by 2050, about six percent of the total expected greenhouse gases from the cont...Exercise-induced shortness of breath not always caused by asthma
Asthma is the most common cause of exercise-induced shortness of breath in childre...s caution that other unrelated conditions also can cause shortness of breath during exercise. In cases where the asthma diagnosis is questionable, the UI exp...Chronic pain treatments more effective when taken together, new study shows
... Most of the current treatments for this condition cause side effects, which limit the drug dosage a person can tolerate. "What we need to do clinically is to achieve a balance between side effects and pain relief," says the Queen's anesthesiologist. "The purpose of this study was to evaluate two different...Early onset of puberty the EU gets serious
...dernourished ones. "It's important to find out the cause of this problem as the early onset of puberty affects a large number of children and can eventually give rise to new reproductive patterns," says Professor Olle Sder, vice coordinator of PIONEER at KI. "It's also been shown that girls who reach puber...Brain activity prior to treatment flags vulnerability to antidepressant side effects
...with a physician, but determining vulnerability or cause in a clinical setting is difficult. To overcome this hurdle, the UCLA research team used healthy subjects so that brain function would not be affected by illness or changes in the illness. The team examined QEEG cordance during a placebo lead-in so ...March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ma, the most common type of glaucoma, is a leading cause of blindness and vision-related disability, affecting an estimated 2.5 million people in the United States. Screening for Glaucoma: Recommendation Statement U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Screening for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Prima...Pitt marks 50th anniversary of its Salk polio vaccine with reunion, scientific symposium
...eir nickels and dimes to support polio research, a cause that was principally supported by the NFIP. A two-day scientific symposium will feature Julius Youngner, Sc.D., distinguished service professor emeritus of molecular genetics and biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the ...Mouse model reveals potential way to reduce cardiac deaths in kidney patients
...reating new possibilities for treating the primary cause of death in kidney disease patients. Researchers tracked a chain reaction that leads from kidney damage to weakening of the skeleton to increased phosphorous in the blood. They showed that higher phosphorous levels were directly linked to vascular ca...Suppressing the cells that trigger cat allergy
...of cells that might be able to suppress cells that cause cat allergy. Asthma and allergy have become more frequent in all industrialized countries during recent decades, and there is much debate about exposure to pets in early life and later development of asthma and allergy. Some studies have su......her important question. Statins have been shown to cause various tumors in rodents, though short-term studies have revealed no carcinogenic effects in humans. Still other studies have suggested that statins have an anti-tumor effect. Additionally, rhabdomyolysis can be a complication of statin therapy and ...Hospital acquired infections present major problem for infants in developing countries
...urden of child mortality. Infections are the major cause of neonatal deaths in developing countries. (See The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series, March 2005) Data suggest that unhygienic practices in labour and delivery, and in after-birth care, put babies in the developing world at great risk of infections a...Benefits of lung cancer screening with CT questioned
...not make a difference." Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women in the United States, killing more people than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). ACS estimates that in 2005 there will be approximately 172,570 new cases...New estimates for the causes of child deaths worldwide
...0 to 2003 to obtain new estimates for mortality by cause in children younger than age 5 years. They found t...29% of all deaths. Undernutrition is an underlying cause of 53% of all deaths in children aged younger than 5 years. The investigators also calculated the to...Study provides new estimates of the causes of child mortality worldwide
...sepsis 10 percent. Undernutrition is an underlying cause in more than half of all deaths before age 5. More than 37 percent of all child deaths occur during the first 28 days of life, the neonatal period. The researchers noted that child mortality is greatest in Africa. The study shows that 42 percent of c...NYU College of Dentistry study equates poor oral health with preterm birth risk
...sociated with oral bacteria other than those which cause infections of the gums (periodontal disease). This...es dilated, more bacteria can enter and eventually cause the uterine membranes to rupture and preterm birth to occur. Preterm low birth weight is generally ...Treatment of cardiac lesions without anaesthesic
...divers, given that the presence of this defect can cause serious problems for practicing this activity....Risky surgery not always necessary to treat cervical disease
... common virus affecting millions of women. It can cause gential warts and if left untreated, can also cause cervical cancer. According to the article, approximately 20 million people in the United States at a...Stanford patient is first to test new treatment for peripheral arterial disease
...n the superficial femoral artery - the most common cause of such pain and the target of this clinical trial. Those interested in participating may contact the research coordinators of the Division of Interventional Radiology at 650-725-9810. This is the first phase of clinical trials for the drug-eluting s...Sudan surveys show high rates of death and malnutrition among displaced population
...nd adults older than 50. "Violence was the major cause of death in Muhajiria (72 percent), with all but one of the 25 violent deaths in men." "The prevalence of acute malnutrition was high, particularly in Kalma where nearly 24 percent of children younger than 5 years were affected. Reported measles va...